10 Interesting WWE Facts About Brock Lesnar In Madison Square Garden

10. He Lost His First WWE Championship Here

Considering that Lesnar will face Big Show on October 3rd, it€™s worth starting off by noting that Brock lost his first WWE Championship to Show at the 2002 Survivor Series in Madison Square Garden. Lesnar€™s title reign lasted just under three months when Show defeated him with help from Brock€™s turncoat manager, Paul Heyman. (Don€™t expect a repeat of that, unless WWE is really feeling risky.) Brock had Show beaten when Heyman pulled the referee out of the ring to prevent the three-count. In the ensuing melee, Show chokeslammed Lesnar onto a steel chair to capture the title. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbbGE5dMvCM This encounter also was Lesnar€™s first televised MSG match, though it wasn€™t his first. He actually had a few bouts under his belt by the time this contest rolled around.
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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.