“Charles was on the Ground”: Brock Lesnar Knocked Out Fellow Trainee for a Shockingly Petty Reason

Brock Lesnar is by far one of the most intimidating athletes in the world. A former WWE Champion, he made his mark in MMA as well. In his short but spectacular UFC run, he won the Heavyweight Championship and defeated some really tough fighters.

Apart from this, ‘The Beast Incarnate’ has also been an NCAA Division I champion. Clearly, this is a guy you don’t want to mess around with. A story from Lesnar’s time in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) has emerged, highlighting his brutal strength and little patience for pranks.

Pro wrestling has had a tradition of “ribbing’ in the locker room for years. It involves pulling practical jokes on fellow wrestlers behind the scenes. Rip Rogers, a former OVW trainer, talked about a wrestler ribbing Lesnar once and how The Beast made him regret it.

Brock Lesnar broke a wrestler’s jaw for ribbing him in OVW

Standing at 6’3″ and weighing 286 lbs, Brock Lesnar is as intimidating as his measurement. He isn’t called ‘The Beast Incarnate’ for nothing. His exploits in UFC, NCAA, and even WWE mean he has more than earned his nickname.

Lesnar signed with WWE’s developmental territory OVW in 2000. The territory became a breeding ground for future world champions like John Cena, Batista, and Randy Orton. Rip Rogers trained many of these stars, including Brock Lesnar. Rogers revealed on the Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw YouTube channel what happened when a wrestler tried to rib Lesnar in the OVW locker room.

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Rogers said a wrestler by the name of Vivacious Charles was also in the OVW system and once pranked Brock Lesnar to his own detriment. He said Lesnar was so annoyed he ended up breaking Charles’ jaw.

Rogers revealed, “This guy named Vivacious Charles just ribbed [pranked] Brock about something. Brock just stood up and backhanded him. Boom. Charles was on the ground about ready to cry. His jaw broke.”

Rip Rogers stated that he had to make Brock understand that Charles was goofing around. He added, “I said, ‘Brock, he’s just ribbing you.’ He goes, ‘What’s that?’ I said, ‘Oh God.’ I wasn’t gonna ruffle his feathers, oh hell no!”

Rogers didn’t disclose what had Charles done to anger the former WWE Universal Champion so much, but realized that ‘The Conqueror’ was not the person to mess around and get away with. Although ribbing is common in pro wrestling, some wrestlers take it as light-hearted fun, but others don’t like it when it crosses a line.

In this case, Charles ended up ribbing the wrong guy and felt the wrath of Brock Lesnar.

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