Brock Lesnar is an American pro wrestler and retired mixed martial artist whose WWE and UFC runs became source material for a long list of wrestling memes3. He works with manager Paul Heyman for almost every promo and finishes matches with an over-the-shoulder driver called the F5, which itself became a staple of reaction GIFs on wrestling subreddits.

Fan writeups tend to fixate on his 6'2", 265-pound frame and describe him in outright monster terms1. The meme cluster around Brock Lesnar pulls from real athletic feats, a Division I NCAA wrestling title, a UFC Heavyweight Championship and ending Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak, and odder moments like a botched Shooting Star Press at Wrestlemania 19 and a briefcase-as-boombox dance on Raw.

Wrestling fans typically pair a Brock Lesnar clip or the 'Suplex City' tag with any lopsided beatdown, in sports discourse or memed onto political and gaming content. Reaction shots of shocked crowd members from the Undertaker streak-breaking match are common as 'when your team loses' bait, and the boombox-briefcase clip often gets pulled into celebration posts.