Brock Lesnar shocked the WWE Universe Sunday night at the end of SummerSlam when “The Beast Incarnate” returned at the end of the John Cena vs Cody Rhodes championship match.
As Rhodes defeated and paid his respects to Cena and left him alone in the ring for his last SummerSlam match, Cena also thanked the fans in attendance.
Just as Cena was about to exit the ring – BOOM! – The Next Big Thing’s music hits! BROCK LESNAR!
The crowd erupted like no other. Michael Cole’s reaction said it all: “HOLY SH-T!”
Watch the footage:
BROCK. LESNAR. IS. BACK.
— WWE (@WWE) August 4, 2025
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Triple H reacts to Brock Lesnar return
In a post-Summer Slam interview (watch below), WWE’s CCO, Paul Levesque, aka Triple H, who President Trump also recently appointed to lead the new Presidential Fitness Test and Presidential Fitness Award council, reacted to the return of Brock Lesnar.
“My reaction was exactly what I thought it was going to be, which was if there has been roof off his place, it wouldn’t be here anymore,” he said. “The dynamic in the room changes when The Beast is here. Seeing Brock Lesnar come back, anything that you thought was happening, sort of all goes out the window because the factor of Brock now just changes that dynamic so incredibly and makes it unpredictable.”
Triple H reacts to the fans
In response, the fans started chanting, “WE WANT BROCK!”
Triple H turned around and acknowledged the fans.
“You’ve got it,” confirmed Helmsley. “Yeah, you want Brock, you’ve got it.”
“Yeah, so, just incredible, incredible to have him back,” added Triple H.
John Cena’s wishlist includes Brock Lesnar
Triple H also spoke about what’s next for John Cena, emphasizing that this run is about letting Cena call his own shots. He described the process as helping Cena craft the final chapter of his in-ring career.
“I think as you’re doing this, you have a finite number of dates for John Cena—a finite number of big matches, big moments, and incredible things you want to do—and you want to get to the majority of them,” said Triple H.
He continued, “You can’t get to every single one of them, you can’t get to everything. But as I said in the beginning, for me, this is John Cena’s wishlist. It’s him writing the last chapter of his book.
“It’s about John going out the way he wants to go out to write his chapter,” said The Game. “I know what that’s like as a performer. I know what that’s like for everybody to feel that. And I think for John to be able to do what he wants to do—So it’s one of the first things I said to him: ‘Who do you want? Who do you want, and how?’ We’re working through that.”
With Lesnar back and Cena on his farewell tour, the road to WrestleMania just got a lot more unpredictable.
Next up for the WWE is Monday Night Raw at 8pm EST live on Netflix.
Watch the Triple H reaction video (59 minute mark):
Superstars and WWE experts share their reactions and face the media immediately following SummerSlam 2025 Saturday at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
— WWE (@WWE) August 4, 2025
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