5 events taking place for the first time at WrestleMania: Rare stipulation, huge title defense

When the entire sporting world has come to a standstill, WWE is still managing to give us its weekly shows. One, as a fan, can't begin to imagine how hard it must be for the team to entertain us every week. Kudos to the WWE family for keeping the fans interested in the product in such hard times.

As the world battles the novel coronavirus, WWE has decided to go forth with its annual show, WrestleMania. The Show of Shows is the most awaited PPV for the WWE fans out there. It is the one time that even casual fans tune in to update themselves with what is going on in the world of WWE.

Going ahead with WrestleMania is a bold and brave decision and we hope that the wrestlers remain safe while bringing the show to us. WrestleMania 36 is slated to go down in the history books for obvious reasons.

Let's look at ways in which history will be made at this year's WrestleMania. Irrespective of winners, this WrestleMania has a list of noteworthy firsts that will take place at the event.

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#5 The Boneyard Match

AJ Styles vs The Undertaker is finally happening!

This past week on RAW, AJ Styles challenged The Undertaker to a match that nobody had heard of before -- a Boneyard Match. Styles promised that this match would bring out the version of The Undertaker that has been missing since his first-ever WrestleMania defeat.

What is a Boneyard Match? How does one win? What are the stipulations? Nothing is known as of now, but I have tried to interpret what this match could be here. However the match may play out, AJ Styles has set the world guessing what he has in store for The Deadman at WrestleMania.

#4 Two-day event

Who would have thought?

Usually, WrestleMania is a huge spectacle that begins with the WrestleMania weekend in full swing. Many events take place over a two or three-day period that includes fan interactions with Superstars, the WWE Hall of Fame Ceremony and other entertaining events to give fans the ultimate experience.

Many wrestling enthusiasts may be crushed by the outbreak of the coronavirus because their plans of watching their favorite Superstars perform and maybe a photograph with them have been canceled. Nonetheless, WWE has broken down the one-day extravaganza into two, something that has never been done before.

WrestleMania II staged three separate venues with each venue having its own match card. But then again, all of that happened on one day. This will be the first-ever two day WrestleMania. This also marks the first WrestleMania to take place on a Saturday.

This decision is a great move by WWE because almost seven hours of wrestling at a stretch may be too much for some fans. This also gives a chance to utilize more talent for the main show rather than the pre-show.

#3 No live audience

WrestleMania will have no fans watching live

Midst the coronavirus outbreak, we have witnessed RAW and SmackDown take place in an empty arena. We, as fans watching on our television sets, can feel the emptiness and lack of excitement when a Superstar makes an entrance or during a match.

The WWE Superstars feed off the energy of the crowd. The crowd's cheers are their adrenaline. Many Superstars have mentioned how important it is to have the crowd's interest in their matches. The fans make or break a match and there's no way of judging whether the crowd is enjoying the match when they aren't even present.

The booming chants that the fans have for their favorite wrestlers and even the innovative ones such as "Bluetista" will be missed this year. The fans live in attendance know what they want and WWE makes sure that they are served.

It won't be an easy task for Superstars to perform in front of empty seats. Some Superstars would have never imagined that they would be creating their WrestleMania moments in front of an empty stadium.

#2 NXT Championship defense

The NXT Women's Championship will be on the line

This year's Royal Rumble winner Charlotte Flair made a bombshell announcement when she decided to challenge the NXT Women's Champion Rhea Ripley for the title. This will be the first time that the NXT Championship will be contested for at the Show of Shows.

Charlotte Flair has accomplished everything that there has to in the world of WWE. She was the one to break Asuka's undefeated streak, she has been the RAW Women's Champion as well as the SmackDown Women's Champion. She is a homegrown WWE Superstar and possibly the best female Superstar this industry has seen.

Rhea Ripley, on the other hand, isn't one to back out from a challenge. She is only 23 years of age and has had an incredible run in the independent circuit before associating herself with WWE. In WWE, the Aussie star went on to become the inaugural NXT UK Women's Champion, becoming the first female Australian champion.

Currently the NXT Champion, Ripley isn't someone The Queen should take lightly. Their match may easily be the one that steals the show.

#1 Pre-taped event?

Could this be the first-ever pre-taped WrestleMania?

This year's WrestleMania may be taped earlier and telecasted on the scheduled date instead of it being a live event. As of this writing, this is a rumor and many websites are reporting the same. While we are unsure how true this rumor maybe, this is the first time that such rumors have made headlines.

WWE pre-taping WrestleMania along with other shows such as RAW and SmackDown maybe a sigh of relief for WWE fans. This promises content over the next few weeks/months if matters get worse. The downside though is this gives a chance for spoilers to make the rounds and ruin a much-anticipated event such as WrestleMania.

There is so much unpredictability in the world right now that WWE may just go ahead and pre-shoot its shows. We will have to wait and watch how this pans out and its effect on fans.

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Which of these firsts are you most excited about? What else do you think will make this WrestleMania memorable? Let us know below!