5 Early Bold Predictions for WWE Summerslam 2018

#2 Brock Lesnar will retain the Universal Championship

While it wasn't official, the general consensus last night was that the winner of the Roman Reigns v. Bobby Lashley match would face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam for the Universal Championship. Lashley won the match clean, and will now most likely go on to face Lesnar.

Kurt Angle gave Lesnar the ultimatum that either he shows up to RAW and commits to a title defense, or be stripped of the title. I expect Lesnar and Paul Heyman to show up on RAW, but not commit to a title defence. That is until Lashley comes out and challenges Lesnar at SummerSlam. Lesnar will decline, but Lashley will attack him and the match will be made official down the line.

As for the match itself, I expect it to be a hard-hitting and physical one. The crowd will be into it more than the Lesnar and Reigns matches. After about a 15-20 minute match, I expect Lesnar to hit an F5 and retain.

This will make fans in attendance upset thinking Lesnar is going to leave the WWE and go to UFC and take the title with him, but the night won't be over yet...