For many years there was a clear divide between the worlds of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. A key reason is that professional wrestling is pre-determined, wins and losses don’t really mean anything, it is primarily for drama and entertainment purposes. Whereas, MMA is a legitimate combat sport and fighters walk into each fight knowing that a loss could do detrimental harm to their careers. Before 2006 nobody ever dreamed that a pro wrestler would take his chances in the world of MMA because they would surely get eaten alive.
Brock Lesnar had the world at his feet after being called up the main roster in 2002, he was dubbed ‘The Next Big Thing’ and tore his way through everyone he came up against, defeated the Rock at Summerslam to win the first of three WWE Championships.