WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle made an appearance on ESPN reporter Ariel Helwani’s MMA show to talk about a wide range of topics.
During the interview, he was asked about former UFC Heavyweight and WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. The retirement of “The Beast” was brought up and how his UFC return against former champion Daniel Cormier was nixed after the news was made.
According to Angle, he wants Lesnar to return to the Octagon to fight again. He also noted that Lesnar has always wanted to fight UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.
Thus, if he did comeback then that’s the fight he thinks would happen.
“I hope he does return, I know he said he has retired. I think the one fight he wants, not sure if it’s ever going to happen, he wants to fight against Jones. They are very different, their sizes are extremely different. Brock is a freak.
He might not win all his fight, he might not be the most polished fighter, but he is an incredible athlete, he could do anything he wants.”
Jones defeated Cormier by KO that was later turned into a no-contest at UFC 214 to win the title. After the fight, Jones proceeded to call out Lesnar for a fight.
During the press conference before UFC 214, Jones brought up a potential fight against Lesnar in the future.
This is where he noted that he thinks the fight would be a big draw and a money-making fight.
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Braun Strowman opened up on an incident involving Brock Lesnar at the 2018 Royal Rumble PPV.
He did so by talking with talkSPORT where he reflected on it which was Strowman hitting Lesnar with a knee strike that Lesnar didn’t appreciate. This led to Lesnar responding with two legitimate punches
“We laughed about it afterwards. It is what it is. We got to the back and I said ‘Hey, my bad” he said the same thing and we went about our business.
We’re both grown-ups, we both knew what we were getting into and at the end of the day, we’re both very dominant males and neither of us wanted to give in an inch, so in the end we took an inch from each other.”
Strowman continued by noting that when he works with Lesnar, he has the mindset that it’s a real fight. He brought up working a Royal Rumble match a few years ago where he got antsy and threw some heavy hitters at each other and carried on from there.
Strowman noted that Lesnar is one of the baddest human beings on the planet and he enjoys the physical aspect of their matches. He noted that when you’re in the ring with Brock Lesnar it is full contact.
Strowman added that Lesnar brings the big fight and that’s why people pay money to see him.
This incident happened in a Triple Threat Match for the Universal Title with Strowman, Lesnar, and Kane.
UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier is still talking about Brock Lesnar.
This is despite the fact that a fight between the two stars has a small chance of happening despite interest from “DC,” UFC President Dana White, and fans.
Cormier took part in an interview with “The Schmo” during the UFC 241 Media Day earlier this week where he was asked about Lesnar’s decision to essentially turn down the fight against him.
“He didn’t want the smoke. Brock decided to stay in the WWE and I think it’s smart, right?” Cormier continued, “You either go and perform or you come and fight me. It just makes more sense to stay in the WWE.”
Back in May, it was revealed that Lesnar had decided to retire from the sport of MMA. This nixed plans as the UFC had been trying to get a fight done between Lesnar and Cormier for an event in August.
Instead, the UFC had to get a new opponent for Cormier and did just that.
Cormier will make his next title defense against former champ Stipe Miocic in the headliner of the UFC 241 pay-per-view event at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
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Brock Lesnar could be making his first advertised SmackDown
appearance in more than 15 years during the show’s debut on Fox on October
4rth.
WWE recently started promoting the upcoming SmackDown
episode as the 20th anniversary special and confirmed that stars from both Raw
and SmackDown Live will be making an appearance at the Fox debut episode of the
Blue Branded Show.
Staples Center, which is the venue for the show then started advertising a number of big names for the upcoming event and one interesting name to be advertised by the arena is none other than the Beast Incarnate:
.@WWE Superstars past & present will be on hand to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of SmackDown Live including Brock Lesnar, Kurt Angle, Lita, Mick Foley, Booker T, Hulk Hogan, Trish Stratus, Goldberg, Jerry Lawler, Mark Henry, Ric Flair & Sting. Tix go on sale this Fri at 10am! pic.twitter.com/aIP5tUw2wz
This will be the first time Brock Lesnar will be making an
advertised appearance on SmackDown Live since he infamously left WWE to pursue
an NFL career in 2004.
Though it won’t be the first time he makes an appearance on the show since then as Brock showed up at SmackDown Live on August 2, 2016. He attacked Randy Orton in response to Orton delivering an RKO to the Beast a night earlier on Raw.
