20 Best Matches Of Brock Lesnar's Career
The Beast made his WWE debut 20 years ago, but what are the best matches of his legendary career?
This month marks 20 years since the debut of Brock Lesnar in WWE. Arriving on the 18 March 2002 edition of Raw accompanied by Paul Heyman, Brock destroyed Al Snow, Maven, and Spike Dudley. This was the first step in a long line of carnage that followed the man who would be known as The Next Big Thing.
Since his debut 20 years ago, the current WWE Champion has wrestled 242 matches for WWE, which has seen The Beast Incarnate win The King of the Ring, Money in the Bank, Royal Rumble twice, and become a ten-time WWE and Universal Champion. In that time, Brock has been a part of admittedly some of the worst matches in WWE. Whether it be squash matches against Kofi Kingston and Cain Velasquez, or his infamous clash with Goldberg at WrestleMania XX, there are some matches fans wish The Beast was never a part of.
Despite this, many are quick to forget that Lesnar, given the right opponent and build can put on an all time classic. In his 20 years in WWE, The Conqueror has had more than his fair share of excellent clashes, enough that a top ten was quite simply not enough.
So, here are the 20 best matches in the career of Brock Lesnar in WWE.
20. Vs. Goldberg - WrestleMania 33
Coming into WrestleMania 33, there may have been no rivalry in WWE history that needed a good match more than Brock Lesnar and Goldberg. 13 years prior at WrestleMania XX, despite being a highly anticipated matchup, Goldberg and The Next Big Thing had their first match hijacked by the Madison Square Garden fans ruining the match. They followed that up with Goldberg's shocking 90 second squash of The Beast at Survivor Series in 2016. This left fans wanting to see the two legends bring it in their final match at WrestleMania.
While not a technical masterpiece, thankfully their third time was the charm for the two former NFL players. The first moments saw three Lesnar Suplexes followed by two Spears by Goldberg, including one through the ringside barricade. A third Spear and a Jackhammer could have been the end but Lesnar kicked out. The Beast recovered, leaping over an attempted Spear to raddle off seven consecutive Suplexes and an F-5 to finally put Goldberg away and win the Universal Championship.
Amazingly in this match, there was not a single offensive move that was not a Spear, Jackhammer, German Suplex, or F-5. Nobody expected this match to be a mat based classic or go more than a few minutes and the two legends did the basics to near perfection. The equivalent of spamming finishers in WWE 2K22, this was fast paced, violent and entertaining match to end their ten year rivalry.