Brock Lesnar’s future is still up in the air, as he might get put in a situation where he has to decide between sticking with WWE or returning to UFC and continuing his mixed martial arts career. At the very least, Lesnar seems eager to do the latter, but a report indicated that he had a meeting with Vince McMahon recently in which he said he wants to do both.
It would be physically demanding, sure, but with how infrequently he wrestles and with how he’d top off at two fights in the octagon, it’s not crazy to see him doing this. It’s still a huge decision, though, and WWE brass sounds like it wants to continue talking through things with The Beast Incarnate.
On the latest wrestling edition of the Fired Up podcast, Joe Peisich reported that Lesnar is slated to sit down with “the head honchos” during a backstage meeting before SummerSlam.
“Apparently Sunday around 4 o’clock, Brock Lesnar will have a closed-door meeting with the head honchos, maybe Stephanie, Triple H, Vince, or whatever,” Peisich said, per Ringside News. “I don’t know what that meeting’s about. But, if he retains the title you can expect Brock Lesnar will be working for both WWE and UFC.”
As Peisich mentioned, the match’s outcome is still up in the air. There’s still plenty of debate about whether it would be good for WWE to keep the title on Lesnar if he’s splitting his time between the two promotions, though, and unsurprisingly, you can count Roman Reigns among the skeptics.
“Business is business,” Reigns said, per Yahoo Sports. “We can’t worry about the things that happen in Vince [McMahon]’s or the main people’s office. The fact is, if we had a Universal Champion that showed up on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, those live events are probably going to be a lot better. Attendance is going to be better. It’s going to be a better and more lucrative situation for business all around.”
This is kind of uncharted territory for everyone, at least to the extent that Lesnar wants to pursue both at the same time. There are plenty of questions that need to be answered regarding this situation, and the good news is it seems like they’ll all be addressed this weekend.
