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Someone has vandalized the article in a sneaky way.
It used to correctly state, that Brock Lesnars ancestry was mostly German (and maybe something else like english or scottish or something)descent. There were sources for this and its what he himself stated on multiple occasions. Now some eastern european troll has, for whatever reason, inserted the claim the name Lesnar to be slovenian and that he is supposedly of polish ancestry. Both empty claims with absolutely zero sources to back them up. This should be reverted to its old source accurate state. ~2025-43724-91 (talk) 16:56, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Lesnar left his boots in the ring at Wrestlemania on April 19, 2026, signaling he is retired from wrestling. However, WWE has not confirmed he is retired. Suggest it should be removed that he retired in his info box and in the body of his article. Maybe it can describe what happened (ie: post-match, Lesnar left his boots in the ring, leaving the future of his career unknown.) ~2026-20949-74 (talk) 23:00, 19 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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It has not been confirmed by WWE that Brock retired. Fans are speculating because he left his boots and gloves in the ring. Suggest to remove "retired" from his infobox, as well as in the body of the content. ~2026-20949-74 (talk) 00:39, 20 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I tried to remove it again. This page is getting annoying to deal with. Some people should respect the 'Good Article' designation and add black and white references. Even though we know that wrestling isn't always that. Bringingthewood (talk) 21:17, 21 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I was thinking the same thing. I believe this type of editing would need to be persistent (on a daily basis) for it to get to that point. P.S. We always hope not to get blocked in the meantime. ;) Bringingthewood (talk) 01:06, 22 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Tagging @Czello and @MichaelJames98. To reiterate my reasoning: essentially a mix of WP:FANCRUFT and WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. A lot of wrestlers' have bloated pages dedicated to a lot of arbiturary achievements that just don't need to be mentioned unless notable. That goes with how many Wrestlemania Main Events a wrestler has participated in and a whole list of others. Lemonademan22 (talk) 21:45, 17 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
How is it arbitrary when almost every major wrestler page on wikipedia is filled with way less important accomplishments than this? Especially in the legacy sections
just take a look at Steve Austin,Hulk Hogan,Dwayne Johnson pages for examples
there are tons of more wrestlers,those are just examples
A lot of modern wrestlers have accomplishments on their pages that’s actually Fancrufty because it isn’t actually undisputed fact
like saying the four horsewomen (Becky Lynch,Sasha Banks,Bayley,Charlotte Flair) influenced the women division forever because there were so many other factors that led to that
influence is an opinion that many experts disagree on
Meanwhile Wrestlemania is the longest running ppv in pro wrestling history,that’s a fact,we have tons of statements that we can use as a reason to show why headlining wrestlemania is an important accomplishment to tons of wrestlers,definitely more important than winning a mid card title and definitely more important than winning a title from an independent promotion which is all over wikipedia
CM Punk left WWE for 10 years because they didn’t let him main event Wrestlemania
Becky Lynch said in a documentary if you were a wrestler that’s getting into the business,your goal is to main event Wrestlemania
also it is there to show how big of a box office attraction brock lesnar and the other wrestlers that you edited their pages were
and i say it again you removed this part but left out the part of him headlining some of the biggest UFC ppvs of all time
it isn’t fancrufty,it is to showcase how big of a draw/star/box office attraction he was,those were some of the biggest shows ever
I was not blocked in March regarding this page. I don't remember adding anything about Lesnar headlining any event. If you could provide a link that'd be pretty helpful. Lemonademan22 (talk) 00:09, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I cannot see where I ever added that in March. I can see where I reverted you on something, but this particular section wasn't part of it as far as I can see. — Czello(music)05:59, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the ping, but all I did was restoring a stable revision while fully-protecting a page. Disputed content may not be restored without a consensus here (WP:BLPRESTORE, WP:ONUS). I have no opinion on the dispute, just that restoring disputed content while it is under discussion would be problmatic. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 19:41, 18 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I’m still waiting on Czello and Lemonademan22 to respond to my long comment and their logic of thinking main eventing Wrestlemania isn’t notable meanwhile on wikipedia we mention if someone won the NBA MVP award
