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NDTV
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- NDTV
John Cena Breaks Silence On Brock Lesnar's Shock Return At WWE SummerSlam
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar John Cena broke his silence on Brock Lesnar's shocking return. Brock made his return at WWE SummerSlam following Cena's match against Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship. Cena dropped his title to Cody in a hard-fought clash and was attacked by Brock just after his match. Interviewed by 'Adam's Apple' immediately after the event, Cena opened up about the surprising return and his feelings towards a long-time rival. 'I've been saying the same thing for 25 years: They deal 'em, I play 'em.' 'I'm just really excited. We've 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 shows for the fans and for the dozen of them I got left – they deal 'em, I play 'em,' Cena replied. Earlier, CM Punk revealed that he is glad he found another opportunity to work with Cena before the latter exits the WWE arena. In an interview with ENews, Punk described his camaraderie with John Cena as a "marriage that unfolded on screen that we both needed at the time." "He was the goody two-shoes, Boy Scout, good guy that a lot of places booed out of the building," Punk said. "Then I was this despicable... bad guy, and people seemed to love it." "There's a part of me in my head that regrets stepping out because of what more we could have done," Punk asserted. "But it makes it so much sweeter that I'm back now, and I was able to come in here and work with him one last time," CM Punk added.
Newsweek
05-08-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
John Cena Breaks Silence On Brock Lesnar's Shocking WWE Return
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Just two days after being brutally attacked by the returning Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, John Cena has broken his silence. In a new interview, the 17-time world champion seemed completely unfazed by the assault, suggesting it is all part of the plan for his final chapter in WWE. The shocking and controversial return of "The Beast Incarnate" came at the conclusion of SummerSlam Night Two. Lesnar stormed the ring and laid out Cena with an F5 after he had lost the Undisputed WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes. "They Deal 'Em, I Play 'Em" While speaking to Adam's Apple, John Cena was asked about the chaotic end to SummerSlam. He responded with his classic "company man" philosophy, indicating he is ready for whatever WWE has planned for his farewell tour. "I've been saying the same thing for 25 years. They deal 'em, I play 'em," Cena said (H/T to "I'm just really excited. We got like 12 of these things left." He acknowledged that the book is closing on his career, but WWE has to continue building its future. "They're just trying to make the most exciting show for the fans, man," he added. EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 03: Brock Lesnar throws John Cena during the WWE 2025 SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium on August 03, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 03: Brock Lesnar throws John Cena during the WWE 2025 SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium on August 03, 2025 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. John Cena's Controversial Wishlist Cena's calm acceptance of the situation appears to confirm what WWE's Chief Content Officer, Triple H, stated at the post-SummerSlam press conference. At the media scrum, Triple H heavily implied that Brock Lesnar's controversial return was specifically requested by John Cena himself as part of his "wishlist" for his final run. His return was a shocking and divisive decision, but WWE has framed it as the final chapter in a legendary rivalry, seemingly at the request of the retiring icon. The Final Chapter Of A Legendary WWE Rivalry The feud between John Cena and Brock Lesnar is one of the most violent and important of the modern era. Their infamous match at SummerSlam 2014 saw Lesnar completely demolish Cena in a one-sided beatdown to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Lesnar's return to target Cena now sets the stage for an epic and brutal final encounter between the two legends. With Cena's retirement tour set to conclude at the end of 2025, this feud with his most dominant rival is poised to be one of the last and biggest programs of his storied career. A match between the two is now expected at the Clash in Paris premium live event later this month.
