5 Problems with Braun Strowman vs Brock Lesnar at No Mercy 2017

#2 The outcome is predictable and repetitious

"Lol Lesnar wins" might as well replace "Lol Cena wins" at this point.

Let's get this out of the way really quickly and rip off the bandage fast: Braun Strowman is not going to win the Universal Championship.

Before even Goldberg won the title, there were reports that the plan was for Goldberg to beat Kevin Owens and drop it to Brock Lesnar, who'd then hold it an entire year before losing to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 34.

This has never seemed to fully change, as Dave Meltzer is still beating the same drum that that is the current plan as reported earlier today.

If that's the case, then Strowman assuredly will lose this match and it will be a copy and paste of exactly what we had seen with Samoa Joe vs. Brock Lesnar.

Strowman will be booked strong so he looks like he's a major threat to the title reign — which he's already done by one-upping Lesnar on Raw this week — and the two will talk smack and brawl here and there until Lesnar is victorious at No Mercy.

It's a rinse and repeat of what's been done, so why should anybody care and get their hopes up for something different?

If you're the type of person who complains that John Cena always is the underdog and then wins after being beaten down, you have to extend the same courtesy to this type of booking for Lesnar, since that seems to be WWE's go-to storyline.