10 Hottest Free Agents LEFT In Wrestling Today

3. Brock Lesnar

Tessa Blanchard
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Being perfectly honest, Brock Lesnar so nearly slipped through the net here.

It's hard to remember that the Beast Incarnate is actually a free agent right now, with his most recent WWE deal believed to have expired in August 2020.

From a WWE perspective, clearly they would love to have Brock signed up to a deal and for him to be available for their biggest shows of the year. In reality, the ongoing global pandemic means that opting against renewing Lesnar's deal last year was a smart move.

Based on previous deals, one would have to imagine that any contract renewal would've seen WWE paying the eight-time World Champion somewhere in the region of $3 million per year. With the pandemic causing all kinds of travel uncertainty for the Canada-based Lesnar, WWE could've ended up giving Brock a huge new deal without being able to actually use him.

So, as it stands, Brock Lesnar is free and open to offers from any would-be suitors.

Some may roll their eyes at Lesnar's extremely part-time schedule of recent years. Some may roll their eyes at Lesnar's oft-formulaic matches based around dominant German Suplexes, a fired-up babyface comeback, before the inevitable Brock win. The truth is, Brock Lesnar is a generational talent and a genetic freak who brings eyes to anything he does.

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