Brock Lesnar made quite the statement ahead of his Crown Jewel clash with new WWE signee Cain Velasquez in a brazen attack on Friday night.

The Beast Incarnate is set to put his newly-won WWE title on the line at the upcoming event in Saudi Arabia on August 31. But he appears to have stolen a March after attacking his soon-to-be opponent, as well as Rey Mysterio and his son Dominic.

Lesnar and Velasquez were down to meet each other at SmackDown this Friday for a "face-to-face". And the latter would come out to taunt Brock alongside Rey during the show.

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Mysterio would bring up Dominic, thanking the WWE Universe for the support he's received since getting beat up by Lesnar and let the crowd know he's doing better.

Lesnar and Paul Heyman came through on the jumbotron to reveal that the Beast would not be coming out for a face-to-face as he had other plans. Those plans involved another attack on poor Dominic backstage, an incident that left the pair with no choice but to run to the youngster's aid.

A commercial break cut things off but, when the show resumed, Dominic was shown on a stretcher being tended to by Rey and Cain.

Brock's plan worked perfectly. The champ caught the pair of wrestlers with their guard down backstage, storming into the room with a garbage can which he used as a weapon.

Great Segment From Heyman, That

Fans who were expecting that face-to-face in the ring may have been disappointed to not see it happen as Brock looked absolutely terrified of the man who served him a UFC defeat many years ago. But Heyman played this out perfectly.

Such segments fit Brock's character and it should only make for a better lead up to Crown Jewel. It's going to be a very interesting fight between these to former MMA competitors but we don't imagine Velasquez will be walking away with the belt. We wouldn't mind being wrong, however.

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