Top 15 Brock Lesnar WWE matches

3. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar, SummerSlam 2014

Brock Lesnar mauled John Cena in unique fashion at SummerSlam 2014.

Before Suplex City became a thing, Brock Lesnar stormed in the Staples Center in Los Angeles to challenge John Cena for the WWE Championship and spent sixteen minutes by and large dominating and squashing the de facto face of the company. This match saw Lesnar at his brutal best, more or less debuting the Suplex City style that saw no frills, just sheer blunt force offense in a realistic fashion to believably destroy his opponent.

This match was different, edgy, and deeply cathartic for fans who had wanted to see Cena get decimated for years, and particularly those who had felt short-changed when Cena eked out the victory in their preceding match at Extreme Rules 2012. We can certainly debate the merits of this match in terms of its influence on future Lesnar matches that largely underwhelm. However, particularly in its time and immediate context, it was an innovative, special match to take in and one of the defining victories of Lesnar’s career.