5 WWE Wrestlers who are friends with Brock Lesnar

#2 Shelton Benjamin

Minnesota Stretching Crew was a dominant tag team in OVW

Brock Lesnar is known for being a ferocious and brutal WWE Superstars of all time. He has defeated and taken out most of the WWE wrestlers that he has faced.

However, before Brock Lesnar was such a big Superstar in the WWE, he was present in Ohio Valley Wrestling. There he was part of a tag team called Minnesota Stretching Crew. The man he was teaming with? Shelton Benjamin.

Alberto Del Rio returning to WWE?

Even before coming to WWE to perform together, Shelton Benjamin and Brock Lesnar had been roommates in college.

They were integral in each other's careers back when they were wrestling in OVW. By 2002, the two wrestlers came onto the main roster together. Benjamin and Lesnar are known to have kept in touch out of the ring.

Now, their friendship has taken on a new chapter, with Benjamin coming out to attack Seth Rollins on this episode of WWE RAW. The two are obviously well in touch with each other.

About the author

Anirban Banerjee is a journalist from Kolkata, India and has been a part of building Sportskeeda's WWE section over the past 8 years. He's been an Assistant Content Manager for the team during the past 3 years as well. Banerjee has interviewed Jon Jones, Conor McGregor, 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Jorge Masvidal, Mandy Rose, Joe Hendry, Darren Till, and many others.

Anirban has worked in the field of wrestling and mixed martial arts journalism for several years. In addition to his work on Sportskeeda, Anirban is a fiction writer and has co-written over 20 biographies. He was also a columnist for 90 Minutes.

In his free time, Anirban is an avid reader and spends hours lost in books.

Know More

Edited by Kishan Prasad