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This year's annual WrestleMania event is currently scheduled to take place on April 5th live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The company's grandest show was originally planned to emanate from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, but due to prevailing circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was moved to WWE's training facility instead.
Seven matches are currently confirmed for the event and there are a couple of matches that are rumored to take place. The two biggest matches going into WrestleMania 36 are Drew McIntyre vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship and Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg for the Universal Championship.
Plus, several big names such as the 16-time WWE world champion John Cena, The Undertaker and Edge will step into the squared circle once again at the Showcase of the Immortals. According to rumors, a few 'Mania matches could be canceled from the planned card.
Here are three rumored matches that could happen at WrestleMania 36 and two that could be nixed.
#3. Could take place - Intercontinental Championship match
At Elimination Chamber, 'The Monster Among Men' Braun Strowman defended his Intercontinental Championship in a three on one handicap match against the trio of Cesaro, Shinsuke Nakamura and Sami Zayn. The odds were obviously against Strowman, as Sami Zayn pinned the former to win his first main roster title in WWE.
The IC Title is a prestigious Championship and it has been defended in a lot of big matches so there's a high chance that it will be on the line on April 5th. Zayn could defend the title against Strowman, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan or he could even defend it in a multi-man match.
#2. Could take place - Kabuki Warriors vs. Natalya & Beth Phoenix vs. Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross (Women's Tag Team Championship)
Another match that could take place at the Show of Shows is the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship match. The reigning champions are Asuka and Kairi Sane. Asuka is one of WWE's biggest Superstars, and she's heavily featured on WWE programming. She has also main-evented several PPVs.
The two wrestlers are established stars, so there's no doubt that they will be in action on April 5th. The team of Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross recently challenged the Kabuki Warriors for the titles, and Beth Phoenix could team up with her real-life friend Natalya, making it a triple-threat tag team match.
#1. Could take place - Bayley vs. Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women's Championship
Bayley shocked the world last year when she turned heel for the first time, joining her best friend Sasha Banks in the dark side. Bayley is the longest-reigning SmackDown Women's Champion, and as of this writing, she doesn't have a WrestleMania match yet, neither does Sasha Banks.
Bayley will most likely put her title on the line at The Grandest Stage of Them All, and there's no better opponent for her than 'The Boss' Sasha Banks. The two stars know each other very well and they're capable of putting on another memorable match. The Boss could turn on her friend and challenge her for the title or she could win a match to determine Bayley's challenger.
If this match does indeed happen, Sasha Banks should capture the SmackDown Women's Championship and have a long reign with the title, which she deserves.
#2. Might be canceled - Men and Women's Battle Royal matches
WWE traditionally holds a 1-hour kick-off show for each of their PPVs, with the WrestleMania version running up to 2 hours. During the kick-off shows, few matches take place while the crowd is making their way into the venue. Every year, multiple Superstars take part in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and multiple women take part in the Women's Battle Royal match.
This year, however, WrestleMania will be held in the WWE Performance Center with no audience, so there might not be any preliminary matches at the event. Hell, there might not even be a pre-show. As we mentioned before, WWE is canceling a few matches from the planned card, so the Battle Royal matches could be among the matches that will be nixed.
#1. Might be canceled - Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler
On the 14th February episode of SmackDown on FOX, Otis and Mandy Rose were supposed to go out on a date. The Heavy Machinery member got a text from his date saying that she was coming in late. When Otis arrived at the venue, he saw Dolph Ziggler and Mandy Rose together.
He was left heartbroken, and ever since, he's wanted to lay waste to Dolph Ziggler. At Elimination Chamber, he almost got his chance to destroy The Show-off when he tried to send the latter through the Chamber pod. Unfortunately, Ziggler got out of the way, and Otis crashed through the pod and landed outside on the floor.
The two stars were rumored to clash at 'Mania 36, but there's a chance the match could be ruled out by WWE.
