WWE Crown Jewel 2018: Analysing and grading each match

Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman - WWE Universal Championship

Who would be crowned Universal Champion?

Match: Well, did it ever really get started? Before the match, Baron Corbin came out to present the referee with the vacant WWE Universal Championship as the acting WWE RAW General Manager. With both men in the ring, though, Corbin would lift the belt aloft to announce the start of the contest before hitting an unsuspecting Strowman on the back of the head with the title belt.

Brock Lesnar lifted Strowman aloft and hit The Monster Among Men with an F-5 to win the title - but Strowman kicked out. Lesnar went for another F-5 and, yet again, Strowman kicked out. And a third.

A frustrated Lesnar, though, wouldn't quit and hit Strowman with an F-5 from the inside of the ring to the outside to try and win via count-out, but Strowman beat the count and got back in to be hit with a fourth and final F-5 where Lesnar would eventually get his three-count to become the first ever two-time WWE Universal Champion.

#TheBeast @BrockLesnar is angry, and he just F5'd @BraunStrowman OUT OF THE RING! #WWECrownJewel pic.twitter.com/DWZAXlCHpO

— WWE (@WWE) November 2, 2018

Verdict: Was this a match? We saw one move four times over a total of three minutes. Personally, I predicted a Lesnar win, and I don't have a problem with the result as I know why WWE did it - but it didn't need to be at the expense of Strowman. Not a great match/segment.

Grade: F