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It was confirmed after Roman Reigns’ victory over Bobby Lashley in the main event of Monday Night Raw this week that the Shield member will face Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam.
"The Big Dog" and "The Beast" have done battle in two singles matches already in 2018, with Lesnar walking out with the victory on both occasions, but many people expected Lashley to be the one to face the former UFC champ in a first-time meeting in August.
Following his loss against Reigns, “The Dominator” walked up the ramp and was seen hitting the ground in frustration after failing to book his ticket to the main event of “The Biggest Party of The Summer”, but is there still a possibility that he could be involved in the Universal Championship match?
In this article, let’s take a look at five reasons to believe that WWE could add Lashley to Lesnar vs. Reigns at SummerSlam to make it a never-before-seen Triple Threat match between the three men.
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#5 Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley are tied at 1-1
Roman Reigns earned his third one-on-one Universal Championship opportunity in four months following his win this week on Monday Night Raw, but does anybody else think this is all a little bit unfair on Bobby Lashley?
Eight days before Monday’s #1 contender match, Lashley defeated Reigns fair and square at Extreme Rules in what many people thought was already an unofficial #1 contender battle to see who would go on to face Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.
Granted, unlike Monday’s match, nobody in WWE ever said that the Extreme Rules encounter was going to determine who would challenge for the Universal Championship next, but it seems harsh on Lashley that he and Reigns both share one clean victory over the other, yet “The Guy” is the only one who gets to face Lesnar.
#4 Fans would hijack Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns
Between April and June, Roman Reigns was involved in three pay-per-view events on US soil and all three of them were hijacked by fans with chants of “Delete”, “Boring”, “CM Punk”, “NXT”, and whatever else the crowd could think of.
It all began at WrestleMania 34 when the WWE Universe had already sat through 13 matches before deciding that they were going to let their frustration heard during the Brock Lesnar vs. Reigns main event, which the majority of fans thought was going to result in a win for the Shield member.
With the match scheduled to happen again next month, it wouldn’t be at all surprising if the Brooklyn crowd gave it the same treatment that the New Orleans crowd did in April – something that probably wouldn’t happen if Bobby Lashley were to be added to the mix.
#3 This might be the only chance to see Bobby Lashley face Brock Lesnar
Bobby Lashley made it clear before his return to WWE that he had his sights set on competing in two ‘dream’ matches for the company: one against Roman Reigns and one against Brock Lesnar.
We’ve already seen the former ECW champion take on “The Big Dog” on two occasions, but we might never get to witness him go head-to-head with Lesnar unless he’s added to the Universal Championship match at SummerSlam.
“The Beast” is destined to return to UFC in early 2019 and, while an immediate exit appears unlikely, it’s still up in the air as to whether we will see him in a WWE ring again after this year’s “Biggest Party of The Summer”.
#2 Bobby Lashley doesn’t have another rivalry lined up
Since returning to WWE in April, Bobby Lashley has feuded with Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and Roman Reigns. However, all three of those rivalries are now over and he doesn’t have a clear opponent in sight for SummerSlam.
After being featured so prominently at Extreme Rules and on Monday Night Raw recently, one imagines that “The Dominator” will appear somewhere on the card, but a singles match against a heel like Baron Corbin or Elias would pale in comparison to a shot at the Universal Championship.
There are still three episodes of Raw before SummerSlam, which gives WWE enough time to build a short-term rivalry for Lashley, but a non-title feud would feel a lot less meaningful than anything he could potentially do with Reigns and Brock Lesnar.
#1 WWE regularly changes ‘confirmed’ matches
Remember when Chris Jericho fought The Undertaker in a casket match at the Greatest Royal Rumble? And when there was a multi-person match at Extreme Rules to determine Brock Lesnar’s next challenger?
No, and, erm, no, because they are just two recent examples of WWE altering pre-advertised matches at the last minute – something that has happened multiple times over the years, even when high-profile match-ups already seem set in stone.
Other than Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley has been the most featured Superstar on Monday Night Raw in the last six weeks, so don’t rule out WWE continuing his Universal Championship storyline!
