Ranking the top 10 WWE title changes of 2019

#4 "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt defeats Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship (Crown Jewel)

It had to be done.

WWE made an erroneous booking decision at Hell in a Cell, as the Universal Championship match between Seth Rollins and The Fiend ended via referee stoppage. It ruined many things including Rollins' title reign and the Hell in a Cell concept, plus it came close to ruining Bray Wyatt's new character just months after its debut.

Luckily, WWE learned their lesson and booked Wyatt to overcome Rollins in a Falls Count Anywhere match at Crown Jewel, to win the Universal Championship. In hindsight, that was the only way it could have gone. WWE must receive some amount of credit for pulling the trigger on the Fiend when the fans had lost all hope.

The Fiend had become incredibly popular thanks to the immense thought gone into the Firefly Funhouse and all the little nuances that reward long-time viewers for paying attention to details. It was something different, and scary.

While his coronation should have happened earlier in the month, winning the Universal title on Halloween is not a bad way to go. In winning the belt, Wyatt became the fourth man to win both the WWE and Universal Championships. He is currently reigning supreme on SmackDown and will continue to do so until WrestleMania, at the very least.