Why Brock Lesnar Was Allowed To Return To WWE

Brock Lesnar is back in WWE, but what happened behind the scenes for Lesnar to make his shock return?

Brock Lesnar made his shock return to WWE at SummerSlam, where he attacked John Cena after Cena had lost the WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes.

The last time WWE fans had seen Lesnar was at SummerSlam 2023, with his return to the company being delayed after he was implicated in the sexual abuse lawsuit filed against Vince McMahon. Former WWE employee Janel Grant alleges that McMahon offered her to Lesnar as part of his contract negotiations with the company.

But something has changed, and it’s allowed Brock Lesnar to come back.

WWE Legal Changes Their Mind On Brock Lesnar

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer explained what happened behind the scenes that allowed WWE to bring Brock Lesnar back into the company:

So what happened is, four weeks ago, WWE legal cleared him. As far as why, I don’t know, and that’s something to speculate on because there’s a lot of stuff. Everything relates to the Janel Grant lawsuit and the legal [team] knows that either they’re confident that the thing’s going to arbitration and Lesnar’s not a factor at that point or they’re close to a settlement and at that point, Lesnar’s not a factor or somebody there just had a change of mind and I don’t know which one of those it is.

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