Following his unexpected return to WWE programming at SummerSlam this month, Brock Lesnar is being advertised to appear on consecutive episodes of SmackDown in September.

At the 2025 SummerSlam PLE, the show went off the air with another signature Lesnar moment. After a two-year hiatus, Lesnar returned, delivering an F5 to Cena and leaving. Afterward, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque implied that the return was done at Cena's request.