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Over 82,000 people were in attendance inside MetLife Stadium to watch WWE WrestleMania 35 on Sunday, April 7. The historic women’s main event was won by Becky Lynch, who controversially pinned Ronda Rousey for a 1-2-3 despite “The Baddest Woman on the Planet” having one shoulder up.
Seven title changes occurred in total, beginning on the kickoff show when Tony Nese defeated Buddy Murphy to become Cruiserweight champion and Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins won the Raw Tag Team titles from The Revival.
Both men’s world titles also changed hands, with Seth Rollins defeating Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship and Kofi Kingston pinning Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship, while Finn Balor reclaimed the Intercontinental Championship from Bobby Lashley and The IIconics are the new Women’s Tag Team champions.
Elsewhere on the show, the highlights included Triple H’s win over Batista, Baron Corbin’s triumph over Kurt Angle, Roman Reigns defeating Drew McIntyre, and Shane McMahon’s chaotic victory against The Miz.
While WrestleMania 35 had plenty of good moments, it also had some bad. Let’s take a look at five things that we wish did not happen.
#5 The finish to the main event
When a show has already lasted over seven hours, it is always going to be difficult for the main event to capture the audience’s attention in the same way that it would on a three-hour Raw or two-hour SmackDown Live.
The history-making Triple Threat between Ronda Rousey, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch had plenty of interesting moments, notably when Lynch introduced a table and when she joined forces with Flair in an attempt to take out Rousey.
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However, even though 21 minutes had already passed, it still felt like the match could have lasted another 5-10 minutes when, out of absolutely nowhere, Lynch rolled Rousey over and picked up a surprise 1-2-3 victory over the Raw Women’s champion, whose shoulder was clearly up before the 3-count.
Earlier in the night, Seth Rollins and Kofi Kingston’s title victories involved a big build-up before they finally put their opponents away, receiving huge ovations in the process. In contrast, the reaction to the main event felt very flat.
#4 Emphasis on Colin Jost & Michael Che
As many people predicted, Braun Strowman outlasted 30+ men to win the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. The story of the match revolved around SNL duo Colin Jost and Michael Che, who escaped through the ropes at the start and spent almost the entire Battle Royal hiding underneath the ring.
They returned at the end and attempted to eliminate Strowman. However, “The Monster Among Men” made light work of the celebrities, as well as their ‘therapist’, by punching Che over the top rope before launching Jost onto a group of Superstars at ringside.
The match itself was massively underwhelming, with Strowman being the only full-time Superstar to emerge with any kind of credit, and the emphasis on the guys from SNL seemed very unwise when you consider that nobody from WWE has even appeared on SNL during this storyline.
Jost and Che have played their roles as heels very well over the last few weeks, but what was really the point of all this?
#3 Lights spoil AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton
Following Seth Rollins’ victory over Brock Lesnar in the opening match of the main show, AJ Styles defeated Randy Orton in a battle which was essentially billed around Styles’ status as “The King of the Indies” and Orton’s moniker as “The Face of WWE”.
It looked as though the 16-minute match could go either way after Orton picked up a 2-count following an RKO. In the end, Styles hit a Phenomenal Forearm to the outside, then another inside the ring, to get the 1-2-3.
On television, the match came across like one of the best on the show. As for the fans in attendance, they were unable to see much of the encounter due to a bright light above the ring set-up.
Orton took to Instagram after the show, writing: "For the live crowd that saw this tonight during my match at #WM #wrestlemania at Met Life Stadium tonight, I would like to apologize on behalf of @WWE for screwing up and shining a bright light in your eyes for 95% of our match. You missed a really great ****ing match."
#2 Rey Mysterio gets squashed
Six days before his United States Championship match against Samoa Joe at WrestleMania 35, Rey Mysterio was originally supposed to face Kurt Angle on the go-home episode of Monday Night Raw.
However, due to a last-minute change of plan, he took on Baron Corbin in the main event instead, and not only did the former WWE champion lose the match, but he suffered an ankle injury which put his WrestleMania status in doubt in the days leading up to the event.
Both WWE and Mysterio clearly wanted the match to go ahead, but it was obvious right from the start that he was not at 100 per cent. The match still happened, with Mysterio hitting a very early 619 before Joe locked in the Coquina Clutch to make his opponent pass out after just 60 seconds.
Given the circumstances, props to Mysterio for even participating on the show. But, given the deflating finish to the match, perhaps it would have been better if he had not competed at all.
#1 Batista trips over the ropes
Batista vs. Triple H lasted a total of 23 minutes and 45 seconds, making it the second-longest match on WrestleMania 35 behind Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston (24 minutes and 45 seconds).
Both men received lengthy entrances, too, with Batista, surrounded by security, entering in a car at the top of the stage, while Triple H was driven down to the ringside area in the latest in a long line of elaborate WrestleMania entrances for “The King of Kings”.
HHH picked up the victory over his former Evolution colleague, courtesy of an assist from Ric Flair, but the moment that really got people talking happened before the match when a fired-up Batista fell over after catching his left foot on the middle rope as he made his way into the ring.
“The Animal” attempted to laugh off the incident, but you can still expect to see images throughout the day of the six-time world champion crawling back to his feet!
