The timing of Brock Lesnar attending the UFC 184 pay-per-view on Saturday night has a lot of people in the industry talking, especially considering the fact that Lesnar and Vince McMahon had a big blow up at Monday’s RAW that led to Lesnar walking out during the show.
As far as the blow up is concerned, there are still not a lot of details regarding the situation. We can, however, report that whatever happened between Lesnar and Vince has something to do with negotiating a new WWE contract, and that things got so bad that both were said to be overheard loudly yelling at each other to the point that some became concerned, especially for McMahon. Those who could hear the argument noted that it sounded “really bad.”
Lesnar is friends with Tony Ferguson, a UFC Lightweight contender who fought in the pay-per-view opener on Saturday night. In fact, Lesnar was Ferguson’s coach on The Ultimate Fighter back in 2011.
According to UFC President Dana White, Lesnar “just happened to be in town,” as that’s the explanation he gave for Lesnar being at the show, however it’s pretty obvious that Lesnar is “playing the game” in terms of negotiations, in an attempt to get the best offer for his services.
While no one seems to know what Lesnar’s issue is with WWE’s new contract offer, it’s worth pointing out that there have been a lot of talent that have gotten offers from WWE recently that included a lot of weird stipulations, including extended non-competes and verbal agreements being made that end up being completely different than what ends up being written into the physical contracts.
It will be interesting to see what happens at the March 9th edition of RAW, as that is the next show that Lesnar is being advertised to attend. At the WWE SmackDown television taping this past Tuesday night, things regarding Lesnar were so bad that the WWE writers actually asked McMahon if they should write a “back-up version” of WrestleMania 31, one that wouldn’t include Lesnar in any way, shape or form. McMahon replied with a firm “no,” and insinuated that he would sue Lesnar if he didn’t work the show.
If Lesnar does not work the remainder of his current deal with WWE he would likely be in breach of his contract, unless there are unknown extenuating circumstances.
(Credit: F4WOnline.com)