WWE Wrestlepalooza main event officially set

There likely wasn’t ever much question as to what would main event WWE Wrestlepalooza, but it’s now officially confirmed that John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar will be going on last.

Wrestlepalooza takes place in Indianapolis on Saturday, September 20 and will be the first WWE PLE to air on ESPN’s new streaming service. To hype up the start of the PLE deal, WWE commentator Joe Tessitore appeared on SportsCenter, previewing the Wrestlepalooza card. He stated that Cena vs. Lesnar will be the main event.

“Understand this, Brock Lesnar is a different beast. He is literally ‘The Beast Incarnate.’ In all my years of being in combat sports, I don’t care if it’s early on covering Mike Tyson or later stages here with WWE and all of the championship fights I’ve covered — I have never experienced anybody quite like just the physical presence of Brock Lesnar,” Tessitore said. “The air changes when he enters the arena, and that is going to be your main event at Wrestlepalooza.”

Lesnar is returning to the ring for the first time since 2023. After his name was mentioned in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE, Lesnar spent nearly two years away from the company until returning this August at SummerSlam.

This will be one of the last matches of Cena’s career with his December 13 retirement fast approaching.

Another in-ring return is taking place at Wrestlepalooza with AJ Lee competing for the first time in a decade. She’s teaming with her husband CM Punk in a mixed tag match against married couple Becky Lynch & Seth Rollins.

“She was this amazing character going back over a decade ago that everybody loved. Then she went away from the business, she retired, she had success in other arenas in life,” Tessitore said. “Her husband, CM Punk, made a huge return a couple years ago. And then all of a sudden, if you could have heard this pop [last Friday]. I’m sitting there broadcasting this thing up in Milwaukee. People love her.”

The Wrestlepalooza PLE has a start time of 7 p.m. Eastern on September 20. Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis is hosting the show.