Jim Ross has posted a new article over at FOX Sports, taking a look at the career of WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar.

When talking about initially recruiting Brock Lesnar, JR revealed one of Lesnar’s conditions before he would sign a WWE deal is that the company had to hire his roommate at the time, Shelton Benjamin.

“The only catch was that we needed to also recruit and offer Brock’s Minnesota teammate, Shelton Benjamin, as well,” JR revealed. “Benjamin was an amazing athlete, and signing the South Carolina native was a blessing as he had a solid WWE career, arguably underutilized in the opinion of some. Plus, he made Brock’s transition from the amateurs to the pros much easier.

Robinson [Lesnar's wrestling coach] knew Brock could be a challenging athlete to manage, so having Benjamin in the same training camp was a major positive in the development of Lesnar.”

There you go, Razor, you should love Brock for bringing Shelton with him.

ive never been more proud of lesner in my life.

That'd have been cool down the line if Lesnar had stayed, sticking him back in a team with Shelton.

I can't see Lesnar and Shelton as a proper tag team, because I think Lesnar would have been to high up the card for that. If they'd done a WGTT with Lesnar instead of Angle, that might have worked. Have Haas and Benjamin do most of the tag matches, but have Lesnar join them for six man tags.

I hate him a little less for it.

But anyway, Mink, it's like if they found out that Roman Reigns only got signed cause of The Rock. Would that make you like him?

I recall something I read about Shelton getting injured, otherwise they'd probably still be badasses with amazing ability but no mic skills.