• Brock Lesnar Is On WWE’s Ban List, Says UFC Hall Of Famer
Brock Lesnar has long been one of WWE’s most dominant figures, but fans hoping for “The Beast Incarnate” to make a surprise return may be left waiting. During an interview on MightyCast with Demetrious Johnson, UFC Hall of Famer Daniel Cormier was asked if he’d like to face Lesnar in a WWE ring, since their planned UFC Heavyweight Title fight didn’t materialize in 2018.
Here’s what the former UFC Light Heavyweight & Heavyweight Champion said: “I mean, Brock is on the ban list right now. Oh, dude, Brock got into so much trouble. You know what Brock did? I ain’t telling you on air what Brock did. Bro is in so much trouble.”
Brock Lesnar was last seen in WWE at SummerSlam 2023, where he lost to Cody Rhodes and put him over after the match. Lesnar’s return to WWE TV is uncertain due to his connection to Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis, and WWE. The lawsuit claims McMahon offered Grant to Lesnar, which has kept him off WWE shows despite still being listed as an active wrestler.
The Wrestling Observer reported in May 2025 that The Beast is still under a WWE contract. This means that WWE would be ready to use Lesnar if his name gets cleared in the McMahon lawsuit. It should be noted that whenever Triple H has been asked about Brock in interviews, he has never said anything negative about him or anything about the lawsuit.
• Employees Disgusted By TKO’s Latest Move
TKO employees woke up to some serious corporate drama this week as-per a bombshell report from PWInsider and a document obtained by Fightful Select – the company rolled out a whole new severance plan starting July 18, 2025. So what’s changed, and why has it got so many people fired up? Let’s break it down.
First, the core components of the severance package are now all about two things: COBRA benefits and severance pay. On the upside, employees who qualify still get health insurance coverage through COBRA after being let go, but there’s a catch – they’ll need to keep paying their regular monthly premium share if they want to keep those benefits while receiving severance pay. So basically, it’s “you can have your coverage, but you still have to pay your part.”
But here’s where things get spicy: Eligibility now requires you to have at least one year of continuous service to even qualify for a severance package. On top of that, the math for how much severance you get has been slashed. The “two weeks of severance pay per year of service” calculation is – in plain English – a big cut compared to what employees were used to (it was roughly a month per year of service before).
Severance minimums and maximums are also now sharply divided by title:
Senior Vice Presidents (SVP): Minimum 16 weeks, max 52 weeks
Vice Presidents (VP): Minimum 8 weeks, max 36 weeks
All others below VP: Minimum 4 weeks, max 24 weeks
Unsurprisingly, the reaction around TKO has not been pretty and many employees feel disgusted. Fightful Select revealed how employees, especially those with fewer than five years on the clock, are venting their frustration. The atmosphere? Pretty sour, with plenty of folks speculating that this move is TKO’s way of preparing for eventual layoffs, though nobody has actual proof of that… yet.
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