WWE Rumor Roundup: Why Brock Lesnar is not in any storyline, bad news for Braun Strowman and more – 14 April 2020

Welcome to another edition of the daily WWE Rumor Roundup where we try and bring you the biggest wwe news and rumors and other updates from the world of sports-entertainment.

In today's roundup, we take a look at the top stories from WWE. A former NXT Champion was set to be fired before his match against Cesaro, a current Champion booed Edge during his match, and Ric Flair revealed which two Hall of Famers cannot work as heels.

Before we get to all that, let us get past the two headline-makers of the day:

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Brock Lesnar off WWE TV because of the pandemic?

Brock Lesnar dropped the WWE Championship to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 36 and has been off WWE TV ever since. He has not appeared on both the RAW shows after the Show of Shows.

According to PWInsider, Lesnar will be back on WWE TV once the pandemic situation is under control. The report stated that he is only off TV and will be back in the near future.

I think that now that the Title has been taken off of him, and given the situation with the pandemic, Brock will probably be out of WWE’s storylines for the near future. But as soon as things get back to normal and they are running the way that they used to, he will be back. And he should be, just not as the champion in my opinion.

The WWE Universe does not miss The Beast Incarnate and as long as he is not handed the title as soon as he is back, there would not be an issue for the fans.

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Bad news for Braun Strowman?

Braun Strowman has won the WWE Universal title and that came out of nowhere. Roman Reigns was supposed to be in the title match against Goldberg at WrestleMania but the threat of the coronavirus pandemic resulted in him pulling out of the match.

Wade Keller of PW Torch has pointed out on his podcast that the win for Strowman is not good news. He states:

When Braun Strowman was red hot we talked about the limitation of Braun quickly catching up to his push. It happened with Sting as well, and Sting was a hotter act in a lot of ways and certainly more athletic, and a more dynamic babyface. But when he beat Ric Flair in Baltimore in 1990, I was there, it felt like a crowning moment and electric moment to witness.

This Braun win had that kind of build up because he didn't have any pressure on him as it was impromptu. I'm not sure he has got the all around skill set to be in the spot, on the promos or in the main-event matches you pay to see.

Vince McMahon handed $800,000 loan to Ric Flair

Vince McMahon

Vince McMahon is someone who has always sought to help a lot of Superstars. Regardless of what the WWE Universe thinks of him right now, WWE legends and former stars have always heaped praise on him for helping out when needed.

Ric Flair is one such person and he told Stone Cold Steve Austin about the time the WWE Chairman handed him a loan to solve his financial issues. He said:

You know what Vince (McMahon) did? He walked up to me in LA, gave me the cheque for Saudi before I left. You don't do that. And he said to me 'Here, I get it. Maybe this will make her feel better'. He doesn't do that. You know that. He does not pay in advance.

I've been rich, I've been poor, I've owed the IRS $1 million once, $2 million once. I'm even, no bankruptcy, and I can probally count a million dollars that I've got right now. And everything is paid for.

I owed Vince, paid back Vince. He gave me an $800,000 loan and told me to declare bankruptcy. I knew that I couldn't live with myself if I did.

Flair is now free of any debt and has stated that he has enough money on him.

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How Cesaro saved Tyler Breeze's job

Breeze vs Cesaro

WWE have hired Superstars almost every single year and when they feel that a particular person is no longer needed in the company, they fire him or her without any big issue.

Tyler Breeze was one such Superstar who was set to be fired but one match against Cesaro saved his career. The WWE management were reportedly so impressed with the bump he took from Cesaro's uppercut, that they decided to stick with him.

Talking on The New Day’s Feel the Power podcast, Big E recalled the incident and claimed that Breeze was on the verge of getting fired as no one really liked him or thought much of him.

He didn’t have anyone who was in his corner. No one really liked him or thought much of him but I believe, if I recall correctly, he was very close to being fired and people were so impressed with the way he took that bump [from the uppercut] that you [Cesaro] saved his job, legitimately saved his job with that bump, and he’s still here today.

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Edge recollects Charlotte Flair booing

Edge vs Ric Flair

It was just a few days after Edge had cashed in his Money In The Bank briefcase on John Cena, that he put his title on the line against Ric Flair. The Rated-R Superstar was up against the Hall of Famer on Monday Night RAW in a TLC match.

The Nature Boy's daughter, Charlotte Flair, was right behind the commentary table. Throughout the match, the current NXT Women's Champion was heard shouting at Edge and Flair.

Edge recalled the incident on the Wrestling Friends podcast and said:

To look back, to say that I wrestled Ric Flair for the WWE Championship in a TLC match, his first Ladder match, in Raleigh, North Carolina, with a future Charlotte sitting in the front row, booing her head off at me. Again, that's just stuff that you might imagine in a dream but now it's actually happening.

Edge is now back in the WWE ring while Flair has been retired for years. However, his daughter is now the big name in the WWE women's division.

Ric Flair names two WWE Hall of Famers who could never be heels

The Nature Boy, Ric Flair

Ric Flair was on the Broken Skull Sessions podcast this week and while talking to Stone Cold Steve Austin, he revealed the names of two WWE Hall of Famers who were never good as heels.

The Nature Boy believes that Ricky Steamboat and Jack Brisco were so good as babyfaces that they never managed to cut it as heels in the company. He also named Steamboat as the best babyface ever.

Shawn (Michaels) changed it around. He could work as a heavyweight, he had an attitude as a heel. He could go both ways. There are two guys who could never be heels in my book, that were great. Jack Brisco - they tried and he could get heat in the territory. But how can you be that handsome and that good and really get heat. And Steamboat was the other. I hated when Sting attempted it. I mean some guys just don't have it here (points to the heart).