Following WrestleMania 35, there has been some speculation about Brock Lesnar’s status with WWE.

For those who are wondering if the former WWE Universal Champion will appear on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center, his status has been revealed.

Lesnar has already flown home, according to Dave Meltzer of F4Wonline.com. Thus, he won’t be appearing on the show unless WWE taped something after WrestleMania for a segment.

As of this writing, there is no word about his future or next match, but he is currently not advertised for any WWE shows going forward. Lesnar lost the WWE Universal Title to Seth Rollins at Sunday’s WrestleMania 35 pay-per-view event in East Rutherford, NJ.

Just last week it was reported that although WWE had planned a show on May 3rd in Saudi Arabia, plans have changed and the show has been pushed back to June 7th. At one point, Lesnar was scheduled to appear on that show but with it being moved to a different date, his status is not known.

It was recently reported that the UFC is planning to do a fight between UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier and Lesnar in August.

Although Chris Jericho is no longer under contract with the WWE as he has signed a deal with AEW (All Elite Wrestling), he’s keeping an eye on the product that the company serves its fans.

Thus, he previewed WrestleMania 35 on his podcast, Talk is Jericho, and gave his picks for some of the matches. One of the top matches on the card is Brock Lesnar defending the Universal Title against Seth Rollins.

In his mind, WWE potentially booking three straight changes in World Title matches has him thinking that Vince McMahon may not do that.

The belief is that Kofi Kingston will beat WWE Champion Daniel Bryan and Becky Lynch beating WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey and WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion.

Jericho brought up how he loves Rollins and Lesnar is good with working with smaller talents. Thus, he thinks this is going to be a hard-hitting match and Lesnar will control the majority of the contest.

“I think Seth Rollins has to win, except for one thing. Jericho stated. “I feel really hard pressed to believe that Vince is going to have three World Championship change hands in three consecutive matches. I’m afraid we’re going down the same worm hole we went in last year, as to where Brock is going to sign another deal the morning of WrestleMania. Another few million bucks to stay another couple matches, or maybe he’s staying already, I don’t know. Everything tells me I want Seth Rollins to win, except for I know how the WWE and Vince McMahon books and I’m gonna say Brock is gonna win. Ah! I hate even saying that!”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcript

Former WWE Champion Seth Rollins did a recent interview with Yahoo Sports where he talked about a wide range of topics that include WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar.

Rollins is set to challenge Lesnar for the title at WrestleMania 35. While doing various interviews, Rollins has made some interesting comments about the top champion on the flagship show of the WWE, Monday Night RAW. Part of this is due to further build their program

In this interview, Rollins talked about how in his mind he thinks people are sick of Lesnar and that he thinks Lesnar isn’t an industry builder but rather a killer as a result of his part-time status.

“I think people are just sick of it,” Rollins said. “You’ve seen and heard it every single week. They want to see a champion who is going to be there, that’s going to represent them, that’s a champion they can be proud of and one that inspires people. Brock Lesnar doesn’t inspire anybody. He’s an industry killer, not an industry builder. He cares about no one but himself and he’ll tell you that, it’s been that way his entire life.”

Rollins added, “He was given the opportunity years ago to carry the mantle here in WWE but it was too tough for him and he walked away. Granted, he’s been able to come back and do things on his own terms, but his own terms only serve himself.”

WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry has come to the defense of WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar over his schedule with the WWE.

Since making his return in 2012, Lesnar wrestles only a handful of matches each year, and when he does, that’s the only time that he appears on television alongside Paul Heyman.

Despite being on a limited schedule, Lesnar has had several reigns as the top champion in the company. While attending a meet-and-greet at a recent Binghamton Devils of the AHL game, the WWE Hall of Famer spoke with Wrestling Inc about why it is for the best that Lesnar is around the WWE for a limited amount of time.

“Neither was Andre. Andre wasn’t around,” said Henry who compared Lesnar’s limited schedule to Andre the Giant’s back in the day. “Brock is an attraction. You have somebody that garners a special level of attention, and you need to let those people be those people.”

