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The Crown Jewel event is all set to take place in Saudi Arabia on November 2, amid much controversy. The event has already seen two of WWE’s biggest stars, John Cena and Daniel Bryan pull out.
The event will also host the first ever WWE World Cup, which surprisingly features Superstars billed from the United States only.
The event will also see Braun Strowman take on Brock Lesnar for the vacant Universal Title. While Lesnar will try to make history by becoming the first man to win the title twice, Strowman will try to win his first individual championship in the company.
The Universal Championship was left vacant by Roman Reigns who had beaten Brock Lesnar to win the title but had to vacate it only a bit more than two months later to battle his illness.
While Strowman is the favorite to win the vacant Championship at Crown Jewel on November 2, and bag his first individual title, there are a few reasons why he shouldn’t win the title at Crown Jewel.
#3 He has never held a championship in the past
Braun Strowman has been one of the most destructive men in the WWE since his introduction in the Wyatt Family. He’s been on a demolition course since, taking down many top superstars including John Cena, Kevin Owens, Big Show, and Roman Reigns.
It’s surprising to note that even though Strowman has been an unstoppable force, he still hasn’t won a single championship in his career with the WWE or before. That comes as a surprise to many, who have wanted to see the big man as a champion for a long time, and therefore are cheering to crown him the next Universal Champion.
Strowman has won a single tag team championship which he had to vacate within a few hours, which leaves the man without any experience of how to carry himself as a champion.
If the WWE had put the Intercontinental Championship or the Tag Team championship on him before pushing him for the top prize, he would have been ready to tackle the challenge by now.
Even though many will disagree, but his promos and his stare downs are still much less intimidating as compared to weaker superstars because he is yet to have the psychological advantage of being a former champion.
#2 He’s built as an unstoppable force
How do you put a title on a man who has been hailed as an unstoppable force, and then make him lose the title later on when required?
This will be a big challenge for the WWE, as it took them a lot of work to make Lesnar lose the championship in a convincing manner where he didn’t look weak, and Roman Reigns still came out on top. If their plan is to do the same with subsequent unstoppable forces, then it could prove to be boring.
Reigns was a good choice for a champion as he was a fighting wrestler who seemed more mortal than both Lesnar and Strowman. Hence, he was chosen ahead of Strowman, and each match that a wrestler would have had against Roman would make the fans believe that either one could win.
With Strowman being a champion, squash matches would make the championship matches and main events repetitive, and if Strowman has longer matches during his championship reign where his opponent would stand an equal chance, then dropping his dominance at such a point would result in damaging his image as the Monster Among Men.
#1 The Beast is just too intimidating to take a clean pinfall
Brock Lesnar is the most intimidating force in the WWE. Even though fans hated him during his time as the Universal Champion, they couldn’t help but get goosebumps each and every time his music hit and he walked out to the ring.
Nothing has changed since he dropped the title to Roman Reigns, and even now he is as intimidating as he was before.
Reigns would have been the top choice to come out victorious at Crown Jewel, and now with his absence, Strowman is the favorite. But how do you sell a second consecutive pinfall loss in singles competition for Brock Lesnar?
Lesnar will be returning to the UFC soon, and wouldn’t want to be insulted by his opponents when he goes up for the UFC Heavyweight Championship, nor is he kind enough to allow the WWE to let him take the fall to put another wrestler on top.
Letting Lesnar take another pinfall loss will affect his overall image if he plans to continue working with the company in the future. The chances for interference by McIntyre in the match are high, but that’ll surely affect Strowman more than Lesnar.
Will the WWE crown Brock Lesnar the Universal Champion once again and let Strowman conquer McIntyre first before coming back to take the title away from him?
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