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The Olympic Gold Medallist, Kurt Angle, announced last Monday on RAW that he will wrestle his farewell match at WrestleMania 35. He even battled Apollo Crews in a singles match where he defeated the high-flying acrobat.
In an interview, Kurt Angle revealed that he would love to face John Cena or Baron Corbin in his retirement match. And a backstage rumor claims that Baron Corbin is the top candidate to end Angle's WWE career.
Corbin is a former Money in the Bank winner and a former United States Champion. Though he had failed to successfully cash-in his MITB contract, the Lone Wolf has improved a lot since then to be amongst the top heels of WWE's flagship show.
In this article, I will give the 2 reasons Baron Corbin must retire Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 35 and 2 reasons he should not.
#1 Must - To put a full stop to his enmity with Kurt Angle
Baron Corbin was the man who had cost Kurt Angle the position of the RAW General Manager. The two men have developed a long rivalry for that position, and though none of them ended up as the RAW GM, this rivalry entertained the fans a lot.
Corbin and Angle have had multiple matches, but WWE has always booked this feud in the 50-50 way. They can have Baron Corbin take the biggest win of his career at WrestleMania 35 and kick-start a new phase in his career.
Also, recently, Baron Corbin was rumored to face Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 35, which would have done nothing great for either of the two men. Thus, it would be better if WWE replaces Corbin with Drew McIntyre in the match involving Roman Reigns.
#2 Must - The probable new Universal Champion, Seth Rollins, needs a solid heel to feud with
Seth Rollins is penciled in to win the WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania 35. He will slay the Beast to kick off a new era on RAW from the next night. Seth Rollins being a babyface superstar would need heels to feud with.
Drew McIntyre is most likely going to lose his WrestleMania match against Roman Reigns. The same goes for Bobby Lashley, who will lose the Intercontinental Championship to 'the Demon King' Finn Balor.
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Thus it makes sense to give Baron Corbin a ton of momentum at the Show of Shows and then feud with Seth Rollins on RAW.
A lot of legends have foreseen Baron Corbin as the next WWE Champion, but that never materialized. Hence, it would be great if he gets a renewed push from the WWE Creative to enter the Universal Championship picture.
#1 Must not - John Cena vs Kurt Angle looks like a much bigger deal
Kurt Angle was John Cena's first-ever opponent in the WWE. A young John Cena confronted the Olympic Gold Medallist, Kurt Angle, on a SmackDown episode (June 2002), and today John Cena is a 16-time World Champion in the WWE.
The WWE Creative has no plans for John Cena at WrestleMania 35 and it would make sense to have him battle Kurt Angle in his final match. As mentioned earlier, they have a lot of history between them. Thus, this feud may not need that much development.
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With just 3 weeks left for WrestleMania 35, WWE can announce John Cena as Kurt Angle's WrestleMania opponent or can even have Kurt Angle come out on RAW next week and issue a challenge to John Cena. Either way, this match looks WrestleMania worthy and more meaningful than Kurt Angle vs Baron Corbin.
#2 Must not - WWE may have Kurt Angle squash him at the Grandest Stage of 'em All
If we have John Cena or Drew McIntyre in this match, the chances that Kurt Angle would emerge victoriously are minimal. But with Baron Corbin in this match, WWE may think of giving a big win to Kurt Angle to end his triumphant career. While I am not against Kurt Angle here, the thing is WWE needs to build future stars now.
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In case Baron Corbin loses his match at WrestleMania 35, he will lose a lot of momentum and the WWE Universe will never look at him as a credible heel. Thus, it would be better if he does not face Kurt Angle at WrestleMania 35, rather than taking the pin at the hands of a retiring legend.