Henry would continue by stating that Lesnar doesn’t like people and he needs to stay away from them in order to prevent something from happening.

“Brock is a bit of a butt hole too,” stated Henry. “You don’t want him around all the time. He’s subject to hit somebody or cuss a little kid out. You need to keep him away from people. He’s a monster, and I would rather the monster only be seen when he’s gonna fight for the title.”

Lesnar makes his next title defense against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 35.

Seth Rollins hit Brock Lesnar with a low blow last night to close their segment on RAW. According to a report from the Wrestling Observer, however, what happened last night was as a result of a last-minute booking change. Originally, Brock Lesnar was supposed to be the one standing tall at the end of the segment.

“That segment was originally written to go the other way,” Dave Meltzer said of the Lesnar/Rollins segment. “It was right before the show started they switched it. It was a Vince call and it was the right call.”

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Highlights from the segment can be seen in the player below:

Brock Lesnar vs Seth Rollins – WrestleMania 35

Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar have wrestled in single’s action just once on WWE programming. They wrestled to a no-contest draw at Battleground in 2015. Rollins was defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the match.

Lesnar and Rollins have met twice in multi-person matches. At the 2015 Royal Rumble, Lesnar won a triple threat match against John Cena and Rollins to defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Rollins then beat Lesnar and Roman Reigns for the title at 2 months later at WrestleMania 35.

The match will be just the 2nd title defense for Lesnar after having won the title at Crown Jewel last November. The champion defeated Finn Balor at Royal Rumble 2019.

Former WWE Champion Seth Rollins has one of the biggest matches of his career in front of him. He’s looking to reclaim the right to call himself the top star on the Monday Night RAW brand and must get past Brock Lesnar in order to do so.

WWE has already confirmed that he’ll challenge Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35. They actually have history at this event and wrestled a singles match back at WWE Battleground 2015.

If you recall, back in 2015 at WrestleMania 31 in Santa Clara, California at Levi’s Stadium, Lesnar was wrestling Roman Reigns in the main event. This was when Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase during the match that allowed him to win the WWE Title.

Rollins took to his official Twitter account over the weekend to express his focus as he wrote the following:

“I’ll be in Boston signing at @HotRodShows from 12-2ish tomorrow! Then Monday it’s #Raw at @tdgarden. With Mania only two weeks out, I’ve never been more focused or prepared in my life. I’m ready to change the world, again.”

WWE presents the WrestleMania 35 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 7, 2019, in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium that will air on the WWE Network.

UFC Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormier has teased making an appearance at WrestleMania 35 next month. He did so after Saturday’s UFC Nashville event where he did color commentary. After the event had ended, he talked with ESPN where he teased possibly appearing at the show.

WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is slated to make his next title defense against Seth Rollins at this show. The UFC has been trying to make a fight between Lesnar and Cormier inside of the Octagon since last July.

For Cormier, who wants this fight to happen, he thinks to cost Lesnar the title might speed up the process of this fight getting done.

“I don’t have a fight exactly scheduled yet, but I’ve got my eyes on Brock Lesnar,” Cormier told ESPN (H/T to Damon Martin of MMANews). “I may go to WWE’s Wrestlemania, and I may go cost him his title over there so he can hurry up and get to the UFC so I can beat him here.”

In the main event of the UFC 226 pay-per-view event at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada last year, Cormier was able to score a KO win over Stipe Miocic to win the UFC heavyweight title. Then, things got out of hand. Cormier invited Lesnar inside the Octagon with Lesnar accepting the invitation and shoving Cormier in the process. Lesnar then cut a promo on the heavyweight division and Cormier.

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Current WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar has long been expected to be making his UFC return soon. The former UFC heavyweight champion hasn’t fought since UFC 200 in 2016. He defeated Mark Hunt via unanimous decision in the co-main event of the night. However, that win was later overturned to a No Contest.

