5. Tries Out For NFL Team… And Starts A Fight
When WWE wasn’t enough, Brock wanted to give the NFL a try before time caught up with him. Prior to tryouts, here’s what Lesnar felt about all the doubters:
“This is no load of bull, it’s no WWE stunt. I am dead serious about this. I ain’t afraid of anything and I ain’t afraid of anybody. I’ve been an underdog in athletics since I was five. I got zero college offers for wrestling. Now people say I can’t play football, that it’s a joke. I say I can. I’m as good an athlete as a lot of guys in the NFL, if not better. I’ve always had to fight for everything. I wasn’t the best technician in amateur wrestling but I was strong, had great conditioning, and a hard head. Nobody could break me. As long as I have that, I don’t give a damn what anybody else thinks.”
Lesnar received a tryout with the Minnesota Vikings and made it to their practice squad. During one of their scrimmages, he decided to lay on a running back for a bit too long causing a mass brawl among both teams. Did you see Lesnar get back-body dropped?! Ultimately, the team passed on Lesnar, which opened up the doors towards his career in Mixed Martial Arts.
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