16 Things We Learned From Paul Heyman On The Steve Austin Show

13. Was Lesnar Ever Considering Going Back To UFC?

Stone Cold asks if he was serious about returning to the octagon or if he just used them for leverage. Heyman says Brock started a mini-training camp in January prepared to go back to UFC if he didn't strike the right deal with UFC.

"The discussion in his head never got to 'Well, who's my first opponent going to be?' The discussion in his head was 'Whoever they put in front of me, I'm going to be ready.' I think Brock was very torn by his decision because this run in WWE truly was so enjoyable...conquering The Undertaker's streak at WrestleMania, the manner in which he decimated John Cena at SummerSlam for the WWE World Championship. We had a run here, we had a role in the past year that we never truly enjoyed before. And yet, his contract was coming up. On the flip side of that weighing against it was the following: He's an athlete. He is a hunter and a predator, and he's always challenged himself that way, and he does view himself as the baddest dude on the planet. In his fourth fight, he took on Randy Couture - the greatest heavyweight of all-time in UFC, I don't think anybody would even compare anybody to Couture - and he beat the living crap out of Couture where they had to stop the fight in the second round and award the title to Brock. Brock Lesnar accomplished that with diverticulitis. So now here he is for the first time in his life healthy? What could he accomplish this time, even at 37-years old?"

Ludicrous comments about the merits of Randy Couture aside, Paul then goes on to mention how Lesnar is actually having fun this time around in wrestling, although he says he loves his children much more and his children need a father more than WWE needs Brock Lesnar and that's why he won't agree to work more dates.