5 WWE Superstars who had backstage issues with Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar is no longer a part of WWE, and there's no telling whether he ever plans to come back to the squared circle. One thing's for sure though, Lesnar has left a legacy that would be hard to match by Superstars of tomorrow. His impact on the business has been a major one, and he remained a big draw till the very end.

Brock Lesnar is one of the most controversial Superstars in WWE history. He left a lucrative WWE job in 2004 because he wasn't happy with the company's hectic schedule, as well as the way his character was being handled on the roster. Over the course of his two stints in WWE, Brock Lesnar made very few friends but had backstage issues with several wrestlers. In this list, we will be taking a look at five WWE Superstars who had backstage issues with Brock Lesnar.

#5 Chris Jericho

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Back in 2016, Brock Lesnar defeated Randy Orton in the main event of SummerSlam, in what was one of the most disturbing in-ring outings that the fans had ever witnessed. Brock Lesnar beat up Orton to such a degree that the referee had to award him the victory via technical knockout. Randy Orton was left in a pool of his own blood, as thousands of fans watched in stunned silence. WWE Superstar Chris Jericho was fuming backstage and actually believed that Lesnar had just beat up Orton for real.

Brock Lesnar and Jericho almost came to blows

This led to a heated altercation between Brock Lesnar and Jericho, and they were very close to getting into a fight. Vince McMahon and Triple H interfered and the duo was separated. McMahon explained to Jericho that it was all a work, and wasn't happy with how he had acted. One wonders what would have happened that night if Vince McMahon and Triple H hadn't interfered.

#4 Riddle

Ever since he came to WWE, Riddle has made it known on various occasions that he wants to be the one to retire Brock Lesnar. Riddle mentioning Lesnar on his social media became a regular occurrence until the latter couldn't take it anymore. Earlier this year, Lesnar had had enough and decided to confront Riddle. At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Lesnar confronted Riddle and the news sent the pro wrestling world by storm. The details about the incident soon came out, and Riddle talked about it as well.

Let’s just say he came up to me with a security guard, not that he needed the security guard. He came up to me, put his arm around me and told me we were never going to work. So, I shouldn’t mention his name or talk about him or anything like that. And I should not call him out on social media. And I said, ‘Whatever you want, Bro.’

Brock Lesnar vs. Riddle is certainly an outing fans would love to see

Brock Lesnar is not a part of WWE anymore. If he decides to come back somewhere down the line, fans would want nothing but to see him have a program with Riddle that leads to a big pay-per-view match. Lesnar doesn't want to face Riddle, but a good payday just might make him change his mind.

#3 Big Show

In his book, "Death Clutch", Brock Lesnar talked about his first stint in WWE in vivid detail. He shared his honest thoughts about several WWE Superstars, including Big Show. Lesnar and Big Show had locked horns on many occasions back in 2002-03, and are still good friends. For a short while though, there was heat between them. Brock Lesnar made it clear in his book that Big Show didn't respect him and thought that he would get intimidated by him like others, but that was far from the truth.

He thought I was just another dumb jock greenhorn who was going to be intimidated by him, but I dropped him to the mat with a double leg takedown, and he was crying uncle.

Another day, he was bullying everyone around, and I decided to bully him back. He got mad at me and told me, “I’ll be back up in the main events, making millions, and you’ll still be down here in Louisville setting up the ring.

Brock Lesnar and Big Show went on to become good friends

Big Show was dead wrong about Brock Lesnar's future though, as The Beast went on to become one of the greatest Superstars in WWE history and also became a mainstream star courtesy his UFC stint. Lesnar stated in his book that the two later became good friends and that he likes Big Show.

#2 John Cena

Back in 2012, Brock Lesnar threw a backstage tantrum when John Cena no-sold his beating following their Extreme Rules match. Cena was supposed to be carried out on a stretcher, but he got up and delivered a promo to close out the pay-per-view. It was clear as day that Brock Lesnar wasn't a fan of Cena on that night. Reports started coming in soon after, stating that this real-life feud went way back to Lesnar's first stint in WWE.

Stories from behind the scenes say that Lesnar was not a fan of a young, up and coming Cena. One source actually stated, “Brock absolutely positively hated and detested John Cena!”

Lesnar reportedly bad-mouthed Cena to Vince McMahon many times, especially anytime Cena was doing something being perceived as positive.

Brock Lesnar wasn't a fan of Cena when both were mainstays on SmackDown

Brock Lesnar and John Cena worked on WWE SmackDown, back in 2002-04. Immediately after Lesnar's WWE title victory over Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 19, he kicked off a feud with Cena, which led to a match at Backlash 2003. Cena lost in the end, and it looked like Lesnar wasn't too cooperative during the bout. This was it in terms of their rivalry over the WWE title. They feuded for a short while on the road to Survivor Series 2003, where Cena was a part of Team Angle against Brock Lesnar's band of giants.

#1 The Undertaker

The Undertaker has put down a long string of WWE Superstars over the past three decades, on his way to becoming a legend. One Superstar who always had his number though was Brock Lesnar. During their first feud in late 2002, Lesnar came out victorious when he beat The Undertaker inside Hell in a Cell to retain his WWE title. Fans might remember The Undertaker challenging Brock Lesnar to a fight at UFC 121, immediately after the latter's loss to Cain Velasquez.

Lesnar wasn't too happy with the comment and opened up on his real-life heat with The Undertaker in an interview with Ariel Helwani months later.

Once again, I enjoyed working with Mark in the ring but me and him….. Well, there were some things said that kinda really pi**ed me off.

I don’t know what he wanted to do. Maybe he was trying to fight. I don’t know if he was there to fight or what or if he was there to get some attention or what, I don’t know.

These guys (pro wrestlers) were part of my life years ago and I think they see me having success outside of their universe that they can’t do……

Brock Lesnar also confirmed that the duo has legit beef.

It is. It is a legit (beef). I got a problem with him.

Brock Lesnar later returned to WWE and had a lengthy feud with The Undertaker

Lesnar came back to WWE in 2012 and resumed his feud with The Undertaker on the road to WrestleMania 30. At the event, Brock Lesnar became the first man to defeat The Undertaker at WrestleMania, after the latter had won 21 straight matches at the event. The rivalry continued in 2015 and ended when Lesnar defeated The Deadman inside Hell in a Cell.

Edited by Kaushik Das