There was much controversy around Lesnar's return, with WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque saying that Brock's return was Cena's idea, followed by Cena saying it was WWE's idea, and finally Levesque backtracking and saying they made the overture to Lesnar, who was cleared by WWE legal around a month before SummerSlam.

Lesnar's attack capped off Cena's rough weekend. Last Sunday, Cena lost the undisputed WWE championship to Cody Rhodes in a dramatic street fight. Cena's loss, coming off his abrupt face turn two nights earlier,