WWE Royal Rumble 2017: 5 Reasons Brock Lesnar Should Not Win

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5. He Has Main-Evented Against Roman Reigns Before

If Lesnar were to win the Royal Rumble and challenge for the World Title, odds are he’d go for the WWE Universal Championship. After all, he was drafted to RAW in the July draft, so challenging for the WWE Championship wouldn’t make sense. And if Lesnar does challenge for the Universal title, then odds are he’d be facing Roman Reigns in the ‘Mania main event.

No offense to Kevin Owens, but this is Vince McMahon we’re talking about. If he had to choose between Reigns and Owens at WrestleMania, there’s no doubt he’d choose Reigns, simply because of his stubbornness and insistence on having his initial plans seen through, no matter how much backlash they receive.

So again, if Lesnar were to win the Rumble, he’d be facing Roman Reigns in the WrestleMania main event. Remember how well that match went the first time? Yes, it was a good match, but the majority of the audience rejected Reigns en masse. Reigns was booed heavily in the match, and it was only thanks to Seth Rollins’ surprise MITB cash-in that a catastrophe was avoided so narrowly.

So if WWE were to make Lesnar/Reigns as the ‘Mania main event again, things would be even worse for Reigns than they were at WrestleMania 32. Lesnar, no matter how little he cares about pro wrestling in general, will always be cheered more than Reigns. He’s an unstoppable badass that doesn’t take anything from anyone, and the audience still loves him.

Pitting him against Reigns at WrestleMania would simply be career suicide for Reigns, as he’d get an even worse reaction than his last main event.