Predicting All Champions' Fate At Survivor Series 2018

#1 Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles (Universal Champion vs. WWE Champion)

Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles II set for Survivor Series

Coming out of Crown Jewel, one of the biggest criticisms that came WWE's way was the decision to put the Universal Championship back on Lesnar's shoulder.

His first title reign was one of the biggest duds on RAW in recent memory and a cause of creative bankruptcy for the three-hour weekly show, due to the lack of presence by it's top titleholder for over a year.

With that said, there was still one thing that the fans collectively agreed on i.e. the stage was set for an epic Brock Lesnar rematch with the reigning-defending-undisputed WWE Heavyweight Champion of the World (AJ Styles)!

This time last year, when the WWE threw a major last-minute curve-ball in the world title scene (which was previously held by Jinder Mahal), we got to witness Styles vs Lesnar at Survivor Series.

The match ended up becoming arguably one of the best matches of Lesnar's entire career and helped legitimize Styles against such a huge star. While Styles got a whole lot of offence during the match, he did lose in the end.

Things have not changed much for Lesnar since then as he is still the same conquering beast he was then (if not more) after beating the golden boy Roman Reigns in the main event of Wrestlemania 34 and making a mockery out of the supposed "next big thing" Braun Strowman at Crown Jewel just a few days back.

Styles, however, has been the WWE Champion since then, having decisive victories under his belt against opponents like Samoa Joe, Daniel Bryan and the aforementioned Nakamura.

He has been booked like a champion on the blue brand but his overall title reign has been marred by lackluster programs, a lot of screwy finishes hurting the quality of his matches and the lack of main event slot for his matches on PPVs.

At this point, I'm not sure if WWE will ever book Lesnar to lose period; let alone by a 41-year-old guy who has already seen his best wrestling years.

It's confusing because one would think that Lesnar was protected to this extent so a young up-and-comer finally dethrones him, but then Roman Reigns lost clean to him and Braun Strowman got squashed at the hands of Lesnar this year as well.

Lesnar won Universal Championship at Crown Jewel

Styles losing this match will be extremely detrimental for him, the WWE Championship and the entire Smackdown Live roster which has not been able to dethrone a guy simply not on RAW's top guy's level.

It will once and for all prove that Smackdown is the lesser brand and no matter how much the WWE tries to sell you on the idea that Smackdown won the worthless elimination tag matches, this is what actually matters.

Come November 18th, Styles will walk in and out of the third consecutive Survivor Series event as the WWE Champion which in itself is a very big accomplishment. Styles needs this win like never before. He will have to win this match one way or the other (even if Lesnar gets counted out).

Styles went head to head with Cena in their Summerslam 2016 rematch

WWE is in a weird space where both its top RAW champions (Rousey and Lesnar) are monster stars and they're booked to near invincibility.

However, if they both end up winning their respective matches then that's disastrous for the entire Smackdown Live brand. Anyone of them absolutely has to lose to their counterpart on Smackdown and I predict whichever ends up main eventing the show out of the two, will be the one (and no, men's elimination match SHOULD NOT be the main event!).

Winner: AJ Styles