What if Matt Riddle was to challenge Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 35?

#2 The Finn Balor push

Matt Riddle headlining WrestleMania upon his main roster debut would be a push best compared to what WWE did with Finn Balor in 2016.

While it feels like a distant memory at this point, when Finn Balor first got called up to the WWE main roster, he enjoyed a push like hardly any other star before or since. He won his way into the semifinals of a tournament to crown the original Universal Champion and went on to cleanly defeat no lesser stars than Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins to win the title at SummerSlam.

If Matt Riddle were positioned to challenge Brock Lesnar, he would need an equally efficient push to make him credible in that spot. Moreover, if WWE did make the bold choice to feature him so prominently at WrestleMania right out of the chute, there’s a reason to believe that the company would be prepared to go all the way with him by actually having him beat Lesnar.

Riddle would make reasonable sense in this role. As much as he’s largely an unknown to casual fans, that means he also comes in without any WWE losses on his record, and thus could reasonably be pushed as a big deal without any past to make up for.