4 reasons why Brock Lesnar will defeat Finn Balor at the 2019 Royal Rumble

#2 Finn Balor's main roster record

It has all been downhill since SummerSlam 2016

Brock Lesnar returned to the WWE in 2012. In that time he has won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship once. He did so by beating up a full-time, top babyface - John Cena for about twelve minutes, in the single most dominating display in a WWE Championship match anyone had ever seen.

That was at SummerSlam 2014; an event he has main-evented every year since his come-back, bar 2013.

He lost the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the main event of WrestleMania 31, but was not pinned or submitted. Indeed, he was not even involved in the decision. He has held the WWE Universal Championship on two separate occasions; his last reign was over 500 days.

Most importantly, he decisively ended the Undertaker's 21-0 WrestleMania undefeated streak.

Brock Lesnar has only been beaten by five men since he returned to the WWE; John Cena, Triple H, The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, and Bill Goldberg. Five of these men are veritable legends of this industry, and indeed some of its biggest names ever.

Roman Reigns was undoubtedly the face of the WWE, and had main evented four straight WrestleManias before he defeated Lesnar. Brock Lesnar has also defeated each of these men at least once.

Other men he has defeated are Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Braun Strowman, and Samoa Joe; all major WWE stars, and four world champions.

Finn Balor may be the first ever WWE Universal Champion; but he has not done much of anything after being forced to relinquish it due to injury. He only got his rematch for the championship two years later.

Moreover, the admittedly excellent match was overshadowed by what happened after it; The Shield reformed to thwart Braun Strowman's Money in the Bank cash-in attempt.

He has never won at WrestleMania. He has never held another main roster championship. And to put it bluntly, he has floundered in the mid-card ever since he had to relinquish his Universal Championship.

Finn Balor may be an excellent competitor, and beloved by WWE fans everywhere. But comparing the WWE records of these two men leaves no doubt as to how this match will end.