With WrestleMania 36 still about three months away, a number of possibilities remain for WWE’s top stars, including reigning WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. But given how he was entered this week into the men’s Royal Rumble match at the pay-per-view of the same name, a new report suggests that this unusual booking decision could help determine his opponent at WWE’s biggest event of the year.
In a tweet shared on Tuesday morning, the WrestleVotes Twitter account cited an unnamed source, claiming that Lesnar’s participation in the Royal Rumble match is WWE’s way of setting up his match at WrestleMania 36. While the company’s top male and female champions typically defend their titles at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view and don’t take part in the event’s eponymous battle royals, Lesnar and his manager, Paul Heyman, shocked fans on this week’s Monday Night Raw, with Heyman announcing that the “Beast Incarnate” will enter the men’s battle royal at No. 1.