Will Brock Lesnar Vs. Roman Reigns Really Be Title Vs Title?
Does "Champion vs. Champion" REALLY mean "Title vs. Title" at WWE WrestleMania 38?
Brock Lesnar claimed the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber 2022 last week, dominating the titular main event by beating all other active participants en route to claiming victory, ending the injured Bobby Lashley's reign.
Lesnar's WrestleMania 38 destiny was already known prior to this. Winning the 2022 Royal Rumble, the 44-year-old announced his intentions to challenge Universal Champion Roman Reigns in April shortly afterwards. Nonetheless, pre-Chamber reporting pointed towards that match becoming a title vs. title fight, presumably as a product of Brock becoming WWE Champion in Saudi Arabia.
WWE started promoting the match as "Champion vs. Champion" immediately after Brock's triumph. This sparked confusion, as that wording didn't necessarily mean that both belts would be on the line.
Fortunately, this has now been cleared up. The latest WWE.com writeup explicitly states the "Title vs. Title" stipulation:-
Brock Lesnar conquered the competition in his first Elimination Chamber Match to win the WWE Championship and punch his ticket to The Show of Shows for a Title vs. Title Match against Universal Champion Roman Reigns.
This will be the first time a wrestler has had the opportunity to leave WrestleMania with two world titles since WM 35, when Becky Lynch became Raw and SmackDown Women's Champion after beating Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey in a Triple Threat.
WrestleMania 38 takes place in Arlington, Texas on 2 and 3 April.