Bull Buchanan Says Brock Lesnar Backed Him With Vince McMahon

Bull Buchanan says Brock Lesnar was one of the people who stepped up on his behalf backstage in WWE, speaking to Vince McMahon after Buchanan’s on-screen partnership with John Cena came to an end.

During the early stages of Cena’s main roster run, he was paired with Buchanan as a tag team billed as B2. The pairing didn’t last long, with the storyline concluding when Cena turned on his partner on television, effectively ending the team and shifting Cena toward the singles push that would eventually make him one of WWE’s biggest stars.

According to Buchanan, once that on-screen breakup happened, Lesnar was among those who went to McMahon to advocate for him. Lesnar, who at the time was one of WWE’s top stars and closely aligned with McMahon’s creative decisions, apparently felt strongly enough about Buchanan to put in a word on his behalf backstage.

Buchanan has largely stayed out of the WWE spotlight in the years since his run alongside Cena, but stories like this offer a glimpse into the backstage relationships and politics that shaped talent trajectories during that early-2000s era of WWE programming. Cena, of course, went on to become a multi-time world champion and one of the most recognizable figures in wrestling history, while Buchanan’s career took a different path following the end of B2.

It’s a small but telling detail from a period when WWE’s creative direction — and the fates of many midcard talents — often hinged on which locker room voices McMahon chose to listen to. Lesnar speaking up for Buchanan underscores the kind of influence top stars could wield behind the scenes, even for performers not in the immediate main event picture.

No further details on the exact conversation or its outcome for Buchanan’s future booking have been made public.