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Topics: WWE, UFC, Brock Lesnar, Daniel Cormier, Vince McMahon
Ryan Smart
Former WWE star Brock Lesnar is currently on TKO's 'banned list', according to UFC legend Daniel Cormier.
Lesnar hasn't been seen on WWE programming since August 2023, when he lost to Cody Rhodes at SummerSlam.
The 47-year-old then went on hiatus and was due to return at the 2024 Royal Rumble, according to Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp.
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However, his travel to the venue, and subsequent creative plans, were both cancelled days before the event.
WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H has been asked about Lesnar's status with the company on numerous occasions since then, and told the Daily Mail in August 2024: "You'd have to ask Brock Lesnar that. Brock does his own thing.
"He's up in Canada, watching his kids play hockey and enjoying life. If and when he decides that he would like to do something, we'd be open to the conversation. But we'll see."
Four months earlier, he said that Lesnar was 'not gone' from the company.
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At that time, Lesnar had been implicated, and would later be named, in Janel Grant's sex trafficking lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE. He is not a defendant in the case.
McMahon sold his majority WWE stake to TKO, who also own UFC, in April 2024.
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Cormier, meanwhile, made a surprise appearance in WWE in September 2022.
He was appointed as the special guest referee for the Fight Pit match between Matt Riddle and Seth Rollins at Extreme Rules.
On a new episode of the 'Mighty' podcast, Cormier was asked by host Demetrious Johnson whether, one day, he could face off against Lesnar in a WWE match.
However, the UFC legend replied: "I mean, Brock is on the banned list right now."
It is unclear as to whether Cormier was simply referring to Lesnar's status on WWE programming, as he has still been listed on WWE's roster on their official website.
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The 47-year-old's matches are also periodically uploaded to the company's YouTube channel - something that generally doesn't happen if a wrestler is outright 'banned' or 'blacklisted'.
He has also been mentioned - albeit rarely - on WWE programming in the past 18 months.