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

In a past episode of The Kurt Angle Show podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle revealed that Brock Lesnar was in talks with TNA Wrestling for a potential contract in 2007. Angle stated that Lesnar had contacted him and asked him what he was making in TNA and if he could get him a similar deal with the company. Angle stated that he asked TNA management about it and they told him no due to budget-related issues.

In a recent The D’Amore Drop article for Yahoo Sports’ Uncrowned, former TNA President Scott D’Amore confirmed that Lesnar had been in talks with TNA in 2007 for a potential contract when he was a free agent at the time.

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.