Bengaluru, Jan 9: WWE Raw main event storyline took a new twist with the return of Brock Lesnar on this past edition. We expected to get a hint on who could be his championship opponent at Royal Rumble 2020.
Instead, his advocate general Paul Heyman informed us that his client is entering the Rumble match, intending to conquer everyone standing in his path.
There's a big reason for doing so from WWE creative perspective since they could neither find an opponent for Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view nor did they did not have a clear cut opponent determined to face him at WrestleMania.
This Rumble entry will buy WWE more time to figure out who exactly they want to face Brock at Mania 36.
There's a catchline in this context which was dropped by Heyman during the Raw promo. He announced that there’s no one on RAW, SmackDown or NXT who’s 'worthy of facing Lesnar for the WWE Championship, so Lesnar will enter the Men’s Royal Rumble 2020 match as the number one entrant.' This factor will play out throughout the 30-man match after which Lesnar will find his WrestleMania opponent.
UNPRECEDENTED.@HeymanHustle just announced that #WWEChampion @BrockLesnar is entering the Men's #RoyalRumble Match...and he's doing it as the No. 1️⃣ ENTRANT! #RAW pic.twitter.com/CzDfsQjkyD
— WWE (@WWE) January 7, 2020
Source says WWE is doing this Lesnar in the Rumble angle as a way to set up Brock’s Mania matchup. Which could signal its against someone from SD or NXT as Heyman mentioned a few times last night. Opens up a world of possibilities.
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) January 7, 2020