Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman

Behind Their Deep Bond

The bond between Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman runs deep. Here is how their fate aligned to become one of the greatest manager/wrestler duos of all time.

Brock Edward Lesnar was born on July 12th, 1977, in Webster, South Dakota. He was raised by Stephanie and Richard Lesnar on a dairy farm.

Part 1: Brock Lesnar –  A Beast Is Born

Football was his chosen path when Lesnar came home. He even signed a letter of intent to play with Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, because he didn’t receive any wrestling offers.

For his junior and senior years, Brock made his way to the University of Minnesota on a full wrestling scholarship. There were no pudgy kids to defeat him there. He was now in an NCAA Division I wrestling program, which is about as good as it gets for an amateur wrestler (other than the Olympics).

PART 2: Paul E. Dangerously, a.k.a. Paul Heyman

“Yeah. Paul E’s one of the boys, and sometimes, he has to draw the line to be the boss, which is a business. And business has to come first; otherwise, we’ll all be out of a job. But he creates an atmosphere where when you go to work, you’re happy.”

Paul Heyman – Early Life

Paul Heyman was born in Westchester County, New York, on September 11th, 1965. His parents were Richard S. Heyman, a prominent personal injury attorney who passed away on June 25, 2013, and Sulamita Heyman, a Holocaust survivor who passed away on February 27, 2009.

A few years later, the young Mr. Heyman managed to fast-talk his way backstage for a WWWF show at Madison Square Garden. He tells the story in his WWE produced documentary, "Ladies and Gentleman, My Name is Paul Heyman." It was a stroke of genius.

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