Spectator
30-07-2025
- Politics
- Spectator
As a gay man, let me tell you the truth about Section 28
'As a gay man…' is a handy signal; in ninety-nine per cent of cases, it tells you that whatever follows is going to be irrelevant rubbish. This certainly held true during the excruciating appearance on Iain Dale's LBC show the other day by Zack Polanski, one of the candidates in the current campaign for leadership of the Green Party. Polanski had been ambushed by phone-in caller Dr Shahrar Ali, who isn't just a random member of the public. In fact, he is the former deputy leader of the Green Party, who last year won a legal case against them for discrimination without following a fair process. The Greens had removed Dr Ali during a row over his 'gender-critical beliefs', which is the posh way of saying he is unafraid to state that there are two sexes. On LBC, he asked Polanski why he couldn't offer a clear definition of what a woman is. The Greens purged Shahrar Ali for acknowledging the definition of women. So he phoned them up on LBC to ask if they can define a woman yet. 🍿 — Biology Rules Ok (@OkayBiology) July 25, 2025 Polanski reacted in the way that many progressive politicians do when faced with this poser; his eyes flicked from side to side and then cast down, his Adam's Apple bobbed, he scratched the side of his neck in a classic self-reassuring displacement gesture. He then launched into a textbook gender ramble of false premises, non sequiturs, cliches, platitudes and inaccuracies: Section 28 has given rise to plenty of self-dramatising nonsense about a piece of toothless and irrelevant legislation 'I think there's not a fixed definition of what a woman is because feminists and the feminists I listen to say they're not to be put in a box…it's complicated and it's on a spectrum…As a gay man, I can't stand it when people say 'gay men must be this or they must be that.' They must actually be gay to count, though, surely? Just as women must, actually, be women? But there was more to come: 'I lived through Section 28, I've experienced what it's like to be part of a community that feels like it's being hounded by – particularly right-wing – media'. We could be here all day picking apart this gibberish, but it was Polanski's 'I lived through Section 28' claim that particularly grabbed my attention. Why? Because he was five years old when this silly piece of legislation, designed to prevent local councils from 'promoting homosexuality', went on to the statute books in May 1988. Polanski is not alone in wheeling out this peculiar claim about having lived through Section 28, in a hushed and wounded tone as if he'd been on the Somme or was reflecting on the horrors of a tour of 'Nam in 1968. Gay politicians are always bringing it out. 'I still feel the pain of Section 28,' Labour MP Peter Kyle – who was in the headlines yesterday for his comments about Jimmy Savile – tweeted in 2020. 'I felt shame and confusion', he added. Type the dread cliché 'the long shadow of Section 28' into Google and you get literally hundreds of different results. To take one recent example, we have After the Act which ran recently in Manchester: 'A powerful new musical capturing the struggles and triumphs of the LGBTQ+ community during the turbulent 1980s. Set against the backdrop of Thatcher's infamous Section 28, the show explores themes of pride, protest, and resilience within the community'. As well as ignoring anything that comes after the phrase 'As a gay man…', it's worth remembering that whatever follows 'against the backdrop of…' is also sure to be rubbish. The truth is that Section 28 has given rise to plenty of self-dramatising nonsense about a piece of toothless and irrelevant legislation that had, as far as I could see aged 19 when it was introduced, very little effect at all. The atmosphere of the 1980s was certainly febrile. There was tabloid hysteria, for sure. But there was also – and this has been totally forgotten – utterly barmy overreaction from gay activists and the gay press in 1988 when that legislation was introduced. If you believed what you read, you'd be forgiven for thinking that gay people like me were about to be rounded up and put in concentration camps. But, when Section 28 became law, literally nothing happened. It was never used to prosecute anyone. Ah, but it supposedly had a 'chilling effect'. Really? The culture of 1988 – Erasure, the Pet Shop Boys, Julian Clary – suggests not. They didn't seem particularly chilled by what MPs were up to in Parliament. Another odd thing about the retrospective analysis of Section 28 is hearing how it affected 'the LGBTQ+ community'. No. It was specifically about homosexuality. Transvestites and Rocky Horror fans were not its targets, and furries, adult babies and their like had yet to be invented. Mentioning Section 28 in the same breath as women preserving their single-sex spaces – as Polanski did on his phone-in – is infuriating. And expecting men to respect the basic rights of women is not a 'right-wing tabloid moral panic'. Banging on about Section 28 now, 22 years after its repeal, and 36 years after its enactment, is bizarre. Other awful things from the period – Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards, the Reynolds Girl, Sylvester McCoy as Dr Who – are allowed to fade. But Section 28 burns on as a terrible trauma. It does cast a long shadow, yes: the long shadow of people talking rubbish about it. As a gay man, let me be the first to say: come off it!
