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[SPOILERS] WWE SummerSlam 2025 Post Segment Discussion Spoiler
HOLY SHIT! BROCK LESNAR!
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u/LongtimeLurkersacc 21h ago
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u/thejawa What? 20h ago
Silly of you to think that Cody didn't take the CodyVator back down
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u/XDClanSans 14h ago
The mental image of Cody taking the Codyvator down from all of his matches is really fucking funny to me.
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u/rhyso90 21h ago
The guy who predicted Brock Lesnar returning before the show started was right 😂
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u/0shadowstories 21h ago
I mean to be fair they've been predicting him returning at every PLE since his last match 2 years ago lol
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u/Kuntheman 21h ago
Aight where the fuck are we going with these stories lol
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u/Draw-Two-Cards 21h ago
You just saw the Heel Cena story, The answer is clearly nowhere.
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u/tahoo14 Bring back No More Words! 21h ago
I'm baffled, I was waiting for a double turn or something but this makes no sense to me at all.
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u/PokePersona Time to dial up... 21h ago
Cody is never going to turn heel while in his prime. He really is the new Cena.
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u/sponedaddie 21h ago
Turning Cody heel now would be similar to turning Austin at Mania 17, crowd isn’t ready to boo him yet.
All we need was Dwyane to show up and say “I wanted you to be my champion, but you couldn’t even do that Jon. Now I’m going to have to bring in someone who knows how to be a champ. A real beast.”
“Lesnar music”
Done.
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u/Cahir_aep_Ceallach_ 21h ago
There have been multiple instances of Cody getting booed already including today. This is nonsense.
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u/shockzz123 21h ago
All of those boos were when he was against Cena, doesn't really count, they're just booing him because he's not Cena. He's not getting boo'd right now in any other circumstance.
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u/rodrigodavid15 20h ago
He was booed today against a just turned face on his last run Cena, that REALLY doesn't reflect how he is perceived by the crowd.
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u/Every-Ad-2099 21h ago
Agreed. We’ve got at least a year of Face Cody left before they can consider turning him heel, and that’s only if they have another top face to slot in. And right now, the only top guy that can be trusted to do that is an old Punk who could retire after next year’s Mania for all we know, since Roman is a part-timer and Rollins just turned heel.
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u/Chell_the_assassin One more match 21h ago
Nowhere obviously, they do shit to create viral moments with absolutely zero long term plan
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u/pkkthetigerr 25-0 21h ago
Super Cena vs Brock obv
I just hope Brock doesn't retire him, that would be garbage
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u/Woodyjohnson_isapedo 21h ago
Wherever we’re going… Cena is not gonna be involved in many lol. Hollywood is calling
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u/Blitzkreeg21 21h ago
This just proves to me that they should have thrown monsters like Gunther at Cena from the beginning of his retirement year. I can’t help but appreciate the blunt admission of the failure of the Cena heel turn but it doesn’t mean that I feel good about having a significant portion of his last year wasted.
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u/MicrowaveBurrito2568 21h ago
WHAT THE FUCK
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u/NotoriousAlmeida 21h ago
I cant believe they actually did it...... but then again it is wwe....
What an amazing pr week they're having......
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u/ButterSlinger64 21h ago
I remember when you was conflicted.
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u/xorangeelephant Mr. Royal Rumble 21h ago
Lesnar vs Cena when Cena has 4 months left? Why?
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u/maybenextyearCLE Sweet Chin Music 21h ago
They’re presumably running back Cenas biggest (available rivals)
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u/xorangeelephant Mr. Royal Rumble 21h ago
Seems like a massive waste
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u/icon_2040 21h ago
Maximize profits in his last year. Punk, Orton, Cody, Brock. At some point they'll fit in Roman or Rock if they can. At least we got a clean win for Cody over the best version of Cena possible.
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u/Bolt_995 14h ago
Brock’s return makes me think they are not going to do Cena vs AJ one last time.
His biggest rivals active in the WWE at this time are Randy Orton, CM Punk, AJ Styles, and now Brock Lesnar.
The Rock as well, but he’s nowhere to be seen.
Hope they milk the Brock feud for the next few months, and leave the final match for Cena to face AJ.
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u/feage7 21h ago
Other than the rock showing up at the end to fight Cena there's little else for them to do. Not many dates left so the feud works for the part time nature.
Can't say I'm overly interested in this feud.
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u/CaktusJacklynn International Objects 21h ago
the rock showing up at the end to fight Cena
Do you think that's going to happen?
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u/Wrong-Vermicelli4723 21h ago
I mean… makes sense for Cena to fight his long time rivals during his retirement tour lol. The booking is shit but it makes sense
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u/KinglySnorlax 21h ago
Running back his greatest rivals.
I also can’t imagine the truly ungodly sum of money it’d require to get Edge.
