Lesnar appearance, Edge vs. Rollins set for WWE SmackDown at MSG

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Brock Lesnar will be in the building when SmackDown comes to Madison Square Garden next week.

WWE has announced that Lesnar will appear on next Friday’s SmackDown episode at MSG. It will be Lesnar’s first appearance on WWE programming since returning at SummerSlam last month and confronting Universal Champion Roman Reigns.

Lesnar made his return after Reigns retained the Universal Championship against John Cena in the main event of SummerSlam. Lesnar and Reigns went face-to-face before Reigns backed off and left the ring.

There was a segment on tonight’s SmackDown where Paul Heyman, who was Lesnar’s advocate before managing Reigns, received a phone call from Lesnar. Heyman later told Reigns that Lesnar will be at SmackDown next Friday.

Prior to SummerSlam, WrestleMania 36 was the last time that Lesnar had appeared in WWE.

It’s also been announced that next Friday’s SmackDown will feature Edge and Seth Rollins facing off in a SummerSlam rematch. Edge defeated Rollins in their first meeting.

Here’s the full list of what’s been announced for next Friday’s show:

• Brock Lesnar appears
• Edge vs. Seth Rollins
• A contract signing for Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair’s SmackDown Women’s Championship match at Extreme Rules