Former WWE Head Of Security Reveals How Miserable Brock Lesnar Was Backstage

For someone that was catapulted straight to the main event following his WWE debut, a lot has been reported about how miserable Brock Lesnar was during his first run with the company.

Speaking to FOX News, the former Head of WWE Security has opened up about dealing with Brock Lesnar during his first run with WWE in the early 2000s.

Jimmy Noonan had the following to say in a recent interview with FOX News regarding the former Universal and WWE Champion:

“Brock was a very, very different type of guy. The business just wasn’t for Brock.

“Let’s go back to the time I was with him in the early 2000s. He came up, I was there before him, he had a meteoric rise at WWE, he became the champ at a very young age, the youngest champ ever.

“But the business just wasn’t who Brock was. Brock is a guy who wants to go shoot elk in his backyard and wants to ice fish. WWE wasn’t for him but he did very well at it but at the same time, he was miserable.

“Brock was sometimes really miserable. There was one morning when we were at the airport and we were at the airport again at 5 o’clock getting another 5 AM flight to another city. I shadowed Brock because he was the champ.

“We walk into the airport at the same time and he looks at me and goes ‘Noonan if one fan comes up to me and asks me for an autograph, I’m gonna punch you right in the face’ and that would be the beginning of my day.

“He hated WWE so much at the time that he bought his own airplane to fly in on his own expense so he wouldn’t have to be with the boys in the airport and be with the fans.”

One of the episodes of the Ruthless Aggression documentary series on the WWE Network looks at Brock’s first run with the company and is a very interesting watch, so I’d recommend checking that out to find out more.