Original Royal Rumble 2022 Winner Revealed Years Later
Former WWE Superstar Matt Riddle has disclosed that an initial creative plan for the 2022 Royal Rumble involved him winning the match instead of Brock Lesnar.
Brock Edward Lesnar ( LEZ-nər; born July 12, 1977) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler and professional American football player. As a professional wrestler, with the exception of a brief free agency between 2020 and 2021, he has been signed to WWE since 2012. Often regarded as one of the most prolific combat sport athletes in the world, Lesnar is the only person to have won the primary heavyweight championships of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
Lesnar competed in collegiate wrestling for the University of Minnesota, winning the NCAA Division I national championship in 2000. He soon signed with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002), rising to industry prominence in mid-2002 by winning the WWE Championship at age 25, setting the record for the youngest performer to win the championship. In 2004, Lesnar departed WWE to join the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL), but was cut from the team during pre-season. He returned to…
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Former WWE Superstar Matt Riddle has disclosed that an initial creative plan for the 2022 Royal Rumble involved him winning the match instead of Brock Lesnar.
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