After spending about a year in WWE’s then-developmental system, OVW, learning the basics, Brock did something that is practically unheard of from a rookie in WWE - he demanded that WWE sent him to the main roster and threatened to quit and go home if they didn’t comply.
Gerald Briscoe has since spoken about the incident, describing what Brock said on the phone when he called him:
Jim Cornette later revealed in an interview that Brock Lesnar was so highly regarded by WWE that he was making multiple times what the other developmental talents were making at the time. Here’s what Cornette said:
However, taking the unprecedented step of demanding a call-up to main worked out well for Lesnar. He won the WWE Championship withing six months of his main toster debut in 2002 and is currently one of the highest paid Superstars on the WWE roster
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