Brock Lesnar has always been one of the most dominating names on the roster during any of his runs with WWE and absolutely dominated John Cena at Backlash 2003, where he retained the WWE Championship. The two men wouldn’t meet across the ring again until 2012, where they faced one another in an Extreme Rules match at the titular pay-per-view that year, where Cena finally bested his old rival with a steel chain to finally slay “The Beast Incarnate.” 

Things wouldn’t end there, as two years later as Lesnar would get his revenge against Cena during 2014’s SummerSlam, winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship after a heavily one-sided beatdown that fans often recall today. Their rivalry then extended to Night of Champions that same year as well as the next year’s Royal Rumble, where Lesnar retained the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. However, the two men will once again face off in 2025, after Lesnar returned during SummerSlam and decimated Cena.

Across the years of their rivalry, Cena and Lesnar have presented a hero-versus-monster dynamic that rarely worked out well for Cena, especially during 2014’s SummerSlam squash. Because of this, their clashes have always allowed Cena to dig deep to get the upper hand, playing into his “Hustle, Loyalty, Respect” character. When the two will go head-to-head one last time, Cena will have one last chance to slay “The Beast Incarnate.”