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Brock Lesnar defeats John Cena to claim WWE World Heavyweight championship

Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar delivered on his promise to decimate WWE champion John Cena, ripping the heavyweight title away from the 15 time world champion, reports Rob Leigh in California.

Lesnar, 37, a former three time champion himself, demolished one of WWE's greatest ever headliners with 16 German suplexes and two F5s en route to picking up the victory - seemingly following a scorched earth approach to dethrone Cena in the heat of the sports entertainment company's biggest event of the summer.

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