daniel bryan is the new universal champion in wwe.
daniel bryan is the new universal champion in wwe.
who is the new universal champion in wwe?
daniel bryan
following strowman's legit elbow injury, reigns set his sights back on newly universal champion brock lesnar, which led raw general manager kurt angle to schedule a universal championship number one contender's extreme rules fatal five-way match for extreme rules on june 4 between reigns, bray wyatt, finn bálor, samoa joe and seth rollins that reigns failed to win. on the june 19 episode of "raw", reigns challenged whoever would be the wwe universal champion at summerslam, but later that night strowman returned in an ambulance and cost reigns his match with joe, before attacking and challenged him to an ambulance match at great balls of fire on july 9. reigns lost the match at the event, but subsequently attacked and locked strowman inside the ambulance before driving it into a production truck. at summerslam on august 20, reigns was pinned by brock lesnar in a wwe universal championship match also involving strowman and joe. after a brief feud with john cena, reigns defeated him at no mercy on september 24 and the next night on "raw" described it as the biggest win in his career.
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new universal champion seth rollins proclaimed that, unlike brock lesnar, he would be a fighting champion. he was then interrupted by the new day; new wwe champion kofi kingston challenged rollins to a "winner takes all" match that rollins accepted, but the match ended in disqualification when the bar attacked kingston. new raw draftee aj styles then earned a universal championship match against rollins at money in the bank, while kevin owens began a feud with kingston, leading to a wwe championship match at the same event. before money in the bank, former wwe champion daniel bryan received a rematch for the title on the may 6 episode of "raw", but was unsuccessful in regaining the title–although the two were smackdown wrestlers, vince mcmahon introduced a "wild card rule" allowing up to four wrestlers to appear on the opposing brand's show by invitation going forward.
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