Many fans were left wondering after this week’s edition of WWE’s Monday Night RAW, the final episode prior to Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view, when there was no mention of current Universal Champion Brock Lesnar. As we all know now, Lesnar appeared last Saturday at UFC 226 to setup a possible fight against UFC Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Champion Daniel Cormer in early 2019 (find more on that here).

According to Dave Meltzer in The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon made the call to not bring Lesnar’s name up as they looked to keep the focus on Extreme Rules, which Brock will not be appearing at. Reportedly, the decision was made during a production meeting in which McMahon stated they would start talking about ‘The Beast Incarnate’ again when he is being advertised and can “capitalize on it”. It’s also been added that Vince McMahon has been “adamant” about giving the illusion that Brock has turned his back on the company on his way to the UFC, making it appear as if he will be out the door with the Universal Title. It’s being said that the hope is for the angle to get Roman Reigns cheered when he eventually faces Lesnar.

While Brock is still not being advertised for SummerSlam on August 19th, it does seem as if a Reigns vs. Lesnar match is still very possible for the event.

EA’s Take: They’ve tried just about everything at this point to get Roman cheered, but the problem is the ones that are booing him are the “smart fans” and I don’t see that changing…ever. Not unless WWE turns him heel (which is asinine in my opinion). There’s really only two options here that I see; you either go with Roman despite what the curmudgeons think or Braun HAS to cash in whenever the inevitable Roman vs. Brock match happens. The people that dislike Reigns aren’t going to all of a sudden get behind him because of an angle.

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