Who Is The WWE Universal Champion 2021?
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Who Is The WWE Universal Champion 2021? As of right now, the WWE Universal Champion is Brock Lesnar.
Introduction
The WWE Universal Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the SmackDown brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE Championship on the Raw brand. The current champion is Roman Reigns, who is in his second reign.
The WWE Universal Championship
The WWE Universal Championship is a world championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE on the Raw brand. It is one of two world titles for WWE’s main roster, along with the WWE Championship on the SmackDown brand. The current universal champion is Roman Reigns, who is in his second reign.
The title was established as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on July 19, 2016, a unification of the WWE Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship. The title was originally represented by a physical belt that was used to crown the inaugural universal champion, Finn Bálor. After Brock Lesnar defeated Goldberg for the title at WrestleMania 33, Lesnar’s advocate Paul Heyman introduced a new red-and-black customized championship belt to represent the title.
In May 2018 at Backlash, WWE retired the original world heavyweight championship after 17 years and unifying it with their other world championship, the WWE Championship, to form the Universal Championship.
The Current WWE Universal Champion
As of 2021, the current WWE Universal Champion is Roman Reigns. He won the title at WrestleMania 37, defeating both Edge and Daniel Bryan in a triple threat match. This was Reigns’ fourth time winning the Universal Championship, setting a new record.
The Previous WWE Universal Champions
The following is a list of all the WWE Universal Champions, from the inaugural champion Goldberg to the current champion Roman Reigns.
– Goldberg (Won at Survivor Series 2016)
– Kevin Owens (Won at Fastlane 2017)
– Brock Lesnar (Won at WrestleMania 33)
– Goldberg (Won at The Greatest Royal Rumble 2018)
– Brock Lesnar (Won at Crown Jewel 2018)
– Seth Rollins (Won at WrestleMania 35)
– “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Won at Hell in a Cell 2019)
– “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Won at Survivor Series 2019)
– “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Won at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs 2019)
– Braun Strowman (Won at WrestleMania 36, Night One)
– Braun Strowman (Won at Payback 2020)
– Universal Champion Roman Reigns (as of WWE Payback 2020)
Conclusion
As of right now, there is no WWE Universal Champion. The title was vacated on the March 16, 2021 episode of RAW when Braun Strowman was defeated by Drew McIntyre in a Steel Cage match.
