WWE: Brock Lesnar and the 10 Best Monster Heels in WWE History

With Brock Lesnar's WWE return seeming to be all over, so ends yet another Lesnar-esque reign over WWE. While Lesnar never won a title or an accolade and lost his only official match upon his return, Lesnar has left WWE in a place that certainly has been affected because of him.

Paul Heyman's shocking return on RAW last night seems to have ended the return of the Brock Lesnar era in WWE, much like how Heyman ushered in the Lesnar era a decade earlier. While you can never truly count out Lesnar from returning to a WWE ring, if this is the last that we see of him, it will be the end for one of the most destructive men in WWE history.

It's one thing to be bad and an entirely different thing to be a monster. Monster heels do terrible things first and never ask questions. The typical monster heel is a gigantic specimen that towers over the rest of the competition.

The monster heel has been a role that WWE has used very well over the years to help hype their babyfaces. From Hulk Hogan to Stone Cold Steve Austin and now John Cena, babyfaces garner sympathy and support when faced with a monster of a man. Here are 10 of the greatest monster heels in WWE history

Kane

The Big Red Monster is absolutely on this list for being exactly that for his entire career. While not always being a heel, Kane has always possessed unmatched strength, as well as speed and quickness that never quite fit the big man. He has had some great hits as a monster heel. Upon his debut, he ripped the door off the hinges to the Hell in a Cell and cost The Undertaker the WWE Championship. In one of his first acts after that night, he destroyed his parents' headstones and set them on fire.

In later years, Kane continued his horrible ways. At one point, however, everything seemed to change for Kane. He was forced to unmask himself, revealing a whole new tortured side of himself. Nobody was safe from Kane as men were thrown off the stage and being injured all over the place. Jim Ross tried to conduct an interview with the unmasked Kane and was set on fire.

Kane's latest run in WWE has him re-masked, which began with him wanting John Cena to "embrace the hate." In the course of a few weeks, he had Cena down in the dumps and Zack Ryder seated in a wheelchair. By WrestleMania, Kane was getting retribution on Randy Orton.

The Undertaker

The Phenom has had a legendary WWE career that few can ever come close to duplicating. The Undertaker began as a dominant mystery teammate of Ted DiBiase during the Survivor Series in 1990. Countless championships in WWE saw The Undertaker becoming more and more powerful in the company. Few men have ever taken The Undertaker down for a time, but The Deadman always rises up.

The scariest and darkest that The Undertaker has ever been was when he was the lord of darkness and began the Ministry of Darkness. The Undertaker would bring in The Acolytes, Mideon, Viscera an The Brood, as well as an eventual alliance with The Corporation. During the Attitude Era, The Undertaker was about as scary as it got in the late 1990s. People would be kidnapped, strapped to the symbol of The Undertaker and be hung from the rafters in almost a crucifixion-like pose.

Umaga

The Samoan Bulldozer is sorely missed by WWE fans. His stints in the company were impressive considering the lack of accolades and championships that he won. Umaga would come to the ring with war paint and Samoan tattoos, making an example of his opponent. Umaga's great strength and incredible agility made it very difficult to game-plan for Umaga. How did you stop Umaga? You just didn't.

Umaga left WWE and was suspected to return in a short time, but he shockingly passed away in 2009. At 36 years old, there was still some time for Umaga to make an impact. Two-and-a-half years later, Umaga would've fit into the current plans of WWE if he was still alive today. The legacy of Umaga will be one of those good and solid, yet short, stints in WWE history.

Lord Tensai

With previous stints as Prince Albert, Albert and A-Train, the scariest that Matt Bloom has ever been in a WWE ring is as the current gimmick of Lord Tensai. Tensai is a feared man in Japan, as he went over there and disposed of many a wrestler overseas. Tensai has now built an unusual streak for himself.

Since debuting with the new gimmick, Tensai has knocked out many of his opponents and has rarely had to resort to a pinfall in order to finish a match. Tensai has often knocked his opponents out to the point where he has had his matches stopped by referees. His mist apparently burns when sprayed onto his hand and applied directly to the face of a groggy opponent.

