WWE rumors: Brock Lesnar leaves SmackDown ‘pissed off’
Brock Lesnar was scheduled to return to WWE SmackDown on Friday night but, immediately after Vince McMahon’s retirement, he reportedly left the show.
Building up to next week’s monstrous SummerSlam show, Brock Lesnar had been scheduled to return to WWE SmackDown on Friday night. It was a big moment for him to appear and start to fully get things ready for yet another match with Roman Reigns.
However, the WWE world was rocked on Friday afternoon with CEO and Chairman Vince McMahon retiring at 77 years old. And now, that seemingly might affect Lesnar and his presence on SmackDown.
Bryan Alvarez of the Wrestling Observer and Sports Illustrated was first to report that Lesnar “left” SmackDown. Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful followed up that he heard the same thing, noting that his sources told him that Lesnar left because he was “pissed off”.
From several sources, Brock Lesnar has left Smackdown.
— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) July 22, 2022
Also just heard this. Was told Brock was "pissed off" https://t.co/C5IoLk3gIC
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) July 22, 2022
WWE rumors: Brock Lesnar leaves SmackDown ‘pissed off’
Update: Once again from Bryan Alvarez, Lesnar reportedly said, in regards to Vince’s retirement, something akin to “if he’s gone, I’m gone” before leaving SmackDown
Brock's line was some derivative of, "If he's gone, I'm gone."
— Bryan Alvarez (@bryanalvarez) July 22, 2022
While those are two of the most trusted sources for pro wrestling rumors and news, this is certainly vague in terms of the details. We don’t know if Brock Lesnar “leaving” is him just walking out of tonight’s show or just leaving for the time being. Or it could be even more severe — we just don’t have details.
What’s for sure is that this is sure to throw SmackDown and WWE into a bit of disarray. The return of Lesnar was the big selling point of Friday night’s episode and now that seemingly is not going to happen. What they do to recover will be interesting to see.