Janel Grant originally submitted her civil lawsuit against Vince McMahon & WWE* in January 2024. In addition to the publication of McMahon, the WWE quickly took steps to distance itself from Brock Lesnar.
The former NCAA, WWE and UFC champion was appointed in Grant's initial lawsuit. An extended complaint, which was submitted at the beginning of this year, showed that Lesnar not only knows McMahon's alleged treatment of his then girlfriend and his employees, but at least examined to take part in activities that were disgraceful and disrupted the shehe and their demands of the legal team.
But even when they removed Lesnar from their creative plans and from licensed properties such as their 2K video game, the Chief Content Officer from WWE Paul “Triple H” Levesque never closed the door to Brock's return. Well, this return happened at Summerslam Last night (August 3) many people ask what that says about Grant's suit and what role a lesnar will play in the future.
On the The latest episode of Wrestling Observer RadioDave Meltzer reported that Lesnar von WWE's lawyers had returned about a month ago. He also discussed what the Clearing Brock legal department says about the status of Grant's lawsuit:
“The short version of it is four weeks ago that WWE legally cleared him. As far as I know, I don't know. Obviously everything refers to the Janel Grant lawsuit.
“Either you are confident that things are an arbitration process at this time and that Lesnar is not a factor, or you are close to a settlement, and at that time Lesnar has no factor or someone there only had a change in the change, and I do not know which one of them is.”
Meltzer and his co-moderator Bryan Alvarez also said that Lesnar's return and Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesques Statement to the physical fitness council of President Donald Trump and the recent visit to the White House were the reasons why WWE did not stop any traditional press conference after both Summerslam.
On his Subscription-need-x accountAlvarez also confirmed reports that WWE Lesnar hid behind the stage Summerslam Look. But he also said that Lesnar was “considered part of the [WWE] Active squad for about two months. “
Lesnar is expected to work with John Cena, but it is not clear whether he is back as a regular or “special attraction”.
* The former WWE manager John Laurinaitis was originally also mentioned in the lawsuit, but his name has been since then Discontinued by the plaintiffs in exchange for his cooperation.