Interesting Note On Why/When WWE Decided To Bring Brock Lesnar Back
Brock Lesnar made a surprise return on Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown.
WWE decided to bring Brock Lesnar back into the mix once it became clear that Randy Orton wouldn't be able to work SummerSlam.
Fightful Select are reporting that Brock's comeback wasn't exactly a last-minute deal though - WWE were aware of Randy's injury situation "about three weeks ago", and secretly hatched plans to install Lesnar as Roman Reigns' next opponent on the biggest pay-per-view of the summer.
Now, Brock and Reigns will collide on 30 July.
Lesnar made his latest return following Roman's hotly-contested main event vs. Riddle. The 'Tribal Chief' won that match, but then had a smile wiped from his face when Brock's familiar entrance music refrain blasted over the speakers.
'The Beast' was all smiles himself, then hit the ring and smashed Reigns with his trademark F5 move before WWE's cameras faded to black and SmackDown ended. Meanwhile, the announcers barked about how monumental this all was.
WWE waited until after the show to announce SummerSlam's main event.
It's looking likely that Orton will miss the rest of 2022 through injury, which is a bit of a bummer. He'd have been a fine rival for Roman.