When Seth Rollins and his band of masked mystery men hit the scene to start Monday Night Raw in San Antonio, Texas this evening, he did so to make one thing clear — anyone who stands next to Paul Heyman is marked for death. It seemed like a pointed line. No accidents here.
Sure enough, Paul Heyman, still battered, made his way out to say he wouldn’t miss this for the world. FAFO, remember? Well, in this case it’s FAF-5.
Brock Lesnar made his entrance, and the direction for WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas next month seemed to come into focus. Rollins, still not medically cleared according to commentary, stood and watched Lesnar devour the entirety of his crew of cronies. The staredown when they came together felt electric.
Then the lights went out.
Rollins approached slowly once they were all in the ring, but it was ultimately a distraction that allowed Femi to hoist Lesnar up for a thundering powerbomb that got a huge pop from the live audience. When he put his foot on Brock and pointed to the WrestleMania sign, they went even crazier for it.
Rollins may be lurking in the background but it sure looks like Femi has answered the call to challenge Lesnar in what could very well be his final WrestleMania. For his part, Brock sold for the big man both for the slam but in his body language. He was treating that man like Undertaker was standing across from him.
This is going to be good.
