Scott D’Amore Confirms Brock Lesnar Was In Talks With TNA In 2007

Confirmation of the talks.

While Kurt Angle was still hosting his weekly podcast, he shared that at one point, Brock Lesnar was interested in making his way over to TNA Wrestling.

Angle stated that this was in 2007. Lesnar was away from WWE and ventured over to New Japan Pro-Wrestling. During the summer of 2007, Angle defeated Brock Lesnar for the IWGP Third Belt Championship at the IGF Bom-Ba-Ye show. Angle was also the TNA World Heavyweight Champion at the time.

Former TNA President Scott D’Amore confirmed in ‘The D’Amore Drop’ blog that Lesnar was in talks with TNA.

Kurt Angle revealed this week that Brock Lesnar was in talks with TNA back in 2007. This is absolutely true — I was the producer of almost all Kurt’s early matches in TNA and he came to me saying Brock wanted to come over.

Kurt was very excited about this and, obviously, it would have been a huge, maybe trajectory-altering signing for TNA. I passed it on to Dixie Carter, who owned TNA at the time. But, as you already know, it didn’t happen.

It’s a huge what-if, not just for TNA, but for Lesnar. If he came to TNA on a big contract in 2007, would he have still debuted in MMA that year? Would he have felt the need to go fight in the UFC in 2008 and help usher in a legion of new fans for the UFC? I suppose we’ll never know.

Lesnar is back in WWE for the first time since 2023. He is returning to in-ring action to face John Cena at WWE’s Wrestlepalooza Premium Live Event.