Some wrestlers, like Cody Rhodes and Dominik Mysterio, think a long time before getting a new tattoo, while others, like Brock Lesnar, just wake up to find that they have gotten new ink. The Beast Incarnate recently had an interview with Barstool Sports where he discussed his life and career in detail. Among other things, he told the story of his famous sword tattoo.
The former UFC Champion mentioned that he got it a while after his April 2004 motorcycle accident. Brock Lesnar noted that it was one of the hardest periods of his life as he was being haunted by the IRS and Vince McMahon was suing him for breaking WWE's non-compete clause. He was also involved in a custody battle for his daughter, and he just woke up one day, surprised by the tattoo:
I got that tattoo. I was shit-faced drunk in Scottsdale, Arizona. Okay? I did it. Yeah, I did it. I was in Scottsdale training for the NFL, had just gotten in a motorcycle accident, and I was just kicked down hard. I had been going through all that stuff and there was a tattoo shop across the street from the biker bar, and that’s not a good place to have a tattoo shop.
I got this tattoo. I didn’t even know I got the damn thing. I wake up the next day and I’m like, “What in the—is this thing?....No planning whatsoever. It was a half a gallon of vodka and maybe a few Vicodin.
Apart from this, Brock Lesnar also talked about his UFC run and revealed that at first, Dana White wanted nothing to do with him and that the UFC President was actually ghosting him. To get his first shot in the company, the former WWE Champion had to confront the MMA executive after a UFC show. You can check out the full story here.
