Brock Lesnar has been one of the most dominant athletes in combat sports for decades now, and he made his big return to WWE at SummerSlam when he attacked John Cena after the night two main event. The Beast Incarnate then followed up when he destroyed Cena in an eight minute match at WrestlePalooza in September.
While talking about the match on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, John Cena shared his take on what he was trying to accomplish with the bout. He also made some interesting comments when he said WWE is trying to build Brock “until he goes into the sunset” in Minnesota. Cena continued to talk about Brock’s future when he said “Creatively, it’s very soon.”
“Again, I love the public’s ability to weigh in. You have this guy who’s returning, who absolutely looks like he hasn’t aged a day, moves like it. He can split his pants and still move like a ballerina, slip on his Pyro and do a ninja roll and be okay. He’s a beast. It’s his first time back. I’ve been in this seat before. It’s like I’m always in the seat when Brock comes back, Rock after Miami, who’s the next guy? SummerSlam with Roman, here he comes again. After he beats Taker for the streak, I’ve sat in this seat before. You have to figure out who gets the shine that night and if, in his return again, only my perspective.
This attraction where we are going to build until he goes into the sunset, which is, I think, in Minnesota? Creatively, it’s very soon. To create a mountain to climb for someone, you have to build the mountain. I’m on my way out. It’s not like it’s gonna hurt me, but I’m a viable commodity, and it’s a great main event. See these two titans for the last time, and it’s ok. Sometimes your team gets blown out. We were first on the program. I did the best I could. We all did the best we could to make it a competitive fight into the middle. People forget I was in that arena when Brock fell down for the first time on the shoulder tackle, and then I was able to give them all the stuff. They were into it, and then just a bunch of gratuitous F5’s. That’s how you build Brock.”
This is noteworthy because SummerSlam is set to emanate from U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota in August of 2026. As of this writing neither WWE nor Brock Lesnar have given any indication that The Beast Incarnate is looking to retire, so it will be interesting to see how things play out in the months to come.