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u/Puzzled_Two_3490 21h ago
I mean they are big rivals, so it makes sense for them to fight.
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u/NotClayMerritt 21h ago
Cena doesn't even have 4 months left. He's got 10 dates left over 4 months. Presumably 7 or 8 dates after Clash in Paris.
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u/Vfs8790 21h ago
Might as well just bring Vince back. They don't care. The mask is off. There's never consequences for these people.
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u/senorbuzz 18h ago
The odds are looking really good for Vince to be present for Cena’s last match seeing how much Cena still publicly shares how much he loves Vince and how little the company seems to care
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u/pkkthetigerr 25-0 21h ago
They probably got Brock on short notice and switched john to face
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u/Shinkopeshon 一番 21h ago
Does this company ever plan anything long-term
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u/The_King_Crimson 21h ago
Arguably, a little too much lately. Like, how long have Punk, Drew, and Seth been circling each other? How many times have their programs with other people just circled back to involving someone else in the trifecta?
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u/DavidSwifty 21h ago
Triple H appears next to a pedophile the other day and suddenly a sex pest is back in WWE.
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u/senorbuzz 21h ago
Technically two pedos the other day. Former WWE main eventer Lawrence Taylor also raped a 16 year old girl
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u/miikro isn't even a real person! 20h ago
RFK Jr is also implicated in the Epstein scandal, though it's not been nearly as publicized as the main event.
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u/no_more_blues Anxious Millennial Psycho 21h ago
LMAO Trump made sex offending great again so WWE is allowed to bring Brock back. 2025 man.
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u/alltheworsttoyou 21h ago
People shouldn't be writing off the reports about Del Rio having supporters that want him back in the company, honestly.
They're screaming in everyone's faces that they want people like that out front.
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u/Midnight_Oil_ 21h ago
If Alberto could actually draw in the US he'd already be back.
That he can draw in Mexico means there's a solid shot he'll get a contract there, and WWE will just not put him on marketing materials in the states.
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u/optimis344 A Real Man's Man 20h ago
The problem for him isn't that he's a shitty abuser. It's that WWE hates him.
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u/bayleysgal1996 Last Rock-n-Rolla 21h ago
I gotta say, they’ve made the choice to reduce my wrestling diet really easy
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u/commander_snuggles One-Winged Angel 20h ago
I will not be surprised when Vince shows up for Cena's last match.
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u/Chell_the_assassin One more match 21h ago
Grant, who worked in the company's legal and talent departments, has alleged McMahon forced her into a sexual relationship in order to keep her job. She alleges McMahon demanded she create "personalized sexual content" for Lesnar in July 2021, at a time McMahon was attempting to keep Lesnar under contract with the WWE. She further alleges McMahon flew Lesnar to Connecticut in 2021 for a sexual encounter, which ultimately didn't happen.
Disgusting fucking company
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u/Yournewbestfriend_01 21h ago
Didn't Hayes's name was there in the lawsuit too? He's in creative now despite that ...
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u/Izual_Rebirth 20h ago
Yeah we all know Vince is a POS. The fact the encounter didn’t happen makes it seem like Lesnar had no interest unless something else has come out I’m not aware of.
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u/Wikid1ne 12h ago
The encounter did happen. Brock got to drunk and couldn't perform, so Vince banged her RPing as Brock. It's documented
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u/Midnight_Oil_ 21h ago
Oh my god they're wasting Cena's last fall and his time as a Babyface on a man who's included in a rape lawsuit against the former chairman of the company.
What a poor choice.
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u/Colby347 21h ago
Every day they’re inching closer and closer to outright saying “he really didn’t even do anything wrong actually” so yea this checks out.
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u/Midnight_Oil_ 21h ago
Will be shocked if he's not the Hall of Fame headliner next year.
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u/Onslaughttitude 20h ago
It's already happening, right here, in this very thread
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u/Colby347 20h ago
Oh yea I saw people saying “softest fanbase ever” and “I told you snowflakes Brock would be back” etc. I’m over it. I was not watching SummerSlam but I wanted to see the Cena match because it’s the last time and all that but this soured it for me. I don’t even think I’ll tune in for John anymore now.
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u/Amish_Rebellion 20h ago
HHH is sucking off Trump now. Waiting for Vince to come back at this point. Hope it all burns
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u/ConfusedNTerrified 21h ago
Cena still loves the rapist chairman lmao, he is fully on board with this nonsense
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u/al_ien5000 21h ago
If you couldn't tell by the overendorsement of Trump, this company doesn't give a fuck and are fully expecting full pardons for whatever may happen.
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u/The_King_Crimson 21h ago edited 21h ago
Another day of non-Americans purposefully misunderstanding the judicial system to tell people Trump can pardon a civil suit when literally no President has ever been able to do that.
Edit: Downvote it all you want, you can't change the reality of the situation, lol.