Brock Lesnar won’t be the only big name appearing at the show and the company is also advertising a number of WWE Hall Of Famers for this special episode.
The list of legends which are currently being advertised for the SmackDown special includes the likes of Kurt Angle, Lita, Mick Foley, Booker T, Hulk Hogan, Trish Stratus, Goldberg, Jerry Lawler, Mark Henry, Ric Flair and Sting.
Samoa Joe has commented on a potential fight between Brock Lesnar and Matt Riddle.
During a recent interview with the Gorilla Position podcast, Joe was asked about who he thought would win in a fight between the two stars and if he would like to see it.
“Yeah, sure I would,” commented Joe. “Obviously, Brock has a big size advantage and Riddle’s very, very skilled, has great movement and he’ll talk trash in your face. It’s a tough call but it’s two different weight classes and usually, you’re gonna fare for the heavier guy.”
As of late, Joe has been a huge focus on WWE RAW as he was featured in the recent Roman Reigns mystery attacker storyline.
At one point, he was named as one of the prime suspects behind the attacks. It’s believed that Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan are behind the attacks.
WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry had a ton of praise to give to Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins following their main event match at Sunday’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
Rollins dethroned Lesnar to become the new Universal Champion. Henry sounded off on this match and his belief that Rollins is now at the highest level possible following their match.
Henry brought up how people say that Lesnar can bully anyone and can’t wrestle. Henry would disagree with that.
“He performed at the highest level and elevated an opponent like anybody I’ve ever seen. You can put him up there with the greats because he helped catapult Seth into where he is today.”
Henry continued by noting that it’s not only being the champion but how fans perceive him as a guy that’s double tough.
He brought up Rollins selling broken ribs and cough up blood a few weeks ago then putting on such a performance.
Henry added that Brock putting himself in a position for Rollins to have success is an art. You can listen to the clip here:
"Brock putting himself in a position for Seth to have success is an art."
Seth Rollins did the impossible when he finally beat the
Brock Lesnar clean and won the Universal Championship in the main event of
SummerSlam.
Rollins received some brutal beatings at the hands of The Beast during the build-up of their SummerSlam encounter and he showed effects of these attacks throughout the match as Brock manhandled him on a number of occasions.
Lesnar targeted his opponents’ injured ribs throughout the bout and at one point; he even picked Rollins up with the tape around his ribs and swung him around the ring.
However, Seth was able to come back from this and he finally defeated the Universal Champion after delivering a frog splash to Lesnar through an announce table, followed by 2 Curb Stomps.
Rollins delivered an impressive performance in the bout and he was able to turn the fans who were booing him in the beginning into his supporters by the end of the night.
The trend continued on social media as well and people reacted to Rollins’ win over Brock Lesnar with some high praise for the new Universal Champion:
Want proof how much of an A+++ performer @WWERollins is?
Now it would be interesting to see how Rollins celebrates this hard-fought victory on Raw and who turns out to be his first opponent in his second reign as the Universal Champion.
Back on the July 15th episode of RAW, Rollins beat Roman Reigns, Baron Corbin, Cesaro, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn, Randy Orton, and SmackDown Tag Team Champion Big E in a Cross Brand All-Star Battle Royal.
As a result, Rollins earned the right to challenge Lesnar for his title at this year’s SummerSlam.
Lesnar became champion again once he successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event in July to beat Rollins to become champion once again.
With Lesnar working a part-time schedule, there’s no word yet on when he’ll be making his next title defense.
Historically, WWE books Lesnar to work the Survivor Series pay-per-view event. this show will take place on November 24, 2019 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois.
Lesnar won the Money in the Bank contract back in May and after teasing it a few times, had not been seen on WWE programming since June.
WWE has confirmed that Universal Champion Brock Lesnar will be appearing on Monday’s episode of RAW.
The company confirmed that “The Beast” is slated to make an appearance on their flagship show on Saturday afternoon when WWE’s official website release a preview article for the show, which will be an important episode.
This comes after the latest angle shot by WWE to further Lesnar’s current program with Seth Rollins that will lead to the champion making his next title defense at the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
This past week’s show saw Lesnar destroy Rollins. Once the first attack was over with, EMT’s attempt to put Rollins in an ambulance but Lesnar would interrupt and get in a few more shots on his next challenger.
In the preview, WWE noted that “Rollins underwent a series of evaluations at a local medical facility but refused to disclose any details regarding his medical condition.” WWE also teased if “The Kingslayer will also make an appearance?”
