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#3 Nobody has ever had a Universal title rematch

Finn Balor had to forfeit the title after SummerSlam 2016

If somebody loses a championship in WWE, there’s an unwritten rule that they can invoke a rematch clause to challenge the new champion for the title on any given date.

However, a strange quirk about the Universal Championship is that every previous holder (Finn Balor, Kevin Owens and Goldberg) never received a rematch for the title – and that trend could continue if Brock Lesnar loses to Roman Reigns and then departs WWE.

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Balor never received an immediate rematch in August 2016 due to injury, while Owens moved into a United States title programme after his defeat to Goldberg, who hasn’t competed since his reign was ended by Lesnar at WrestleMania 33.

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Danny Hart has been one of the most active writers at Sportskeeda since he began working for the WWE section of the site in October 2017.

Danny currently writes around 100 articles per month about WWE. Before joining Sportskeeda, he worked for seven years as a writer and editor for the football website Goal.com. He also reported live from Premier League stadiums around England.

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Edited by Nishant Jayaram