Cody Rhodes Confirms RAW Absence + Lesnar/WWE

Dec 30, 2013

— As noted earlier, Brock Lesnar is still very much a part of WWE and is expected to have a match at the Royal Rumble this year.

The rumors that Lesnar would go back to the UFC was simply a publicity stunt to build up attention for his return tonight on Monday Night RAW. Lesnar is under an exclusive contract with WWE that doesn’t expire until WrestleMania XXXI in 2015. It’s not likely that Vince McMahon and Triple H would let him work a major fight for the UFC while under contract for them.

Lesnar is set to wrestle at the 2014 Royal Rumble, although it’s unknown if he will be in the Rumble match itself. His return on RAW will lead into a program at the event, which Lesnar hasn’t appeared on in ten years. One of two plans for WrestleMania, as previously reported, is to have Lesnar face The Undertaker. There is a second match for The Undertaker that is being discussed and we’re going to do a report on later. Rumors of the Lesnar/’Taker match started in 2010 when The Undertaker was at the UFC event where Lesnar lost the UFC Heavyweight title and the two had a heated (and allegedly scripted) conversation.

— Cody Rhodes posted the following on Twitter, confirming that he is working the WWE live event in Toronto and not RAW tonight…