WWE News: Reason Behind Brock Lesnar’s Absence On The Last Episode Of Raw

Mar 27, 2017 at 12:04 PM

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WWE News: Reason Behind Brock Lesnar’s Absence On The Last Episode Of Raw

The last episode of Monday Night Raw was hosted by the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The crowd was at their loudest best during the entire night. This also marked the second last episode before Wrestlemania 33, to give it a big fight feel. During this time of the year, the crowd always remains raucous.

Also, this season means all the stars will be present on the show to give the ratings a major push. But, quite surprisingly, the competitors for the main event of Wrestlemania 33 were absent from the show. Both Goldberg and Brock Lesnar were seen as part of their taped promos during the evening.

Now, Goldberg was not scheduled to appear on the evening. But, despite an appearance being advertised for Brock Lesnar, he was kept off from TV for some unknown reasons.

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter discussed the topic and came up with an adjustable reason behind it. He said that the crowd’s reaction might be the reason. Brooklyn crowd was supposed to cheer the beast despite his heel persona. WWE, on the other hand does not want to let it happen prior to Wrestlemania. These were the veteran’s comments:

“Yeah, I don’t understand [why Lesnar wasn’t on TV] because it’s not like the show was so loaded that you couldn’t [have him on]. Maybe because it was New York and they didn’t want him to get cheered so much. I was trying to come up with a reason why you wouldn’t have Paul Heyman do a promo in Brooklyn because it would’ve gotten an incredible reaction. Maybe that’s why, because it would’ve gotten an incredible reaction.”

WWE has got a big headache upon conclusion of the show. Despite being at the peak of the Wrestlemania season, the TV ratings have scored an all-time low, this week. Next week, they have to arrange a good show to create big momentum ahead of Wrestlemania weekend.

A segment between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar has been announced for the next edition of Raw as this could mark the very last appearance by Goldberg on Raw, for now.

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