Kharma

Kharma has barely been seen in a WWE ring in her career, but she has certainly made her time count. Dismantling one Diva after another, Kharma was on a warpath with little reason as to why and little consideration as to when it would end. Suddenly, Kharma was pregnant and forced herself out of the ring to deal with her personal issues. Kharma returned to the ring unexpectedly in January at Royal Rumble in what was actually her first official match in WWE.

Kharma has not appeared since that night and many wonder if she will ever return to a WWE ring. If not, despite never actually being in a match with another Diva, Kharma will still have made a more profound impact in her career than many of the other current Divas on the roster.

King Kong Bundy

King Kong Bundy is the quintessential big monster heel from the 1980s in WWE. Debuting in 1985 in WWE, Bundy was immediately pushed with quick and dominating pinfall victories. At the first WrestleMania, Bundy took on S.D. Jones in just the second match in WrestleMania history. While the match unofficially lasted for just 24 seconds, WWE has listed the bout as lasting just nine seconds. That match stood as the "record" until Kane defeated Chavo Guerrero in eight seconds at WrestleMania XXIV.

Bundy would end up feuding with Hulk Hogan, making it to the main event of the second WrestleMania, falling to Hogan in a steel cage match. Bundy never won a championship in WWE, but he's revered as one of the most dangerous men in WWE history. A Hall of Fame induction for Bundy seems inevitable.

Mark Henry

Mark Henry has made a career out of being a strong man in the professional wrestling world. The former strongman competitor and holder of world records in weightlifting was a big signing by WWE in the 1990s following his Olympic appearances. Henry was an enforcer for The Nation of Domination, which saw The Rock come into prominence.

A stint as Sexual Chocolate got Henry on television, but it didn't garner any serious storylines for him. After an exit and a return, Henry was the World's Strongest Man and inserted into matches with big superstars. Henry would be on the cusp of big matches, main-eventing pay-per-views and getting world title shots. None of it would come to fruition for Henry until a year ago, when the happy-go-lucky Henry became the destructive monster he was always capable of being. Henry opened the doors to the Hall of Pain, destroying other superstars in his path toward his elusive world championship, which he won late last year.

Henry has hardly been seen around WWE programming as of late, but Henry is always lurking in the shadows, ready to deliver some pain to the rest of the WWE roster.

Brock Lesnar

Lesnar has always been someone who needed to be dealt with. Few men could ever take charge of The Next Big Thing, as Lesnar has one of the most flawless resumés in WWE history. The youngest WWE champion in history also won a King of the Ring and a Royal Rumble in a short time in the company. He never won other championships because he never tried to. He never won tag team gold because he never had close friends. All that Brock Lesnar could truly depend upon was Brock Lesnar.

Following a stint in UFC, where he became the heavyweight champion in the company, Lesnar returned to WWE following WrestleMania. He set his sights on John Cena, manhandling him and forcing him to bleed on a few occasions. If Lesnar is truly gone from WWE, he has never truly had any opponent get the best of him.

Yokozuna

Yokozuna was a superstar who was so gigantic and physical that it never seemed like it would've been easy to compete against him. Yokozuna was one of the heaviest superstars in WWE history and enjoyed one of the most sparkling winning percentages of all time. Yokozuna won the 1993 Royal Rumble while only being knocked down once. At WrestleMania IX, Yokozuna became WWE Champion, only to have Hulk Hogan defeat him minutes later.

At King of the Ring, Yokozuna defeated Hogan to take the title back and effectively "end Hulkamania" in WWE for nearly a decade. Yokozuna would also win the tag team titles twice with the late Owen Hart. Despite not winning anything else in his time, Yokozuna is still a one-of-a-kind superstar in WWE lore.

Andre the Giant

Name a monster heel and Andre the Giant better be in the conversation. The gigantic superstar could smother you with the palm of his hand. His sheer size was incredible. Andre was likely the tallest man that any fan had ever seen in real life at the time. He certainly is one of the largest and most charismatic superstars in WWE history. Andre is so beloved that the WWE Hall of Fame was created with him being the first-ever inductee.

I don't need to tell you what Andre did because it was much more than accolades and championships. Andre the Giant helped create Hulkamania and turn pro wrestling into sports entertainment. In a Mount Rushmore of pro wrestling history, Andre has got to be in consideration for a spot. He was the first true heel to be recognized in a wide scale and in the mainstream.

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