Brock Lesnar is set to step back into the ring at Crown Jewel for the first time since last year's WrestleMania. There, The Beast will challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship, but he won't have Paul Heyman in his corner. Instead, his advocate is serving as counsel to the Tribal Chief, and there's a lot of intrigue surrounding Heyman's loyalties.
Recently, we've heard that WWE had considered having Lesnar face Reigns at next year's WrestleMania (especially with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson looking unlikely for that show).
In today's Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer reported that the plan is for this to be a long-running storyline. Apparently, "this is not a one-and-done program" and "the idea here is to build to a return, whether that means Lesnar wins to build to a rematch or some disputed decision takes place."
It would be pretty typical of WWE to have a non-finish at Crown Jewel, but WrestleMania is a long way off, and it could be difficult to keep them both separated until the Show of Shows.
Reigns is running out of opponents on SmackDown, though the recent Draft could mean he'll now feud with Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston...and, well, that's probably about it for now! The blue brand certainly isn't the strongest right now, so even putting the title on Lesnar might not be the best idea.
Needless to say, we'll keep you guys updated as we learn more!