Talk:Brock Lesnar

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Picture

I think a new picture of him before his first UFC fight should be put up. The one of the page is so old.

Here is a link to a great picture. <a href="http://www.sherdog.com/"><img src="http://www.sherdog.com/_images/pictures/55/55446.jpg" border="0" width="300" alt="Brock Lesnar "></a>
<a href="http://www.sherdog.com">Get more pictures like this from SHERDOG.COM</a> —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.157.73.28 (talk • contribs)

Thank you, but Wikipedia's image use policy explains why we can't use this picture. The image needs to be licensed under a "free" license, which this one doesn't seem to be. Sancho 22:30, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Contradictions

"I got zero college offers for wrestling."

Check this out it completely comtradicts what he says in this video (2:05-2:08).

[1] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.200.215 (talk) 09:00, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I am from South Dakota, and happen to know for a fact he never won state, so how did he go 33-0 his senior year in wrestling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.33.231.102 (talk) 00:45, 15 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brock Lesnar got Third in State his senior year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by SKaRoCkS (talk • contribs) 01:16, 28 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

GAN

The article was apparently promoted here but no such review ever took place. I have reverted the decision. D.M.N. (talk) 20:03, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Certainly, did you restored them back at the GAN page? - Caribbean~H.Q. 20:05, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yup. I've left a comment on Ziggy Sawdust's talkpage too. D.M.N. (talk) 20:07, 8 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I saw John Madsen from Doland, South Dakota beat Brock Lesnar in his senior year. A guy name Brian Van Emmerick won the state heavyweight title when Lesnar was a senior. Weezie81 (talk) 04:42, 6 June 2008 (UTC) Ian[reply]

GA on hold

What makes 100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling a reliable source? The cite template for ref #17 needs cleaning up, and ref #38 needs retrieval date & publisher. naerii - talk 02:04, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I don't believe that site is in fact a reliable source, so I replaced it. King iMatthew 20 08 10:37, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheers, dihydrogen monoxide (H₂O) 03:19, 10 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Brock Lesnar's new opponent at UFC 87

While it hasn't been announced by UFC's official site... It's been confirmed on MMAweekly.com that Brock's opponent for UFC 87 will be Heath "Texas Crazy Horse" Herring. I was going to edit the article with this information, but I am new and don't know how/if I can do that.

Here's the direct link to the article on MMAweekly... [2]

--Vbetter (talk) 04:38, 27 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Done ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 16:39, 27 May 2008 (UTC

I was watching his last UFC fight on youtube and his arm lenght is eighty-one inches. I'm confused how do they measure their arms. Is it from arm to arm across the chest. If thats the case then Brock has the arm lenght of a man of 6' 9" not 6' 3".

About his football career...

There is false information: Lesnar played for the Minnesota Vikings, where he created controversy in some games by starting minor fights and got heat from the Kansas City Chiefs for a sack on quarterback Damon Huard, which drew a big response from the crowd of 6,000.[52] Huard was knocked silly and had to go to the sidelines and sit out a few plays.[52] Giving hard hits to quarterbacks in scrimmages violates unwritten rules of professional football, and the Chiefs were not too happy with him

The way that it is worded makes it seem as if he did something bad, which he did not. Hitting the quarterback in scrimmage hard, is NOT an unwritten rule and the chiefs recognized it as a regular play.

If this is not changed then i will have to contact wikipedia authorities immediately —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clubberlng99 (talk • contribs) 16:17, 13 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

F-U

Cena gave an interview while still in a wheelchair prior to the rematch, rapping about how Lesnar gave him an F-5 so he would give Brock an F-U, and this is how the finisher got its official name on television. Sorry, I didn't have time to find the specific episode of Smackdown, I'll locate it for use as a source before reintroducing the edit. Enigmatic2k3 (talk) 04:39, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK here's a youtube link of the actual segment: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Gz_lmES34KA&feature=related, but unfortunately it doesn't list the episode date... I'm still a little unsure of how to include a cite like this, so any help would be appreciated... Enigmatic2k3 (talk) 05:59, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but YouTube is not reliable in this case, as they are illegally hosting WWE Content. –L A X 13:44, 25 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmmm... I know I'm still sort of new to this, but I'm not seeing the logic. Just because the clip is hosted somewhere illegally doesn't somehow negate the fact that it happened on broadcast television; it's not as though it's some kind of fake fan produced dub or something. Sigh - oh well, if anyone can point me in a direction to find the actual Smackdown episode that's considered more reliable than this, then I'll use that and once again restore the edit... Enigmatic2k3 (talk) 20:58, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not entirely sure that this is relevant to this article. Cena's definetly, but Brock's? Seems a bit non-notable and trivial to me. ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 00:27, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stripped of Title