Footage of Paul Heyman telling a story from one his one-man only shows was released by Inside The Ropes where he told the background of how he became Brock Lesnar‘s advocate.
It all started when plans had to be changed as he was originally planned to be Chris Benoit’s manager starting at WrestleMania 18 in 2002.
However, after seeing the bad advice “The Beast” was given by agents prior to his debut while working dark matches, Heyman started producing Lesnar’s matches.
After a few weeks of this, with Heyman pushing to produce Lesnar’s matches, it led to him being in the corner of Lesnar. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon nixed the idea of Heyman serving as Benoit’s manager and put him with Lesnar.
Heyman recalled McMahon asking him what he thought about that which Heyman would later tell McMahon that Lesnar is the next big thing.
“And Vince looks at me and he goes, ‘God d**mit, Paul. That nickname would suck.’”
Heyman was quickly paired with Lesnar when the future WWE Hall of Famer returned in 2012 and has been at his side for all of his appearances as well as matches since then.
WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena. At this show, Lesnar will make his next title defense against Seth Rollins in the likely main event.
Brock Lesnar decimated Seth Rollins during this past Monday’s episode of Monday Night RAW.
“The Beast Incarnate” interrupted Rollins’ match against Dolph Ziggler, leaving Rollins needing medical attention. However, while strapped to a stretcher inside an ambulance, Lesnar would reappear and continue his vicious assault.
On an episode of SiriusXM’s Busted Open Radio, Bully Ray argued that the segment would have been better if Rollins had someone by his side. Namely his girlfriend, Becky Lynch.
“Where was Becky?” he asked. “If we take a look at this in a quote-unquote real life and how real people react, if they would have just had Becky go in the ambulance with Seth—she didn’t have to get in, but she should have been the last person that Seth saw before the doors closed, and then Becky walks off out of the shot…Now, as a viewer, when Brock stops the ambulance and continues to destroy Seth, now in my mind I’m like, ‘Alright, well Becky thinks he’s okay, cause she thinks the ambulance left already.'”
Bully Ray continued, “That’s not the case, Becky would have saw everything. So, not only am I confused as to why she wasn’t there for her man when he was getting loaded in the ambulance, I wanna know why she wasn’t there for her man when he was getting his ass annihilated. Even the most non-confrontational people in the world will put their body on the line and sacrifice themselves to help a loved one, right?”
He stated that either Becky Lynch or Roman Reigns should have been involved in the segment, given their personal relationships with the former WWE Universal Champion.
Seth Rollins recently spoke with TheHindu.com where he talked about a wide range of topics including WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. This is where Rollins gave some interesting comments about “The Beast.”
During this interview, Rollins talked about their upcoming match as he challenges Lesnar for the Universal Title at the SummerSlam pay-per-view event that takes place on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena.
Rollins brought up how he has already shown the world he can beat Lesnar when he did at WrestleMania 35 to win the title. He’s confident that he can do it again.
Rollins thinks Lesnar took advantage of him at Extreme Rules by cashing in his Money in the Bank contract just moments after he emerged from a grueling battle.
Seth Rollins’ Beliefs
“Now you tell me, is such a win befitting of a champion? No kid in the world grows up wanting to be a ‘Brock Lesnar’. He might be a great wrestler/ performer, but he doesn’t inspire anyone, doesn’t do anything for the brand or business, and most of all, he’s a terrible champion.”
This isn’t the first time that Rollins has been critical of Lesnar as he has made similar comments in past interviews back in April leading up to their match at WrestleMania.
Rollins has gone as far as calling Lesnar an industry killer for being a star who is part-time on the roster yet is pushed to the level of full-time talent. Not just with television exposure but also for being the top champion.
With being a champion in WWE, the responsibilities of that role are not just inside of the ring but also outside of it with media appearances to promote the company. With Lesnar being a part-time champion, he doesn’t make appearances at house shows and all episodes of RAW. Some people believe impacts the company in popularity.
We noted before how Brock Lesnar was advertised for next week’s episode of Monday Night Raw and now the Universal Champion has been added to another Raw episode before SummerSlam.
PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania has announced that the Beast will be making an appearance at the upcoming August 5th episode of Raw which will be the SummerSlam go-home edition of the show:
?JUST ANNOUNCED: Universal Champion “The Beast" @BrockLesnar and @HeymanHustle will be live right here in Pittsburgh for Monday Night RAW on August 5th!
