Backstage News On Brock Lesnar Working House Show In Japan, WWE Stars Sing HBK's Theme Song

- As reported earlier, Brock Lesnar is being advertised to wrestle in Japan for the first time in twelve years for WWE.

The official YouTube account is promoting that the former WWE World Heavyweight Champion will be appearing at the Sumo Hall in Tokyo, Japan on July 4, 2015. According to WWE.co.jp, Lesnar's opponent at the event will be WWE Tag Team Champion Kofi Kingston. It will also be his first wrestling appearance at a non-televised WWE event since 2004.

On the F4WOnline.com message board, Dave Meltzer said Lesnar is working the event because he planned to visit Masa Saito, a retired Japanese wrestler, with friend Brad Rheingans (a former wrestler from Minnesota who competed for the American Wrestling Association, New Japan Pro Wrestling and briefly WWE in 1986 as an enhancement talent).

"Lesnar and Brad Rheingans wanted to go to Japan to see Masa Saito," Melter wrote. "Just figured since he was going anyway, make it tax deductible, get his trans paid and work one show."

Meltzer noted that Lesnar is only working that one show. Another show will be held at the same venue on July 3, 2015.

- WWE released this mashup video of past and present Superstars singing Shawn Michaels' entrance music, "Sexy Boy."

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