Paul Heyman On Brock Lesnar’s WWE Return: Get Over It, He’s Here. You Can’t Cancel Him
Paul Heyman discusses Brock Lesnar’s return to WWE.
Night two of WWE SummerSlam was capped off by the return of Brock Lesnar, who hit the ring to a big reaction just moments after the end of the Street Fight between John Cena and Cody Rhodes.
The return sparked a ton of controversy, with a ton of fans discussing Lesnar being implicated in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE in 2024.
Speaking on The Ariel Helwani Show, Paul Heyman said he found out about the return after WWE locked in a deal with ‘The Beast’.
“That happened real quick. A couple weeks. I mean, at least to my knowledge. I got tagged into it after the deal was done.”
When asked about the criticism surrounding Lesnar’s return, Heyman didn’t hold his lounge, arguing that everything in the history of the world has been met with criticism.
“Everything in life is met with criticism, I don’t pay attention to that. I don’t pay attention to it. He’s here. That’s the reality of the fact. He’s here and if you were in MetLife Stadium on Sunday, you would understand that return meant a lot. That audience was jacked to see Brock Lesnar come out and to see him F-5 John Cena. People were just going fucking nuts. That’s our paying audience, they’re happy to see him. I’m happy to be a part of a team that presents him. Everyone has criticism in life. There are people that criticize Jesus. There are people that criticize Moses. There are people that criticize Muhammad. There are people that criticize God or Gods. There is no president that has ever existed with a 100% approval rating. There is no president that has ever existed with someone pointing to and saying, ‘That president sucks.’ There are people to this day that think that Abraham Lincoln sucked. They’re wrong, but they think it. There are people who thought FDR sucked. They’re wrong, but they think it. Bill Clinton doesn’t have a 100% approval rating, Donald Trump doesn’t have a 100% approval rating, nobody does. There’s always going to be critics of anything that we do. Very few people make it to the top in life without making mistakes or having skeletons in their closet. Obviously, the decision was made, it’s time to bring back Brock Lesnar. Whatever that decision is based on, I respect it. If there are critics of it, get over it, he’s here. He’s going to be here and you ain’t gonna be able to cancel him. I’m happy to have him back because the audience is happy to have him back. If we brought him back and the audience rebelled against it, I wouldn’t be happy to have him back like, oh man, this doesn’t work. But, it works. So I’m happy about it.”
It is currently unknown when Lesnar will appear next for WWE.
John Cena is set to appear on Friday’s episode of SmackDown, where he’ll likely address Lesnar’s attack. Check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here.
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