Much Like a Lot of Parents, Brock Lesnar’s Folks Also Persuaded to Have a Backup Option While Pursuing Wrestling Aspirations

A dominant force in WWE, ‘The Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar was not always the suplex-delivering machine. Prior to having a career in WWE, and becoming one of the biggest names on the roster, Lesnar had a much more humble beginning.

He would find his way into professional wrestling from an amateur background. However, similar to all the parents in the world, Lesnar’s parents wanted something much more conventional from him, instead of a career in pro wrestling.

Brock Lesnar opens up on the one aspiration his parents had aside from pro wrestling

After completing high school, Lesnar would begin his college at Bismark State College, and later go on to graduate from The University of Minnesota. Speaking in a very old interview with pro wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, Lesnar revealed how his parents had the same basic aspiration as him, which parents all over the world have for their children.

The 45-year-old Lesnar revealed in the interview that while still having a year left in school, he would come in contact with Gerald Brisco and Jim Ross, who were willing to offer him a contract in pro wrestling. However, he would choose his education over a career in pro wrestling at that point in time.

He said, ” I was approached in January 1999 by Gerald Brisco and also Jim Ross and they supported me. They would be contacting me in the near future and you know that, I had another year left.”

However, Lesnar further revealed that his parents wanted him to finish his college degree and have proper qualification, which he eventually did.

He stated, ” I was just weighing my options, and waiting to finish school, so I had something to fall back on, you know. My parents always said that I need to finish my college degree, which I did.” 

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Lesnar would finish his college degree while winning several college wrestling championships. He would then move on to have a career in pro wrestling.

Jim Ross once revealed why Brock Lesnar directly wanted to be in WWE

Wrestling veteran Jim Ross is the person responsible for bringing Brock Lesnar into WWE. Speaking on his podcast once, he revealed the reason which compelled Brock Lesnar to be in WWE directly.

Ross revealed, “Brock wanted money right away in WWE. He was tired of being broke. I think he was probably getting tired of the camps and the training and the practices, being in school, the structured situation. That wasn’t his idea of a good time.”  

Ross revealed the financial situation of Lesnar before he made the signing and stated how Lesnar wanted to grow out of that. He stated that they made a deal, that Brock Lesnar would not be signed until the end of the wrestling season.

However, once Lesnar made it into WWE, there was no looking back for him.

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With both wrestling experience and a college degree, Brock Lesnar had plenty of options in his career. Do you guys think his parents were right about him getting a college degree first? Let us know in the comments.