10 Bold Predictions For WWE In 2018
5. Braun Strowman Doesn't Win A WWE/Universal Title...
Braun Strowman's lone crack at the Universal Title in 2017 was an utter disaster. The butterfly effect of his tepid No Mercy defeat against Brock Lesnar was perhaps even more destructive.
By virtue of his convincing taming by 'The Beast', Strowman had to evade even more death-defying circumstances on his clamber back to the top of the card. He did so by disposing of waste in a way a literal waste disposal unit couldn't to him.
Turning babyface after being turned on by his team at October's Tables, Ladders and Chairs pay-per-view, Strowman bulldozed through The Miz, his Miztourage and The Bar with relative ease, and was permitted to remain alongside Raw lord and saviour Triple H at the climax of the Survivor Series main event. With another believable hurdle required though, WWE hurriedly rebuilt Kane (at the criminal expense of Finn Bálor) just to give 'The Monster Among Men' (or alternatively Brock himself) a bug to squash in the Royal Rumble Universal Title match.
WWE has already constructed a road to WrestleMania made of crazy paving, seemingly looking to shunt Strowman down a side exit marked 'HHH' in order to free up Brock Lesnar for Roman Reigns. Should 'The Big Dog' dethrone 'The Beast', a babyface battle with Braun dwindles in the distant future. Unlike, say, one ever-present threat...