Brock Lesnar admits he was ‘s***-faced drunk’ when he got infamous chest tattoo, didn't even know it happened

Brock Lesnar has long had one of the most intimidating presences across combat sports. His size alone has been enough to strike fear into many of the opponents facing him, but his tattoos add an extra layer to his overall look. Perhaps the most infamous of Lesnar's ink, however, is his chest sword — which he admits shouldn't exist.

The former WWE and UFC champion revealed on a recent appearance on the "Spittin’ Chiclets" podcast that he never intended to have a chest tattoo at all. Instead, a drunken night out after parting ways with WWE for the NFL in 2004 led to an evening of poor decisions. Said Lesnar: “I got that tattoo, I was s***-faced drunk in Scottsdale, [Arizona].

I was in Scottsdale, training for the NFL, had just gotten in a motorcycle accident. I was just kicked down hard. I was going through all that stuff.

“There was a tattoo shop across the street from the biker bar, and that’s not a good place to have a tattoo shop. I got this tattoo — I didn’t even know I got the damn thing. I wake up the next day, and I’m like, 'What in the [expletive] is this thing?