He was stripped of the title in July 2006 NOT 2005

Can someone fix that up, since it is impossible to be stripped of a belt when he didnt sign till later in the year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.194.157 (talk) 02:59, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quote from article (bolding done just for here):

"On July 15, 2006, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that Brock Lesnar had been stripped of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship"

I think you might have read the article wrong. Thanks, and happy editing! ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 00:29, 28 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

UFC title shot

"the victory over Heath Herring at UFC 87 in August, and the stage is set for what will most certainly be one of the most highly-anticipated heavyweight title fights in history." UFC.com Highly-anticipated heavyweight title fights, of this year yes! But in history??? Any real fan will most likely say that a battle of Fedor Emelianenko vs. Randy Couture will most certainly be one of the most highly-anticipated heavyweight fights in history! "The victory over Heath Herring at UFC 87" Herring is a good fighter but in all reality who cares? That was one win, how about the bigger loss to Mir? Mir beat him in 30 sec!! Can Lesnar or the UFC say anything about that?--EHDI5YS (talk) 15:38, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have any suggestions about how to improve the article, or are you just using up your supply of question marks? Darrenhusted (talk) 15:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Darren, this title bout has set the keyboard-warriors in overdrive. There are strong opinions about the whole Fedor/Randy/Nog/Lesner thing, so be prepared for a lot of this. IMO the wording does not need to be changed, Lesner v Couture will sell more PPV than the hypothetical Couture vs Fedor - but even if it didn't, the wording doesn't claim to be #1. Wording = fine Disco (talk) 00:25, 5 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fact Check

"He played for the Minnesota Vikings, before being cut from the team for no-showing at practices due to injuries.[10]"

No where in that article does it give the reason why the Vikings cut him. It sort of hinted he wasn't quite good enough - definitely didn't mention cutting practice Disco (talk) 06:07, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I remember this story from back in '04 and he just simply didn't have it. I took a look in the article and there's nothing about no-showing or injuries; in fact in the article he admits he just wasn't good enough because he was getting in the game too late. He was a late cut, but was recommended for NFL Europe. --Amwestover (talk|contrib) 14:20, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Lesnar's Height

The UFC lists his height as 6'3", but Sherdog has it listed as 6'2". Anyone know which one is right? --Amwestover (talk|contrib) 14:15, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IMDB has him at 6'2 1/2". Not sure that helps.[3]--Cube lurker (talk) 14:20, 31 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WWE career section needs in-universe trimming

I'll take a look at it if I can find some time, but right now the WWE article reads more like a re-telling of events as though they were real vs. coverage of his career in Wrestling. -- TRTX ^{T / C} 14:38, 10 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the tag to change it from "in universe". How can a description of a sporting event be "in universe"? WWE Wrestling, while more of a performance than a competition, is not "fictional". Please do not re-add these kinds of tags to this article. Thanks :-) 216.229.65.141 (talk) 03:57, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This part's a little bit tricky. Yes, wrestling is a performance art. But outside of adding the word "character" to each name or the phrase "in the storyline" to just about every sentence how are you going to do this? It'll get old pretty quick. Can we just accept the idea that the large majority of the people reading wrestling articles understand it's a work? - Ratbas (talk) 20:19, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Youngest champion in WWE history

Does wikipedia not count WCW title reigns? Big Show held the WCW title (now owned by WWE) as The Giant when he was a year younger than Lesnar was when he held the WWE title. Wouldn't that make The Giant the youngest champion in WWE history? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.250.255 (talk) 11:05, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Where does it say that? All I see is "youngest WWE Champion in history" in the lead, and "Lesnar, at age 25, was the then-youngest WWE Champion ever" in the Main event status (2002–2003) section. Which is true as it's talking about the WWE Championship there. ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 11:10, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Randy Orton's article says, "In 2004, Orton became the youngest World Heavyweight Champion, when he won the title at the age of twenty-four." Is this a different title than the one Lesnar held? 69.215.136.166 (talk) 12:38, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE). Because WWE has three brands, SmackDown, Raw and ECW they have numerous titles. The WWE Championship is currently on the SmackDown brand, and the World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) is on the Raw brand. ♥Nici♥Vampire♥Heart♥ 13:37, 16 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weird Guy with 1 leg

i swear for a time lesnar and angle teamed up with this weird guy with 1 leg and he had some kind of connection with bishoff. Does any one else remember this and can they please put it in.