What if Brock Lesnar hadn’t returned to WWE in 2012?

#1 Roman Reigns Has A Long Universal Championship Run

With Lesnar out of the mix, Roman Reigns would have held the Universal Championship by now.

Despite the volume of fans who say they’re sick of Roman Reigns getting pushed and working main events, there’s an intriguing irony that he actually hasn’t held a world championship in over two years. Moreover, The Big Dog has yet to ever get his hands on the Universal Championship, despite chasing the title with varying degrees of focus and intensity for as long as it has existed.

To track the title’s movement, it went from inaugural champ Finn Balor, straight to Kevin Owens, before Goldberg got it for his program with Brock Lesnar, who has had the belt ever since. Remove Lesnar from the equation and you’re freeing up not only nearly the year and a half he’s held the title but probably Goldberg’s couple months on top, too.

Rumor has it that Owens was originally going to drop the title to Chris Jericho at WrestleMania 33. Regardless, it’s hard to imagine that in the year and a half to follow Reigns wouldn’t have won it, and likely as not held the championship for a sustained run.