WWE Comments On When They Contacted Brock Lesnar About SummerSlam Return
WWE clarifies how Brock's SummerSlam return came about
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Aug 5, 2025
On last night's edition of WWE Raw, Michael Cole provided some information on how Brock Lesnar's return at SummerSlam the night before came about.
After a replay of Lesnar's attack on John Cena was shown, Cole said:
"Earlier today, I had the opportunity to sit down with WWE President Nick Khan and WWE's Chief Content Officer Paul 'Triple H' Levesque. And I asked them a simple question: 'When was it determined that Brock Lesnar would return to WWE?'. They told me they reached out to Brock a couple of weeks ago and said, 'We believe it's time for you to come home'. Brock Lesnar said 'Let's do it' and here we are".
During the SummerSlam Sunday post-show, Levesque had seemed to indicate that John Cena was a driving force in Lesnar coming back into the fold.
The former UFC Heavyweight Champion hadn't been seen on WWE television since his loss to Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam 2023. He had been due to return in the men's 2024 Royal Rumble match, but was removed from it after being implicated in Janel Grant's lawsuit against WWE, Vince McMahon & John Laurinaitis (who has since been dropped as a defendant).
According to reports, WWE's legal department cleared Lesnar's return four weeks ago.
H/T F4WOnline
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