8 Incredible real life stories about Brock Lesnar

#4 Brock Lesnar joined the National Guard as a teenager

Brock Lesnar joined the National Guard as a teenager but ended up quitting later

One thing a lot of WWE fans may not know about “The Beast Incarnate” is the fact that Brock Lesnar is color blind. Brock has a common form of color blindness called red-green color blindness.

At the age of 17 when Brock Lesnar joined the National Guard after a military recruiter came by his school. However, his career in the military was brought to a halt because of his color blindness. Lesnar was the kind of person who wanted to defend his country and be in the heat of battle. Instead, he was forced to take up a desk job and he soon realized that wasn’t something he wanted to do. Lesnar ended up leaving the National Guard and we all know what happened after that.

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#3 Brock Lesnar was mistakenly arrested in a steroid bust in 2001

Brock Lesnar was arrested and charged with possession of steroids in 2001

The year was 2001 and Brock Lesnar was still in Ohio Valley Wrestling, training to make his main roster debut for the WWE. Brock was arrested by police that year and charged with possession of steroids after Lesnar received a parcel of “steroids”.

The police stated that the contents of the parcel were steroids and charged Lesnar with a felony. However, Lesnar was cleared four months later. Lab tests later proved that Lesnar was innocent of any wrongdoing and that the contents of the package were not steroids. This was what Lesnar and his attorney had stated throughout and Brock was cleared of all wrongdoing.

Thankfully, Lesnar’s career was not adversely affected by this and he’s gone on to become a pro wrestling and combat sports legend.