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WWE is officially on the Road to WrestleMania 37. But since the company still has to present Fastlane in three weeks, there is only one match officially announced for the biggest show of the year.
Once again, WrestleMania will be a two-night show. This will allow several stars to be included in the card that may have been overlooked if the biggest show of the year was just one night.
Edge vs. Roman Reigns for the WWE Universal Championship was announced following Elimination Chamber. This match was made official after The Rated-R Superstar indicated that he had selected Reigns as his opponent for WrestleMania.
Several other matches have been teased over the past few weeks but are yet to be made official. Here are five current WWE stars and their potential opponents at WWE's biggest show of the year in April.
#5. WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks - Bianca Belair
Bianca Belair won the Women's Royal Rumble match back in January. Since then, The EST of WWE has implied that she's targeting WWE SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks. The two women have managed to remain on the same page throughout their recent issues with Carmella and the recent Tag Team Championship match against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler, but that also appears to be a short-lived partnership.
After winning the annual Royal Rumble match, Belair has a choice when it comes to which champion she will challenge at WrestleMania. At present, it seems highly unlikely that Belair would decide to challenge Asuka or Io Shirai.
Belair has been unable to announce who she will challenge at WrestleMania in recent weeks because Sasha Banks has had her own issues to overcome and Beliar has stepped in to help.
Given the events that unfolded at Elimination Chamber, it's unlikely that the feud between Banks and Carmella is over. But now that Edge has announced who he will face at the biggest show of the year it's likely that Belair will follow suit this week on SmackDown.
Banks and Belair have the potential to the main event one of the nights of WrestleMania this year since that was the stipulation that came with winning The Royal Rumble. Charlotte wasn't afforded this opportunity following last year's win, but Banks and Belair's feud has the potential to be one of the biggest matches of the year.
#4. WWE Raw star Randy Orton - The Fiend
Randy Orton made a huge mistake last year when he defeated The Fiend in WWE's first-ever Firefly Inferno match. The Fiend hasn't been seen on WWE TV since, but his presence has definitely been felt. Given recent events, Bray Wyatt will likely be returning to WWE soon in some form or another.
Randy Orton's current feud has been centered around Alexa Bliss and the fact that the former Women's Champion is looking to bring back her best friend. The Fiend was expected to return weeks ago but WrestleMania is now just over 40 days away. WWE looks to be taking this one down to the wire.
It's rumored that a Firefly Fun House match could be planned between the two men, similar to last year's match between The Fiend and John Cena. There hasn't been a lot of build towards a match for the two men but the story has been consistent between Bliss and Orton.
The likely path for WWE to take this late in the game could now be for Orton to challenge The Fiend to a match and see if he appears at WrestleMania, as the company doesn't have a lot of time to bring him back with a new character.
#3. WWE RAW Women's Champion Asuka - Charlotte Flair
Asuka has held the WWE RAW Women's Championship since May 2020 when Becky Lynch handed over the title following the announcement that she was pregnant with her first child. The Empress has since been able to defeat all challengers on Monday Night RAW, though her recent match against Lacey Evans was scrapped.
It's likely that the original plan for Asuka was for the storyline between Charlotte Flair and Lacey Evans to continue into WrestleMania. Asuka has already been dragged into the feud, but now that Evans' real-life pregnancy has forced the storyline to end, WWE could change its mind.
This past week on RAW, Charlotte inadvertently hit Asuka with a big boot which led to her being pinned by Nia Jax, potentially signalling the beginning of a storyline for the two women. Charlotte Flair and Asuka have faced off at WrestleMania in the past, but this time around Asuka will be walking in as champion and Charlotte will be her challenger.
#2. WWE Superstar The Miz and John Morrison - Damien Priest and Bad Bunny
At present, The Miz is the WWE Champion but it's highly unlikely that the former Mr. Money in the Bank will be holding the title until WrestleMania. The Miz defends the WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley this coming week on RAW and it's likely that Lashley will walk out as the new champion.
Drew McIntyre hasn't been seen since Elimination Chamber but he will want to be slotted back into the championship picture and it's likely that he will be the challenger for WrestleMania.
The Miz has been feuding with Bad Bunny in the background since The Royal Rumble and the rapper has been seen at The Performance Center training for an in-ring debut.
Bad Bunny is currently the 24/7 Champion and could go on to defend the title at WrestleMania as well, but at present rumors suggest that the star will also be in a tag team match with his new friend Damien Priest.
Priest has been pushed since he made his debut on RAW back at The Royal Rumble and a WrestleMania match that includes Bad Bunny, Miz and John Morrison could be a huge step up for The Archer of Infamy.
#1. WWE star Bobby Lashley - Drew McIntyre
Bobby Lashley has been protected on WWE TV over the past few weeks. He was able to drop his United States Championship to Riddle without being pinned and this past week on RAW he pinned Braun Strowman clean.
It's clear that the company has some huge plans for Lashley moving forward and if he becomes WWE Champion next week on RAW then Drew McIntyre could step back into the title picture to challenge him.
McIntyre has reigned his division over the past year and is now a two-time Champion. However, it's unclear whether or not WWE wants McIntyre to reclaim the title or if Lashley will be heading into SummerSlam as champion with, say, Brock Lesnar as his challenger.
What is clear is that Lashley is being pushed to the moon on WWE TV at present so the company must have some plans in place for the former MMA star. There have been rumors that a match between Lashley and Lesnar could be planned in the future but there has been no clarification of this as of yet.
What is known is that Drew McIntyre is expected to be on the WrestleMania card and Bobby Lashley is expected to be the WWE Champion. And with Lashley assisting The Miz to cost McIntyre his title at Elimination Chamber, Lashley and McIntyre do have unfinished business.