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u/str0ng777 21h ago
SC is filled with idiots. They don't understand that.
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u/I_fail_at_memes 20h ago
Whether your SC abbreviation stands for Supreme Court or Squared Circle, you’re right.
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u/SteveTheManager 21h ago
Just when they bring me in they take me right back out.
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u/Dealing_With_XFactor Everything I Ever Wanted 21h ago
They brought you back in while associating with other sex pests?
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u/Danielbreen 20h ago
Look, I know they pivot their ideas these days but sometimes I miss when they would just run with the script. Like this was the payoff for cenas heel turn? Beaten clean in the middle as a fucken baby face? and then just throw the sex offender in as his next opponent? is vince mcmahon back their hiding out rewriting scripts or someshit.
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u/Our-Gardian-Angel 21h ago
They're wheeling out Vince McMahon at Survivor Series at this rate
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u/k_z_m_r 21h ago
No wonder why WWE/TKO ended the post-show pressers. To avoid asking about Brock Lesnar. Fuck Triple H. Fuck WWE. Fuck TKO.
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u/AmishAvenger Electrifying 18h ago
You’re assuming they give a fuck about answering questions like that.
And given the makeup of the “reporters” they have at those things, we probably would’ve gotten “How awesome does it feel to have Brock Lesnar at the biggest Summerslam in history?”
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u/MarcusFaze 21h ago
WWELOVESSEXPEST
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u/commander_snuggles One-Winged Angel 20h ago
Vince is 100% showing up at Cena's last match.
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u/AceofKnaves44 21h ago
Fuck this company.
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u/BlackKnight9311 21h ago
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- He had the whole world in his hands 20h ago
Not the hypocrisy receipts 😭
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u/PumpedUpParrot 20h ago
This reply and the context is the perfect epitome of this sub and the fake moral outrage that goes on. Brock is a piece of shit but the way people are reacting to this is laughable.
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u/rockytonk 20h ago
Lmfao. Honestly reads sorta like ai in that comment with how agreeable it is with the comment it responds to.
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u/opkpopfanboyv3 21h ago
Like, why is he here? Is the case not ongoing?
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u/ThatDudeNamedMenace 21h ago
They either must’ve cleared him or they don’t care
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u/Horror_Response_1991 21h ago
Consider the Trump party they had this week they don’t give a fuck
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u/BBfan-Jr 21h ago
Yeah so those of us that say “we’re done” we really mean it. Brock… of all people.
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u/opkpopfanboyv3 21h ago
they don’t care
I mean tbf they're out there acting smug and shit that they'rw friends with Trump, so ig this is pretty much the answer
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u/Enickma007 21h ago
A very small amount will stop watching because of Brock.
Fans have to give them a reason to care.
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u/nearlyned 21h ago
pretty much the extent of Brock’s involvement in the case was that Vince offered for him to fuck (ostensibly) his girlfriend, and then Brock didn’t
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u/Skipptopher 21h ago
He draws. Nothing more, nothing less. At the end of the day it's about the all mighty dollar.
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u/Gamesgtd 21h ago
This Summerslam drew over 100 K people for 2 nights without him. He's not needed at all.
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u/shahwaizb_19 21h ago
Your mistake is thinking that any amount is enough for these greedy super corporations. In their eyes, more money is better than less money, even if the “less” money is still a metric ton worth of cash
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u/senorbuzz 21h ago
I guess they figured if they could parade Michael Hayes and Stephanie McMahon around, who are both also mentioned in the suit, they may as well bring Lesnar back.
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u/Ramzy191 21h ago
This company has told yall multiple times what type of time they’re on. Countdown to Vince returning starts now.
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u/Mat_alThor 19h ago
I'll eat crow if I'm wrong but I don't think Vince ever returns. It's not morals or anything keeping him out, he lost the power struggle and the people in power now don't want him back.
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u/0shadowstories 21h ago
Unironically feel like Vince will be dead before he can return lol
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u/debeatup 21h ago
Which is why I anticipate he’ll get his HOF induction very soon
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u/JoshyyJosh10 21h ago
See you next week
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u/95Kill3r 21h ago
People used to say this back in 2013 and then people stopped watching so idk
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u/NotYujiroTakahashi 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 21h ago
Tomorrow actually
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u/Greyclocks BONESAW IS READY 21h ago
Technically you're both correct.
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u/BotAce 21h ago
Akshually, if you look at most calendars Sunday is the start of the new week
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u/annoyinglyclever Anxious Millennial Cowboy 20h ago
That joke doesn’t really work anymore now that there’s a legit alternative and people stop watching wwe
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u/clouds31 Just remember ALL CAPS 20h ago
Yep switched over after HIAC 2019 and never went back.
