5 up-and-coming WWE Superstars that The Rock put over

#2 Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar became the youngest Undisputed Champion in WWE history at Summerslam 2002

Not many 25-year-olds find immediate success in WWE, let alone tear through a roster filled with some of the company's greatest stars. However, a cursory glance at his career reveals that professional wrestling convention has seldom applied to Brock Lesnar — a behemoth blessed with all of the gifts that make those who promote the Sport of Kings giddy.

Vince McMahon is no different; he has never balked at presenting the former UFC Heavyweight Champion as an unstoppable force. Even though several hardcore fans decry McMahon's booking of Lesnar, WWE's head honcho has been emphatically vindicated by the University of Minnesota product's returns at the box office.

While the Beast Incarnate is unquestionably one of the biggest stars professional wrestling has produced since the turn of the century, he might never have become a bonafide main event player if it weren't for his victory over The Rock at Summerslam 2002.

When he first burst onto the scene, Lesnar was seen as a breath of fresh air in a company struggling to recapture the heights of the Attitude Era, but it was his first WWE Championship win against The Rock and subsequent rivalries with Kurt Angle and The Undertaker that established him as an unbeatable force.