Manager: Lesnar wants to fight again, not a negotiating tactic
Paul Heyman: “That’s not a negotiating tactic, Brock Lesnar wants to compete inside of the octagon. There’s no leveraging that; it’s a fact.”
There have been multiple indications that former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar is interested in a return to the Octagon. There have been suggestions that that’s just a ploy to leverage more money from the WWE. However, in an interview with Phillip Martinez for Newsweek, Lesnar’s longtime manager Paul Heyman said the interest in fighting again is real. However, in a form of entertainment based in part on fiction, you have to take Heyman on his word.
“Cain Velasquez [training routine] is very similar to Daniel Cormier’s and it’s out in the open. But no one knows what Brock Lesnar does,” explained Heyman. “So when I make a claim about his training, you either believe me or you don’t, but you have to take me for my word or you challenge me about it because I’m the only one in the conversation, most likely, with any access and information about that training.”
Lesnar and Roman Reigns will perform at WrestleMania 34 on April 8, 2018, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome, in New Orleans, Louisiana. If Lesnar wins it’s yet another notable moment in his rasslin’ career. But what if he loses?
“I don’t think it’s any secret that Brock is looking to get back into the Octagon,” said Heyman. “He is obviously eyeballing another fight in UFC. There’s no secret. He’s posing for pictures with Dana White wearing a UFC shirt in the UFC offices in Las Vegas. That’s not a negotiating tactic, Brock Lesnar wants to compete inside of the octagon. There’s no leveraging that; it’s a fact.”
However, there is no timetable for Lesnar’s return.
“I don’t know, and I don’t even know if the timetable has been discussed,” said Heyman. “The question posed is, ‘are you willing to get into the octagon?’ and fight. And I would suggest Brock’s answer to that is, ‘yes, I am.’ Now, when will it take place, against who and where? These are just details. The big question has always been ‘are you willing to do this?’ And it’s pretty apparent that Brock Lesnar is.
So one good sign of a Lesnar return may be a loss at Wrestlemania 34.
