11 Main Event Mistakes WWE Have Made In 2022

… Which brings us to arguably WWE’s biggest misstep of 2022 thus far.

On paper, the concept of one Undisputed WWE Universal Champion sounds like a capital idea. It centralizes the focus on one champion at the top of the mountain. It broadens the field of challengers to both brands instead of just one. The individuals fortunate enough to be in contention automatically feel like a bigger deal.

Usually.

To be clear, Roman Reigns triumphing over Lesnar at WrestleMania 38 after seven years of frustrations was absolutely the correct call. Between bloodbaths, technicalities, health scares cutting title runs short and Seth Rollins’ ‘Heist of the Century’, ‘The Head of the Table’ definitely earned his moment in the sun. By this juncture, however, Reigns’ run at the top had exceeded 600 days and it was becoming increasingly clear he was running low on potential opponents. The list of those who could presumably dethrone him was even shorter as WWE had failed to build a credible threat in the interim–outside Lesnar.

Since 2014, WWE’s tunnel vision in building Reigns as the future and Lesnar as the proverbial ‘final boss’ for Roman to conquer has been to their detriment. The rivalry has been done to death. Now that Roman quite literally stands alone at the top with not one but both championships, it feels as though very few if any are on his level.

On second thought, perhaps there are still some lightly-traveled rivalries that can cloud the outcome to some degree.