“The Beast” tested positive for a banned substance. After serving a suspension, Lesnar is now eligible to return to fighting action whenever he’d like. Last summer, Lesnar set up a future meeting with current UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier. The pair engaged in a shoving match after Cormier’s title win in July.

The UFC was angling for an early 2019 fight between the pair, but that never happened. Despite this, UFC President Dana White still expects the fight to happen. Speaking to Megan Olivi for the UFC’s YouTube channel, White provided an update on Lesnar’s UFC status. White said he’s still waiting on Lesnar’s phone call and hopes to hear from him this summer:

“Brock Lesnar is doing his thing with WWE. One of the things about Brock Lesnar is, when that guy is ready to fight, he is not shy. He will call me and he will let me know. To be honest with you, I’m hoping to hear from that guy this summer,” White said.

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In regards to the possible fight between Lesnar and Cormier, White says he thinks both men really want it. Because of that, he expects the fight to eventually happen:

“I think both guys really want it, Cormier wants it bad. I know Cormier wants it bad, and Brock wants it bad. So, when two fighters want to fight each other as bad as these two do, I think it’s going to happen,” White said.

What do you think about Lesnar returning to the UFC to fight heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier?

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

Seth Rollins says Brock Lesnar is notoriously selfish and only cares about money.

Rollins challenges Lesnar for the Universal Championship in less than four weeks at WrestleMania. During a visit to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh this past Monday, he spoke with reporter Justin LaBar about his love for professional wrestling, which he believes is a sharp contrast to Brock Lesnar’s motives.

“I just have a lot of passion for it and a lot of love for the industry, and I feel like when people come in and disrespect our industry, it’s like a little bit of a slap in the face to me,” he said.

Rollins said people need to understand that being a top WWE Superstar is not something you can just ‘walk in and you’re great at it.’ It takes years of sacrifice and hard work to reach the top of sports entertainment. For all of his passion and commitment to WWE, Rollins says Lesnar is “notoriously in it for himself and in it for the money.”

“That’s never been my gig, I’ve never been in it for myself or the cash,” he said. “I’ve been in it for the love of the industry, and to inspire people to feel like I did when I was a young kid. It’ll be a very interesting clash of styles, in more ways than one.”

You can check out a clip of Seth Rollins’ comments about Brock Lesnar here:

Seth Rollins talking to me about pride and protection he has for the business, what Brock Lesnar is notorious for and it will make for an interesting match at WrestleMania in more ways than one. #WWE #RAW pic.twitter.com/9PiauCikfi

— Justin LaBar (@JustinLaBar) March 12, 2019

Seth Rollins has sent a warning to WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar before they meet next week on an episode of Monday Night RAW.

This is the latest development in building their program to a match that will take place at WrestleMania 35 on Sunday, April 7, 2019 in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium.

“The Architect” is slated to challenge The Beast” for the strap as one of the main events of the show. Rollins earned this title opportunity when he won this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble match at the pay-per-view event this past January. At that same show, Lesnar successfully retained the Universal Title over Finn Balor.

Rollins took to his official Twitter account to send a warning to Lesnar. He wrote, “Lesnar on #RAW next week….Chicago, I hope you’re down to do the talking for me because I’m ready to do the fighting for all of us. Time to let ‘em know.”

Lesnar will return to the flagship show of the company alongside his advocate Paul Heyman in Chicago, IL at the Allstate Arena. As of this writing, there’s no word yet on any other segments or matches taking place on this show.

Last year, the UFC teased a big heavyweight title fight between Daniel Cormier and Brock Lesnar. Cormier had just knocked out Stipe Miocic – the most successful heavyweight champion in UFC history, to win the heavyweight throne. After the fight, Lesnar, who was cageside, entered the Octagon and confronted “DC”.

The pair engaged in a shoving match before exchanging trash talk. This was in July. Since, Cormier has successfully defended his title once, and Lesnar has fulfilled his United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspension and is eligible to fight at any time. UFC President Dana White has been asked on numerous occasions what the status on Lesnar’s return to the UFC is.

