WWE Raw report: Brock Lesnar hijacks Hulk Hogan's birthday party in Portland

Brock Lesnar sullied Hulk Hogan's vibrant birthday bash

Hulk Hogan celebrated his 61st birthday on Monday Night Raw – before Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman crashed the party.

A host of WWE Legends, including Ric Flair, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper and Hogan’s former New World Order allies Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, joined the Hulkster’s festivities on the red brand.

However, the gruesome twosome of Lesnar and Heyman refused to let the shindig run smoothly and halted the fun by heading to the ring and staring down the wrestling glitterati in front of them.

Lesnar looked set to hand Hogan a birthday beating – until John Cena, the man The Beast Incarnate will aim to prise the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from at SummerSlam on Sunday, rushed to the fan favourite’s rescue.

Heyman guided his client – who, if you have forgotten, ended The Undertaker’s undefeated streak at WrestleMania in April – away from Cena, meaning the fans in Oregon were once again denied a sight of fisticuffs.

They were first denied a sight of fisticuffs when Lesnar refused to accept Cena’s challenge of a fight on Raw, though, as The Anomaly doesn’t wrestle for free, that came as no surprise.

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Lesnar’s no-show left Cena alone in the ring and the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion the chance to give an impassioned speech about how he would “conquer the Conqueror” in Los Angeles.

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Lesnar did appear in the opening segment of Monday’s Raw, however, but let his mouthy mouthpiece, Heyman, do the talking – and the ECW architect made a pretty bold statement.

Heyman, after running through his charge’s list of accolades – beating The Undertaker, putting The Rock on the treatment table etc – vowed that once Lesnar had finished with Cena at SummerSlam, the Massachusetts-born Superstar would never be heard from again.

So, is that a prediction or a spoiler?

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