Top 15 Brock Lesnar WWE matches

11. The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar, SummerSlam 2002

Beating The Rock was Brock Lesnar's original coronation.

In 2002, Brock Lesnar debuted on the main roster and went on a tear. He singlehandedly decimated The Hardy Boyz, bear hugged Hulk Hogan into unconsciousness, and steam rolled the King of the Ring field. In a few months, he became far and away the hottest act in WWE, leading him to a SummerSlam main event showdown with The Rock for the WWE Championship.

While neither of these two performers was necessarily at his peak when this match occurred, it was nonetheless a very fun encounter with the added weight that it felt instantly historically important based on Rock’s legend and Lesnar’s meteoric rise. Paul Heyman’s outside interference may have tainted the match for some critics, but the conclusion nonetheless sent a clear message. Lesnar pinned The Great One and The Next Big Thing was off and running as the new face of WWE.