goldberg was the 3rd universal champion in wwe.
goldberg was the 3rd universal champion in wwe.
who was the 3rd universal champion in wwe?
goldberg
on the january 2, 2017, episode of "raw", goldberg was the first guest on "the kevin owens show", where he confronted wwe universal champion kevin owens. goldberg declared that he would win the royal rumble on january 29 and face the universal champion at wrestlemania 33. after eliminating brock lesnar from the royal rumble match but failing to win, goldberg accepted lesnar's challenge for a final match at wrestlemania 33 after interrupting owens' and united states champion chris jericho's promo. after owens mocked goldberg, goldberg then challenged owens for the universal championship at fastlane. jericho accepted the match on the behalf of owens and it was made official later that night. owens was initially mad at the decision, but conceded, knowing that jericho would have his back in the match. however, the following week on "raw", owens turned on jericho during jericho's "festival of friendship" for owens, brutally attacking jericho, who was taken to a medical facility. on the february 20 episode of "raw", owens shifted his focus to goldberg. he insulted goldberg and stated that he would outsmart him at fastlane. owens then stopped short of explaining his attack on jericho. goldberg appeared the following week to address the comments made by owens and promised that he would defeat owens and be the universal champion going into his wrestlemania 33 match with lesnar. owens came out, touted how he had defeated everyone he had faced, and then said that he would end goldberg at fastlane.
fastlane (2017)
at money in the bank on may 19, 2019, lesnar made an unannounced return as sami zayn's replacement in the money in the bank ladder match. prior to the match, zayn had been attacked backstage. later, the match began with only seven of the scheduled eight participants. at the climax of the match, lesnar ran-in unannounced, took out ali, who was on top of a ladder, and then won the money in the bank contract, granting him either a universal championship or wwe championship match at any time of his choosing within the next year. after teasing cashing in on universal champion seth rollins and wwe champion kofi kingston and failing an attempt to cash-in on rollins at super showdown, lesnar successfully cashed in his contract to win the universal championship from rollins at extreme rules on july 14 right after rollins and raw women's champion becky lynch had retained their respective titles against baron corbin and lacey evans in a last chance winners take all extreme rules mixed tag team match. this made lesnar the first wrestler to successfully cash in on the universal championship, as well as becoming a record three-time universal champion. rollins then earned a rematch against lesnar at summerslam on august 11.
brock lesnar