As long as Kevin Owens has been in WWE, he’s made it a point to let people know that his dream opponent is Brock Lesnar. For at least the last two years, he has openly campaigned for a WrestleMania match against The Beast Incarnate. The good news: at long last, that match will finally happen. The bad news: Unless you live in New York City and have tickets, you may not ever get to see it.
As of Wednesday, WWE has announced a handful of matches for their return to Madison Square Garden on Sunday, March 12. Keep in mind that this is the week after Raw’s Fastlane pay-per-view, so this assumes Owens makes it through Fastlane with the Universal Championship, but as of right now, a “special attraction match” between Lesnar and Owens for the Universal Championship is being advertised.
Just how special of an attraction is it? Well, this is a Smackdown Live Event, and those two Raw stars will be headlining it. Pretty special!
The advertised matches for that show, as of right now:
- Universal Championship Match: Kevin Owens (c) vs. Brock Lesnar
- WWE Championship Match: John Cena (c) vs. Bray Wyatt
- Randy Orton vs. Luke Harper
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin
- Smackdown Championship Match: American Alpha (c) vs. The Usos
- Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch, Naomi and Tamina vs. Alexa Bliss, Mickie James, Natalya and Carmella (with James Ellsworth)
- Dolph Ziggler vs. Apollo Crews
One million “card subject to change” caveats apply, of course, as this is a month and a half away and as I said, we still have Fastlane to get through. There’s an extremely good chance that Lesnar vs. Owens will not be for a title at all. There’s also an extremely good chance that most fans will never get to see this match. If this is just a test to see how an Owens vs. Lesnar feud would go further down the line, I’m all for it. If it ends up being a one-time-only affair, well then I guess we’ll just wait for some sort of “from the vault” Blu-Ray in 10 years or so.
