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The current plan for the main event of this year's WWE SummerSlam event is to be yet another WWE Universal Championship match between Champion Brock Lesnar and 'The Big Dog' Roman Reigns. To the best of our knowledge, this would also serve as the final match for Brock Lesnar in WWE before he returns to UFC.
WWE still believes in Roman Reigns being the next top babyface of the company and seem to believe that at some point soon he will win his doubters over. It is also apparent that they believe the best way for this to happen is for Roman to defeat Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam.
As much as I like Roman, I believe his time to convincingly defeat Brock has passed. WWE also appears to be grooming Bobby Lashley as one of the next big stars of the company, and potential SummerSlam opponent for Lesnar, should plans with Roman not come to fruition. And this I feel would be a far better option.
I do believe that Roman Reigns is one of WWE's biggest, the best today and that he will make a great Universal Champion in good time, but at SummerSlam in yet another match with Brock Lesnar is not the best way to go about it, and here are the reasons why.
#3 Reigns over Lesnar won't be convincing
Back at WrestleMania 31 in 2015, Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns fought for the WWE Championship in the main event.
The match was better than anyone expected, and Roman came across as if he could hold his own against The Beast. After Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and took the title, the Lesnar vs Reigns story was over for a while.
Many expected them to face off again soon, but it wouldn't be for another three years that they would have another one-on-one championship encounter, this time for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania 34.
Many were expecting a similar style match to the one they had at WrestleMania 31, but instead, to the surprise of many, Brock dominated a very large portion of their WrestleMania 34 main event match, and pinned a bloody Reigns after six F5s. The match received a very large negative response from fans, being cited as one of the worst main events in WrestleMania history.
Reigns would also unsuccessfully challenge Brock in a Steel Cage rematch at the Greatest Royal Rumble event. The cage match was an improvement over their WrestleMania match but was still a poor offering.
So over three matches, Roman hasn't been unable to defeat Brock, and in at least one of them, was beaten so badly that at one point he looked like someone who didn't belong in the main event, and thus I believe this has taken credibility away from Reigns.
#2 Bobby Lashley vs. Brock Lesnar has never happened
Bobby Lashley may not be the most popular superstar in WWE since his return, but he does have his fair share of fans and critics who have wanted to see Lashley vs. Brock Lesnar in some form, for several years now.
Bobby Lashley himself has been talking about having this match ever since he left WWE. During his first ever interview with TNA Wrestling when he signed with them back in 2009, Lashley even stated that facing Brock Lesnar in an MMA contest was his number one goal.
An MMA fight between the two is out of the question today but a wrestling match in WWE can still happen. Some even believe that the mere idea of this match possibly happening made Bobby want to return to WWE even more than he already did. A first time ever match between the two would no doubt be an incredible contest.
Bobby is an incredibly skilled athlete for his size, who has competed in some of the best matches in Impact Wrestling history as well as a handful of solid encounters during his previous stint with WWE.
Brock has been noticeably lazy in the ring in recent years, as pointed out in shoot interviews with Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns, but as a fellow MMA fighter who has Lesnar's respect, Lashley may bring out the best competition in The Beast.
With Brock Lesnar likely to leave WWE once and for all following SummerSlam, this would be WWE's one and only opportunity to book the dream match between them.
#1 Lashley is legit
Plain and simply put as the entry title suggests, Bobby Lashley is legit.
Bobby Lashley is the perfect candidate to defeat Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam as he is possibly the toughest superstar on the entire roster, next to Brock. As mentioned earlier, Bobby had a pretty respectable run with WWE just over 10 years ago, where he competed in some solid performances with the likes of Finlay, Booker T, John Cena and the late Umaga, to name a few.
He dominated Impact Wrestling for four years, where he was a 4-time Impact World Heavyweight Champion, with at one point during one of those reigns, also simultaneously holding the Impact X Division Championship and being the final King of The Mountain Champion.
He also had a very impressive win/loss record, with big victories over the likes of Kurt Angle, Bobby Roode, Drew McIntyre, EC3, Jeff Hardy, James Storm, Austin Aries, Samoa Joe and fellow mixed martial artist Josh Barnett, among more.
What makes Bobby the most legitimate challenger for Brock Lesnar is his MMA record, which, in truth, is far more impressive than Brock Lesnar's. As of his last fight to date in October 2016 (Bobby still has a contract with Bellator) Lashley's MMA record is 15-2.
And in my opinion, Bobby's MMA record is far more impressive than Brock Lesnar's, not just for having for more fights, but for being a better fighter also, which makes him all the more the best possible challenger for Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.
Due to his freakish size, legit toughness and tremendous skill, Bobby is also the best possible replacement for Brock Lesnar once he leaves WWE, as being the next toughest superstar in the company to defeat.
