Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar To Appear On WWE Raw Next Week

Both world champions will face off on go-home show before WrestleMania 38.

by Scott Carlson
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Unless you missed it, WWE Raw has been without its world champion for the past month. That ends next week, when Raw will host both world champs on the go-home episode before WrestleMania 38.

Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns were announced Monday night for next week's program, as the feud between the two that has almost solely existed on SmackDown will shift to Raw. It also marks the first time the WWE Championship, which is supposed to be the sole property of Raw, will be on the show since February 21.

Lesnar won the Royal Rumble in January and chose to face Reigns for his WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania. Then at Elimination Chamber, Brock won the WWE Championship, ending Bobby Lashley's title reign. Lesnar appeared on the following episode of Raw with the title, but since then he's appeared exclusively on SmackDown as part of his feud with Roman and their title unification match.

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That has left Raw without a world champion (no, NXT Champion Dolph Ziggler doesn't count) and without one of its biggest stars. With several wrestlers crossing over between brands in recent weeks, it only makes sense to move this top-level feud over to Raw for the final week to try to juice ratings and pique interest.

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Given it's probably the last interaction before Mania weekend, expect some wild, pull-apart brawl that sees no-name security, referees and agents tossed aside. Or maybe we'll just get some pointed promos. Or hell, maybe Brock will try to murder Roman with a forklift again.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.