The Brock Lesnar Nickname WWE Wants You to Forget

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the beast incarnate

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And our personal favorite: Cowboy Brock!

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But there is one nickname that WWE does not want you to know about; because it will cause a PR catastrophe for them.

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During his first run with the WWE, Tazz used to refer to Lesnar as the "Vanilla Gorilla" on commentary.

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WWE already has a history of indulging racial stereotypes, most infamous being X-Pac's blackface promo from the Attitude Era.

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