5) “Roman Reigns. Goldberg. Braun Strowman. The 1989 Denver Broncos. Who is walking out of WrestleMania with the Universal Championship and do you think that’s the right call to make?”
MANGO: Ideally, it would have been Roman Reigns as planned. Once that was changed, I’ve been hoping for Strowman to take the title. If they put him in a losing position again, it’ll be even harder for him to ever reach that level. He can’t keep coming close and failing and for that to be good enough.
MITCHELL: I think as long as Goldberg isn’t winning, we’re getting the right move. If Strowman gets this title to oddly enough become a Triple Crown Champion, I want that to be what happens to truly make Mania historic. Then we can revive Strowman VS Roman as a feud onward to SummerSlam, and we can try again for Spear VS Spear, Roman VS Goldberg at Royal Rumble 2021 or Mania 37: Return to Hollywood.
ABSLER: Now that Roman has been scratched from the card due to Coronavirus concerns, I am thinking Strowman leaves with the title. There is simply no reason why Goldberg is the World Champion right now and the sooner it is given to a full time worker who is in ring shape, the better. The only way Goldberg wins at Wrestlemania is if he agrees to work the next couple of shows and lose to someone else which wouldn’t make much sense.
JAY: Now that you mention it, the only right call to leave as Universal Champ would be Warren Sapp of the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
STAPLE: Goldberg cannot walk out of WrestleMania with that title. You’d essentially be doing nothing with it. I never thought this would be the way Strowman would get to the mountain top, but Strowman should be the guy if Roman isn’t.
COOK: The Universal Championship has been snake-bitten its entire existence. It’s always been held by old folks, or part-timers, or transitional champions, or people getting injured. If I was Pro Wrestling Illustrated in the 1980s-90s, I would withhold granting world title status to it, because it hasn’t been earned. A title is made by the people holding it, and the people that have held the Universal Championship have done nothing to make it. This feels like a long road to me saying that I don’t give a crap about it, but it’s true. I don’t care about anybody involved here, which sounds terrible. Roman Reigns came back from cancer. Goldberg came back from senility. Braun Strowman came back from…well, he didn’t come back from anything. Fuck that guy. I’d keep the belt on Goldberg because nobody really cares. I can see Braun winning because he carries the company’s water. But that would just take away from Roman’s eventual win, so I’m guessing Goldberg keeps it.
SCAFIDE: There is something really fishy about this whole situation. I don’t know what to buy into. Here’s what I care to know – WWE is doing a great job in keeping this match tightly guarded. It could be a ruse, it could be what is being said online, it could be something completely different. And honestly, for the first time, this might be an unpredictable championship match (with obviously no build, of course). At this point, Matt Riddle would have made more sense than Braun Strowman in that spot. But who leaves the Performance Center as Universal Champion? Brock Lesnar on the second night’s main event. For it to make sense and the right call, you need to have Brock lose against Drew in night one. Brock comes back looking to take the spot from the already departed Reigns, sends Goldberg into Suplex City, takes the gold and the crowd goes .. err, well. Anyways, here is why it’s the right call. Having Brock win the gold sets up a Reigns v Brock matchup where Reigns does win it. Maybe SummerSlam or well, WrestleMania 37. Either way, the story would only make sense having Reigns going after Brock for what should be his.
