5 reasons why Roman Reigns must beat Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 34

Roman Reigns is set to face Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship this WrestleMania. This will be Reigns’ fourth straight year in the main-event of Wrestlemania if they do not make Styles VS Nakamura the last match (which is unlikely).

This match has been in the making, since WrestleMania 31, when Lesnar and Reigns collided for the first time. Since every story requires an ending, culminating this feud at WrestleMania is the best option for WWE. They have two well-built wrestlers ready to settle unfinished business.

But many fans have voiced their dislike for this match. They dislike the fact that Roman Reigns has been handed opportunity after opportunity to headline WrestleMania. This match was, however, set in stone, and it will take something very big for WWE to change their plans this close to WrestleMania.

So, whether we like this match or not we have to hope for the best outcome. So here are five reasons why Roman Reigns should walk out of WrestleMania as the new Universal Championship.

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#5 RAW needs a full-time champion

A full-time champion means regular Universal Championship matches

RAW has a lot of main-event talent, but since Lesnar has been champion there has been no top-tier championship for them to compete for on a weekly basis. Lesnar has only defended his championship four times in the past year. His first was against Samoa Joe at the Great Balls of Fire pay-per-view and his last was against Strowman and Kane in a triple-threat match at Royal Rumble in January.

With the top title of the brand on a part-timer, RAW has relied heavily on the Intercontinental Championship. Most of the top stars of the brand have feuded over the championship for the past one year.

Although it has helped elevate the importance of the championship; it has seriously hurt other mid-carders. For instance, Elias deserves to be in the Intercontinental Championship picture. He is a good heel and would do well as an Intercontinental champion, but since the top stars were already competing for it, he didn’t get a chance.

When Roman becomes champion, he will be a full-time champion. The top stars will be contending for the Universal Championship, leaving the Intercontinental Championship for the mid-card.

Surely, after Mania, many injured wrestlers will also be returning so the upper mid-card will be packed. Hence, having both the Intercontinental Championship and Universal Championship on TV every week will help a lot of wrestlers and create many new feuds.

#4 The end of Lesnar’s pointless matches

Is this really the Kane who buried The Undertaker?

From the day Lesnar won the Universal Championship from Goldberg at WrestleMania 33, we all knew he was not going to lose until his predictable clash with Roman Reigns happened.

Lesnar defended the Universal Championship four times over the past year. The first was against Samoa Joe at Great Balls of Fire, the second was in a fatal five-way at SummerSlam, third was against Braun Strowman at No Mercy, and the latest was against Kane and Strowman in a triple-threat at Royal Rumble.

But we all knew that Lesnar was going to retain his championship in these matches. It did not matter how good these matches were, or how strongly WWE built Lesnar’s opponents. It was too predictable, so it felt kind of pointless. One can argue that it helped add more credibility to Samoa Joe and Strowman’s character, but we cannot forget that they were also there to take the loss.

Recently in a live WWE event in Chicago, Lesnar defeated Kane in around 30 seconds. What was the point of that match? It did nothing for Lesnar and only destroyed the credibility of the ‘Big Red Machine’ or whatever was left of it.

When Roman beats Lesnar, there will be no need for the WWE to put on pointless squash matches just to show that the Championship is being defended.

#3 Better and unpredictable matches

This could happen at Backlash

Roman Reigns was never the underdog, but WWE love to portray him as one. This way the 'Big Dog’ fighting against all odds is laughable. But nothing can be taken from his in-ring skills and his ability to have good matches.

His in-ring chemistry with Rollins and Miz has been great, and their matches in recent episodes of RAW have been very good.

Unlike the way Lesnar’s title reign was booked, Reigns’ title reign would be different. That means we will not know when he will lose his title, making his feuds a bit more unpredictable than Lesnar’s.

Roman can draw a reaction from the crowd, be it positive or negative, and that helps people get invested in his matches. Half of the people want to see him win, and the other half want to see him lose. Imagine the crowd reaction when he finally loses that title.

#2 New champions

Can this be a reality?

Roman Reigns is not going to be Champion forever. The WWE at one point of time will have to take the strap off him and give it to someone else.

Can you imagine a face Rollins beating Reigns to become Universal Champion? Or Demon Balor beating Reigns for the Championship?

They are plenty of talented wrestlers who deserve a run for the Universal Championship. Balor deserves a run, Joe deserves a run. Who wouldn’t like to see 'Woken' Matt Hardy become the champion or even Jeff Hardy getting one last run?

The possibilities are endless and it all begins when Roman conquers the Beast at WrestleMania 34.

#1 Let’s just end this

Let this happen already

No matter how much the crowd will boo him or how many people voice their displeasure on the internet, WWE won’t drop the ball with Roman.

He has headlined three WrestleManias and is on the verge to headline another one. This all started when WWE wanted to make him champion back in WrestleMania 31, but the crowd was so against it that they changed their plans and had Rollins cash-in, instead.

After that, there has been this continuous plan to establish him as someone equivalent to Brock Lesnar. They even had him beat the Undertaker at WrestleMania 33 just to show that he can do what Lesnar can do.

WWE wants Roman Reigns to be the man-who-conquered-the-beast so much that it is not even funny anymore.

So, the only way to end all of this is let WWE do what they have wanted to do for a long time. If this does not manage to get Roman over with the fans, then WWE should really start with a plan B.