New Rumor Delivers Disappointing News For Diehard Brock Lesnar Fans Hoping For WWE Return In 2025
A new WWE rumor will be very disappointing news for die-hard fans hoping for multi-time world champion Brock Lesnar to make his return to the company in 2025.
While there are many who question the creative direction of WWE for much of the last decade, there is no denying the company’s profits during that time. They scored a couple of billion-dollar television deals and a major part of the brand’s financial success was Brock Lesnar.
He left the company in 2004 and expanded his name value with an impressive run in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. When he made his return in 2012 he was booked for years as an unstoppable monster heel that was rarely beaten.
However, with the shift to Paul “Triple H” Levesque as the new leader of creative, Lesnar’s role changed. And he was no longer a focus of the company. Then WWE distanced themselves from the 47-year-old in 2023 when he was referenced in the ugly sexual assault and sex trafficking lawsuit filed against WWE founder Vince McMahon.
His legion of fans have wondered when he might return to WWE television after being forced to the sidelines for the last year and a half. Unfortunately, a new report suggests he is not at all being considered for a comeback early in 2025.
“I have been informed that there have been no internal conversations regarding Brock Lesnar coming back to WWE. And the belief is that he will not be returning any time in the foreseeable future,” Sportskeeda wrestling reporter Dr. Chris Featherstone, Ph.D. claimed on Saturday.
The “Beast Incarnate” has not been seen in the company since Summerslam 2023. On that night he fell in the third and final match of his feud with current WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. He has made a few rare public appearances since.
Several rumors over the last year suggested his return could be soon, but those never came to fruition.
It isn’t often that a manufacturer transforms a hybrid into a nonhybrid; it’s usually vice versa. But that is what Alfa Romeo has planned for the Tonale subcompact SUV. Since the model’s release, it has only been offered as a plug-in hybrid (reviewed separately) in the U.S. market. The new nonhybrid Tonale ditches its battery pack and electric motor for a 268-hp turbo four-cylinder powertrain. The engine is borrowed from the Dodge Hornet, which is built on the same platform as the Tonale and shares much of its sheetmetal and interior bits with the Alfa. In our most recent test of the Tonale Hybrid, we didn’t think that the powertrain was the Tonale’s primary issue but rather its uncommunicative steering, which renders it less engaging to pilot than the larger Alfa Stelvio SUV. While 268 horsepower, all-wheel drive, and respectable standard equipment put the Tonale in the running with other nonhybrid competitors like the BMW X1, Volvo XC40, and Mercedes-Benz GLA-class, a new engine won’t change the fact that those three provide a more refined luxury experience than the Tonale Hybrid. In all likelihood, that will apply to the standard, nonhybrid Tonale as well.
While the hybrid version of the Tonale has been around since the 2024 model year, the gas-only version Tonale is new for 2025. Despite the powertrain difference between the hybrid and nonhybrid Tonale, they are very similar cars inside and out.
The price of the 2025 Alfa Romeo Tonale starts at $38,530 and goes up to $42,930 depending on the trim and options.
We’d spring for the more expensive Veloce, which adds adaptive dampers and paddle shifters. It also comes with the Premium package, which includes quality-of-life-improving features such as leather seats with ventilation up front, driver’s-seat memory, and a hands-free power liftgate.
