AEW Star Drops Brock Lesnar Meeting Bombshell

The AEW veteran commentator Jim Ross recently opened up about the first meeting WWE Chairman had with the former WWE star Brock Lesnar in his early days.

Vince McMahon had found ‘the guy’ in Brock Lesnar

Gerald Brisco was also alongside them, while Vince was amazed to see The Beast for the first time.

WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross revealed during an interview with Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT that Vince knew WWE ‘had the guy’ when he saw Lesnar for the very first time.

He said:

“Gerry Brisco and I brought Brock Lesnar to a TV taping in Minneapolis because he went to college there. I said to McMahon ‘that new kid I’m recruiting is here tonight. If you get a chance I’d like you to say hello him.’ So McMahon is walking about with his Mr. McMahon walk and he happens to glance over and Gerry Brisco is standing by this monster. Vince made a U-turn and beelined right to Brock – he had never seen him. Never watched him wrestle.”

JR recalled that he and Brisco wanted to sign Lesnar and believed he would be a huge star in the industry. He was lauded was his athletic abilities and went on to become a huge name in WWE. Paul Heyman Surprising Hurt Business Photo Leaks

JR said:

“He knew Gerry and I was high on him, but Gerry didn’t meet with Vince on a regular basis, I met with Vince every day. I said ‘we got this kid we’re going to sign and he’s going to be extraordinary. You’re going to love him. So when Vince laid eyes on him he knew that we had the guy. If he had any aptitude whatsoever – we knew athletically he was going to be great, he’d already proven himself as an athlete – but if he could get the showbiz side of it and have the aptitude to be a pro wrestler, he was going to be our guy for a while. And that worked out.”

The recruitment of Lesnar went on to become fruitful as he had been a multi-time WWE Champion. He is currently a free agent and we will see if he makes a return to the company.

Barry Russell
Barry Russell
A dedicated pro wrestling follower for more than a decade

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