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'''Brock Edward Lesnar''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|ɛ|z|n|ər}} {{respell|LEHZ|nur}}; born July 12, 1977) is an American [[Professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] and former [[Mixed martial arts|mixed martial artist]], [[Amateur wrestling|amateur wrestler]], and professional [[American football]] player. As a professional wrestler, he is currently signed to [[WWE]], where in storyline, he is designated a "free agent", allowing him to appear on both the [[Raw (WWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (WWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[WWE brand extension|brands]]; however, {{As of|August 2023|lc=yes}}, he is on hiatus. Often regarded as one of the most prolific [[combat sport]] athletes in the world
Lesnar competed in [[collegiate wrestling]] for the [[University of Minnesota]], winning the [[NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships|NCAA Division I national championship]] in 2000. He soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002), rising to industry prominence in mid-2002 by winning the [[WWE Championship]] at age 25, setting the record for the youngest performer to win the championship. In 2004, Lesnar departed WWE to join the [[Minnesota Vikings]] of the [[National Football League]] (NFL), but was cut from the team during pre-season. He returned to wrestling and signed with NJPW in 2005 where he won the [[IWGP Heavyweight Championship]]. Lesnar later departed NJPW and continued to be promoted as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in the IGF before taking a hiatus from wrestling to pursue a career in [[mixed martial arts]] (MMA). Years later in 2012, he re-signed with WWE; his 504-day first reign with the [[WWE Universal Championship]] is the seventh-longest world championship reign in the promotion's history and he holds the record for most reigns as Universal Champion at three. He also won the [[Royal Rumble match]] twice ([[Royal Rumble (2003)|2003]] and [[Royal Rumble (2022)|2022]]), the [[Money in the Bank ladder match]] ([[Money in the Bank (2019)|2019]]), the [[King of the Ring tournament]] ([[King of the Ring (2002)|2002]]), and has headlined several [[List of WWE pay-per-view events|pay-per-view events]], including WWE's flagship event [[WrestleMania]] five times ([[WrestleMania XIX|XIX]], [[WrestleMania 31|31]], [[WrestleMania 34|34]], [[WrestleMania 36|36]], and [[Wrestlemania 38|38]]), nine [[SummerSlam]]s ([[SummerSlam (2002)|2002]], [[SummerSlam (2012)|2012]], [[SummerSlam (2014)|2014]], [[SummerSlam (2015)|2015]], [[SummerSlam (2016)|2016]], [[SummerSlam (2017)|2017]], [[SummerSlam (2018)|2018]], [[SummerSlam (2019)|2019]], and [[SummerSlam (2022)|2022]]); in addition, he also ended [[The Undertaker]]'s [[The Streak (professional wrestling)|undefeated WrestleMania streak]] in [[WrestleMania XXX|2014]].
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