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#2 Original plans for the Universal Championship match at WrestleMania

Braun Strowman defeated Goldberg at WrestleMania to become the new Universal Champion. However, this was never a part of the plan and was, in fact, a late decision taken by WWE owing to the circumstances.

It was clear from the moment WWE announced Goldberg vs Roman Reigns that the reason Goldberg had defeated The Fiend to become the Universal Champion was to put Reigns over at WrestleMania. However, with The Big Dog pulling out of 'Mania, WWE had no choice but to replace him with Braun Strowman.

Here is what WrestleTalk have stated regarding the original plans for WrestleMania:

WrestleTalk’s Louis Dangoor can exclusively reveal that WWE’s initial plan when they figured Roman wouldn’t be on the show was to have Goldberg retain. WWE wanted Goldberg to put over Roman Reigns, with this being the only reason he defeated The Fiend for the Universal Championship at Super ShowDown.

They also stated that the tentative plans were to have Reigns beat Goldberg at SummerSlam instead. However, here is why WWE had to make Strowman the Universal Champion instead:

"However, our sources have told us that reason WWE opted to have Braun win the title on Saturday night is because Goldberg’s final WWE appearance and match of 2020 was set to be at WrestleMania, and the Hall of Famer had no intention of adding more dates to his current deal. "