Just hours after recapturing the WWE SmackDown Live Tag Team Titles at Extreme Rules, Big E gets the opportunity to solidify himself as the next challenger for the Universal Title against Brock Lesnar. He’ll participate in a cross-brand Battle Royal on RAW, with the winner challenging Lesnar for the strap at SummerSlam next month.
Speaking to WWE backstage on their YouTube channel, Big E explained why he thinks things against Lesnar will go far better than the last time they shared the ring together:
Well, as you may or may not know, actually the three of us – all three members of New Day – got to battle Brock Lesnar. I think, with another opportunity, we would fare better, because we were in Japan and I really filled up on the sushi and saki. And I was 40 pounds heavier, and that was 40 pounds of bloat. So all that bloating really made it difficult for me to do anything. And he kind of very easily just – all three of us, just really quickly, just like that. But I think things will go much different this time, because of the lack of sushi and saki that will be in this gut region. So, I’m excited. Opportunities.
