Next week’s episode of Monday Night RAW will feature a big match. Samoa Joe will take on Roman Reigns, with the winner getting a shot at Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship at Summerslam.
There are a ton of rumors and speculation about the match next week. Also, what will this mean in regards to the plans for Summerslam?
Let’s go through a couple of the rumors and theories that are floating around.
Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio (subscribe here), speculates that the plan is likely still Brock vs Roman unless WWE changes their minds. This match was the rumored original plan for Wrestlemania 34 next year but it seems as if WWE changed their plans to move it up for the Summer.
While saying that is the likely direction, Meltzer suggests WWE should do a triple threat for the title. Meltzer doesn’t like the idea of Joe losing cleanly next week to Reigns for a few reasons. One is that Joe is very hot right now coming off the angle with Lesnar. If WWE wanted to set up Reigns vs Brock, they don’t need to have Joe lose another match next week and could have set it up another way. Meltzer also likes the idea of Roman Reigns never having beaten Joe as a potential storyline for when Reigns is Universal Champion. This would set up a big Pay-Per-View match between them down the road. If Joe loses next week, it kills that possibility off.
Another possibility floating around from fans is that Braun Strowman could interfere in the match next week to make it a Fatal 4-Way for the title at Summerslam: Brock vs Joe vs Reigns vs Strowman. This is only speculation but we have to think that Strowman will be involved in some way next week. Maybe a fatal 4-way it is?
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We will have to wait and see what happens. Reminder as always to take rumors with a grain of salt. What match would you book if you were i charge of WWE?