Who will challenge Brock Lesnar for his Universial Title? The field is as open as it has been in a year. Kurt Angle announced that there would be a ‘multi-man’ match at Extreme Rules to determine The Beast’s next challenge. It is still unknown when that next challenge will come. The assumption is it will happen at SummerSlam. Angle has placed Roman Reigns, and Bobby Lashley in the contenders match already. But who else is joining them at ER? WWE sent out an innocent poll asking fans who they want to add to the match. That did not sit well with Lesnar’s “advocate” Paul Heyman. The Voice of The Beast took to Facebook and Twitter to denounce Angle and WWE’s social media team for thinking they had the power to dictate terms to Lesnar.
To the Copywriter and / or Weekend Editor posting on @WWE's twitter account: Your pathetic, desperate attempt at clickbait is worthy not only of scorn, but of an immediate pink slip being issued with the now-famous sendoff, "we wish you well in all your future endeavors!" https://t.co/zWI49k2ndT
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) June 24, 2018
Um …. how can I put this diplomatically …. are we going to find out tomorrow morning that someone hacked @RealKurtAngle's Twitter account again? A GM who wants to have credibility, pandering to the social media multiverse as if he has any say who will end up challenging Brock? https://t.co/2mTIuXMMfo
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) June 24, 2018
https://www.facebook.com/TheHeymanHustle/photos/a.69503904887.74090.69415994887/10155887992744888
Paul Heyman is well known for the “shoot promo.” He made a career and revolutionized wrestling by going “off-script” and injecting bits of reality into the fantasy world of wrestling. The controversy will be addressed on the June 25th edition of Raw.
BREAKING: @HeymanHustle's social media tirades directed at @RealKurtAngle and https://t.co/wNpELtT99X over the weekend may have been the result of contract disputes around #UniversalChampion @BrockLesnar's next title defense. pic.twitter.com/sg8Vuk7CEl
— WWE (@WWE) June 25, 2018
This tension is also reflected in Seth Rollins and others calling out Brock for failing to defend his title with any sort of regularity. Fans (especially Sandra) are tired of Lesnar and looking for him to drop the title soon. But who will take the belt from him? My money is on either Braun or Seth Rollins.
I love storylines like this. The bleeding of life and fantasy is what makes wrestling so appealing. I would expect Heyman to come out on Raw shortly and “shoot” on the roster as well as rumors that Lesnar already has one foot out the door.
But who will answer and stand toe-to-toe with the Advocate? Again, I think Rollins is in the best position. Roman Reigns needs to be elsewhere, but I think fans don’t want him in the Universal Title picture at this moment.