Following Cody Rhodes’ championship victory over John Cena at WWE SummerSlam, Brock Lesnar surprised fans along with his return, which included him laying out Cena with an F5. Since then, fans and pundits have raised many questions on the circumstances surrounding his “shocking” resurgence, with WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque revealing that a part of it stems from Cena’s desire to work with “The Beast” during his retirement tour. Within the eyes of WWE Hall of Famer Bully Ray, it might also be counteracting an absence from a top star.
“I have been talking in regards to the return of Brock for a very long time,” Ray said. “I didn’t mention Brock last night. I didn’t know the way Brock would fit into an equation last night. We had talked about Rock, but here we get the return of Brock Lesnar. I’m assuming, and I do not know this of course, I’m asking myself, why bring Brock back now? I’m assuming anyone’s going to be disappearing for some time. It isn’t going to be Cody. It isn’t going to be John. It isn’t going to be [CM] Punk. Who else, heavy hitter smart? I believe Roman [Reigns] splits for a bit of while again, thus bringing back [Lesnar]. I just think they needed some extra heavy hitting power.”
While it stays unconfirmed if Lesnar’s return is indeed connected to a different WWE star’s potential absence, Rhodes and Roman Reigns are slated for at the very least some break day while they film scenes for “Street Fighter”. The live adaptation movie is lined up for production in Australia, with filming reportedly starting in September. WWE officials are said to be optimistic that Rhodes and Reigns’ filming obligations wouldn’t interrupt ongoing WWE storylines.
Rhodes, who will portray Guile, will not be expected to be on the “Street Fighter” set for an prolonged time frame. Reigns’ exact filming schedule, then again, stays unknown.
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