So far the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto has not confirmed
Lesnar for the post-SummerSlam episode of the show but it’s likely that he will
make an appearance at that episode too.
Though it’s worth mentioning here that Lesnar was also advertised for the Raw Reunion special this past Monday Night but he ended up not being a part of the show and it’s believed that he wasn’t even backstage for the special.
There is no word yet on what the Universal Champion will be
doing during his appearance at the upcoming episodes but it’s likely that he
confronts his SummerSlam opponent Seth Rollins.
Lesnar cashed in his Money In The Bank contract on Rollins
and after that Seth won a 10 Men All-Star Battle Royal to earn the right to
challenge Brock for the title.
These two will now meet at the SummerSlam PPV taking place in the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 11, 2019.
The next appearance for Brock Lesnar on WWE’s flagship show, Monday Night RAW, has been revealed.
On Wednesday, the WWE Universal Champion was announced for the Monday, July 29 RAW from the Verizon Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas. The announcement was made by the Verizon Arena on Twitter. You can see their post here:
— Simmons Bank Arena (@SimmonsBnkArena) July 24, 2019
As of this writing, “The Beast” is not advertised for the August 5 RAW from Pittsburgh, which is the go-home show for the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
It should be noted that Lesnar was locally advertised for Monday’s RAW Reunion special but didn’t appear. Thus, it will be interesting to see if Lesnar appears on Monday’s RAW.
Lesnar is slated to defend the Universal Title against Seth Rollins at the SummerSlam pay-per-view event. This is a rematch as Lesnar successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event to beat Rollins to become champion once again.
WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.
The former “Bad News” Barrett, Wade Barrett, recently appeared onInside The Ropes.
During their conversation, Barrett would recall how WWE Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar, carried himself backstage, behind the scenes.
“Brock was a strange one because, first of all, he never really did the live events,” Barrett said. “I know you guys mainly see the stuff that’s on TV which is RAW and SmackDown, but on top of that, we’re doing four, five, six—if we’re on tour—events per week. So the majority of wrestling we do and the majority of time that we spend around WWE, and the locker room, and the guys is on the non-televised stuff, also known as the ‘house shows’.”
Barrett continued, “He wasn’t at any of those [live events], and even the TV stuff, he’d be there like ten weeks a year or something like that, so he wouldn’t be around very often. So we didn’t spend much time around Brock. When he did get to the arenas, he’d have his own private bus that he would hang out on. And maybe you’d see him for like thirty minutes before he went out for his match, or his promo segment or whatever, but he didn’t really hang around with the guys too much… He wasn’t really a member of the locker room, in that respect. Always a cool guy, but very much kept himself to himself.”
Fan Following
Barrett then regaled the audience with a story about a fan interaction with Brock that took place in a gym.
He explained that he and a few other Superstars were just finishing their workout when Lesnar entered. The entire gym apparently stopped, with people gawking at the size of “The Beast Incarnate”.
One of those people was apparently a big fan of Lesnar and proceeded to follow him around the gym.
“Brock walks into the changing room, and he looks at us and goes, ‘This kid keeps following me around every time I go to a machine! He’s next to me every time I go to a bench, he always comes and sits next to me! He’s really pissing me off.’ We go, ‘Oh okay, see you at the building, Brock, whatever,’ And then Brock walks past us and goes into the back room, the toilet area of the changing room. He goes around the corner.
“Anyway, we’re finishing up and then suddenly, this nervous, sixteen-year-old, nerdy kid pops his head around the locker room,” Barrett continued. “[…] He’s sneaking around, he’s looking past us, and then suddenly, he spots the toilet area which was just around the corner from where we’re at. This kid kind of stumbles past, walks around the corner, and disappears. A small part of me wanted to tell this kid, ‘No, this isn’t the day.’ But another part of my brain thought, ‘Ya know, the boy has to learn.’ So I didn’t say anything; I just kind of looked at Bray Wyatt and he kind of shrugged his shoulders. We all knew that something bad was about to happen. We were just waiting; we were frozen in time. Suddenly, all you hear is, ‘Are you trying to see my f*****g penis?!’ Followed by this terrified sixteen-year-old running out of there, through the door, never to be seen again.”
Seeing Superman
Barrett justified that, for the teenager, it was akin to seeing Superman. A real-life hero that he wanted to be close to, forgetting any sense of personal space in the process.
