5 Biggest Surprises from WWE after WrestleMania 35

As The Showcase of Immortals came to an end on Sunday Night after months of build-up, we recalled the moments from the show that made it truly special.

From John Cena making an appearance to Carmella unexpectedly picking up the Women’s Battle Royal victory, and Batista losing his nose ring in the No Holds Barred match, there were a few great moments from the show.

While we were all hungover from the entertainment from Sunday, we were ready for the night after WrestleMania to knock us down with a few more punches. We weren’t disappointed, as Raw and SmackDown Live both managed to deliver decent shows which had a mixture of excitement and emotion along with the element of surprise.

In this article, we will look at the 5 biggest surprises WWE threw at us after WrestleMania and their impact on the WWE Universe.

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#5 Lacey Evans attacked Becky Lynch

WWE has been teasing something good for Lacey Evans for months, but no one expected it to be this great.

For weeks before WrestleMania, fans were expecting WWE to announce a match between Asuka and Lacey Evans for the SmackDown Women’s Championship before Asuka lost her title to Charlotte Flair.

Becky Lynch managed to defeat Ronda Rousey and Charlotte to win both the Raw and SmackDown championships and each one of us was wondering who would challenge the Undisputed Women’s Champion first.

It didn’t take long, as Becky took to the squared circle to a raucous standing ovation on Raw this Monday and spoke about her historic victory. Out came Lacey Evans who surprisingly gave a big right hand to The Man and a brawl broke out.

A night after the brawl, Becky was again attacked by Lacey Evans, and it was made clear that Evans would be the first woman to challenge Becky for the titles, which is quite surprising keeping in mind how new she is on the main roster and hasn’t had a one-on-one televised match as yet.

So New Charlotte is my 1st challenger? Not sure now, but I’m starting to think this company might have a type. 🤔

— The Man (@BeckyLynchWWE) April 10, 2019

#4 Dean Ambrose's last segment

Raw this week was not all celebrations, as Dean Ambrose took to the ring for his final WWE match. Fans were excited and emotional to see The Lunatic Fringe get ready to take on Bobby Lashley.

As Lashley and his mouthpiece made their way out to the middle, they were obviously still shaken by The Demon beating Lashley for the Intercontinental Championship, and Lashley decided to bad mouth Ambrose in the process.

Ambrose has never been one to back out immediately attacked Lashley and a brawl broke out onto the stage.

While WWE should have done everything possible to send one of its biggest stars of the decade out with a victory, they surprisingly decided to scrap the match after Lashley destroyed Ambrose and drove him through the announce table.

We are still unsure about what happened and why WWE took this path to end Ambrose’s time in WWE.

#3 The Undertaker returned

On Sunday, fans waited anxiously to see John Cena and The Undertaker make an appearance and make WrestleMania 35 even better for them. Most expected Cena or Undertaker to even replace Baron Corbin in his match against Kurt Angle.

While Cena did make an appearance, he did so in the most unlikely way by bringing back the Doctor of Thugamonics gimmick and surprising fans when he interrupted Elias during his performance.

However, fans weren’t lucky enough to have the lights go out and the gong to sound on Sunday night. Instead, they were even more surprised when that happened on Monday Night instead.

Elias was once again interrupted on Raw, this time by The Deadman, who returned to make a statement by laying out Elias and leaving without saying a word. This laid to rest to all the rumors circulating The Undertaker’s future and gave birth to new ones.

#2 Lars Sullivan wreaked havoc

It’s been 84 years.

Okay not 84 years, but it’s been months since Lars Sullivan’s vignettes started airing for his main roster debut. November’s Survivor Series gave us the first look at the monster from NXT, but many NXT stars made their debuts well before Lars Sullivan was even seen lurking.

While many fans were expecting him to show up at the Royal Rumble, he didn’t, and their final hope was to see him at WrestleMania 35 interrupting a match which did not happen.

This Monday Night, however, Lars Sullivan surprised everyone when he interrupted Hall of Famer Kurt Angle and not only did he enter the ring for a staredown, but also manhandled the now-retired legend to send a message to the entire WWE Universe.

He didn’t just stop there, as on Tuesday Night he interrupted The Hardy Boyz' SmackDown Championship victory celebration and laid out both the legendary superstars.

While fans were expecting Lars Sullivan to make an appearance sooner or later, he did so at the most surprising time in the most surprising way.

#1 Universal Champion & WWE Champion teamed up

While we wait all year long for Survivor Series to witness the clash of the many champions in WWE, fans were treated to a clash between the two top new champions in WWE on Monday Night (Read the results here).

While Survivor Series doesn’t have the titles involved at stake, the clash on Monday Night sure did as it was a Winner Takes All affair.

As the match between WWE Champion Kofi Kingston and Universal Champion Seth Rollins was heating up, fans were not surprised when an interference led to the match ending in a no contest.

However, what followed did surprise us as the Universal Champion and the WWE Champion of the company teamed up for the first time in history to take on the two men who interfered in their match, The Bar.

The team of Kofi and Rollins went on to win the match and forget all about how they were so close to becoming the first ever Superstar to hold both the Universal and the WWE Championships together.