Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar has walked out of a WWE SmackDown taping after finding out the news of Vince McMahon's retirement.

Lesnar had been promoted as being on tonight’s episode of WWE SmackDown, however, WWE has since pulled the advertisement. — WWE (@WWE)July 23, 2022 — WWE (@WWE)July 23, 2022

Brock Lesnar's return to Smackdown was heavily advertised by the WWE as preview to his Last Man Standing Match against Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman ...

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Lesnar is scheduled to face Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns at WWE Summerslam on July 30th in Nashville, TN. While there is reportedly a ...

The change comes after Brock Lesnar reportedly walked out of tonight’s “Smackdown”, shortly after it was announced that WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon was retiring from all duties, corporate and creative. McMahon retired amidst an investigation into hush money payments made by McMahon to former employees who alleged misconduct, harassment, and abuse at the hands of McMahon. Allegations were also leveled against now-former-Head of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis. Lesnar returned to WWE programming on “SmackDown” last month, making his surprise appearance right after Reigns had successfully defended his title against Riddle. The clash between Lesnar and Reigns was being advertised as the “last match ever” between the two men and was to be contested under Last Man Standing Rules.

Lesnar is scheduled to wrestle Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE title at next Saturday night's SummerSlam in a Last Man Standing match. It will be Lesnar's ...

However, the evening's script was apparently re-written, with Lesnar not figured in due to his walkout. WWE went on to pull Lesnar from their advertising, as they weren't sure he would make his scheduled appearance. After reports that Brock Lesnar walked out Friday afternoon prior to the evening's SmackDown taping in Boston, Lesnar did ultimately appear at the end of the broadcast, attacking Theory.

A night of speculation over the whereabouts and future of Brock Lesnar in WWE ended in spectacular fashion.

News broke shortly before 5 PM ET that Lesnar had walked out of “SmackDown” and was “pissed off”. Details later emerged that Lesnar’s walkout was in response to Vince McMahon’s retirement announcement. McMahon is retiring from his roles as WWE Chairman, CEO, and Head of Creative amid an investigation into a series of hush money payments. Theory continued to attack Moss after the match.

The latest rumors, including Vince McMahon's retirement decision, the locker room reaction to it, an all hands on deck meeting in WWE, Brock Lesnar walking ...

- Brock Lesnarwalking outon SmackDown was not a work, even though he returnedby the end of the episode. There was an all hands on deck virtual “ rah rahmeeting” before SmackDown where Vince was described as “ irreplaceable,” but everyone was reassured the company is in good handswith Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan. The news was revealed late on Friday to limit the “ negative fallout” in the media and on WWE’s stock price.

Brock Lesnar apparently delivered something of an ultimatum when he left tonight's edition of "WWE SmackDown."

Bruce Prichard had been in charge of WWE creative while also replacing Laurinaitis in Talent Relations, but Prichard is presumably now able to focus more on creative after today’s announcement that Paul Levesque has stepped back into his old role as EVP of Talent Relations. Lesnar leaving is a massive blow to WWE’s creative plans, as he’s set to face Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in the main event of WWE SummerSlam on July 30th. As previously noted, Bryan Alvarez reported that Brock Lesnar left tonight’s “WWE SmackDown” in Boston, MA, hours before the show is set to air live.

Despite it all, Brock appeared on Friday night's instalment of WWE SmackDown, confronting Theory after a six-man tag bout. During the segment, Lesnar gave the ...

Theory was penalised for using the briefcase to throttle Moss, continuing to do so after the bell sounded. Reports hinted that Lesnar was noticeably disgruntled by the news of Vince McMahon’s retirement announcement. The script to the final segment of the show was left open if Brock was to return.

Quite the start of the evening. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ludwig Kaiser. To hell with Ludwig, honestly. Gunther puts further pressure onto Kaiser for winning this ...

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