Brock Lesnar hasn’t defended his Universal Championship since the Greatest Royal Rumble back in April, and WWE recently reported that negotiations for Brock’s next title defense had broken down. However, on Sunday night Raw GM Kurt Angle announced that negotiations had been reopened, and he sent a message to Heyman and Lesnar when he said that if they don’t appear on Raw tonight, Lesnar will be stripped of the title. Heyman didn’t seem very happy about the threat, as he responded with the following:
. @WWE
Are you serious?
You spring this on my client, the reigning defending undisputed Universal Heavyweight Champion @BrockLesnar and me with no notice? No warning? No letter of admonishment? Just an unwarranted ultimatum, so @RealKurtAngle can look tough in negotiations? https://t.co/A4h7P4x3eV
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) July 16, 2018
Of course, Heyman’s rant didn’t end there.
And it's really "cute" (most family-family facetious word I could conjure up at the moment) of @WWE to say "ATTENTION: @HeymanHustle" because everyone in #WWE is so scared to address my client @BrockLesnar, so they try to create separation between themselves and their message! https://t.co/A4h7P4x3eV
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) July 16, 2018
Heyman continued by calling Angle’s threat an “amateurish negotiation ploy” and he added that he’s currently in Las Vegas.
The obsequious GM of #RAW @RealKurtAngle, who can't control his own roster, tries to look good with this amateurish negotiating ploy against my client @BrockLesnar? I'm in my #LasVegas office. Very little time for an injunction or a TRO. How can this be? https://t.co/TyUcYZupqL https://t.co/A4h7P4x3eV
— Paul Heyman (@HeymanHustle) July 16, 2018
Stay tuned for updates on the Universal Title situation, which is set to be addressed on Raw tonight.
