This past weekend at WWE SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar shockingly made his return to the promotion and attacked John Cena after he lost the Undisputed WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes. Although the group at MetLife stadium erupted when Lesnar’s music hit on Sunday, his return has received a mixed response from fans and media alike, with many feeling unsettled that “The Beast” is back despite being named in the continued Janel Grant lawsuit filed against former WWE CEO Vince McMahon for sex trafficking. That said, in accordance with AEW’s Jeff Jarrett on “My World,” how WWE, the media or fans feel concerning the return is inconsequential because of Lesnar being a essential shareholder draw.
“It’s funny how we’re just segueing — and possibly you probably did this by design — that at the top of the day, it doesn’t matter what Ari [Emanuel] thinks. It doesn’t matter what The Rock thinks, or Nick Khan or Triple H, or — I hate to present the bearer of bad news, it don’t make a rattling what the wrestling fan thinks. At the least today, it’s shareholder value. If Brock goes to maneuver the needle on shareholder value, then everybody who signed as much as get a check, or get their checks consistently from TKO, they’re on board with that as well.”
Jarrett continued to elucidate that Lesnar returning also needs to not come as a surprise, stating that the choice to bring him back was solely depending on how it will affect WWE from a business perspective. Even though it’s yet to be confirmed when Lesnar’s next appearance can be, Cena is about to deal with the ending of SummerSlam and his title loss on this Friday’s edition of “WWE SmackDown.”
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