Report: Brock Lesnar Kicks Off Raw Tonight

[Jack-Hammer]

According to the main page, Paul Heayman announced through WWE.com that Brock Lesnar will start things off on Raw tonight at 8 pm.

Lesnar & Heyman will no doubt hype last night's match against Triple H and Lesnar's clean win over The Game. With speculation buzzing about Triple H POSSIBLY retiring, it'll be interesting to see what happens between the two. I don't expect Trips to hang it up personally, but this'll be a nice hook for starting things off.

 

[George Steele's Barber]

This is good news. I enjoyed SS but wasn't blown away by it. The worst part of it was that it left me not all that interested in Raw tonight. I don't feel like there is any after-math or fallout from SS that makes me need Raw to clear it up. Honestly, the most compelling item for me coming out of SS and going in to Raw is whether Kane continues his pursuit of DB (or whoever he was looking for).

Before this announcement I just assumed Brock would go on another break. HHH would go on another break as well. Jericho is going on another break. Cena doesn't seem to have a story going on. Del Rio has a beef with Seamus but I don't care that much. Punk is going to ramble about respect and do whatever he can to not be entertaining.

So knowing Lesnar is going to lead off the show and we may find out what his plans are for the future is interesting to me.

 

[rerun406]

Yeah I myself am also very curious to see what Brock does next

**regarding the match @ SS, I can't be the only one who felt Brock's reaction to that second Pedigree was a bit weird

dunno if there's truth ^ to the above, just watching it got me thinking why Brock reacted the way he did after that second Pedigree

it just didn't seem to go as planned. Just my 2 cents on it

 

[nWo4Life79]

I am guessing Cena And Big Show might wrestle tonight to determine the number 1 contender for the WWE championship at Night Of Champions next month and I am sure Daniel Bryan will try to get himself in the WWE title picture also

 

[justinsayne]

I am guessing Cena And Big Show might wrestle tonight to determine the number 1 contender for the WWE championship at Night Of Champions next month and I am sure Daniel Bryan will try to get himself in the WWE title picture also

Kinda hope not, I'd much rather hear an announcement from AJ saying Punk will defend his title at NOC in a Championship Scramble match.

 

[Kelso1ftw]

I feel like there has to be some kind of big announcement with them opening off the show. We are still waiting on that big summer angle that we have been lacking this year, the only real surprise so far was Punk's heel turn and even then that wasn't super surprising and he isn't even a full blown heel.

 

[JaylisJayP]

I feel like there has to be some kind of big announcement with them opening off the show. We are still waiting on that big summer angle that we have been lacking this year, the only real surprise so far was Punk's heel turn and even then that wasn't super surprising and he isn't even a full blown heel.

I can only imagine you're right...and that it'll involve Lesnar somehow. Even WWE, known for huge disappointments lately, wouldn't be dumb enough to waste one of Brock's limited appearances for just a "bragging spot" after the PPV....would they?

 

[Starchild]

Kinda hope not, I'd much rather hear an announcement from AJ saying Punk will defend his title at NOC in a Championship Scramble match.

This could be an interesting twist. It could be worked into the Punk/AJ relationship as her continuing to stack the odds against him and gives a fresh match to headline a minor PPV which could draw extra buys. I'd welcome this, but I'm expecting it'll be Cena vs Punk in Boston which is a big enough match to draw buys as well. But I digress...

I can dig Lesnar kicking off Raw. It's likely the last time we'll see him for awhile so leading the show off with him is a good idea. Based on last night, I'm expecting we see Lesnar brag about "retiring" Triple H which he'll likely carry forward with him into future feuds leading to Wrestlemania 29.
One thing I am really hoping they don't do with this is it lead into Triple H returning around Survivor Series/Rumble time and confronting Brock leading to a rematch at Mania where he gets revenge. It'd be certainly be a big match and angle, but I'd much rather Lesnar face someone new in what could well be his last match.

Personally I'd rather Lesnar/Taker. They had the confrontation at UFC 121 and aside from Cena and maybe Rock, Lesnar is the most believable guy to end Taker's streak. I assume they'll hold off a possible Taker vs. Cena/Rock match until Wrestlemania 30 as it's the biggest Mania matches they could probably do right now and 30 years is a huge landmark. Adding Lesnar to his list of WM victims could be a great last match for Taker as well, but it also further boasts his aura going into that possible Mania 30 supermatch.

Of course there's always would likely be an intensely debated match, but possibly the highest drawing in history: Brock/Rock at Mania. Many wrestling fans, including much of the IWC, would hate to see a former UFC star vs. major Hollywood action star close out Mania, but there's no denying that has some incredible draw power and has $$$ written all over it.

I'm sure we might well get those two matches for Brock, but which one is at Mania is a huge decision assuming Lesnar doesn't sign on for another year and give us both on the big stage.

 

[The Dragon Saga]

Am I the only one sensing Brock may turn his attention to the WWE Championship, or at least Heyman will vaguely reference it? Paul was pretty clear on Twitter last week, what we think is Brock's deal with WWE, is supposedly not Brock's actual deal, so for whatever the viewer knows, WWE could have negotiated a few more dates with Brock. Only hypothetical thinking, but at some point he'll turn his attention to the WWE Championship, to "legitimize" it or whatever.

 

[JMutt05]

Am I the only one sensing Brock may turn his attention to the WWE Championship, or at least Heyman will vaguely reference it? Paul was pretty clear on Twitter last week, what we think is Brock's deal with WWE, is supposedly not Brock's actual deal, so for whatever the viewer knows, WWE could have negotiated a few more dates with Brock. Only hypothetical thinking, but at some point he'll turn his attention to the WWE Championship, to "legitimize" it or whatever.

I don't feel like Brock will ever turn his attention to the championship, not while the Rock is in the picture....They wouldn't do that, atleast I don't believe they would..

I didn't like the way they built up HHH vs. Brock. I watched it last night and it was kind of boring...Wasn't as entertaining as Brock and Cena was, that was an intense match, for both sides.... They held off on the storyline way too long and when they decided to "relight the flame" the buzz sort of already had dissipated.

Brock needs to feud with a huge star, an icon...Perfect for him would easily be the Undertaker....Have them face eachother at Survivor Series, giving Brock the W....then a rematch with an added stipulation at WrestleMania would obviously have Taker go over and become 21-0....

Curious to see where they go from here....Last week with HBK, they appeared lost and didn't know what they wanted to do....Hopefully creative has been doing their homework.

 

[Fansince1992]

No one has mentioned Shawn Michaels. HBK is advertised to appear tonight aswell, and i reckon Brock will come out with Heyman, boast about beating HHH, then Shawn will interupt. Maybe Shawn will have 1 more match with Lesnar. Interested to see what happens.

 

[GrandSword]

Could Vince convince HBK to do one more match at Mania if it is a win over Lesnar at WM? He can be officially retired, but face him in a non-sanctioned match, much like his match against HHH in 2002 was. HBK has his final-final match and wins it... against the beast Lesnar, in what could be a match even better than Taker/HBK...

 

[Wolf Pac]

Well I've just read what happened on Raw but I think it could've been better if Lesnar & Heyman had come out, bragging about their SS win then HHH comes out to confront him and Lesnar attacks him but then Orton comes out to save HHH due to being friends & their history in Evolution, then at the end of the show, Orton is in the main event against someone and Lesnar F5's him to end the broadcast, and this would've been the start of a build up for a match between the two at Survivor Series. Then the next week, Orton calls out Lesnar, they fight and Orton delivers a Punt to Lesnar, which takes him out until November. Lesnar is built as dangerous and with this idea, Orton would be built as dangerous for their match too.