5 potential opponents for Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble
It is no secret that unlike every other title in WWE, The Universal Championship is not defended every single month. It would be very disappointing for fans, if the Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar were not booked to compete in a match at the Royal Rumble, the second biggest show of the year.
If Finn Balor is not deemed as 'over' by Vince McMahon or even if (as per the other rumour that has surfaced) Mr McMahon wishes to protect Balor's 'Demon' gimmick, we can list several other contenders for the Beast's title.
For your benefit, we have named 5 opponents for Lesnar who can have competitive and interesting matches with the resident of Suplex City. Bear in mind that these men will be booked to lose, considering the supposed plan is for Roman Reigns to be the 'Beast Slayer' at WrestleMania 34.
What better way to begin a list, than with the master of every list ever created!
#5 Chris Jericho
Every time Chris Jericho returns to WWE for yet another run, he is incredibly 'over' with the WWE Universe. Jericho will compete at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th and should be a bigger star than he ever was, following that cameo.
He would be a great opponent for the Beast and a good contender for the Universal Championship, too.
If Jericho were to return for yet another run, it would more sense to book him in a singles match against Lesnar rather than as an entrant in the Royal Rumble. This last run in the company was his best one thus far, his musical career is going stronger than ever before, and his book did pretty well.
Jericho and Lesnar can also play off their real-life heat, following Lesnar's beatdown on Randy Orton at SummerSlam last year. Jericho got in Lesnar's face, and some heated words were exchanged between the men.