WWE Rumor Roundup: Former US champion to join AEW, major update on Edge's return and more – 7 January 2020

Why Brock Lesnar is entering the Royal Rumble

Source says WWE is doing this Lesnar in the Rumble angle as a way to set up Brock’s Mania matchup. Which could signal its against someone from SD or NXT as Heyman mentioned a few times last night. Opens up a world of possibilities.

— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) January 7, 2020

Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar revealed on last night's RAW that the WWE was champion was entering the Royal Rumble this year. The WWE Champion is not just entering the rumble but is set to kick it off by starting as the #1.

WrestleVotes have al update on the backstage plans for this and claims that they want to start the buildup for his WrestleMania match at the January pay-per-view. They claim that it need not be a Superstar from RAW and could be someone from NXT or SmackDown too. They tweeted:

“Source says WWE is doing this Lesnar in the Rumble angle as a way to set up Brock’s Mania matchup. Which could signal it's against someone from SD or NXT as Heyman mentioned a few times last night. Opens up a world of possibilities.”

Drew McIntyre is still the top favourite to face him at WrestleMania this year.