3 Former WWE Universal Champions who may win the title again and 2 who may not

Ever since it was introduced in 2016, the Universal Championship has not had the best legacy as one of WWE's top belts. It was the world title on Monday Night RAW, before switching shows and colors. The Universal Title is now on SmackDown, held by Braun Strowman.

The Monster Among Men has got quite the history with the title, as have another few names. Including him, eight Superstars have held the previously red belt. They range from former NXT Champions, all the way to WWE Hall of Famers.

The Universal Championship has had an interesting lineage, to say the least. Some of the past Champions will likely rise up and win the belt again, while another few might not return to contention for the Universal Title.

Here are three former WWE Universal Champions who may win the title again, and two who may not.

#5 Brock Lesnar (May win)

For the past six years, Brock Lesnar has been a constant presence in the world title picture. His most dominant run came in 2017 and 2018, reigning as the Universal Champion for over 500 days. Every time he lost the title, Lesnar would find a way to return to the title scene.

Since defeating Goldberg at WrestleMania 33, the Beast has not gone over 100 days without either the Universal Championship or the WWE Championship. And despite losing to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 36, Lesnar will probably find himself with a world title in the near future.

He has already given a lot to his opponents, especially McIntyre and Seth Rollins, but as WWE's ultimate final boss, Brock Lesnar might still have a lot left to give. This time he could find himself on SmackDown with the Universal Title - one that he has held three times already.

#4 Finn Balor (May not)

As the first-ever Universal Champion, Finn Balor will forever be linked to the brand-colored belt. Unfortunately, his reign with the Universal Title only lasted a day. He defeated Seth Rollins at SummerSlam 2016 to become the first Champion, but an unfortunate shoulder injury in that match forced him to vacate the belt.

Balor has had a couple of Universal Championship matches since then, in losing efforts to Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar. Couple those with his return to NXT, and it seems like the founder of the Bullet Club might not return to the Universal Title picture any time soon, if ever.

It is a shame, as WWE was well and truly strapping the rocket on Balor before fate intervened. And through no fault of his own, he may never reach those heights again. Right now, the Irishman has a better chance of regaining the NXT Championship than the Universal Championship.

Finn Balor's trajectory in WWE would have looked so different had he not gotten injured and had a proper Universal Title reign.

#3 "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt (May win)

The Fiend will heal himself and the title.

After his crushing defeat to Goldberg at Super ShowDown, it might not be such a great idea for Bray Wyatt to return to the Universal Title scene. But since then, the wrestling world has been turned upside down. Roman Reigns had to pull out of WrestleMania, meaning Braun Strowman faced Goldberg instead.

And now that Strowman is the Champion and Reigns might not return to WWE until this situation completely goes away, The Fiend might reclaim the big blue belt. The seeds have already been planted for the feud between Wyatt and Strowman.

The two of them are extremely close friends, so hopes will be high that they will be able to have one hell of a feud. But in the end, it is likely that The Fiend will stand tall.

It would be part of the rebuilding process, a continuation from Bray Wyatt's huge WrestleMania victory over John Cena, in one of the most creative "matches" in WWE history. The Firefly Fun House will probably be the home to the Universal Championship once again.

#2 Goldberg (May not)

The most unpopular Universal Champion in its short existence so far has got to be Goldberg. He defeated crowd favorites, Kevin Owens and Bray Wyatt, to take the Universal Title into WrestleMania. But this time, it seems like the WCW legend will not return to win the world title again.

Goldberg's waning capabilities will play a part in this, as his showings post-Hall of Fame induction have not been the best. Other than his squash of Dolph Ziggler at last year's SummerSlam, the two-time Universal Champion has not exactly set the world on fire since that explosive match with Brock Lesnar.

The quality of his match with The Fiend, along with his decision to drop the belt to last-minute challenger Braun Strowman, likely means that Goldberg will not return to the Universal Title picture, if at all.

It might be for the better, as WWE should put their world titles on the stars of today or at the very least, somebody who can deliver a decent match. Goldberg, unfortunately, has gone past that stage.

#1 Roman Reigns (May win)

Speaking of today's stars, Roman Reigns is seemingly a lock to win the Universal Championship. He was set to win the title at WrestleMania, before pulling out due to a higher health risk.

There's no saying when Reigns will be back in WWE. It could be a while before we see him back. But whenever he does, expect him to win the Universal Title from Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt or whoever is the Champion then.

The Big Dog has had some rotten luck with the WWE and Universal Championship. He has not gotten the opportunity to take the belt and run with it, whether it was due to a last-minute change of plans, getting suspended or his leukemia returning.

WWE will want Reigns to win the big blue belt again, before setting on the reign he was meant to have a few years ago. He would be a great Champion, with his fighting spirit and in-ring talent.

He hasn't yet gotten his Universal Title rematch since vacating the belt in October 2018, with the said match being delayed even further by his current absence. But you better believe that once this pandemic is behind us, and Roman Reigns returns to action, he will become the Universal Champion.

And who knows how long will his reign be?

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