Some people within WWE said to have been “strongly against” Brock Lesnar being brought back

As seen during the 2025 WWE Wrestlepalooza, John Cena lost decisively to Brock Lesnar. At this time, it’s unknown when Lesnar will be making his next appearance with WWE although he has been rumored for Survivor Series.

Lesnar was brought back to WWE despite being named in Janel Grant’s ongoing sex trafficking lawsuit against Vince McMahon. Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com noted the following in regards to the reaction to Lesnar returning to the company…

“Everyone in creative and much of the company was kept in the dark about Lesnar signing and his return. As one could imagine there were mixed feelings on the decision to bring him back. It was told to us that some were strongly against it and that some women on the staff were even more unhappy with one using the term privately disgusted.”

Meltzer added that multiple production team members don’t believe Lesnar “moved the needle” past his first week back and others felt the segment with R-Truth from SmackDown was “embarrassing.”