The long, winding road to determining Brock Lesnar’s SummerSlam has arrived at a familiar destination. Roman Reigns defeated Bobby Lashley in the main event of Monday’s WWE Raw from Cincinnati, Ohio to become #1 contender to WWE’s illusive Universal Champion.
Brock Lesnar will make a rare WWE television appearance next Monday night to confront his SummerSlam challenger. It will be interesting to see how fans react to Lesnar and Reigns this time around. It’s been a favorite past time of WWE fans to boo Roman Reigns at every turn, but WWE has been playing up that Lesnar is an absentee Champion – and that’s turned ugly in the past (see: WrestleMania XX).
With Brock Lesnar’s WWE contract nearing its conclusion, the 41-year-old is already back in the USADA drug testing pool ahead of his expected return to UFC in 2019.
In addition to next week’s Raw and his upcoming match against Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar is advertised for the August 20th episode of Raw from Brooklyn, the night after SummerSlam. This could be Lesnar’s final WWE appearance.
WWE SummerSlam 2018 Card
Here is the updated card for WWE SummerSlam 2018, which take place on Sunday, August 19th from Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center:
– Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns
– RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs Ronda Rousey
– Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins
– Kevin Owens vs Braun Strowman with Strowman’s MITB contract on the line
Discussion: What are your thoughts on Roman Reigns being Brock Lesnar’s final WWE opponent?