$25M Worth Brock Lesnar Once Revealed How His First WWE Paycheck Turned His Life Around: “I Used My Signing Bonus….”

Brock Lesnar has overseen a dominating career in wrestling which continues to spark even today. The Beast was recently involved in an all-out brawl against The Almighty Bobby Lashley at WWE Crown Jewel. And Lesnar eventually won the match, just like he has bested all the obstacles throughout his career. Ever since his debut in WWE, he was billed as “The Next Big Thing.” His rise to the top might have turned him into a larger-than-life persona.

But this hard-hitting performer, like many, started out as a boy with a dream to succeed. Lesnar revealed many facets of his career in his 2011 Autobiography Death Clutch.

In one such anecdote from the book, he has written about his initial days as a professional wrestler. The 10-times world champion went on to write about his first paycheck from WWE.

He wrote, “For the first time in my life, I had money in my pocket. I used my signing bonus to pay off my student loans, and I bought a motorcycle. I hadn’t even stepped foot into a wrestling ring yet, and I was debt-free. Those WWE paychecks were coming in every week, and I thought I had it made.” 

Brock Lesnar: a career spanning more than two decades

Lesnar, from his own admittance, faced the going tough in the early stages of his career, although he had already shown promise from his college days. He had won the NCAA Heavyweight Championship before securing a contract with the major wrestling promotion WWE.

The Beast would go on to dominate the squared circle for years to come. His feuds with legends such as The Undertaker and The Big Show are etched forever in fans’ memory. However, he would go on to leave WWE initially in 2004 after the WrestleMania 20 event.

The Beast Incarnate was an established name in combat sports by then. And he would go on to have successful stints first in the Japanese wrestling circuit and later on in the UFC.

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Lesnar eventually returned to his first employer in 2012 and has had many stints with the promotion since then. In his renewed stints with the WWE, he had gone on to feud with Roman Reigns and is in an ongoing rivalry with the Almighty Bobby Lashley.

Brock Lesnar might have conquered everything throughout his career. But even he had to build his career brick by brick to reach the unassailable level that he is at today. It will be difficult to fathom for the fans that he once was just a normal kid coming out of college with normal dreams. Lesnar has come a long way since those days, but he would always cherish those memories and so will his fans.

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