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Brock Lesnar has reportedly been removed from the creative plans in the WWE for the foreseeable future amid the legal controversy involving Vince McMahon. Although the multi-time former WWE Champion is not named in Janel Grant’s lawsuit against Vince McMahon for alleged sex trafficking, he is the “former UFC Heavyweight Champion and WWE Superstar” in the legal filing.
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It has been widely reported that Brock Lesnar was due to make a surprise return to the WWE in the men’s Royal Rumble match, but in a late change, he was replaced by the NXT’s own Bron Breakker. The creative plans involved Brock Lesnar getting eliminated from the men’s Royal Rumble match by Dominik Mysterio to set up a singles match with him at the WWE Elimination Chamber PLE.
Following that, at the upcoming WrestleMania 40 PLE, Brock Lesnar was slated to face one of the longest-reigning WWE Intercontinental Champions, Gunther.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.Com spoke about the matter and said, “Brock Lesnar has been removed from WWE's creative plans.” PWInsider reported that WWE’s online store has “placed 99% of all merchandise related to Brock Lesnar on discount sale.”
Furthermore, the fans noticed the absence of Brock Lesnar from the WWE 2k Supercard mobile game. It tells us how the promotion is distancing itself from the Beast In-Carnate in light of his name being hinted at in Vince McMahon’s sex-trafficking case.