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Every time the answer is the same – he’s waiting on Brock’s call. White said Lesnar is the type of fighter that will call him when he’s ready to fight, while also continuously reminding the media of Lesnar’s current WWE obligations. Over the weekend (Sat. March 2, 2019), Lesnar’s name came up with the UFC again. Following Jon Jones’ light heavyweight title defense over Anthony Smith, Jones was asked about a possible fight with “The Beast” down the road.

“Bones” is certainly interested in the match-up and the money he and Lesnar could draw together. You might remember, Jones called Lesnar out initially after his win over Cormier at UFC 214 back in 2017. However, that win was later overturned after Jones tested positive for a banned substance, and he once again served a suspension:

Dana White spoke at the UFC 235 post-fight press conference and addressed the pending Cormier vs. Lesnar fight. He confirmed Cormier will get his desired fight with Lesnar as payment for all he has done for the promotion and the sport. Cormier is planning on retiring soon, and White wants to give “DC” his long-awaited money fight before he walks away:

“I think Brock and Cormier want that fight,” White said. “I owe Cormier a lot. Cormier wants that fight, so Cormier’s going to get it.”

Do you want to see Cormier and Lesnar fight in the UFC?

It looks like 2019 Royal Rumble winner Seth Rollins was the cause of a few changes to this week’s Monday Night RAW. Rollins was expected to get physical on RAW this week but was not cleared to compete, per Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer. As a result, some re-writes to the show were made.

Rollins was initially to be heavily featured on Monday night. Instead, he did an interview segment with Charly Caruso backstage. RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey had been penciled in for a squash match with Alexa Bliss. She instead headlined the program opposite Ruby Riott in a more long-form contest. Re-writes reportedly began around 1 or 2 P.M. local time when Vince McMahon arrived at the arena.

The actual script wasn’t complete until 30 minutes after RAW had already begun. Changes were still being made an hour and a half into the program.

Rollins’ Injury

Rollins has been dealing with back issues for some time now. The injury does not require surgery, only rest, and, likely, stems. “The Architect” is close to being cleared to return to action, but was unable to do so for this week’s show. He’s still scheduled for all RAW TVs until WrestleMania, but is not being advertised for house shows. Rollins hasn’t wrestled a match since facing Dean Ambrose on the post-Royal Rumble episode of RAW.

What do you think about Rollins not being cleared forcing changes to RAW?

Former UFC heavyweight title contender Francis Ngannou decided to take an interesting shot at former UFC Heavyweight Champion and current WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar after his latest fight.

The fighter scored a KO win over former champion Cain Velasquez in the headliner of UFC on ESPN 1 in just 26 seconds. It was a wild fight, to say the least.

After the fight, while speaking with the media, Francis decided to talk about why he thinks he should get a shot at the UFC heavyweight title currently held by Daniel Cormier. He also brought up the state of the heavyweight division and took a shot at Lesnar.

“For Brock Lesnar, he’s just walking around talking (expletive), but he never shows up for a fight,” he told MMAJunkie. “So let’s see.”

Lesnar was last seen in action inside of a WWE ring when he successfully retained the title against Finn Balor at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in Phoenix, Arizona.

He’s now slated to make his next title defense against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 35 in April.

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Former WWE Cruiserweight Champion TJP has given his take on which match he thinks should headline WrestleMania 35. This event, which goes down on Sunday, April 7, 2019 in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium, is regarded as the biggest event of the year for the company.

As of this writing, only two matches have been announced for this show. Those matches are WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Charlotte Flair and WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar defending the title against Seth Rollins.

Since then, talk of which match should headline WrestleMania 35 continues by not only fans but stars as well. This includes the 205 Live star, who spoke about it during a recent appearance on the Wrassle Rap podcast.

This is where he pitched Rollins vs. Lesnar as the main event. It has nothing to do with Lynch or Rousey but rather, “I think they’re gonna have an amazing match. I said that I would want that because I really like every match that Brock is having, everything.”

