On Busted Open Radio, Chris Jericho revealed that he was supposed to be the winner of the Universal Championship against Kevin Owens. After winning the title, Jericho would then continue on to ultimately lose to Brock Lesnar. However, Vince McMahon changed his mind. Chris Jericho says:
“It wasn’t supposed to be that way. I was supposed to finish up after WrestleMania, that Monday afterward, and about – I don’t know, December maybe, Vince [McMahon] called me in and he had a big idea – I can probably say this now. The original idea, cause things change all the time, was for me and Kevin Owens to work at WrestleMania, for me to win the title, and then to lose it to Brock in Sacramento at the next pay-per-view (PPV), which was April 30th”
“And so when you get presented with that idea it’s like ‘Sure, of course, I’ll stay for that.’ Then as things go, the Goldberg factor started and Vince changed his mind. At that point, I was already locked in for an extra month”
In the wrestling business, plans change so often. It would have been an awesome way for the title to change hands, though.