10 Wrestlers Who Lost Touch With Humanity
7. Brock Lesnar
...before, apparently, he found it again.
By 2004, 'The Next Big Thing' was a pony no more, having grown into a lovely horse all set to carry the company for decades. Jim Ross and Gerald Brisco had carefully curated his move from amateur standout to professional great, and at just 27, his prime years were still to come.
Infamously, he walked away after just two years in the spotlight.
By then 'The Beast' he was destined to be years later, Lesnar was sick of the grind of life as a full time WWE Superstar. Arranging his own private jet as transportation hadn't eased woes, nor particularly endeared him to a locker room probably already alienated by his meteoric rise.
When he disappeared from view on SmackDown, he did too in real life. For years, he enjoyed life on a remote Saskatchewan farm in between his various appearances in Japan and UFC. Even a 2012 WWE return wasn't without substantial breaks, but by then he'd monstered more than just his opposition. Vince McMahon was so wowed by his aura that he gave him the keys to his kingdom and never asked for them back.
No wonder so many others have tried it.