This is where he brought star ratings for matches and how he doesn’t rate matches involving Lesnar because it comes down to how many fans want to see Lesnar lose. It’s a situation where you either love or hate him.

We noted before how Brock Lesnar was advertised for only one Raw episode before WrestleMania, though he was always expected to make more appearances.

Now Pwinsider is reporting that he will be part of atleast two more episodes of the show, which should be enough to build up his match with Seth Rollins at WrestleMania.

The shows he is expected to appear in include the February 25th episode from Atlanta, March 18th episode from Chicago and the April 1st episode from Washington DC.

Out of these three, April 1st is the go home episode for WrestleMania 35 and February 25th will also feature Ric Flair’s 70th birthday celebration.

Lesnar is not expected to appear at this Sunday’s Elimination Chamber PPV and with this schedule; it’s easy to imagine that he won’t be wrestling at the Fastlane PPV either.

There is no word yet on what the Officials are planning for his WrestleMania match against Seth Rollins and if he will be sticking with the company afterward.

The logical choice would be for Rollins to defeat Brock but it would make sense for the company to try and keep him engaged even after that due to the decline in ratings and increasing competition.

Seth Rollins booked his ticket to WrestleMania 35 after winning this year’s Royal Rumble matchup. This victory will see him go up against “The Beast Incarnate” Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship.

It’s not the first time, however, that Rollins will be sharing the WrestleMania stage with Lesnar. Back at WrestleMania 31 in 2015, Seth would cash in the Money In The Bank contract, inserting himself into the main event of Roman Reigns vs Brock Lesnar. This cash in would see him leaving California the new WWE Champion.

Speaking with Edge and Christian on their podcast, E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, Seth Rollins reflected on that momentous cash in and discussed his upcoming match-up against Brock Lesnar in April.

He recalled that he won the Money In The Bank briefcase after turning heel against his then-stablemates in The Shield. WWE had no immediate plans for him using his opportunity, so he decided to come up with one himself: the WrestleMania 35 cash in.

“Why The Hell Not”

His mindset regarding the pitch was “why the hell not” justifying it by explaining that it had “never been done, and strangely, I had a little bit of foresight in the sense that I saw how the momentum with Roman [Reigns] was shifting toward going into that WrestleMania.”

Seth foresaw the WWE Universe turning against Roman, especially after he won that year’s Rumble. His prediction would quickly come true.

“[…] I remember the next day, again, having the conversation with Hunter for the second time because I had pitched the idea a little bit at the end of the year before, and I just wanted to remind him that I have this idea on the table. I think it’s a pretty good one and even if it’s not the idea, it could easily be a contingency plan if the main event at WrestleMania doesn’t come together how you see it. Just, keep it in the back of your head, ya know? Yeah, I pitched the idea and I strongly felt like it was a good one. I felt like I was the guy. Again, I went to him and said, ‘I want the ball.’”

“This Is The One I Want”

Looking to the future, Rollins admits he “can’t wait” for his scheduled clash against Lesnar at WrestleMania 35.

“This is the one that I wanted,” he stated. “And whether or not we’re the main event or Ronda [Rousey] and Becky [Lynch] is the main event, to me, this is the one I wanted. When I was fourteen years old and I said, ‘I’m going to main event WrestleMania,’ this is the one.”

Rollins continued, “I’m almost thirty-three, so to be able to have that, and to be able to go in to the next couple months to build to that moment, and to have the audience on my side, have them really just want me to take that title off of Lesnar, it’s really an exciting time and I’m looking forward to making some magic with him. He’s one of the people, love him or hate him, he’s one of the best performers in the WWE.”

As you might expect, WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar isn’t scheduled for any dates with the company anytime soon. He’s not being advertised for WWE’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view (PPV) next week. Lesnar is neither scheduled for Monday’s episode of RAW or WWE Fastlane, the final WWE PPV before WrestleMania 35.

