10 WWE Wrestlers Whose Second Run Eclipsed Their First

3. Brock Lesnar

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Incredibly, Brock Lesnar's first run on the WWE roster - between 2002 and 2004 - actually yielded more minutes in the ring than his second, which turns six years old next month, despite only being a third of its length.

To this, we owe the fact that the Beast Incarnate is no longer an up-and-coming young athlete with everything to prove. Instead, he's the company's biggest mainstream draw; a man who only needs to show up four or five times a year (and one of those is to collect his money). This makes the task of comparing his two stints a little difficult.

As well as quantity, the quality of his matches was arguably a smidgen better the first time around, but he's produced more blockbuster, internet-exploding encounters during round two.

Ultimately, though, none of that really matters. Ending Undertaker's WrestleMania streak is the WWE equivalent of catching the Golden Snitch in a Quidditch match; as such, whichever run in which he accomplished this feat has to take the mantle of best, if only out of respect for the industry.

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