This was a truly epic WrestleMania, and it doesn’t even feel like a massive venue when WWE holds WrestleMania at these gigantic Football stadiums; rather, it just feels normal. This is the vision that Vince McMahon always had for his brainchild. Check out WWE’s 50 best photos from WrestleMania 35.
Fans have to be overwhelmingly ecstatic that all three of the major babyfaces this year won, being Seth Rollins, Becky Lynch and Kofi Kingston. On a personal note, that would have been my ideal scenario; I just never anticipated for it to happen, given that last year, all the major faces failed to win their matches.
It is huge that Seth Rollins was able to bring the Universal Championship back to Monday Night Raw. Brock Lesnar may be finally headed back to UFC to fight Daniel Cormier in August (or at least that’s the deal for now). Seth may go on to hold the title until at least SummerSlam. I am almost certain that he will go on to feud with Roman Reigns in the near future (everyone saw that coming).
Randy Orton should go on to have an extended feud with AJ Styles because the beef between them has gotten very personal. As far as the match goes, I would have never foreseen AJ winning (I may have drawn up a scenario where Orton hits an RKO out of nowhere).
WWE needs to either completely change the character of Lacey Evans or simply stop trying altogether. There’s no doubt that she’s extremely talented, but this character which could be put into a time machine, transported back 50 years and fit right in, is hurting the product and wasting people’s time.
The Usos are one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history, and it’s a smart decision to keep the titles on them.
Ricochet and Aleister Black also deserve mentioning as they had a busy weekend for working two matches.
The Miz and Shane McMahon had a crazy finish to their match, however Miz will probably move on to bigger and better things because Shane usually takes a leave of absence from in-ring work after WrestleMania.
It’s hard to believe that the IIconics won the Women’s Tag Team Championship. They can be a bit annoying so no one should get their hopes up that they will hold the titles for any extended period.
KofiMania is here! This was a very intelligent booking decision by Vince McMahon. It’s a very good thing that he listened to his audience and made Kofi Champion (he learned from his experience with Daniel Bryan). Kofi may be simply a transitional champion who does not hold the title for very long, maybe a month or two, but at least he can add that to his resume. The biggest storyline development that may result from this title victory is that it may plant the seeds for the New Day to split, unfortunately. This is truly one of the great tag teams in WWE history, so it’s important to appreciate them and what they’ve done for the company.
Samoa Joe is a man who, I expected, was largely favored to retain his championship. Rey Mysterio is someone who can afford a loss like this. At this stage of his career, he is mainly still doing it to give back to the business because he has done everything there is to do. Joe, however, is still working in a win at his first WrestleMania – this is huge for him. He should go on to hold the United States Championship for quite some time, until SummerSlam at least.
Personally, I would have booked Drew McIntyre to beat Roman Reigns because a loss wouldn’t have hurt Reigns that much and it would’ve catapulted McIntyre into the top heel role on Raw immediately, but the feel-good story of Roman Reigns coming back so soon from his illness can be appreciated for sure. Vince McMahon has to be thrilled that Reigns has been solidified into the top babyface role after years of his push not working the way he envisioned. Reigns’ next task will be positioning himself as the unquestionable owner of the title by defeating Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship.
I’m unsure of the direction of Elias, and was genius for WWE to have the Doctor of Thuganomics return. This is the last thing anyone would have guessed as far as the plans for John Cena. I wasn’t sure if WWE would still allow John to do this character since WWE has gone PG, but it is very creative.
It was very unselfish of Kurt Angle to put over Baron Corbin in his retirement match. WWE looks to be giving it one final attempt with the push of Corbin. I am less than optimistic because a couple other tries have failed thus far, and he is not resonating with fans particularly well. If this attempt does not work, then maybe WWE should consider releasing him.
The Demon gave a good performance and won the Intercontinental Championship. Maybe he could have a feud in the future with someone like Apollo Crews.
One has to appreciate how much Ronda Rousey has elevated the women’s division in WWE over the course of the last year. She may be the quickest superstar to headline WrestleMania. This also virtually guarantees that Becky Lynch will remain at the top of the card in the women’s division for the next several years, because she has agreed to an extension with WWE.
Lastly, the value of Charlotte Flair cannot be underestimated because she gives the best performance in every match she participates in and is simply a gifted athlete.
Side Note: This was a great show WWE put on as Newsweek aptly highlighted. It was apparently a stress-filled nightmare putting it on, but it was very well done and seemed to go on without a hiccup.