“The Beast” was initially scheduled for the post-Elimination Chamber episode of Monday Night RAW on February 18th. He was also advertised for Monday Night RAW the following week in Atlanta, Georgia on February 25th. However, WWE has since removed Lesnar from those dates. As of this writing, Lesnar is only being advertised for the March 18th episode of Monday Night RAW from the Allstate Arena in Chicago, Illinois. This is the only pre-WrestleMania show Lesnar is currently advertised for. Of course, this could all change at any time.

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It should be noted that Lesnar didn’t compete at either Elimination Chamber or Fastlane last year either. Of course, Fastlane was a SmackDown single-brand PPV last year, meaning Lesnar wasn’t supposed to work it anyway. Lesnar’s last match took place at the Royal Rumble last month when he successfully defended his Universal Title against Finn Balor.

Now, he’s expected to defend his throne yet again, this time at WrestleMania 35 against 2019 Royal Rumble winner Seth Rollins. WrestleMania 35 goes down from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on April 7, 2019.

What do you think of Lesnar’s WWE schedule as it currently stands?

The beef between UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar continues. Cormier took to Twitter today (Tues. February 5, 2019) to take a shot at “The Beast”. “DC” simply posted a photo of he and Lesnar’s recent encounter inside the Octagon, captioning it with “Fat neck!”:

Fat neck! pic.twitter.com/wIaeoK7pcM

— Daniel Cormier (@dc_mma) February 5, 2019

Cormier defeated Stipe Miocic for the UFC heavyweight championship in the main event of UFC 226 this past summer. After the fight, Lesnar, who was seated cageside, entered the Octagon. The pair engaged in a shoving match, before Lesnar said he was coming after the heavyweight title again. Lesnar won the UFC heavyweight title back in 2008 when he defeated the legendary Randy Couture.

After two successful title defenses, Lensar was defeated by Cain Velasquez in October of 2010. Lesnar’s last UFC fight took place in July of 2016, in which he defeated Mark Hunt via unanimous decision at UFC 200. However, the fight was later overturned to a No Contest after Lesnar failed a United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) drug test.

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Now, after having served a suspension for the incident, he’s eligible to return whenever he likes. Lensar currently reigns as the WWE Universal Champion on Monday Night RAW. He’s expected to defend his title against Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 35 in April. Talk of a UFC fight between he and Cormier has been speculated for several months now. It remains to be seen what “The Beast” will decide to do next.

Do you think Cormier and Lesnar will fight each other in the near future?

Brock Lesnar’s First Photoshoot In Two Years

WWE recently posted pictures from a new photoshoot of the Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. This photoshoot, mentioned in the tweet below is the first time in more than two years the Beast has posed for a gallery:

#UniversalChampion @BrockLesnar got back in front of the camera for his first @WWE photo shoot in over two years! https://t.co/3b2LQfQbcS

— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2019

As seen this past Sunday Night, Brock Lesnar successfully defended his Universal Championship against Finn Balor while Seth Rollins won the Men’s Royal Rumble match.

So far there is no news of the Universal Championship being defended at the upcoming Elimination Chamber PPV, and it appears that Brock’s next title defense will be at WrestleMania 35 against the King Slayer.

Bret Hart Praises WWE Tag Team

WWE Hall Of Famer Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart recently made an Instagram post and praised Raw Tag Team The Singh Brothers for their “no-quit attitude”.

Bret mentioned how he has met the duo of Sunil and Samir Singh a number of times in recent years and congratulated them on the release of their first action figures:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BtSe6HYAA2k/?utm_source=ig_embed

The Singh Brothers made their WWE debut when they took part in the Cruiserweight Classic Tournament in 2016. Though they got eliminated in the first round. The Brothers were later hired as part of the 205 Live roster upon the show’s debut.

Brock Lesnar’s UFC and WWE future has been in question for the better part of the last four years, and that remains the case as we enter another WrestleMania season.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Lesnar’s current WWE contract definitely runs through WrestleMania 35, and most likely the planned May event in Saudi Arabia.

