Top WWE Name Reveals Switch That Brought Brock Lesnar Back

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A top WWE name has suggested that their success with another superstar was partially responsible for bringing Brock Lesnar back.

Having departed WWE after WrestleMania 36 in 2020, Brock Lesnar would return to the company at SummerSlam in August 2021.

He would, at that event, appear after Roman Reigns defeated John Cena, surprising Paul Heyman before hitting a number of German suplexes and an F5 on the defeated Cena.

A long-time associate of Lesnar, Paul Heyman spoke about the switch to Roman Reigns on the Faction 919 podcast, saying:

“Nobody approached me on that. Brock Lesnar’s contract was up in April or May … 2020.

“After the match with Drew McIntyre in that WrestleMania, Brock Lesnar went home to Saskatchewan.

“He was done in WWE, he wasn’t coming back. My calendar was open, and so was Roman Reigns’.

“And, then, Brock Lesnar, seeing the success that Roman Reigns was enjoying, decided to come back.

“There was no conscious effort to split from Brock Lesnar to then ascend to Roman Reigns.

“I ended up with Roman Reigns because Brock Lesnar left WWE for a while.”

Since allying himself with Roman Reigns as his special counsel in August 2020, he has gone on to be Reigns’ wise man.

He did briefly reunite with Lesnar, however, in January 2022, though would betray The Beast Incarnate at the Royal Rumble in that year.

Lesnar is set to face Omos at WrestleMania 39, with Reigns facing Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

Transcript from Wrestling Inc.

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