{"id":134005,"date":"2022-02-25T19:45:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T01:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=134005"},"modified":"2022-02-25T19:45:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T01:45:09","slug":"wwe-championship-and-universal-championship-to-be-unified-at-wrestlemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/02\/25\/wwe-championship-and-universal-championship-to-be-unified-at-wrestlemania\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Championship and Universal Championship to be unified at WrestleMania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1148461006\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>The WWE Championship and Universal Championship are to set to be unified at WrestleMania 38.<\/p>\n<p>The company announced on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\">WWE.com<\/a> Friday afternoon that the Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns winner take all match for both belts on WrestleMania Sunday would unify both belts as well. Michael Cole and Pat McAfee confirmed the news on this week&#8217;s episode of Smackdown.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s Winner Take All in a Championship Unification Match in the Biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WrestleMania<\/a> Match of All-Time! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERomanReigns?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWERomanReigns<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrockLesnar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrockLesnar<\/a> will make it official TONIGHT on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmackDown<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeymanHustle?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HeymanHustle<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QCfJozHipY\">pic.twitter.com\/QCfJozHipY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1497377569183834113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time since 2016 in which there will only be one world&#8217;s championship in the men&#8217;s division. 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