WWE: Ranking the 4 Greatest Rookie Years Ever

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2. Brock Lesnar

From the moment he arrived in WWE, Brock Lesnar has been a one man wrecking crew and his rookie year was no different. Debuting the night after WrestleMania X8 Lesnar went on an undefeated streak for seven months.

During this time Lesnar defeated major names even, beating Hulk Hogan to the point where he would have to leave WWE for multiple months due to the damage Lesnar caused him. Going into the Summer Lesnar tore through the King of the Ring Tournament winning the 2002 tournament.

The tournament win would allow Lesnar to challenge the WWE Championship in August for Summerslam. Lesnar would challenge The Rock for the title and what was considered a shock, Lesnar won the match to claim the championship from The Peoples Champ.

Lesnar becoming champion gave him the honor of becoming the youngest WWE Champion of all time at 24 years old. Lesnar would then bring the WWE Championship to Smackdown making it exclusive to the Blue Brand.

Going into the Fall, Lesnar would battle The Undertaker in a brutal Hell in a Cell match that was voted the match of year in 2002. Lesnar would finally lose his first match and the WWE Championship at the same time when he lost the belt to The Big Show in a controversial manner.

Brock would get his revenge though as he would beat The Big Show at the 2003 Royal Rumble costing The Giant a spot in the Rumble match later that night. Lesnar. later night, would win the 2003 Rumble match.

Brock would end his fantastic rookie year by defeating Kurt Angle in the main event of WrestleMania XIX to claim his second WWE Championship. Lesnar first year laid the foundation to what has become what of the most dominating careers in WWE.

His rookie year could be the greatest of all time, however, that title belongs to a man who will be a future WWE Hall of Famer.