WWE plans Bronson Reed's return as main event level heel

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Bronson Reed in ring with Paul Heyman addresses during Monday Night RAW at Golden 1 Center on October 20, 2025 in Sacramento, California. | Photo by Michael Marques/WWE via Getty Images Good news for anyone worried that Bronson Reed’s ascent at WWE would be stopped or slowed by the injury he suffered at the start of the year. WrestleVotes Radio came our way today (Aug. 20) via Fightful Select, and brought word that while Reed’s return isn’t “necessarily days away”, it’s expected he’ll “be back before long.” This per a Votes source “inside the company’s promotional merchandising department”, who tells them that “Reed is set to return as a key main event level heel, with the intention being for him to keep elevating up the card once he’s back.” That’s welcome news for those of us believing the 37-year-old Australian can be WWE’s next great superheavyweight, although it does mean that Reed will play the role WWE’s “key main event level heels” often do. Votes source tells us that WWE’s “earmarked” Big Bronson’s return for “a number of months”, and one of the things company officials are most excited about is “the potential for a program with Oba Femi later this year.” Femi vs. Reed will rule, and shake the heavens. But I know who I’m picking to stand tall at the end of that program. Nevertheless, I’m definitely hoping what WrestleVotes is hearing is true. How about you?