Brock Lesnar is again.
The embattled former UFC heavyweight champion made an sudden return to WWE on Sunday evening at SummerSlam when he appeared on the finish of the principle occasion match between John Cena and Cody Rhodes. As Cena soaked within the adulation from his followers at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, Lesnar’s music hit the audio system to the shock and shock of these in attendance.
Lesnar finally marched to the ring staring down Cena the complete approach earlier than leaping inside and hitting the Peacemaker star along with his signature “F5” ending transfer. He exited the ring and the stadium with out saying a phrase however clearly Lesnar is formally returning to WWE for one final run with Cena, who plans to retire from skilled wrestling on the finish of 2025.
The return mirrored Lesnar’s one other surprising look in WWE when he went again to the group following his run within the UFC the place he reigned as heavyweight champion. That return in in 2012 ended with Lesnar additionally placing Cena down along with his “F5” as he made his first look in WWE after leaving wrestling eight years earlier.
In fact, Lesnar’s return got here simply weeks after UFC Corridor of Famer Daniel Cormier claimed he was banned from the promotion.
“Brock is on the banned listing proper now,” Cormier informed Demetrious Johnson on his podcast. “Brock bought into a lot hassle. You already know what Brock did. I ain’t telling you on air what Brock did. Brock is in a lot hassle.”
Whereas Cormier by no means spoke to specifics, he was probably referencing the continuing lawsuit by a former WWE worker named Janel Grant, who filed a blockbuster lawsuit towards former proprietor and CEO Vince McMahon in 2024 claiming she was sexually abused and trafficked amongst different allegations.
An modification filed to the unique lawsuit recognized Lesnar as a distinguished performer concerned in among the allegations towards McMahon and John Lauranaitis, who’s the previous head of expertise relations for WWE.
Within the intensive allegations, Grant claimed McMahon shared express photographs and movies of her with Lesnar whereas the WWE was making an attempt to re-sign him to a brand new deal. She additionally alleged that McMahon later knowledgeable her that Lesnar would quickly be a part of them as their subsequent “playmate.”
Whereas a lot of disturbing allegations had been raised, Lesnar was not truly named as a defendant within the lawsuit.
Now Lesnar is again in WWE for a minimum of yet another run, almost definitely to run it again with Cena earlier than he calls it a profession on the finish of the yr.
