Brock Lesnar defeated John Cena at WWE SummerSlam in a surprisingly crushing fight, taking Cena’s WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Brock Lesnar Defeats John Cena

Lesnar and Cena’s showdown was the highlight of the night, and the most anticipated fight in the SummerSlam line-up. While many believed Lesnar would take the win, Hulk Hogan threw his support firmly behind Cena going into the match, tweeting, “Just talked to my champion John Cena and I’ve never seen him more confident brother.”

Lesnar immediately gained the upper hand, hitting Cena with a string of punches and German suplexes, totally 16 suplexes by the end of the night. This isn’t Lesner’s first championship win, the intimidating wrestler is the youngest WWE heavyweight titleholder, having taken the title from Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson when he was 25 in 2002.

WWE SummerSlam 2014 Results

By all accounts, Lesnar crushed Cena and dominated the ring, but his wasn’t the only victory of the night. Rob Van Dam won the kickoff match against Antonio Cesaro, Dolph Ziggler beat The Miz, Paige defeated AJ Lee to win the Divas title, Rusev knocked Jack Swagger out in the Flag Match (Russia vs. US), Seth Rollins beat Dean Abrose in the Lumberjack Match, Bray Wyatt declared victory over Chris Jericho, Stephanie McMahon defeated Brie Bella and Roman Reigns pinned Randy Orton.

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Olivia Truffaut-Wong was born and raised in Berkeley, California, where she developed her love of all things entertainment. After moving to New York City to earn her degree in Film Studies, she stayed on the East Coast to follow her passion and become an entertainment writer. She lives on a diet of television, movies and food.