WWE Raw presented the Night Two of Draft 2023 on its latest episode which took place at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. Apart from the Draft, this night also marked the final episode from the red brand before this weekend’s Backlash premium live event. Hence, a number of segments were there to make final builds for the PLE.
These segments on WWE Raw obviously included builds for the main event of Backlash 2023 featuring Brock Lesnar against Cody Rhodes. After a couple of weeks of waiting, the latter finally got to put his hands on his current rival and made a big statement that he was not going down. That easily. In fact, Lesnar was spotted with blood in his face after the confrontation was over.
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Midway through the May 1 episode of WWE Raw, WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels and WWE Official Adam Pearce came out to announce the Round 3 Draft picks, but Brock Lesnar had the audacity to interrupt them, right away. Pearce instructed Brock to stop since they were about to make some big announcements but Brock didn’t care and headed to the ring.
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Cody Rhodes sneak-attacked Brock Lesnar on WWE Raw
Lesnar asked Texas fans on WWE Raw on how it feels to see the only real Cowboy there on the show. Pearce then called out for Security. Lesnar replied by saying that it’s going to take a lot more men to make him leave. Pearce then called out for more security guards.
Suddenly, Cody Rhodes came out from behind and punched Lesnar in the face. A stunned Lesnar quickly rolled out of the ring to avoid any further physical involvement, while the security guards also stopped Cody from chasing him down. As Lesnar was leaving WWE Raw set through the ramp, it was spotted that Cody busted open Lesnar’s nose with the punch.
Brock Lesnar does what he wants ?#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/Y9HJbD4zAn
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) May 2, 2023
Cody just DROPPED Brock Lesnar! ?@CodyRhodes#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/E95eVlt5fp
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) May 2, 2023
"MAKE ME EARN IT!" – @CodyRhodes ?#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/9EhSOw9rsk
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) May 2, 2023
Earlier the night on WWE Raw, Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque kicked off the show to deliver some ground rules before going down with the Night Two picks from Draft 2023. Before revealing the first-round picks for the evening, he announced that Brock Lesnar had “renegotiated his status as a free agent,” via which the former champion will be able to appear on Raw and SmackDown, going forward.