That deal does allow Lesnar to fight in the UFC, and Lesnar has remained in the USADA drug testing pool. Lesnar has reportedly been tested recently, leaving the door open for him to return to fighting while under his current WWE contract.

Dave Meltzer believes that Lesnar is unlikely to fight again, and is simply using the threat of going to UFC as leverage in contract negotiations with WWE.

Further complicating Brock’s potential UFC and WWE future is the emergence of All Elite Wrestling.

Meltzer reported on an audio show this week that Chris Jericho wants a match with Lesnar, and Jericho appeared to be working towards that by taking a shot at Lesnar on social media on Sunday.

Jericho’s Tweet read:

“Intimidation and fear goes a LONG way in our business guys. But let’s be honest, @BrockLesnar needs to pull up his pants and lose the gut… the dream is over dude. I don’t play by the script… @wwe @AEWrestling

— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) January 28, 2019″

Jericho has since deleted the Tweet.

Reportedly, when Lesnar’s WWE contract expires, there could be three companies negotiating for his services: UFC, WWE, and AEW.

What do you see in Brock Lesnar’s UFC and WWE future? 

Last night (Sun. January 28, 2019) Seth Rollins won the 2019 Royal Rumble match. With the victory, “The Architect” earned the right to challenge a World Champion of his choosing at WrestleMania 35. He had the choice of either WWE Champion Daniel Bryan of SmackDown Live, or Universal Champion Brock Lesnar of Monday Night RAW.

Rollins opened up tonight’s Monday Night RAW discussing his victory. He said he has a difficult decision on his hands, and will take his time to decide. However, Triple H came out to interrupt. Although he was happy for Rollins and his dream coming true, he said the WWE needed Rollins’ decision by tonight. In the closing segment of RAW, things became very clear.

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman came out to the ring, refusing to wait on Rollins. In the middle of Heyman’s promo, Rollins came out to interrupt. He starred down Lesnar before attacking “The Beast.” However, Lesnar regained the upper hand and hit Rollins with six F5s as the show went off-air:

Did #UniversalChampion @BrockLesnar just make @WWERollins' #WrestleMania decision FOR him? #RAW pic.twitter.com/NCX3uJnzyp

— WWE (@WWE) January 29, 2019

No official announcement was made on the program about Rollins challenging Lesnar at WrestleMania. However, the WWE website confirmed after the program that their match is now official. Rollins will challenge Lesnar at WrestleMania 35 for the Universal Championship.

WrestleMania 35 goes down from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey on April 7, 2019.

IT'S OFFICIAL: @WWERollins will challenge #UniversalChampion @BrockLesnar at #WrestleMania 35! pic.twitter.com/eQRj95xW55

— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) January 29, 2019

Less than 24 hours removed from his successful title defense against Finn Balor at the Royal Rumble, WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is already being called out from a rising star in NXT. Following Brock Lesnar’s win Sunday night, NXT star Keith Lee tweeted that he’d like to test himself against The Beast one day.

Man….I'm gonna be honest. Brock Lesnar is someone I'd really like to do battle with. #WWE #WWENXT #RoyalRumble #Competition #BaskInMyGlory #iAmLimitless

— Loving Lee (@RealKeithLee) January 28, 2019

With Brock Lesnar’s limited schedule, it remains to be seen if he’ll defend the Universal title before WrestleMania 35 in April.

Triple H Praises Asuka vs. Becky

Triple H was a big fan of one top match that took place at the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in Phoenix, Arizona and made it known through the power of social media. That match was Becky Lynch vs. SmackDown Women’s Champion Asuka, who successfully retained her title. He tweeted the following on the match:

.@BeckyLynchWWE vs. @WWEAsuka … WOW. #WeAreNXT https://t.co/8SFo3wtYfA

— Triple H (@TripleH) January 28, 2019

With Lynch winning the Women’s Royal Rumble Match, it’s possible that she will face Asuka again but it’s likely they will go with the rumored Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey match at WrestleMania 35.

