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WrestleMania 35 is less than two weeks away, and the card is shaping up to be the biggest in the history of the event.
The stacked card already has 13 announced matches, and with several others being built up, including a WWE Championship match, that number could easily reach 18 or 19 before the big night itself rolls around.
This year's WrestleMania has had one of the strangest builds of any Mania in history, with some matches receiving months and months of build-up, and others being seemingly thrown together at the last minute to help fill the card.
Interestingly, the WWE has also teased several matches for this year's card and then dropped them from storylines without any real notice, choosing to go in a different direction at the last minute.
While this year's WrestleMania card has an undeniable abundance of quality, let's take a look at five matches that really could have helped shape the card into one of the most exciting of all time.
#5 Andrade Vs Rey Mysterio
The feud between Andrade and Rey Mysterio has provided SmackDown with some of their best matches so far this year, and while Rey Mysterio's encounter with Samoa Joe will no doubt prove to be excellent, it would have been nice to see Mysterio and Andrade settle their score on a bigger stage.
Andrade still remains without any clear sense of direction for WrestleMania, and at the very least, the WWE should consider adding him to Mysterio's US Title match, if not just to bring some sort of conclusion to the two men's feud.
The match between the two men could have been used as the perfect hot opener for the night, and while Mysterio and Joe still have the potential to deliver, their match doesn't have the same storyline build as Mysterio's other feud.
#4: Sasha Banks and Bayley Vs Trish Stratus and Lita
Sasha Banks and Bayley are set to defend their Women's Tag-Team Championships in a fatal 4-way match at WrestleMania, and while there is a very strong chance that will turn out to be an excellent encounter, it's hard to shake the idea that the WWE has missed a golden opportunity with this one.
While there is nothing to suggest that Trish Stratus and Lita would be willing to return to the ring one more time at Mania, the fact that they have made recent appearances on WWE television and that they also competed at Evolution suggests that they would, at the very least, be open to the idea.
On such a historic night for women's wrestling, this match could have been viewed as a passing of the torch moment to a more casual WWE fanbase, and could also have set the tone for the rest of the night quite nicely.
#3: The Undertaker Vs Shawn Michaels
Okay, so this one is pure fantasy booking, especially given the fact that neither man has expressed any particular interest in being a part of WrestleMania 35 in recent months.
The WWE did tease this though, with the two men coming face to face several times before facing off against one another in a tag-team match at Crown Jewel.
While there is no chance these two men would have been able to replicate the kind of performance they gave on the same stage ten years ago, seeing the two men share a ring one last time would have created an iconic moment and could have brought to an end two of the greatest careers in the history of professional wrestling.
Michaels somewhat tarnished his retirement by returning to the ring in Saudi Arabia, and one last showdown with The Deadman at WrestleMania could have presented him with a chance to put that right again.
#2: Roman Reigns Vs Dean Ambrose
Roman Reigns is set to take on Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania in what has the potential to be one of the night's most exciting matches.
It is not the quality of that encounter that is the issue here, but rather that the WWE could have saved that for an extended program post-WrestleMania and given Dean Ambrose a great send-off before he leaves the WWE.
With Reigns having returned from his battle with leukaemia, the WWE could have booked this bout as an exhibition match- with two old friends putting on one final show together before one of them leaves the company, potentially for good.
Reigns's WrestleMania return will no doubt be a triumphant one against McIntyre, but a match between these two Sheild brothers could have provided the night with one of the feel-good moments, with Reigns and Ambrose embracing in the ring after a hard-fought encounter.
#1: John Cena Vs Kurt Angle
If some reports are to be believed, there is still every chance that we will be seeing this match take place come April 7th, such has been the colossal backlash to the announcement that Kurt Angle's final match inside a WWE ring will be against Baron Corbin.
Big Match John is without a match at this year's WrestleMania, which is only the second time since WrestleMania XX fifteen years ago that he has missed the show.
The 16 time World Champion teased a match with Angle on his social media feeds, but nothing ever came of it, with Angle instead announcing that he would be taking on Baron Corbin.
While, from a narrative perspective, Corbin does make a lot of sense as Angle's last opponent, the former Constable of Raw has not done anywhere near enough in the ring to prove he is ready for such a historic encounter.
Cena and Angle have tons of history together, and this would have been a much more fitting way to say goodbye to one of the greatest superstars to have ever laced up a pair of boots.