He added that this incident became a running joke backstage in WWE for a while, explaining that “If you’re using the bathroom and Bo Dallas walks around [the corner], ‘Are you trying to see my penis?!’ Or whatever it was.”
Newly crowned WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar has received his opponent at the upcoming WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
On Monday’s episode of RAW in Long Island, NY, WWE held a Cross Brand All-Star Battle Royal. Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Baron Corbin, Cesaro, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn, Randy Orton, and SmackDown Tag Team Champion Big E took part in the contest.
As seen in the match, Seth Rollins won and has earned the right to challenge Lesnar for his title at this year’s SummerSlam. As of this writing, WWE has yet to announce the main event of this show but this match could serve in the headliner spot.
Lesnar successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event on Sunday evening to beat Seth Rollins to become champion once again.
WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.
What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champion Big E is bound and determined to be the man to dethrone WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar.
WWE’s YouTube channel has released this video of Big E talking about his past history with “The Beast” and how he believes that he’ll be the next challenger for Lesnar’s Universal Title.
Big E brought up how all three members of New Day have battled Lesnar in the past and he thinks with another opportunity, they would fare better. He gave the reason for their previous loss on being filled up on sushi and saki as he was 40 pounds heavier.
As a result, he thinks it made it difficult for him to do anything at the time. Big E thinks things will go much differently in their next encounter. You can watch the full video here:
Big E was referring to when Lesnar beat Kofi Kingston in a singles match and attacked the rest of the group back in 2015 at the WWE Beast in the East special on the WWE Network in Tokyo, Japan.
WWE has confirmed that Big E will be part of a Cross Brand All-Star Battle Royal on tonight’s episode of RAW. The winner of this match will challenge Lesnar for his title at this year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
WWE is wasting no time to announce who newly crowned Universal Champion Brock Lesnar and RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch will be facing at this year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event.
The company announced this afternoon that tonight’s episode of Monday Night RAW will be an important show that will decide Lesnar and Lynch’s opponents “at the biggest party of the summer.”
First, a women’s Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match with Natalya, Alexa Bliss, Naomi, and Carmella will take place with the winner challenging Lynch for the title at SummerSlam.
The other big match is a Cross Brand All-Star Battle Royal that will likely serve as the main event. The winner of this match will challenge Lesnar for his title at this upcoming event that takes place next month.
Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Baron Corbin, Cesaro, Braun Strowman, Bobby Lashley, Rey Mysterio, Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton, and new SmackDown Tag Team Champion Big E have been confirmed for the contest.
Join us here later tonight for WWE RAW Live Results and our post-show RAW Takeaways feature.
The road to SummerSlam begins on tonight’s episode of WWE Monday Night RAW in Long Island, NY at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. This show will serve as the post-show of the Extreme Rules pay-per-view event for the RAW roster.
A big name had been speculated to appear and now WWE has confirmed it as newly crowned Universal Champion Brock Lesnar will appear on the show alongside his advocate Paul Heyman.
This comes after Lesnar successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase at the Extreme Rules event to beat Seth Rollins to become champion once again. As of this writing, there’s no word yet on what WWE has planned for Lesnar on this show but in the preview article for this episode, WWE is teasing that Rollins will be looking for payback.
An excerpt from the preview reads like, “There’s little doubt he’ll be game for the attempt, but after weeks of in-ring competition and mental stress brought on by Paul Heyman’s mind games, the question is whether his heart, his mind, and his body are all up to the task.”
As of this writing, WWE has yet to announce any matches or segments for this show but it will serve as an important show with the fallout from Extreme Rules as well as starting to build programs for matches to take place at SummerSlam next month.
Join us here later tonight for WWE RAW Live Results and our post-show RAW Takeaways feature.
Last night, Brock Lesnar successfully cashed-in his Money in the Bank briefcase on former Universal Champion, Seth Rollins. It was the 19th successful MITB cash-in in WWE history out of 23 attempts.
After Extreme Rules, MITB briefcase cash-ins have an 82.6% success rate. The only four wrestlers to fail in their cash-in attempts are John Cena, Damien Sandow, Baron Corbin, and Braun Strowman. Only Corbin and Sandow have failed during cash-in attempts which had not been scheduled ahead of time.
The men’s Money in the Bank briefcase has been successfully cashed-in on 16 of 20 attempts. The women’s Money in the Bank briefcase is 3 for 3 so far in terms of cash-in attempts.
