WWE clarifies when they contacted Brock Lesnar for SummerSlam return
Michael Cole has clarified when WWE contacted Brock Lesnar to make his return.
During Monday’s Raw, a replay was shown of Lesnar’s attack on John Cena. Cole then took time to say that WWE contacted Lesnar a few weeks ago to bring him back.
“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?'” he said. “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.”
Lesnar returned on Sunday and immediately set his sights on John Cena, who had just lost the WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes in a street fight. Cena will respond to Lesnar’s attack on this Friday’s SmackDown.
Dave Meltzer reported on Monday that WWE legally cleared Brock Lesnar four weeks ago, while Bryan Alvarez reported he was listed as part of WWE’s active roster two weeks ago. He had been kept off WWE programming after he was named in Janel Grant’s lawsuit, where the former WWE employee alleged that Vince McMahon attempted to use sexual favors from her as an incentive for Lesnar to sign a new WWE contract.