You do realise we can still edit it, right? To repeat myself, just because something else exists does not inherintly justify something else. See WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS, I won't repeat this point again. According to Wikipedia policy, such mention of main eventing Wrestlemania is indeed fancruft and not notable in Brock Lesnar's case. Lemonademan22 (talk) 00:59, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I’m talkimg about why Wrestlemania main event is an important accomplishment compared to mentioning independent wrestling titles all over wikipedia profiles,heck even Dave Meltzer’s awards and other unimportant awards are all over the website
How is it arbitrary when almost every major wrestler page on wikipedia is filled with way less important accomplishments than this? Especially in the legacy sections
just take a look at Steve Austin,Hulk Hogan,Dwayne Johnson pages for examples
there are tons of more wrestlers,those are just examples
A lot of modern wrestlers have accomplishments on their pages that’s actually Fancrufty because it isn’t actually undisputed fact
like saying the four horsewomen (Becky Lynch,Sasha Banks,Bayley,Charlotte Flair) influenced the women division forever because there were so many other factors that led to that
influence is an opinion that many experts disagree on
Meanwhile Wrestlemania is the longest running ppv in pro wrestling history,that’s a fact,we have tons of statements that we can use as a reason to show why headlining wrestlemania is an important accomplishment to tons of wrestlers,definitely more important than winning a mid card title and definitely more important than winning a title from an independent promotion which is all over wikipedia
CM Punk left WWE for 10 years because they didn’t let him main event Wrestlemania
Becky Lynch said in a documentary if you were a wrestler that’s getting into the business,your goal is to main event Wrestlemania
also it is there to show how big of a box office attraction brock lesnar and the other wrestlers that you edited their pages were
and i say it again you removed this part but left out the part of him headlining some of the biggest UFC ppvs of all time
it isn’t fancrufty,it is to showcase how big of a draw/star/box office attraction he was,those were some of the biggest shows ever
What is in other wrestlers' articles is irrelevant. Ultimately I'm against an extensive list of arbitrary PPV names he's he headlined. It takes up excessive space and I don't think it's interesting to the reader to know each specific WrestleMania or Summer slam etc. — Czello(music)05:00, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
This isn’t about Brock Lesnar only by the way,John Cena,Cody Rhodes,CM Punk as well
And is it intersting for the readers to have awards from outlets called wrestlecrap or websites that no one have heard of? Look at some of the awards in the championships and accomplishments sections for so many wrestlers MichaelJames98 (talk) 05:10, 19 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
If you think it takes a lot of space,we can mention how many times they headlined wrestlemania (the number) instead of listing every single wrestlemania they headlined
nobody responded to my argument for 2 days,seems to me that @ToBeFree should change it back since the other gentleman didn’t go into the weeds with me regarding how wrestlemania main event isn’t a notable accomplishment even though it is always pointed out all over wikipedia who headlined each wrestlemania in different ways
People tend to stop responding when discussions run in circles or you keep repeating the same arguments. This doesn't mean you've won or something. Unless a consensus (not a few people remaining in disagreement with each other) exists, the content may not be restored. Finding such a consensus is your task (WP:ONUS) and you seem to have failed so far. Which isn't an unusual thing. The unusual thing in this discussion here is that one person keeps repeating their view again and again. Please disengage, find something else to edit, go away from this article for a while. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 09:20, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure SummerSlam needs to be mentioned at all; it might be one of their bigger PPVs, but we have to draw the line somewhere. I'd be more on board with mentioning the number of WM main events, but I'd actually just leave it as "mulitple WrestleMania main events" or words to that effect. — Czello(music)09:20, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Shouldn’t the page be restored to what it was before that discussion started? @ToBeFree
we stopped editing and went into the discussion page because of this
My opinion, include the text if it's included in the body, it's sourced and it's notable. Maybe, Hogan main eventing the first wrestlemanias is notable. Maybe, Roman Reigns being the wrestler with most main events it's notable. Maybe, Bam Bam Bigelow main eventing wrestlemania is notable since it was a high profile match and Bigelow wan't a main event star. Punk, Rhodes and many other main evented WrestleMania, but it's not notable per se. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 14:17, 21 May 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: If you are requesting that an image be changed you must provide the new image and ensure that it complies with Wikipedia's image use policy. Day Creature (talk) 04:46, 24 January 2026 (UTC)
Done: Hopefully the speculation will end soon. We would need a reliable source added to his article to keep him retired. Bringingthewood (talk) 03:26, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
