At the opening of the inaugural WWE Wrestlepalooza premium live event, Paul Heyman made a surprise appearance to provide the official ring introduction for Brock Lesnar . The moment served as a direct follow-up to a storyline that began on last night’s episode of Friday Night SmackDown.
The show, WWE’s first on the ESPN platform, began with a musical performance by The War and Treaty, followed by a video package on the history between WWE and ESPN and an in-ring welcome from Paul “Triple H” Levesque . After Pat McAfee joined the commentary team, Brock Lesnar made his entrance for the opening match against John Cena . While ring announcer Alicia Taylor handled the introduction for Cena, Heyman then “appeared from the darkness” to introduce Lesnar. In his classic style, Heyman ref