3. Brock Lesnar
Like Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar was an accomplished amateur wrestler when he came to WWE. Granted, he wasn’t an Olympic gold medalist or anything, but he was big and he was scary and there was no way anybody was going to tell him that he couldn’t use his real name.
Competing under his real name, Brock Lesnar became the youngest world champion in the history of WWE (a record which was later broken by Randy Orton). Lesnar had the potential to be a star for years to come in WWE, but he just couldn’t handle the hectic travel schedule. He left the company in 2004, shortly after WrestleMania XX. After leaving WWE, Lesnar made his way to MMA and became one of the biggest draws in the history of UFC, again under his real name.
After a massively successful career in UFC, during which he captured the UFC Heavyweight Championship, Lesnar signed a new deal with WWE and made his return the night after WrestleMania XXVIII to begin a feud with…
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