{"id":153767,"date":"2026-02-23T21:57:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=153767"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:57:57","slug":"brock-lesnar-issues-massive-open-challenge-for-wrestlemania-42-and-weeks-leading-up-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/23\/brock-lesnar-issues-massive-open-challenge-for-wrestlemania-42-and-weeks-leading-up-to-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Lesnar Issues Massive Open Challenge for WrestleMania 42 and Weeks Leading Up to It"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night, Brock Lesnar returned to WWE Raw and, without saying a word, re-established his genuine aura. Led out by his Advocate, Paul Heyman, Lesnar stood dominant in the ring as his longtime mouthpiece did all the talking. Heyman said back in the day, there used to be two main events at WrestleMania: the title match and whoever was trying to end The Undertaker&#8217;s Streak.<\/p>\n<h2>Brock Lesnar Issues WrestleMania 42 Main Event Open Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>As Heyman noted, he didn&#8217;t need to remind fans that Brock Lesnar ended that streak, and as a result, he now becomes the main event of WrestleMania 42. Heyman said Lesnar was issuing an open challenge for anyone in the locker room who was willing to step up and take the beating of their life. Heyman flashed Lesnar&#8217;s schedule on the screen, which includes five consecutive episodes of WWE Raw starting with March 16 in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman said the only dead man left in WWE was whoever chose to step up to Brock Lesnar and challenge him at WrestleMania. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/02\/05\/possible-wwe-wrestlemania-42-opponents-for-brock-lesnar\/\" target=\"_self\">crowd chants for Oba Femi<\/a>, but Heyman ignores them, simply saying he didn&#8217;t see anyone in the back who he thought had enough balls to challenge Lesnar. That being said, the challenge is open for WrestleMania and in the five weeks leading up to it. Lesnar will be making the towns and is ready to take on any and all comers and send them packing to Suplex City.<\/p>\n<p>As his advocate said, all someone has to do is step to Lesnar&#8217;s face, and they&#8217;ll get their match. Now, it just remains to be seen who from the back will be willing to take on this massive challenge against the Beast, Brock Lesnar.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on Brock Lesnar\u00a0and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can check out WWE programming on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a> (Raw, WWE archives, WWE Unreal, and other specials), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Network<\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CW<\/a> (NXT), <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wwe\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN <\/a>(WWE PLEs), <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tubi<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A&amp;E<\/a>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a> (Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night, Brock Lesnar returned to WWE Raw and, without saying a word, re-established his genuine aura. Led out by his Advocate, Paul Heyman, Lesnar stood dominant in the ring as his longtime mouthpiece did all the talking. 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