For Lesnar, the cash-in on Rollins could likely be seen as retaliation for Rollins’ cash-in on him from WrestleMania 31. Lesnar was scheduled to defend his WWE title against Roman Reigns but Rollins cashed-in his briefcase to make it a triple threat. He then pinned Reigns to win the title, marking the first time a briefcase-holder pinned a non-champion to win a title during a cash-in.
Lesnar’s cash-in last night was the first time the Universal Championship has changed hands via the Money in the Bank briefcase.
January 8th, 2006 – Edge wins WWE Championship at New Year’s Revolution (defeated John Cena).
June 11th, 2006 – Rob Van Dam defeated John Cena for WWE Championship at ECW: One Night Stand.
May 8th, 2007 – Edge defeated the Undertaker for the World Heavyweight title on Smackdown.
June 30th, 2008 – CM Punk defeated Edge to win the World Heavyweight title on RAW.
June 7th, 2009 – CM Punk defeated Jeff Hardy to win the World Heavyweight title at Extreme Rules.
March 30th, 2010 – Jack Swagger defeated Chris Jericho to win the World Heavyweight title on Smackdown.
July 18th, 2010 – Kane defeated Rey Mysterio to win the World Heavyweight title at Money in the Bank.
November 22, 2010 – The Miz defeated Randy Orton to win the WWE Championship on RAW.
August 14th, 2011 – Alberto Del Rio defeated CM Punk to win the WWE Championship at SummerSlam.
December 18th, 2011 – Daniel Bryan defeated the Big Show to win the World Heavyweight title at TLC.
July 23rd, 2012 – John Cena defeated CM Punk via disqualification and did not win the WWE Championship following his MITB cash-in on the RAW 1000 show.
April 8th, 2013 – Dolph Ziggler defeated Alberto Del Rio to win the World Heavyweight title on the RAW after WrestleMania.
August 18th, 2013 – Randy Orton defeated Daniel Bryan to win the WWE Championship at SummerSlam.
October 28, 2013 – Damien Sandow was defeated by John Cena and did not win the World Heavyweight title following his cash-in attempt on RAW.
March 29th, 2015- Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns in a triple threat match also involving WWE Champion Brock Lesnar during the main event of WrestleMania 31 to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
November 22nd, 2015 – Sheamus defeated Roman Reigns to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series.
June 19th, 2016 – Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank.
August 15th, 2017 – Baron Corbin was defeated by Jinder Mahal and did not win the WWE Championship on Smackdown.
September 16th, 2018 – Braun Strowman vs Roman Reigns in a Hell in a Cell match was ruled a no-contest and Strowman did not win the Universal Championship.
July 14th, 2019 – Brock Lesnar defeated Seth Rollins to win the Universal championship at Extreme Rules 2019.
Women’s Money in the Bank Cash-In History
April 10th, 2018 – Carmella defeated Charlotte Flair to win the Smackdown women’s championship.
June 17th, 2018 – Alexa Bliss defeated Nia Jax to win the RAW women’s championship.
May 19th, 2019 – Bayley defeated Charlotte Flair to win the Smackdown women’s championship.
Money in the Bank Odds vs Royal Rumble Odds
Royal Rumble winners are less likely to win the title than MITB briefcase holders. Men’s Royal Rumble winners have been successful in 15 of 24 matches, good for a 62% winning percentage.
Women Royal Rumble winners are 1 for 2 in their WrestleMania title matches thus far. Asuka lost Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 34 and Becky Lynch defeated Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 35.
Brock Lesnar reclaimed the Universal Championship at Extreme Rules PPV and as you would expect, the majority of the fans are not happy with this decision.
Seth Rollins earned a hard-fought victory for himself and
partner Becky Lynch during the Extreme Rules PPV and this duo defeated the team
of Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans on the show.
However, seconds after the match was over, Brock’s music hit
and Mr. Money In The Bank made his way to the ring to challenge Rollins for a
bout.
He cashed in his contract on the Universal Champion and
after two Suplexes and an F5; Lesnar successfully defeated the former Shield
member to win the title back.
Rollins was then helped backstage by the Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and WWE posted a video of the two after the pay per view went off air.
After the show, fans started reacting to the surprising results and as seen below, the majority of the fans don’t seem to be happy about the Beast being the champion again.
Brock Lesnar winning the men’s MITB was the WORST booking decision that WWE has ever made in 2019 and look what happened, back to square one with #Raw without a world champion full time.
