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For the second year in a row, WWE Champion AJ Styles will take on the Universal champion Brock Lesnar in a champion vs champion match. Last year, their clash was phenomenal and was probably Brock Lesnar's best match since his Summerslam epic against CM Punk back in 2013.
It is almost guaranteed that the rematch between the champs would be brilliant. However, by the looks of the recent bookings, it does not take much for one to realise that WWE is going to give the win to the beast incarnate again. WWE would not want Lesnar to look "beatable" by a smaller guy before his UFC fight against Daniel Cormier. Therefore, WWE fans could even see a squash victory for Lesnar.
For WWE - UFC mixed promotion, Lesnar is a golden goose. But from a WWE fan's perspective, it is not rocket science that AJ Styles should go over the beast incarnate. In this list, we will be taking a look at a few reasons why AJ Styles should win against Brock Lesnar.
#3 Styles has been the better champion
Brock Lesnar held the Universal title hostage for a humongous 505 days during his first reign as the Universal champion. The conqueror of the streak has not defended the title regularly and most of the times, RAW's main event scene was non-existent.
Even his rare title defences were underwhelming and forgettable. Lesnar's first two title defence at Great Balls of Fire and SummerSlam were good. However, from No Mercy, things went down South.
Brock's next defence at Royal Rumble 2018 was one of the worst ever triple threat matches. All of the three singles matches against Roman Reigns - Wrestlemania, Greatest Royal Rumble and Summerslam 2018 - were pathetic.
On the other hand, Styles has been a fighting champion. Even though his feud against Shinsuke Nakamura was cold, he had outstanding matches against the likes of Samoa Joe, Rusev and quite recently Daniel Bryan.
Since the upcoming match at Survivor Series is a champion vs champion match, the better champion should win.
#2 Lesnar's winning would send a wrong message
From 2008, WWE's target audience shifted significantly from adults to kids. Slogans like "Never give up" became an instant hit among the kids. During the whole rivalry between Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns that spanned over six months, the whole feud revolved around how the hard-working talents on the roster get ignored for a self-centred part-timer like Brock Lesnar.
The whole point of the feud was to demonstrate how "hard work" and "determination" can help you overcome any obstacle.
On the one hand, we have AJ Styles, a hard-working champion who shows up day in and day out and on the other, we have Brock Lesnar, who shows up only when he feels like coming. The dynamics here is apparent. Lesnar's winning would send the opposite message to the target audience of WWE.
Lesnar's winning would even send a wrong message to rest of the locker room. You could work all days in a year but you would be always treated inferior to someone who came from UFC.
#1 AJ Styles needs this win more than Brock Lesnar
AJ Styles has been the WWE champion for more than one year now. However, he has not defeated many credible opponents during his reign. Other than his recent victory over Daniel Bryan, Styles' only singles victory against a former champion during this reign came against Jinder Mahal at Clash of Champions.
Styles lost clean multiple times during this reign whenever he faced the big names in the industry. Styles lost to Brock Lesnar at last year's Survivor Series and John Cena before Fastlane 2018.
Thus, this title reign is very similar to that of CM Punk's legendary 434-day reign. During his reign, Punk defeated mid-carders and upper mid carders regularly. However, when big names like John Cena came, Punk was denied a clean win.
A win over Brock Lesnar would solidify AJ Styles as a legitimate champion.
