Here’s What Was Originally Planned For The WWE Title At Day One

What could have been. Last weekend, WWE presented its first ever Day One event, marking what might be a new tradition for the company. The show did have a big card, but it was not the one that was originally advertised. The announced main event of Universal Champion Roman Reigns defending against Brock Lesnar did not happen due to Reigns contracting the Coronavirus. Lesnar wound up winning the WWE Title instead after being inserted into the match. Now we might know what was coming before the change.

According to Dave Meltzer in an article for Sports Illustrated, the original plans for the WWE Title match at Day One would have called for Seth Rollins to win the title. There is no word on what would have been next for Rollins after he won the championship. In addition, the Reigns vs. Lesnar match would have featured Paul Heyman officially siding with Lesnar, which wound up taking place two days later on Monday Night Raw instead.

It was a busy night. Check out how the match went down and what we almost had as champion:

Opinion: That’s rather interesting and a bit surprising. It does make me wonder where things are going, as Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley is set for the Royal Rumble. I’m not sure I could imagine Rollins vs. Lashley for the pay per view title match, but it would not have been the worst idea. Either way, at least they had a good match to get to the new champion, though what could have been is rather fascinating.

What do you think of the original plan? How would you see it going? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 60,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 6,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his- Amazon author page with 30 wrestling books.

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