2. Brock Lesnar Making UFC-Type Money For Next WWE Match
On the post-Hell In A Cell 2018 edition of RAW, acting RAW General Manager Baron Corbin announced that Roman Reigns will defend the Universal Championship in a Triple Threat match against Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman at the WWE Crown Jewel PPV in Saudi Arabia on November 2.
According to Dave Meltzer, Brock Lesnar is making ‘well into 7 figures’ for his championship match. This means that Lesnar is getting paid UFC kind of money for a single WWE match.
WWE made about $45 million from the Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia earlier this year and this is more than what they make for WrestleMania.
This is exactly the reason why WWE’s Saudi Arabia shows are loaded, as WWE pays their top draws like Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker a huge amount of money to perform at these shows.
Speaking of Lesnar’s future, PWInsider is reporting that Lesnar is expected to work all major WWE shows for the short-term future.
This comes after the Fired Up podcast noted that Brock’s UFC comeback has been delayed and it looks like he’ll now fight Daniel Cormier for the UFC Heavyweight Championship sometime in April 2019 (it was previously expected to be in February 2019).
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