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Bobby Lashley will defend his WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 37. Although the two wrestlers appear evenly matched, they are not. There are five facts that give McIntyre an advantage over his opponent.
Lashley won the WWE Championship after a long wait. He is determined to walk in and out of WrestleMania 37 with the title. He also wants to prove himself as a main-event player on The Grandest Stage of them all.
Meanwhile, McIntyre returns to compete at the same stage where he won his first WWE title. Once again, he will challenge a powerhouse champion after defeating Brock Lesnar for the title last year.
The Scottish Warrior will go into this year's WrestleMania armed with odds in his favor. Lashley, however, will try to turn his luck to keep the Almighty Era alive.
Here are five facts that give an advantage to McIntyre over Lashley in their upcoming WrestleMania encounter.
#5. WWE Champions rarely win at WrestleMania in the past five years
Over the past five years, WrestleMania has not been a favorable stage for WWE Champions. Five champions walked in with their titles, but only one walked out with it.
At WrestleMania 32, Triple H defended what was then called the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Roman Reigns. Their match went on for over 27 minutes. Reigns came out on top to capture the title.
A year later, Brey Wyatt defended the title against Randy Orton at WrestleMania 33. Although the match did not last as long as that of Triple H and Reigns, it had the same outcome. The challenger came out victorious.
WrestleMania 34 was a little different for then-WWE Champion AJ Styles. He successfully defended his title against Shinsuke Nakamura. He has been the only exception in the past five years.
At WrestleMania 35, Kofi Kingston defeated WWE Champion Daniel Bryan in a nearly 24-minute match to capture the title.
The title also changed hands last year when champion Brock Lesnar lost to Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 36.
Lashley now hopes to be another exception like AJ Styles and not walk the same path as Triple H, Brey Wyatt, Daniel Bryan and Brock Lesnar.
#4. McIntyre has a better win/loss record at WrestleMania
Before going into this year's WrestleMania, Lashley wrestled four times on The Grandest Stage of All while McIntyre has competed five times.
McIntyre has a better win/loss record at The Show of Shows than the current WWE Champion. Out of his five matches, he won two. He has a 40% winning rate.
The Scottish Warrior won a 12-man tag team match at WrestleMania 28 alongside team John Laurinaitis against team Teddy Long. His second victory came against Brock Lesnar last year. He lost the Money in the Bank match at WrestleMania 26, the Andre The Giant battle royal at WrestleMania 30 and a match against Roman Reigns at The Showcase of the Immortals two years ago.
Lashley won only one WrestleMania match out of his four. He has a 25% winning rate only.
The Almighty's single victory came against Umaga at WrestleMania 23. He has been defeated by Finn Balor and Aleister Black in addition to the Money in the Bank match at WrestleMania 22.
While McIntyre won his last WrestleMania match against Brock Lesnar, Lashley lost against Aleister Black. The current WWE Champion seems to have worse luck than his opponent when it comes to The Grandest Stage of Them All.
#3. Lashley's championship match history at WrestleMania
Bobby Lashley has a bad history regarding defending titles at WrestleMania. The 44-year-old defended a WWE title only once on the Grandest Stage of All. He put his Intercontinental Championship on the line against "The Demon" Finn Balor at WrestleMania 35.
Despite dominating Balor for most of the match, Lashley lost his title to the challenger. It is a scenario he will want to avoid at WrestleMania 37 against Drew McIntyre.
McIntyre, meanwhile, has a perfect score for WrestleMania title matches. He had one title match at The Greatest Spectacle in Sports Entertainment which he won against Brock Lesnar. It was also for the WWE Championship like his match this year.
At WrestleMania 37, both superstars will have their second-ever title match on The Showcase of the Immortals. While McIntyre walks in with more odds in his favor, Lashley will desire to turn his luck around and retain his title.
Will The Scottish Warrior win his second consecutive WWE Championship match at WrestleMania? Or will Lashley conquer another challenge on his way to keeping the Almighty Era alive?
#2. Lashley has never defeated McIntyre in WWE before their WrestleMania clash
Drew McIntyre has a clear advantage over Bobby Lashley before their WrestleMania match. The history of their previous encounters in WWE proves it. They faced each other two times before for the WWE Championship. Lashley could not score a single victory over the Scottish superstar.
The first time they went head-to-head in the ring came at Backlash 2020. Drew McIntyre, the then-WWE Champion, had to defend his title against Bobby Lashley.
The Almighty attacked McIntyre before the match even started. He then dominated his opponent for most of the match. However, he could not come out victorious. McIntyre took advantage of Lashley getting distracted by Lana to hit him with the Claymore for the pin.
On the June 15 episode of Monday Night Raw last year, McIntyre had to defend his title again in a tag-team match with Lashley standing on the other side of the ring. The Scottish superstar teamed up with R-Truth to take on Lashley and MVP. Once again, Lashley lost his opportunity to defeat McIntryre and win the title. The then-WWE Champion hit MVP with the Claymore before letting R-Truth get the pin.
Lashley will now look to score his first victory over McIntyre in a WWE ring when they clash at WrestleMania 37.
#1. McIntyre has a better win/loss record in 2021 leading into WrestleMania
Drew McIntyre will walk into WrestleMania 37 with a better win/loss record in 2021 than his opponent, Bobby Lashley.
The Scottish Warrior has had 14 matches, including a gauntlet, so far in 2021. He won 11 and lost 3. In the gauntlet match, McIntyre won three out of four encounters. He lost the last one against Sheamus.
McIntyre has defeated a long list of top superstars. He won singles matches against superstars like Keith Lee, Goldberg, Sheamus, The Miz, Ricochet and Mustafa Ali. He has also won tag team matches, a handicap match and an Elimination Chamber match.
He has only lost to Randy Orton and The Miz in singles competition. His third loss came in the gauntlet match when he fell short to Sheamus after defeating AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and Randy Orton.
Lashley has wrestled 13 matches in 2021 so far. He won nine and lost four. Only Riddle succeeded in defeating The Almighty in 2021, aside from Lashley's failed attempt at winning the Royal Rumble. He lost to Riddle on three occasions, two on Monday Night Raw and once in a triple-threat match at Elimination Chamber.
McIntyre now has a 78.57% winning rate in 2021, while Lashley has a 69.2% before their encounter at WrestleMania. It is another fact that gives the challenger an advantage over the champion in their upcoming match at WrestleMania 37.
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