The match was a blockbuster, but Brock Lesnar would play spoiler, delivering an F5 on Zayn, then Cena. On two separate editions of SmackDown, Lesnar would address the WWE Universe, but he only wanted one thing: Cena’s head on a stake. R-Truth got caught in the crossfire, as did the WWE commentary team, trying to defend Cena’s honor, and for merely doing their jobs. For his troubles, Brock would deliver an empathic F5, saying that he’ll see John at Wrestlepalooza. This would continue for weeks between the two, with Lesnar sending messages on SmackDown, and Cena making heated replies on Raw, drawing the line in the sand and setting the tone for an intense encounter on Saturday night.

All of the meetings between Cena and Lesnar involved a ton of bloodshed, and Brock wants to up the ante in their final meeting. Of course, we can’t count out John Cena by any means. If anyone can slay The Beast, it’s got to be the “Never Seen 17.” Anything can really happen in the world of WWE. In 2023, we saw the return of CM Punk, a development we thought would be impossible considering the circumstances of his exit. For the last two years, Punk has had arguably the best run of his career. However, a torn on his side that remained throughout those two years was Seth Rollins. Rollins cost Punk a WrestleMania main event win, as well as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on multiple occasions, with his wife, Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch, joining in on the party. Punk desperately needed help in fighting this war. And he could not have asked for a better partner.