Reports on Brock Lesnar’s contractual status with WWE have been all over the place. Most sources seem to agree he’ll be making a move back towards UFC soon, but when that will happen and if he’ll work for both Vince McMahon and Dana White at the same time are open questions.
The steel cage rematch with Roman Reigns at Greatest Royal Rumble on Friday, April 27 was announced when WWE told the world they’d signed a new deal with their Universal Champion after he defeated Reigns at WrestleMania 34. By some accounts, it was one of the few (if not the only) additional date added to his contract with The ‘E.
But it seems like there was at least one other remaining or added, because WWE announced he’ll be on next week’s Raw - the ‘go home’ show for Greatest Royal Rumble:
NEXT WEEK: #UniversalChampion @BrockLesnar is BACK on Monday Night #RAW just days before his #SteelCage match against @WWERomanReigns at #WWEGRR! pic.twitter.com/OeQB886qv0
— WWE (@WWE) April 17, 2018
Could this be the last time we see him on WWE’s Monday night flagship? For a while? For good? With the Universal Title? Without a UFC fight to promote?
Stay tuned.