During Friday night's episode of SmackDown, it was confirmed that Brock Lesnar will challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship at the Day 1 PPV on January 1. Many fans have wondered why WWE is pitting them against each other prior to WrestleMania, but we now have some details.
According to Dave Meltzer, "Regarding Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar as the main event for Day One, this is scheduled to be a multi-match series and this being one of the matches in the series."
In other words, they're still set to square off at the Show of Shows, and we wouldn't be at all surprised by another screwy finish in order to set the stage for Lesnar to win the Royal Rumble match. It's a little odd that the Head of the Table has been built up to be an unstoppable threat, only for a part-timer to likely dethrone him when that spot could have been given to an up-and-comer.
After all, that would have given WWE a potential new top star, but it seems they're committed to Lesnar vs. Reigns on the Grandest Stage of Them All.
Assuming Reigns retains at Day 1, he'll beat Lesnar's record-breaking reign as WWE Championship and if he beats him at WrestleMania...well, we'll see who is next for him. WWE still wants to pit the Big Dog against Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, so having him go through Lesnar could set the stage for that (though it might mean another year of Reigns burying full-time Superstars).
Stay tuned for updates.