#1 Finn Balor coming short

Finn Balor has been recently moved from this year's Men's Royal Rumble match to the Universal Championship match against Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble PPV.
Also, as per the latest report, Balor replacing Strowman in the Universal Championship match was the backup plan from a long time. It wasn't any sort of last-minute change.
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That being said, Lesnar is rumored to defend his Universal Championship against Seth Rollins in the main event of WrestleMania 35.
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Considering this, it rules out all chances of Balor becoming the two-time Universal Champion. If WWE indeed wants to move forward with the plan of the aforementioned match, then the idea of Balor defeating The Beast Incarnate at Rumble will only stay in our wishlist.