In his absence, WWE has created more new stars, so the need for him to return to beef up the main event has not been necessary. The emergence of Gunther, Jey Uso, Drew McIntyre, Solo SIkoa, Jacob Fatu, LA Knight, and more have made it so that management does not have to go back to the well and lean on the same guy to enhance match cards.

"Despite the Brock Lesnar name drop, we were told there has not been consideration or conversations regarding bringing him back," Ross Sapp mentioned in a Fightful news drop Sunda

What is the WWE status of Brock Lesnar heading into WrestleMania 41 this weekend? It’s been a very long time since we’ve last seen Brock Lesnar on WWE programming. After being referenced in a lawsuit against WWE in early 2024.