Brock Lesnar moving to WWE Raw, World titles to switch brands
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According to our Dave Meltzer, Brock Lesnar and the WWE Championship are officially moving to Raw starting this Monday while the Universal title will move to SmackDown.
That would answer a question posed after Thursday’s Crown Jewel show where The Fiend Bray Wyatt won the Universal title from Seth Rollins. Wyatt is a SmackDown wrestler, putting both top singles titles on the blue brand.
However, on Friday’s SmackDown, Paul Heyman, flanked by Lesnar, did a promo and announced that the WWE Champion was quitting the show so he could go to Raw Monday to get revenge on Rey Mysterio for attacking him after his win over Cain Velasquez at Crown Jewel. Heyman noted since Mysterio was on Raw, he couldn’t go to SmackDown, hence the “quitting” angle.
The moves come just weeks after the aforementioned draft and SmackDown’s debut on Fox. It’s unclear how Lesnar’s inclusion on the Raw roster will be explained as he was Fox’s top pick on the draft’s second day.
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