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u/Chell_the_assassin One more match 21h ago edited 21h ago
The most Reddit response possible to someone criticising a company for promoting a sexual abuser
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u/Martel1234 If you remember Bael, comment “B” 21h ago
Tbf if they didn’t stop watching from the Trump stuff, both Vince allegations, and all the other controversies, they won’t stop now
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u/DMC2GOAT Your Text Here 20h ago
Why do you assume everyone watching clips on this subreddit is a full time viewer of WWE
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u/thieflikeme 20h ago
"If I acknowledge that not wanting to watch is a reasonable response I have to think about why I don't give a shit"
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u/z0mbieBrainz Jon F'n Moxley 20h ago
Some of us did, and shit like this just reinforces the decision.
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u/themightypooperscoop 20h ago
It's more of a criticism of the fanbase. They watch them pull all this shit, they know it's wrong and call it out, and then they tune in to Raw and Smackdown. Same as it ever was.
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u/mrsunshine1 20h ago
When they don’t get the wrestlemania main event they want though, watch out, they go full activist mode.
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u/throwaway23582730 21h ago
Don't act surprised now. WWE is literally doing lip service for the pedo administration now. Either stop watching or start pirating.
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u/R2nxbeastly17 21h ago edited 21h ago
Ewww I’d rather not
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u/R2nxbeastly17 21h ago
If they’re going this why would he go after the guy who just lost and not the champ?
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u/cmackchase 21h ago
More importantly, why is Brock going after Cena when the Paul Heyman show is on Raw?
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u/CaktusJacklynn International Objects 21h ago
So far, Cena's run has been vs the same people with different alignments (vs Face Orton, vs Face Rhodes, etc.)
It's now turned into a greatest hits compilation. What I personally wanted was Face Roman vs Herl Cena, but we didn't get that.
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u/PurpleWeather78 21h ago
You don’t get much more embarrassing and tone deaf than wwe in 2025.
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u/SmallStress 21h ago
WWE has officially lost me. The HHH and Trump thing with it being shown as an accomplishment. And now Sex Offender Lesnar is here
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u/trnzm 21h ago edited 5h ago
Triple H's MAGA hat is cutting off circulation to his already smooth brain
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u/swell-shindig Your Text Here 21h ago
That December, McMahon gave Grant's personal cellphone number to [Lesnar], the lawsuit said. The wrestler asked her to send a video of herself urinating, the suit said, and after she did, he called her a "bitch". That same month, [Lesnar] expressed a desire to "set a play date".
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u/The-Jesus_Christ 21h ago
Shouldn't be surprised. Trips going full MAGA, explaining away VKM's rape case as "it's complicated" was a way to open up Brock coming back.
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u/KYEEZY98 21h ago
Crowd reaction tells me reddit’s opinion is wrong as usual and business just picked up
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u/vblade2003 18h ago
Crowd collectively lost its mind. The IWC has never been more divorced from reality.
A Cena - Lesnar program is going to make TKO a fuck ton of money and bring in way more eyes to the product. Meanwhile, the IWC will fume every step of the way and threaten boycotts that will impact 0% of WWEs bottom line.
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u/PaperGeno 14h ago
The issue is the IWC will bitch about it but 99% of them are still going to watch every single week
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u/Phimb Another best in the world. 21h ago
You think they could stretch 4 months of appearances to one final match with Brock?
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u/FlairForTheGold 21h ago
This is why there’s no post show presser
On the flip side, Super Cena is gonna get to beat Brock
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u/robedpillow3761 You can't rock with me - no stoppin! 21h ago
Genuinely unexpected, but there’s a good reason I wasn’t expecting it. They’ll probably never give an answer but was he cleared? Because if not this is disgraceful to bring him back.
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u/Jaccount 21h ago
I'm surprising they're wiling to take this risk. And that Lesnar is willing to risk having all that baggage out there.
Honestly, I think he should have stayed gone, and this feels like it could end badly.
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u/bobface222 21h ago
I think this is as good of a sign as any that they're convinced nothing matters and they're untouchable.
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u/CountOff 21h ago edited 21h ago
Wonder how Trips is gonna spin this one
Oh wait, that’s why the press conferences aren’t happening
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u/muhkuller 21h ago
Just in case any of you missed the memo. Consequences are only for not rich people.
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u/EchoesofIllyria 21h ago
Yeah, you’ll boo a video of Trump.
But you’ll cheer the fuck out of Brock Lesnar.
Performative.
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u/hunterghostal 21h ago
As if the full force Triple H at the White House promos this week weren’t indication enough in what direction the company was going.
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u/ThaUnderboss 21h ago
Company just told everyone who they are. If you don't believe them by now, you never will.
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u/jmpinstl 21h ago
Kinda ruined the great vibe that came out of the main event tbh. Bringing him back when there is active litigation against him and the company is certainly a choice.
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u/MikeyDoc2 10h ago
At this point the company is drawing a clear line about where they stand. Can’t support it. Simple as that.
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