page_title: Brock Lesnar
section_title: Professional wrestling
hierarchical_section_title: Brock Lesnar / Championships and accomplishments / Professional wrestling
caption_attribution_description: English: Brock Lesnar, as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, at a WWE Raw event on September 15, 2014.
context_page_description: Brock Edward Lesnar is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist and professional football player. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand. He is an eight-time overall world champion.
  After his successful amateur wrestling career at Bismarck State College and the University of Minnesota, Lesnar signed with WWE in 2000. He was assigned to its developmental promotional Ohio Valley Wrestling team, where he was a three-time OVW Southern Tag Team Champion with Shelton Benjamin. After debuting on WWE's main roster in 2002, Lesnar won the WWE Championship five months after his debut at the age of 25, becoming the youngest champion in the title's history. Following his match with Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, Lesnar left WWE and pursued a career in the National Football League. He was named a defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings, but was cut before the start of the 2004 season. In 2005, Lesnar returned to professional wrestling and signed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, where he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in his first match.
context_section_description: Guinness World Records
  World record: Youngest person to win the WWE Championship (aged 25 years, 44 days)
  Inoki Genome Federation
  IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  New Japan Pro-Wrestling
  IWGP Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
  Ohio Valley Wrestling
  OVW Southern Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Shelton Benjamin
  Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  Feud of the Year (2003) vs. Kurt Angle
  Feud of the Year (2015) vs. The Undertaker
  Match of the Year (2003) vs. Kurt Angle in an Iron Man match on SmackDown! on September 16
  Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2018)
  Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2002)
  Wrestler of the Year (2002, 2014)
  Ranked No. 1 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2003
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  Best Brawler (2003)
  Best Wrestling Maneuver (2002) F-5
  Feud of the Year (2003) vs. Kurt Angle
  Most Improved Wrestler (2002, 2003)
  Best Box Office Draw of the Decade (2010s)
  Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 2015)
  WWE/World Wrestling Entertainment/Federation
  WWE Championship (5 times)
  WWE Universal Championship (3 times)
  King of the Ring (2002)
  Money in the Bank (Men's 2019)
  Royal Rumble (2003)
  Slammy Award (5 times)
  Hashtag of the Year (2015) – #SuplexCity
  Match of the Year (2015) – vs The Undertaker at Hell in a Cell
  Rivalry of the Year (2015) – vs The Undertaker
  "Tell Me You Didn't Just Say That" Moment of the Year (2015) – Coining "Suplex City" at WrestleMania 31
  The OMG Shocking Moment of the Year (2014) – Ending The Undertaker's WrestleMania streak at WrestleMania XXX
  WWE Year-End Award for Hottest Rivalry (2018) – vs. Roman Reigns
caption: Lesnar is a five-time WWE Champion
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