10 Interesting WWE Facts About Brock Lesnar In Madison Square Garden

2. Last WWE Match For Eight Years

Of course, you can€™t talk about Brock€™s first appearance at Madison Square Garden in more than a decade without mentioning his last appearance at MSG. That occasion ended up being a rather infamous moment in WWE history, thanks in large part to a smart, rabid fanbase at the biggest event of the year. WWE thought it had a modern-day Clash of the Titans in 2004 when it booked Brock Lesnar versus Goldberg in an inter-promotional match at WrestleMania XX. At the time, Lesnar was the former WWE Champion and the dominant force on Smackdown, while Goldberg was the beast on Raw. The two began a rivalry across the brands, to be settled at Mania in the Garden. Sounds great on paper. But the problem was that Goldberg was wrapping up a one-year deal and was leaving after WrestleMania, and Lesnar then suddenly made his fateful (and ultimately beneficial) decision to depart from WWE to try his hand at the NFL. The MSG crowd was wise to both situations and immediately turned on the match in epic fashion, booing everything about the contest except guest referee €œStone Cold€ Steve Austin. It was an unreal moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmjHT-56Nqs Ultimately, Goldberg would win the match, but both he and Lesnar would be Stunnered out of the company by Austin. That would be the last time we would see Brock in WWE until he returned in 2012 to F5 John Cena after WrestleMania XXVIII.