-- Former WWE Universal champion Brock Lesnar was widely expected to return to TV last night at Royal Rumble not only to participate in the men's Rumble match but to set in motion a feud for WrestleMania 40. Plans changed though when a lawsuit was launched against Vince McMahon and WWE alleging sexual assault/abuse in which Lesnar was implicated and a report emerged yesterday suggesting that his spot was going to be taken by an NXT superstar.
-- On the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer reported that that NXT star was Bron Breakker and that the change in plans like happened Friday or even as late as Saturday morning. Not only that but but Meltzer noted that because the match was already scripted out, Breakker essentially fulfilled Lesnar's role right own to a tee, including the entrance spot, the wrestlers he threw out and how he himself got eliminated.
