10 Last-Minute WWE Great Balls Of Fire Rumours You Need To Know

1. Roman Reigns Beats Braun Strowman

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Brock Lesnar versus Samoa Joe may be the main event of Great Balls of Fire, but the implications for the Roman Reigns versus Braun Strowman ambulance match are nearly as major. This marks the third PPV meeting between the two men in 2017, with each man having won a previous contest.

Unfortunately for Braun Strowman, though, the rubber match is going to "The Guy." After Extreme Rules, Reigns made it clear that he was looking to challenge for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam, and despite the fact that Strowman was originally meant to get the shot at Brock at Great Balls of Fire, a Reigns-Lesnar bout at SummerSlam is very much on the cards. That means that Reigns will be defeating Strowman at Great Balls of Fire, setting the stage for the WrestleMania 31 rematch.

If there's a consolation to the fact that Reigns will, in all likelihood, be Universal Champion come late August, it's that Strowman has grown tremendously as a wrestler and will likely contribute to WWE in a positive way for years to come. On Sunday, though, it's time for the monster to do business.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013