With WWE well on the road to WrestleMania 40 now, most expected that Brock Lesnar would return from one of his many hiatuses to reintegrate into the current product at the Royal Rumble. However, after he was implicated in the shocking lawsuit filed against Vince McMahon, it was subsequently reported that he had been withdrawn from the show. And now Dave Meltzer has revealed on Wrestling Observer Radio that Bron Breakker was the man who took his spot, even eliminating the people Lesnar was going to and being eliminated like Lesnar was planned.
“Brock Lesnar was scheduled to return at the Rumble, and this was a change; obviously, that was made because of the lawsuit. So, the change was made probably Friday, most likely, perhaps Saturday morning. Bron Breakker, because of that, and the fact that the match was pretty much scripted out already, Bron Breakker essentially fulfilled the Brock Lesnar role. He came in when Brock Lesnar was going to come in, he threw out the guys Brock Lesnar was going to throw out, he got thrown out exactly how Brock Lesnar was going to get thrown out.”
Dave MeltzerFor those who didn’t watch the show, 26-year-old Breakker would enter the match at number 20 and eliminate Omos, Ivar, Finn Bálor, and Jimmy Uso before Judgment Day’s Dominik Mysterio eliminated him. Additionally, it now appears that he is set for a full-time main roster call-up, as after the match, he would tell Cathy Kelley in an interview, “I think tonight I proved that I belong on the main roster. This is my home now, and I’m ready for the work.”
