5 recent news & rumors about Brock Lesnar: Update on WrestleMania 38 plans, Major WWE record broken (January 21st, 2022)

#1 WWE's plans for Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 38

While Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns are likely to face each other at WrestleMania 38, WWE is not planning a champion vs. champion match between them. Dave Meltzer reported this on Wrestling Observer Radio, even though the idea was teased during Reigns and Lesnar's confrontation on SmackDown.

“I was told no. That they just did it because those two guys had the belt at the time. So it made sense to do it at the time. But, at the time, that was not the direction that they were planning on…Lesnar and Reigns are going to have a match. I think we’ll have a lot better idea of what’s gonna happen after the Royal Rumble. But, if Seth wins and then Lesnar’s wrestling Roman, I would presume Roman beats him to win a belt back. Because Lesnar’s not going to be around long-term and Roman will be around every week," said Dave Meltzer.

We could see either man lose their world title at the Royal Rumble, be it Brock Lesnar losing his WWE Championship to Bobby Lashley or Seth Rollins ending Roman Reigns' historic run as Universal Champion. The road will be much clearer after next week's Premium Live Event.