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The word making the rounds last night was that Heyman, as Lesnar's legal counsel, would appear in Lesnar's place in the storyline building to the August PPV return, since Lesnar has only signed for a limited number of dates.
One idea was to have Lesnar, in a re-creation of the actual legal battle the two sides had years ago, "sue" WWE for money owed and for breach of contract, which would include all sorts of viral campaigns (something Heyman is a master at) to get the storyline over to the masses as a legitimate issue.
I was told that the deal came together over the last week as the original plan for Lesnar in the company did not include Heyman, who has been busy working on his Looking4Larry Prods. as well as raising his children.
Heyman is not expected on the road full-time for the company and as of this writing, is only involved in the Lesnar storyline, not WWE creative.
The Summerslam plan currently is to build to Lesnar vs. Triple H.
I was told one of the reasons Heyman returned was to have the chance to work with Lesnar, one of his closest friends but also to potentially do something down the line with CM Punk, who he's been open with his deep respect for. While they have worked together in the past, they've never done anything on camera. It was obvious Punk knew Heyman was coming to Raw as he teased all day about knowing something and there being a surprise he was excited about. Right before Heyman's entrance, Punk tweeted a photo of him backstage, similar to what The Rock did right before he returned to WWE TV before Wrestlemania 27, obviously meant to create vital watercooler talk.
Heyman was warmly greeted by the younger members of the company's roster last night as many of them knew him from their time WWE developmental, while others only knew of Heyman through his reputation running ECW and working for WWE.
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