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WWE WrestleMania 37 is just days away and we take a look at the latest rumors ahead of the Show of Shows. While fans expect Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre to be the main event for Night 1 of WrestleMania, WWE could pick a different match that could come as a surprise to fans.
We also have an update on former SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley, who does not yet have a match scheduled at WrestleMania. We also take a look at a possible leak from WWE themselves.
Read on for full details on these stories and more.
#6 Change in plans for the main event of Night 1 of WWE WrestleMania 37?
We don’t yet know for sure which match will main-event Night 1 of WrestleMania yet, although everyone expects it to be the WWE Championship match between Bobby Lashley and Drew McIntyre.
However, it looks like WWE could instead have the SmackDown Women’s Championship match between Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair as the main event for Night 1. This is a move that could come as a surprise to many.
According to Dave Meltzer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE could be planning to have Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair headline the first night of WrestleMania 37:
"The rest of the 4/10 show is Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair for the Smackdown women’s title, which is being positioned in many card rundowns as the main event, on top of Lashley vs. McIntyre. Under that is Bad Bunny (with Damien Priest) vs. The Miz (with John Morrison), New Day vs. Omos & A.J. Styles for the Raw tag titles, Strowman vs. Shane McMahon in a cage match and Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins."
Sasha Banks has spoken about her dream of main-eventing WrestleMania someday. If this rumor turns out to be true, she could very well be close to achieving it. We will have to wait until Saturday night to see what WWE decide to do.
#5 Triple H confirms talks with Rob Gronkowski to return at WrestleMania
Triple H was recently a guest on the Pardon My Take podcast. During the interview, Triple H was asked if we could see NFL star and former WWE 24/7 Champion Rob Gronkowski at WrestleMania. The Game replied that it has been “discussed” but could not confirm anything else:
"It’s a possibility. I know it’s been discussed. I’m of the opinion that as the first opportunity with Gronk was happening and we were meeting with him around the Super Bowl, you kind of don’t know what Gronk is going to do until Gronk does what he’s going to do. You can have a lot of conversations but until he actually shows up, I don’t know if it’s going to happen. There have been conversations around that. As always, there’s going to be a lot of celebrity influence." (H/T: eWrestlingNews)
Rob Gronkowski was one of the hosts at WrestleMania 36 last year and is also a former WWE 24/7 Champion. He ended up losing the title later to R-Truth. Gronk also entered the ring at WrestleMania 33 during the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
#4 WWE may have leaked a major WrestleMania spoiler
WWE have announced a Tag Team Turmoil match for the first night of WrestleMania 37, with the winners facing the Women’s Tag Team Champions - Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler - on Night 2 of WrestleMania.
As of now, the Tag Team Turmoil match officially has the following teams competing - Naomi and Lana, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke, Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan, along with Tamina and Natalya.
However, a match graphic accidentally posted by WWE also saw a fifth team in the match - Carmella and Billie Kay. We did get a segment on SmackDown showing Billie Kay presenting her resume to Carmella, with the latter looking seemingly impressed. Could we see Billie Kay and Carmella team up at WrestleMania?
There’s also a rumor that Bayley teams up with Carmella at WrestleMania instead of Billie Kay. We could still see something announced on the go-home episode of WWE SmackDown.
Read on for more on a potential WrestleMania role for Bayley.
#3 Original plans for Women’s Battle Royal at WrestleMania 37
WrestleMania 37 is just days away now and it looks like there will be no Women’s Battle Royal on the card. The Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal will be taking place this year, but on the go-home edition of SmackDown instead of WrestleMania.
As far as the Women’s Battle Royal is concerned, WrestleVotes reported that WWE had initially planned for one. The final two from the Battle Royal would be declared winners and team up against Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler - the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions - on Night 2 of WrestleMania:
Original idea prior to the Women's Tag Team Turmoil match being decided on was to have the annual Women's Battle Royal where the final 2 would be "winners" & form a tag team the next night. Much like the WM 15 Battle Royal that Test & D'Lo won, then lost later to Owen & Jarrett.
As we mentioned earlier, the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships' challengers will now be determined in a Tag Team Turmoil match on Night 1 of WrestleMania.
#2 Update on Logan Paul’s WrestleMania role
Logan Paul has gotten involved in the feud between Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens in recent weeks. With Zayn set to face Owens in singles action at WrestleMania 37, it is still unclear what Logan Paul’s role will. Paul has already confirmed that he will be at WrestleMania.
Dave Meltzer gave his take on the matter on a recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, speculating that Logan Paul could be a special guest referee:
"Logan Paul is going to be involved in the match. I don't know if he's a referee or what... but he's definitely involved. The idea is that, Bad Bunny on Saturday and Logan Paul on Sunday, are your big celebrities." H/T: Sportskeeda
WWE legend Booker T also speculated on a possible role for Logan Paul on his Hall of Fame podcast:
"The rumor right now is that he's going to be a part of the Owens-Zayn match as maybe a special referee or special enforcer... I don't know. But one of the Paul brothers, Logan Paul will be at WrestleMania." H/T: Sportskeeda
We could find out more about Logan Paul’s role on the go-home edition of SmackDown.
#1 Bayley comments on potential WrestleMania role
Former SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley surprisingly does not have a match at WrestleMania 37. She last competed in February and is not dealing with any injuries at the moment.
In an interview with Alex McCarthy of talkSPORT, Bayley was asked if anything was going on with her as far as plans for WrestleMania were concerned. Here's what Bayley had to say:
"I cannot give you an honest answer, dude. I don’t know. I’m sorry guys, it just didn’t happen. Even if there was something, I don’t know if I would tell you guys to spoil it. But yeah, it’s OK. I’ll be here for a long time. I might just jump the barricade and steal my own moment if they won’t give me one. I’ll just steal it."
Bayley also added that she had pitched plans, but nothing came to fruition:
"I’ve pitched for stuff for this past WrestleMania just because there has been so many instances this past year where the pitches have gone through and it becomes easier to talk to certain people."
"I would have loved to have had a non-title match at WrestleMania. Just a grudge type of match. Something that meant, not more than a title, but was a little deeper than a title. But, there’s always next year."
It would be interesting to see if WWE have a surprise planned with Bayley at WrestleMania.
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