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The day long-time chairman and CEO Vince McMahon announced his retirement from WWE, top stars reportedly left SmackDown before the show.
according to Brian Alvarez of Wrestling observerBrock Lesnar left TD Garden in Boston hours before the scheduled start of the SmackDown episode on Friday, according to sources.
Fightfuls Shaun Ross Sapp After reviewing the report, Lesner said he was said to be “angry.”
Alvarez Then there was a report that Lesner said something in connection with McMahon, saying, “If he’s gone, I’m gone.”
Lesnar was advertised to appear in SmackDown and eventually confronted Austin Theory.
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The report surfaced just minutes after McMahon publication He has permanently resigned as WWE Chairman and CEO in his investigation of paying four women to sign a nondisclosure agreement in exchange for keeping silence about sexual relations and encounters. rice field.
Lesnar will face Roman Reigns in the undisputed Lastman Standing Main Event of the WWE Universal Championship on July 30th at the SummerSlam from Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.
This was a rematch of the WrestleMania 38 Main Event in April, when Reigns defeated Lesnar in a title-to-title match to maintain the Universal Championship and win the WWE Championship.
The 45-year-old Lesnar took a break a few months after WrestleMania and returned to the SmackDown episode on June 17 to confront the reign.
After Reigns defeated Riddle to maintain the undisputed WWE Universal Championship, Beast Incarnate attacked him with an F-5 and indicated his intention to challenge Reigns again.
Lesnar is considered a relatively strong candidate for defeating Rains in SummerSlam because it is unwise for Lesnar to lose two major main event matches in a row.
Assuming Lesnar and WWE can return to the same page, Lesnar’s victory in SummerSlam sets the stage for a huge triple threat in the September castle clash between Lesnar, Rains and Drew McIntyre. May be set.
Originally from Scotland, McIntyre has been granted the right to challenge the world title in a crash at the Castle in Wales. Playing and defeating two of WWE’s biggest stars in the same match on his home continent is the best moment of his career.
Lesnar is a part-time wrestler, but arguably one of WWE’s main attractions, and losing him will hurt the company, especially at a very important time in the calendar.
WWE seems to be lined up for Lesnar, but if he opposes continuing the match against SummerSlam’s reign, WWE will deepen its bag of tricks for alternative opponents to take over. You will be forced to dig deeper.