So far there is no word on what the company has in store for Seth Rollins after this bout or how long Brock is expected to hold the title but we should get a better idea about it on the next episode of the company’s weekly shows.
WWE had several stars at Wednesday’s ESPY Awards that was highlighted with Roman Reigns winning “Best WWE Moment,” which was the first time that WWE had its own category as part of this special event.
Reigns, RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, Triple H, and Stephanie McMahon were all in attendance.ESPN has released this videoof UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier with Triple H where the two men hinted at seeing “DC” make the transition from pro-MMA competition to the world of pro wrestling.
Cormier won an ESPY Award for best MMA fighter at this ceremony. You can read their exchange here:
Cormier: “I was hoping to fight Brock Lesnar, but he didn’t. These guys took him from me. Maybe I’ll follow him over there.”
Triple H: “It’s not too late.”
Cormier: “Yeah, we can do it in WWE.”
With Lesnar retiring from MMA competition, this nixed plans as the UFC had been trying to get a fight done between Lesnar and Cormier for an event in August. Now, Cormier is scheduled to defend the title in a rematch against Stipe Miocic on August 17, 2019 at the UFC 241 pay-per-view event.
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Brock Lesnar was a 2x All-American wrestler for the University of Minnesota from 1999-2000. He was also the Division 1 Heavyweight champion those 2 years and the Big Ten Conference champion. He visited his former school recently, making a surprise appearance during the Golden Gophers wrestling team practice.
The University posted the following photos of Lesnar’s appearance to their social media channels:
Minneapolis became Suplex City when Brock Lesnar surprised the University of Minnesota wrestling team at practice this morning (via @GopherWrestling) pic.twitter.com/ODfpTmwHBL
Lesnar will not be returning to MMA. Although a planned fight between him and Daniel Cormier had been discussed, financial terms between Brock’s team and the UFC could not be reached. Dana White had the following to say regarding Brock not returning to MMA.
“I wasn’t pissed at all,” White said on Instagram. “Brock had a good run here. It’s been fun. Listen, to fight in this business; you have to be 100 percent invested. You’ve got to be in. It’s not where his head was. He made the right decision.”
Daniel Cormier offered up the following comments on not fighting Lesnar to TMZ.
“I was disappointed,” Cormier said. “I wanted to fight Brock. I’ve known Brock for a long time. I’ve always been a fan of his and we had that great moment at UFC 226. So the build was gonna be fun, but you can only really worry about things that you can control. I can’t control that he doesn’t want to fight anymore. He’s done.”
The majority thought that Brock Lesnar was done with WWE
after WrestleMania 35 but he proved everyone wrong once again by showing up at
the Money In The Bank PPV.
The reason for this thinking was the fact that Brock’s last contract expired after WrestleMania and the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Newsletter reveals some details on the new contract he has signed after that.
We noted before how WWE is trying to lock up other stars to long term contracts but Lesnar is known to keep his deals short and his latest deal is like that too.
According to the report, while WWE is trying to lock up
other stars to 5-year contracts now, Lesnar has only signed a single year deal
with the company.
The exact date of his contract expiration is not known yet, but The former World Champion’s current deal is believed to be expiring sometime in May or June next year.
Brock Lesnar returned to WWE programming at Money In The
Bank. He replaced Sami Zayn in the bout and went on to win the briefcase,
assuring him a world title opportunity at the time of his choosing.
Since then, he has teased cashing in the contract a number of
times but hasn’t proceeded with the same and it looks like the company could
continue this gimmick to bring Lesnar on TV whenever they need to, without
having to figure out a storyline for him.
UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier continues to speak out on his fight with fellow UFC champion and former WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar not happening.
While doing a recent interview, Cormier made it known that while he was disappointed that it didn’t happen, he can’t worry about something that is out of his control.
“I was disappointed,” Cormier told TMZ Sports. “I wanted to fight Brock. I’ve known Brock for a long time. I’ve always been a fan of his and we had that great moment at UFC 226. So the build was gonna be fun, but you can only really worry about things that you can control. I can’t control that he doesn’t want to fight anymore. He’s done.”
Cormier did give credit to the UFC and Lesnar trying to get the fight booked but things do not always go as planned. While he doesn’t know what exactly happened to make the deal not happen, he thinks WWE gave Lesnar a great deal.
With Lesnar retiring from MMA competition, this nixed plans as the UFC had been trying to get a fight done between Lesnar and Cormier for an event in August.
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