WWE SummerSlam 2014: How Twitter reacted to John Cena vs Brock Lesnar

The WWE's second biggest event served up a huge surprise

Tuesday 19 August 2014 10:37 BST

Brock Lesnar beats down John Cena in the main event at SummerSlam (WWE.com)

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16 German suplexes...

Brock Lesnar demolished John Cena in the main event of SummerSlam to win the WWE World Heavyweight strap in a brutally one-sided affair.

It was one of the most shocking WWE title matches ever witnessed, and effectively a 20-minute squash match as Lesnar "conquered" his opponent.

Two F-5s later and a new WWE champion was crowned.

But how did Twitter react to the obliteration?

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