5 reasons Brock Lesnar shouldn't be WWE Universal Champion

Brock Lesnar won the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 33

Let’s get this out of the way right here at the beginning: Brock Lesnar is certainly a believable champion. If the WWE were made up of non-scripted fights, there are very few men who would have any shot whatsoever of beating the Beast Incarnate. He’s big, strong, athletic and classically trained in mixed martial arts.

But the WWE is, instead, a scripted performance of sports entertainment that is so much more than that and includes weekly television shows and storylines. Because of that, Brock Lesnar holding the Universal Championship is a terrible decision, and here are five reasons why.

#1 Others deserve it more

The RAW roster is loaded with talent that performs much more often than Brock Lesnar

Monday Night RAW has caught a lot of criticism for its product when compared to the shows SmackDown LIVE has been putting out. Make no mistake, though, the red brand’s roster is absolutely loaded with singles talent that could be viable choices to hold the Universal Championship.

Even excluding part-timers like Lesnar, Goldberg and the apparently retired Undertaker, former world – or Universal – champions Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, Chris Jericho, Sheamus and Kevin Owens all work on the Monday show.

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Then consider men like Sami Zayn, Samoa Joe, Braun Strowman, the injured Rusev, or even tag competitors like Big E or Cesaro, who would all be incredibly popular choices. Even more important is that all these men work each and every week, both on television and in Live Events.

Passing over all this talent to put the belt on the absolute king of part-time talents would suggest that his perceived ability to draw at major shows is more valuable than their work for the rest of the year.