Brock Lesnar is finally back in WWE.
At SummerSlam 2025, after Cody Rhodes successfully defeated John Cena to win back the World Championship as fans witnessed a familiar name come back. Last seen at SummerSlam 2023, Brock Lesnar made his way back to WWE after a long gap.
The Beast Incarnate’s involvement in the Jane Grant-Vince McMahon lawsuit essentially erased his mentions from all sorts of media, while WWE also canceled his planned appearances. Now, after almost two years, it has raised questions about the promotion’s treatment of the women’s division. Ex-WWE star Lance Storm addressed Lesnar’s past and how the current women’s roster might be feeling about it.
Speaking to WOL, Storm claimed,
“I think everyone’s looking at it from the wrong perspective. I don’t think it’s about Brock. I think it’s about the working environment of women within WWE.
“Under Vince, there was a very unfavorable, bad, pick your own word, work environment for women. Dating back to Rita Chatterton, to the objectivity of women with bra & panties matches and thong-a-thons and ‘puppies, puppies, puppies’. The very handsy make-out sessions that women had to do with Vince McMahon.
“Take that forward to whatever necessitated Vince to offer multi-million dollar NDAs to women to stay silent. To what we learned about Janel Grant. Women were drastically underpaid in that era too.
“And Vince was removed. And Hunter (Triple H) has made things so much better. Women are making way more money. Women are legitimate stars. Women aren’t objectified like they used to be. Women can wear non-revealing outfits and still be big stars.
“So, to me, whether you bring Brock back or not, or anyone else back or not, to me, you need to ask your question – does this support your move to improve and make a respectful safe environment for women in your company, or does it detract from that and make it feel like you’re going backwards?
“Because I think if you just look at each individual case, ‘Did this person do something that’s really worth that, was this one instance…’ – it’s not about the individual instances. It’s about the overall message you send to women who work for you and in your company about the environment they are going to have to perform in.
“And I think you have to look at it from the women’s standpoint and whether they would be in favor of something or not.”
H/t Wrestletalk
Lesnar is now expected to feud with Cena following his SummerSlam 2025 loss.
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“Uh, well… I’ve been saying the same thing for 25 years: they deal ’em, I play ’em. You know? I’m just really excited we got like 12 of these things left. I think SummerSlam was an indication from the audience, where everybody kind of knows we’re closing our book, and just because I close my book in December, that doesn’t mean the WWE closes its books. They’ve got to continue their programming going forward, so they’re just trying to make the most exciting show for the fans, man. For the dozen I got left… they deal ’em, I play ’em.”
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