Chris Jericho let off some steam and spoke his mind on social media in the early hours of Monday morning. Jericho took shots at Brock Lesnar and other rivals of his new home promotion, All Elite Wrestling.

At Sunday night’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view from Phoenix, Arizona, Brock Lesnar successfully retained the Universal Championship against Finn Balor. The match took place deep into the marathon show. Jericho apparently was not impressed with Brock Lesnar. Jericho implied Lesnar’s aura is all smoke and mirrors and that it’s time for WWE’s top star to “pull up his pants and lose the gut.”

https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/1089799963012403201

With All Elite Wrestling ramping up this year, many fans have been speculating if AEW will try to poach talent from WWE, Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling. Jericho said WWE is full of ‘random’ talent and there’s only 6-8 wrestlers from those 3 companies AEW would be interested in.

https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/1089795887197577216

Jericho also commented on whether or not AEW would be interested in underutilized WWE talent. A fan on Twitter specifically referenced Zack Ryder or Tyler Breeze as guys who might fare better in AEW. Jericho’s not interested.

https://twitter.com/IAmJericho/status/1089853348470288384

Chris Jericho and Brock Lesnar Backstage Incident

Jericho and Lesnar do have a bit of history together.  They are said to have gotten into a backstage conflict at SummerSlam 2016. Lesnar defeated Orton that night but left him in a bloody mess, the result of trying to open him up “the hard way”.

Jericho addressed what happened on Chael Sonnen’s podcast.

“Not to get into specifics … it was basically between me and Brock, but we did have a little bit of a brouhaha, shall we say,” Jericho said. “I just thought the finish of that match was very brutal and very violent, and I just didn’t know if Randy was OK. I was checking on Randy, my friend. We’ve always been pretty close.”

Last night at the Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar defeated Finn Balor to retain the Universal Championship. The match appeared to be going Balor’s way after he rammed the champion’s midsection into the corner of the announce table. Lesnar was able to secure the submission and the victory, however, after locking in a Kimura after kicking out of the Coup de Grace.

Paul Heyman was asked in the backstage area if he was ever worried Lesnar was going to win the match.

“Tonight, you and the entire WWE universe got to witness history,” Heyman said. “My client, the reigning, defending, undisputed, Universal heayvweight champion, Brock Lesnar revised, re-wrote, re-imagined the bible itself,” Heyman said. “And if you, the WWE Universe, the God or the Devil has a problem with it then take it up with Brock Lesnar.”

Brock Lesnar Universal Championship Reign

Brock Lesnar is in the midst of his second reign as WWE Universal Champion. He first won the title at WrestleMania 33 from Bill Goldberg. He would defend the title 6x over the course of his 503-day reign with the belt. Lesnar then dropped the title to Roman Reigns at SummerSlam this year. He would regain it at Crown Jewel on November 2nd, however, when he defeated Braun Strowman for the title Reigns was forced to vacate earlier.

For those hoping to see Brock Lesnar drop the Universal Title and no longer be the top champion on the RAW brand, that hope will have to hold off as he successfully retained the title against Finn Balor at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in Phoenix, Arizona.

It’s been well documented that this contest had to go through a big change as WWE decided to remove Braun Strowman from this Universal Title Match against Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. This was after WWE decided that they didn’t want Strowman to lose to Lesnar again and pulled him from the contest.

They did an angle on an episode of Monday Night RAW back on January 14th where Strowman chased after Baron Corbin after having a promo segment to the point that Corbin was hiding in Vince McMahon’s limo. Strowman busted out a window and ripped off the door of the limo.

Later in the show, McMahon booked a Fatal 4-Way Match in order to determine a new #1 contender. Balor beat John Cena, Drew McIntyre, and Baron Corbin to earn the right to challenge Lesnar for the Universal Title at the Royal Rumble.

It’s likely that Lesnar won’t make his next title defense until WrestleMania 35 in April in East Rutherford, NJ at MetLife Stadium.

What are your thoughts on Lesnar retaining the title? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.