Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns & More Set For WWE Raw After WrestleMania 42

Published: Apr 10, 2026 by Liam | Last Updated: Apr 10, 2026 by Liam

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Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns & More Set For WWE Raw After WrestleMania 42

Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns are among the names set to appear at the WWE Raw after WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas.

The Raw after Mania is generally considered the start of a new season for WWE and a show that features surprise appearances whether they be returns or call-ups from NXT.

The new official poster has been released for the show on the WWE event page, and it advertises that Brock Lesnar, Roman Reigns, Oba Femi, CM Punk, Rhea Ripley, Logan Paul and Stephanie Vaquer are set to appear.

The WWE Raw after WrestleMania 42 takes place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on April 20

Of course, the ‘card subject to change’ rule always applies, but still, it’s very rare that these days the names on these posters aren’t planned to be on the corresponding show.

The most interesting of those names simply due to their lighter WWE schedules are Reigns and Lesnar, implying there are already plans in place for them post-WrestleMania.

At Mania itself, both men are in action on night two on the Sunday, with Reigns main eventing aganst CM Punk for the World Heavyweight Championship, and Lesnar facing Oba Femi in what looks to be the opening match of the night airing on ESPN.

There have been rumors that WWE SummerSlam 2026 in Minneapolis this coming August could be a possible landing spot for Lesnar’s retirement, but that’s far from confirmed at this point.

He did say in a recent interview that he was only back in WWE for a short time, so it’s not impossible his run could be coming to an end in a few months.

Brock Lesnar Plans After WWE WrestleMania 42

If we go with the rumors that Brock Lesnar is to retire at SummerSlam 2026, there appears to be one runaway likely opponent – GUNTHER.

GUNTHER has retired Goldberg, John Cena and AJ Styles over the past year, and his now official ‘Career Killer’ nickname suggests that run will continue.

There is also a likely storyline direction now that GUNTHER has told Paul Heyman that Heyman owes him a favor for saving Heyman from Seth Rollins in recent weeks – that favor could very well be a match against Heyman’s client Lesnar.

Plus, a match between GUNTHER and Lesnar has always been a goal for WWE – it was planned for WrestleMania 40 in 2024 before the sexual abuse lawsuit against Vince McMahon and WWE mentioning Lesnar came out and he was taken off TV for two years until SummerSlam 2025.

With Lesnar being set for the WWE Raw after Mania, that show may play host to the start of the build for Lesnar vs GUNTHER at SummerSlam if that is indeed the plan, which seems like the case right now.