4. Brock Lesnar Defeats Big E, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, and Bobby Lashley for the WWE Championship (Day 1, 2022)
Chaos ensued at Day 1 on January 1, 2022, as Brock Lesnar was originally scheduled to challenge Roman Reigns for the Universal Championship. However, the Tribal Chief sat out as he was diagnosed with COVID-19, causing their match to be cancelled.
Nevertheless, Big E’s task in retaining the WWE Championship became increasingly harder. Former world champions Seth Rollins, Bobby Lashley, and Kevin Owens were eyeing up Big E’s WWE Title, originally booked as a fatal-4-way match. However, the Beast Incarnate was a last-minute addition to the bout, making it a fatal-five-way match.
This WWE Championship match lasted less than nine minutes, but it was full of drama. In the closing stages, Lesnar nailed Big E with the F-5, clinching his sixth WWE Championship and throwing a curveball on the road toward the 2022 Royal Rumble in a twist that no one saw coming. Lesnar ended up defending his WWE Championship against Lashley in a dream match at the 2022 Royal Rumble.
