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WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One wowed members of the WWE Universe inside Raymond James Stadium and around the world last night.
The sports entertainment extravaganza marked the first time that live fans had been in attendance for a WWE show for one year, one month and one day.
Despite the opening of the show being delayed for over 30 minutes because of an adverse weather warning, the opening night of the showcase of the immortals was a resounding success with WrestleMania 37 Night One being critically acclaimed on social media.
Night One of WrestleMania 37 featured a plethora of spectacular and memorable WrestleMania moments that will live forever in the minds and hearts of WWE fans around the world.
Let's take a closer look at five of the best photos from WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One.
#5 AJ Styles and Omos win the RAW Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 37
WrestleMania 37 Night One featured the WWE in-ring debut of Monday Night RAW Superstar Omos. The seven-foot, four-inch giant superstar teamed up with his associate AJ Styles to challenge The New Day for their RAW Tag Team Championships.
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods certainly had a game plan heading into the match. The New Day ensured that AJ Styles was cut off from his tag team partner, preventing Omos from tagging into action for the majority of the match.
However, The Phenomenal One was eventually able to finally tag his huge associate into the match, marking his first ever WWE in-ring appearance. Omos quickly made light work of both members of The New Day. Omos hit a series of back breakers on Xavier Woods before lifting up and slamming Kofi Kingston to the mat with a two-armed chokeslam.
In a move reminiscent of The Ultimate Warrior pinning "Macho Man" Randy Savage at WrestleMania XII, Omos then won the match for his team by simply placing his foot onto the chest of Kofi Kingston to crown AJ Styles and himself as the new RAW Tag Team Champions.
#4 Bobby Lashley retains the WWE Championship in the opening match of WrestleMania 37 Night One
WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One's opening match saw the WWE Championship up for grabs.
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley defended the title against former champion Drew McIntyre. The Scottish Warrior's spectacular WrestleMania 37 entrance marked the first WWE Superstar entrance in front of a live crowd on WWE television for over 12 months.
However, once the match began, McIntyre and Lashley didn't hold back in going toe-to-toe in an incredibly physical and brutal bout. Drew McIntyre seemingly had the match won as he was setting up to hit the Claymore Kick finisher on the WWE Champion. But, Lashley's manager MVP distracted Drew McIntyre long enough for Bobby Lashley to move to safety.
This led to the closing moments of the match in which Bobby Lashley was finally able to lock in his Hurt Lock submission hold onto his opponent. Despite his best efforts to fight out of the hold, Drew McIntyre was unable to break the Hurt Lock, causing him to lose consciousness. Therefore, Bobby Lashley shockingly retained the WWE Championship via technical submission.
#3 Bad Bunny's incredible WrestleMania 37 Night One performance
WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One saw rap sensation Bad Bunny make his WWE in-ring debut has he teamed with Damian Priest to take on the team of The Miz and John Morrison.
The Grammy and Billboard Award-winning rapper made a spectacular entrance prior to the match, heading into Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida on top of a semi truck to the adulation of the entire WWE Universe in attendance.
Bad Bunny followed his entrance with an incredible performance during the match. The Spotify Artist of 2020 started the match off against The Miz and worked the majority of the match against Miz and Morrison, demonstrating an impressive array of offense and selling throughout the match.
Bad Bunny and Damian Priest even hit simultaneous broken arrows on their opponents before Bad Bunny incredibly hit a Canadian Destroyer on John Morrison outside of the ring.
The final moments of the match saw Bad Bunny and Damian Priest hit a crossbody version of The Doomsday Device onto The Miz, allowing Bad Bunny to pin The Miz to seal a victorious WWE in-ring debut at WrestleMania 37 Night One.
#2 Bianca Belair carries Sasha Banks into the ring during the main event of WrestleMania 37 Night One
WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One featured an historic main event as Sasha Banks defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Bianca Belair.
The match marked the second time that female WWE Superstars had main evented WrestleMania and the first time two African-American women had main evented WrestleMania in WWE history.
The match featured some incredible feats of strength by Bianca Belair. This included the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble winner catching Sasha Banks after The Boss hit a suicide dive and carrying the SmackDown Women's Champion over her head, up the ring steps and into the ring.
After Sasha Banks attempted to utilize Bianca Belair's hair at various points throughout the match, the challenger whipped Banks viciously in the stomach with her long braid. Belair then followed this up with the KOD to pick up the victory and become the SmackDown Women's Champion for the first time in her career.
It was certainly a star-making moment for Bianca Belair as the new SmackDown Women's Champion officially became The EST of WWE.
#1 Vince McMahon and the entire WWE roster welcome live fans in attendance back to WrestleMania
WWE WrestleMania 37 opened with an incredible, heartwarming WrestleMania moment that will live in the hearts and minds of the WWE Universe for enternity.
Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, WWE fans have been unable to attend WWE live events and TV tapings for over 12 months. However, this all changed last night at WrestleMania 37 Night One. For the first time in one year, one month and one day, the WWE Universe was in the crowd to support and cheer for their favorite WWE Superstars.
Celebrating the occasion, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon, The McMahon family and the entire WWE roster stood on the WrestleMania 37 stage and welcomed the WWE Universe back and welcomed them to WrestleMania.
This was then followed by Bebe Rexha delivering a heartwarming rendition of America The Beautfiul to a standing ovation. Images of the entire WWE roster getting emotional, smiling and holding their hands over their hearts will be played over and over again, in what truly was an incredible WrestleMania moment fitting of the grandest stage of them all.
