3 Early Predictions for WrestleMania 35

With Fastlane in the rear view mirror, there is nothing else standing between WWE and WrestleMania 35. WWE will broadcast the Showcase of the Immortals live on Pay Per View April 7, 2019 from MetLife Stadium, home of the NFL’s New York Giants and Jets and home of WrestleMania 29.

As of today, there are only two official matches on the card. Seth Rollins will look to reclaim the WWE Universal Championship as he clashes with “The Beast” Brock Lesnar. Also, in what will likely be a historic main event, Ronda Rousey will defend the RAW Women’s Championship against “The Queen” Charlotte Flair and “The Man” Becky Lynch. However, you can expect many more matches to be added to the card as WrestleMania will likely run seven plus hours again.

Other matches you can expect to see on the card are Triple H vs Batista, Shane McMahon vs The Miz, Randy Orton vs AJ Styles, and Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston for the WWE Championship. It is also likely that Roman Reigns will have a singles match as well, the only question is who will it be against?

These will likely be the main singles matches on the show. The matches for the mid-card and tag titles will likely be multi man/women matches so everyone will get on the card. Don’t be surprised as well if some pull double duty on WrestleMania night as spots will need to be filled for the Andre the Gian Battle Royal as well as the Women’s Battle Royal. There will likely also be multi promo segments with legends as well as musical performances.

With all of that being said, here are three early predictions for WrestleMania 35. Make sure you stay tuned top Sportskeeda for the latest breaking news and rumors as WrestleMania draws closer and closer.

#3 Kofi Kingston will finally win the WWE Championship

Kofi Kingston will inevitably get his match against Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship

After being sidelined by Vince McMahon twice in the past few weeks, Kofi Kingston will inevitably get his match against Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship. That match will happen at WrestleMania and Kofi will put an end to Bryan’s “reign of horror” and finally win the big one after eleven years.

Kofi picked up the ball that he was given when Mustafa Ali was removed from the Elimination Chamber due to injury. Ali got his championship match last night as he joined Kevin Owens in the WWE Championship match against Bryan, but fell short. The two questions left are how will Kofi get into the title match at WrestleMania and will it be a one on one match?

I can see Kofi getting the title match by either allowing Kofimania run wild much like the Yes Movement did in 2014 until Bryan got his match against Triple H. Kofi’s story is eerily similar to Bryan’s story heading into WrestleMania 30. I can also see Vince stating that Kofi needs to defeat someone or multiple people to get his match. To drive up the drama, I could see him having to defeat his New Day brethren to do so.

As for whether it will be a singles match or not. The only reason this could be a multi man match is that Kevin Owens could have a gripe that he was not prepared for a triple threat match and was anticipating it being just him and Bryan for the title. However, that wouldn’t be a babyface thing to do, so I see the WWE Title match at WrestleMania just being Kofi vs Bryan.

In the climax to the match, I can see Erick Rowan and a possibly returned Luke Harper trying to get involved to cost Kofi, but the New Day are out to thwart those attempts and Kofi hits Trouble on Paradise to Bryan to pick up the victory and get a massive pop from the crowd!

#3 The Women will main event WrestleMania for the first time ever, with Becky Lynch coming out victorious

Fully expect the RAW Women’s Championship match between Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch

Even though the booking for this match has deteriorated since the Royal Rumble, I fully expect the RAW Women’s Championship match between Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch to close the show.

Not only will it get WWE headlines as having women close out their biggest show of the year for the first time ever, but out of any of the matches announced or rumored, this one has the best build up and most fans interest. A majority of that has to deal with Becky Lynch.

Although her booking has cooled down a lot since the Royal Rumble, from her tapping to Asuka cleanly to dealing with her knee “injury” and hobbling on crutches all of the time, Lynch still has the fans firmly in her corner. The fans feel that she has been overshadowed for too long and deserves the spotlight that Charlotte has. Fans have also soured on Rousey lately as well, especially due to her recent Twitter antics.

Fans wanted this to be a one on one match between Lynch and Rousey, but that isn’t happening, although one can argue that having Charlotte in the match makes it better from an in-ring perspective. I can see WWE pulling a fast one on everyone by having Becky win the match, but having her pin Charlotte and not Rousey in order to keep Ronda strong and keep her singles record undefeated. Either way fans will get the happy ending with Lynch holding the title high once again, so I don’t think many will complain.

#1 Brock Lesnar will retain the Universal Championship

By far the boldest prediction of the night

This is by far the boldest prediction of the night so far, but I have a suspicious feeling that Brock Lesnar will be retaining the Universal Championship at WrestleMania against Seth Rollins.

This feels a lot like last year's WrestleMania where practically everyone thought that Roman Reigns would defeat Lesnar to win the Universal Championship, but he didn’t. Then everyone thought Reigns would defeat Lesnar inside a steel cage at the Greatest Royal Rumble, but that didn’t happen either so I can see WWE pulling the same stunt here.

Since winning the Royal Rumble, Rollins and Lesnar have had only one interaction and that interaction saw Lesnar destroy Rollins. So, it is safe to say the build to this match has been nonexistent. Rollins has been more pre-occupied with the Shield than winning the Universal Championship.

Plus, if Rollins wins, who does he feud with? Besides a “friendly” feud with Reigns, we have seen him against all of the top heels on RAW numerous times. We have seen endless Rollins vs McIntyre, Rollins vs Lashley, and Rollins vs Corbin matches that Rollins winning the belt wouldn’t excite me since these would be the most likely feuds, we would get.

I can also see WWE wanting to keep the belt on Lesnar to get maximum publicity for Lesnar’s potential UFC match that might happen in the coming months. As much as fans would hate this, now that Roman Reigns is back and healthy, I can see them going back to the old formula and have Reigns take the title from Lesnar again. Also, since this match is unlikely to close out the show, the outrage from fans won’t be as bad as it could be if this match was the main event of the evening.