Brock Lesnar's Top-Secret Future, Fueled Vince McMahon Speculation, Former WWE Star Naomi Files For Apparent New Ring Name
Reportedly only the core people in WWE know what's next for Brock Lesnar.
Brock Lesnar's WWE Future Is Being Kept Top Secret
Brock Lesnar's WWE future is being kept "top secret," according to a new report. In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, it's said that Lesnar has signaled those at WWE that he'll be leaving the company soon, but that only a handful of people backstage know what's actually in store for "The Beast Incarnate." That includes WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, WWE CEO Nick Khan, and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque, as well as one or two others.
It was reported in 2021 that Lesnar had signed a contract that would keep him with WWE until early 2023. Lesnar has a history of working in sprints with WWE, then later returning for another run after a leave of absence from television. "The Beast" last left WWE in 2020 after dropping his WWE Championship to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 36. He returned at SummerSlam 2021 and entered into a program with current Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, which led to a title unification match between the two behemoths at WrestleMania 38. At the event, Reigns successfully defended his Universal Championship and captured Lesnar's WWE Championship as well. Lesnar is currently set to go one-on-one with Omos at WrestleMania 39 next week.
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A few weeks ago, it was reported that Vince McMahon was at Raw, but didn’t get involved. However, a report suggests that McMahon may have more influence on the current creative than expected. the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter offers that a pre-taped segment on this week's "WWE Raw" had to be re-shot. The alleged reason: someone used the term "wrestling" in it. As Chief Content Officer, Triple H has been more open to using the term "wrestling" than McMahon, but a handful has been pointing to the change as some sort of indication of Vince's influence.
Bray Wyatt hasn’t been seen on WWE television for a few weeks and it doesn’t seem like that will be changing tonight. A new report claims that Bray Wyatt isn’t scheduled for the latest edition of SmackDown. According to PWI Elite, that trend will continue, as Wyatt and his ally Uncle Howdy will be absent from tonight's live "SmackDown" in Las Vegas, Nevada as well. Wyatt's last appearance came on the February 27 "Raw," as he implored Lashley to do "The Muscle Man Dance" via pre-taped video.
After responding to a fan that she was no longer with WWE, the question was raised about what would be next for Trinity Fatu, formerly known as Naomi in WWE. PWINSIDER’s latest report shows that the next move is a name change. Naomi has filed to trademark the name "Trinity Starr" for entertainment services "in the nature of wrestling contests," in addition to apparel such as hats, shirts, sweatshirts, and hooded sweatshirts.
Impact Wrestling continues to suffer a string of bad luck as not only is their Impact Knockout’s Champion Mickie James injured, but now, so is the Impact World Champion Josh Alexander. An official press release was sent out by Impact detailing the unfortunate news that "The Walking Weapon" has suffered a torn triceps, ending his reign at just under a year. Alexander won the title back at Rebellion on April 23, 2022.