Top 15 Brock Lesnar WWE matches

1. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar, Extreme Rules 2012

Brock Lesnar's comeback match was a brutal marvel.

When Brock Lesnar first returned to WWE from UFC, he was a major source of intrigue. Could this ultra-legitimate fighter who had burned WWE once and who could undeniably wreck anyone he wanted to from the WWE roster be trusted to do business? Even in kayfabe, whom could WWE book to beat him and how? Would he pick up where he left off as the top star in the company

These questions played beautifully into the Beast Incarnate’s first match back opposite the ideal opponent—sports entertainment poster boy John Cena. The resulting match was about equal parts brilliant and brutal—fundamentally different from anything else WWE had produced in that era; of its Lesnar working a punishing bludgeoning style that badly bloodied Cena.

In the end, Cena would punch our Lesnar with a chain to steal the pin. There’s a fair argument that Cena never should have won, and that doing so undermined the match. Nonetheless, it was a surprising and appropriately violent way to finish the unique and great match.