Pros and cons of Brock Lesnar's Universal Championship reign

When Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania 33 to capture the Universal Championship, few fans had expected that reign to continue till this day. All of us thought that he was made the champion in order to eventually give Roman Reigns his crowning moment(3 years in the making) in the main event of WrestleMania.

What happened during the big day for the big dog?! He was beaten fair and square in the middle of the ring by Lesnar, leaving the WWE Universe shocked. Some were happy that Reigns did not get another WrestleMania moment.

But I doubt anyone would have been happy to see The Beast continue as the champion. This time around they did not have Seth Rollins to save the main event.

What exactly does WWE have in plans for Brock Lesnar and the Universal Championship? They may just play out what was planned, but at SummerSlam instead.

With Lesnar expected to leave WWE and head to the UFC, and the rumor mill stating that Brock is expected to drop the title to Roman at Summerslam this year, the end is near for this controversial reign lasting 450+ days.

It will be an understatement to say that fans are tired of this reign. At this point, they do not even care if it is Roman or even Jinder Mahal that ends it. They just want the title off of Brock. Period.

Fans will look back at this reign and just say that it has been horrible. But I feel that it has its plus points. So let us look at both the pros and cons.

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Pro #1: The Intercontinental Championship is more important

Rollins had an incredible reign as IC Champion.

This was bound to happen. Since the main champion on Raw is rarely seen on TV, the Intercontinental Title has risen up the ranks as the primary title on Raw, getting featured every week and being defended almost on a weekly basis.

During Seth Rollins' reign, he continuously spoke about how proud he was of being the Intercontinental Champion, defending it all over the globe, and proclaiming himself as a fighting champion. Since he was the only champion around during the time, it meant a lot for the championship.

The likes of Dolph Ziggler has become relevant again due to him being the primary champion on Raw. And of course, one needs no introduction to The Miz and his incredible work as the Intercontinental Champion.

Pro #2: The eventual title change will be huge

The moment a new Universal Champion is crowned, it will be huge.

Whenever a long and hated reign comes to an end, the moment itself will be something that fans will always talk about.

Moreover, when you have someone like Brock Lesnar, who is booked as an unbeatable monster who rarely loses, as the champion, the moment that he loses the title will be a newsworthy moment, however predictable it may be.

Con #1: Dragging on for too long

Fans were already tired of his reign by Summerslam 2017.

Fans nowadays grow tired of reigns that go over 3 months. Brock has been champion for 15 months.

Long reigns, when booked correctly can be awesome. Look at CM Punk's reign as WWE Champion for 434 days. He spent the first half of his reign as a face, having feuds with the likes of Chris Jericho and Danial Bryan. The latter half was spent as the top heel in the company, battling top babyfaces like John Cena and Ryback and ending it with a splendid program with The Rock.

Compare that with Brock's reign, and you do not even get a fourth of the number of matches that Punk had.

Con #2: Monday Night Raw feels less important

Is Raw getting more filler heavy?

When your world champion does not appear for 2 months, it is going to hurt the weekly programming.

Casual fans tune in to check what is going on in the world title scene. If the champion isn't around, they just change the channel presuming it's filler(which to an extent is true).

Con #3: The Universal Title loses its chance to gain credibility as a World Title

The least prestigious world title.

How cursed is the Universal Title. The first ever champion was injured before his reign started, the second champion had a fairly lackluster reign, being overshadowed by a piece of paper, the third was a coming-out-of-retirement dad in his 50's, who was basically a transitional champion, and finally, the current champion.

Even before it is established properly as a world title, the Universal Championship is on a hiatus courtesy Mr. Mayor of Suplex City.

The Universal Champion fighting for UFC is just not the same as the WWE Champion fighting for UFC.

Just imagine if Brock showed up with the historical WWE Championship at the UFC. It would have been a killer storyline of Brock holding up the most prestigious title hostage. But since it is just the 2-year-old Universal Championship, it is not as big of a deal.

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