Top 3 Contenders for the Universal Championship after Roman Reigns' Exit

Last night was an emotional one for the WWE fans when they came to know that WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns is battling cancer. Roman opened the show and explained about the disease and said he's had leukemia for 11 years now and will take time away from WWE to take care of his health.

This is a very sad moment for every WWE fans because it doesn't matter whether you hate him or you like him, he is a part of the WWE family and no one wants to see anyone suffer from a disease like this.

WWE had to take actions regarding the state of the Universal Championship and they have now announced that the triple threat match which was booked for Crown Jewel will be a one-on-one match between Lesnar & Strowman for the vacant title.

In this article, we will take a look at top 3 contenders who are in line to become the next Universal Champion-

#3 Braun Strowman / Brock Lesnar

As mentioned above, Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman is now the official match for the Universal Title at Crown Jewel. It only makes sense that one of these two is going to become the next Universal Champion on November 2nd.

After Roman's exit, it'll be a hard decision for WWE to make because he was most probably going to retain at the show. We have no clue about Brock Lesnar's contract details and for how many dates will he be available.

WWE might change plans and book Brock for more shows if they decide to go with him as the champion again. But I believe that it's finally time for "The Monster Among Men" to capture the Universal Title. Just like Reigns, Braun has been chasing the title for a long time now. So it'll be great to finally see him become champion.

Brock Lesnar is not a bad choice but we all know he is not gonna appear to defend that belt. So it's better to go with Strowman as it will create a lot of new & exciting feuds, and we have never seen that before on Raw.

#2 Drew McIntyre

There is one guy who has stepped out of the norm and proved that he has that something to take him to the next level, and his name is Drew McIntyre. "The Scottish Psychopath" has had a great couple of months in WWE now.

He won the RAW Tag Team titles with Dolph Ziggler and is proven to be lethal as a part of the Dogs of War. WWE has made sure to protect him every time they could, and it looks like something big is in store for McIntyre.

He turned on Braun Strowman last week and also ran into a brawl with him on last night's Raw. After a long time, Drew looks like the perfect heel who can beat Braun Strowman. And the best thing about it is that it actually looks believable.

So if Braun wins the title against Brock, we could be heading in for a smashing feud between Drew & Braun.

#1 Dean Ambrose / Seth Rollins

Out of all nights, Dean Ambrose chose last night as the right time to turn on Seth Rollins and break up The Shield. We saw last week that Roman was the one who kept things calm between Rollins and Ambrose. So when Roman left, Dean took the opportunity to let Seth know his feelings about The Shield.

Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins won the tag team titles before Ambrose attacked Rollins. But since that, we haven't heard anything from either of the superstars. It doesn't look like Seth & Dean will stay tag champions for long.

It would make sense for them to feud over the Intercontinental title that Seth hasn't defended in a while. But I think this is only short-term.

While the next feud could be between Braun & Drew, Seth & Dean is waiting to happen for the Universal Championship. Dean has a good reason to want the title and Seth has every reason to fight him after he got betrayed.

Leave a comment below and let us know who according to you is in line to become the next Universal Champion.

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