John Cena To Face Brock Lesnar At WWE Wrestlepalooza

John Cena and Brock Lesnar will meet again at WWE Wrestlepalooza on September 20th.

The bout was made official on the September 5th episode of WWE SmackDown.

Lesnar interfered in Cena’s WWE United States Title match against Sami Zayn on SmackDown, laying out both competitors with an F-5. He delivered a second F-5 to Cena, adding insult to injury.

Backstage, Lesnar stated, “I’ll see you at Wrestlepalooza, bitch.”

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THE GOAT vs. THE BEAST at #Wrestlepalooza 👊 pic.twitter.com/iS6lqVDRKZ

— WWE (@WWE) September 6, 2025

The match was quickly confirmed after Lesnar’s comment.

John Cena and Brock Lesnar last met in a one-on-one match at WWE Night Of Champions 2014. They have had six televised singles matches against each other, with Lesnar winning four matches to two losses.

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