brock lesnar is the current universal champion in wwe.
brock lesnar is the current universal champion in wwe.
who is the current universal champion in wwe?
brock lesnar
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)
in 2012, cmll world heavyweight champion el terrible defeated new japan pro wrestling's iwgp heavyweight champion tanahashi to win the tournament. the following year, tanahashi, now the cmll world tag team champion, became the second japanese winner of the tournament by defeating mexican national trios champion rush in the finals. in 2014, cmll world trios champion and the 2009 universal champion último guerrero defeated the nwa world historic middleweight champion and 2011 universal champion la sombra to become the first two-time universal champion.
cmll universal championship