The Recent Jersey crowd perhaps thought that SummerSlam Sunday couldn’t get more shocking after Cody Rhodes’ upset win over now-former Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena — that’s, a reputation long-thought to have been blacklisted from WWE made his appearance within the show’s final moments. Cena watched as a “Beast Incarnate” walked down the ring, and located himself, for the second time that night, looking up on the lights, as Brock Lesnar flattened him with an F5 to shut out Recent Jersey’s historic SummerSlam weekend.
Cena stood within the ring to an adoring Recent Jersey crowd after his final SummerSlam match, with silence filling the ring as “thanks, Cena” chants rang out through MetLife Stadium. Rhodes had already made his way backstage after having his hand amicably raised by Cena, and for a moment, it seemed as if the printed would end with a young moment between Cena and the WWE Universe. Nonetheless, as Cena looked to exit the ring, the screeching tones and heavy beats of Lesnar’s theme filled the world. Lesnar appeared, and as WWE’s commentary booth shouted, Lesnar took off his cowboy hat to show his bald head before making his way right down to the ring. Lesnar circled the ring before diving in to put waste to Cena with an F5 to finish the show.
Controversy is already swirling around Lesnar’s shocking return. Lesnar’s last headlines saw him named within the Janel Grant lawsuit, during which former WWE worker Grant accused Vince McMahon and other WWE officials of sex trafficking. The Grant lawsuit has hung over WWE like a plague, with the case ultimately resulting in McMahon’s shocking and high-profile departure from WWE and TKO. Many assumed that Lesnar would never return to WWE after his involvement with the scandal broke, and it’s currently unclear who facilitated Lesnar’s return and why.