Brock Lesnar: WWE star nearly broke his neck during 2012 return match

Brock Lesnar returned to WWE in April 2012, facing John Cena in the first match of his second stint.

To the surprise of many, Cena beat Brock in the main event of Extreme Rules, with many expecting ‘The Beast’ to win in what was his comeback match.

However, things were close to ending much worse than Lesnar than just picking up a loss, with the former WWE Champion nearly breaking his neck.

After leaving WWE in 2004 to pursue a career in the NFL, before then transitioning into UFC, Lesnar came back on the Raw after WrestleMania in April 2012.

Immediately re-asserting himself as WWE’s top star, Brock entered a feud with Cena right out of the gate, with John having just been beaten by The Rock at WrestleMania XXVIII.

The match was brutal in several ways, with the result of the clash being a tough pill for fans to swallow too, with the decision to have Cena win, even ten years later, still being criticised by WWE fans.

However, as noted earlier in the piece, Brock was very lucky that the night didn’t end significantly worse for him.

I was just re-watching Brock Lesnar vs John Cena's 2012 but damn Brock's fall looks painful asf