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WrestleMania 35 is just 10 days away from us. Can you believe it? This year, WrestleMania has the potential to be the longest WrestleMania, with as many as 17 (or 16) matches booked for the Show of Shows.
In the last couple of weeks, the match card for WrestleMania has been changing continuously. Usually, WWE avoids making last-minute changes to matches on such a huge stage, but such has been this year that nothing can be said for sure.
This past week on RAW, Triple H agreed to put his career on the line in his No Holds Barred Match against the Animal, Batista. This just added another layer of surprise/anticipation to this match, as fans are now wondering what if Batista beats The Game?
Another shocking moment came when Asuka lost her SmackDown Women's Championship to The Queen, Charlotte in an impromptu match just a few days before WrestleMania. Though these last minute changes are tough to advertise, the shocks they provide are enough for fans to tune in to see what's going to happen next.
As a wrestling fan, I highly doubt the current WrestleMania card is the final one and I suspect WWE would throw in a couple of more curveballs on our way as the go-home shows of WrestleMania 35 unwrap.
In this article, let's take a look at the 5 shocking changes that WWE can make to the match card of WrestleMania next week and surprise the fans.
#5 John Cena shows up and replaces Baron Corbin in Kurt Angle's Retirement Match
An interesting storyline currently going on in WWE is the retirement tour of the Olympic Gold Medalist and Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle. Angle announced a few weeks ago on RAW that he'll be retiring from in-ring competition with the culmination of this tour at WrestleMania 35.
Amongst the speculation of his final opponent, Angle revealed that it would be Baron Corbin whom he'll face on his last match. This, obviously, didn't go well with the fans as many believe Angle deserves better.
With him wrestling the likes of Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, etc in his retirement tour, it's tough to believe someone like Corbin being the one to culminate this with.
WWE could fix this if John Cena shows up next week to beat-down Corbin and replace him in the WrestleMania match. Not only will this be a proper farewell for the legendary wrestler, but would also increase the mainstream attention towards the grandest stage of them all.
#4 Ric Flair becomes the Guest Referee for Triple H vs Batista
The feud between Batista and Triple H is being hyped up as a fight more than a wrestling contest. Ever since The Animal made his return to WWE last month by attacking the Nature Boy Ric Flair during his Birthday celebration, Triple H is waiting for the opportunity to destroy the living hell out of his former team-mate.
Batista has made it clear that this would be his last match in WWE, and with Triple H agreeing to put his career on the line as well, this match would surely be full of thrills and drama.
A great way to hype it up more? Add Ric Flair as the Special Guest Referee. Flair hasn't shown up on RAW after that vicious attack on him, but he just might next week and announce himself as the guest referee for the No Holds Barred match at WrestleMania 35.
#3 Dean Ambrose joins Roman Reigns to make their WrestleMania match a 2-on-2
The last three weeks have been great for Drew McIntyre. One by one he has put down the whole Shield by pinning both Dean Ambrose as well as the 2019 Royal Rumble winner, Seth Rollins. Before that, he also viciously attacked the Big Dog, Roman Reigns.
With him emerging as a dominant heel on the RAW roster, things look great for him in the post-WrestleMania period. The problem is that he has challenged none other than the new Poster Boy of WWE for a match at WrestleMania.
Now there is no way he'll come out of that as the winner as this would be the returning big singles match for Reigns. But the fact is, as much as Roman can't lose this, so can't Drew McIntyre. He needs a good showing at WrestleMania, and taking the pin won't help it.
To make this situation better, WWE can just make this a Tag Team match with Dean and Roman taking on Drew and Baron Corbin (who'd be removed from the Angle match). After all, if Dean actually is leaving, he deserves to have one last proper match on the Grandest Stage of Them All.
#2 Asuka gets added to the Main Event
The biggest shock of last week was hands down the SmackDown Women's Title change, as Charlotte defeated Asuka in an amazing match. No one saw this coming! Not a single person. With this shocking decision, WWE has a big decision to make, what to do with Asuka and the Smackdown Women's Championship at WrestleMania?
This year will be the first time Women's will main-event WrestleMania. As much as Becky, Ronda, and Charlotte deserve to be in this match, there is one more person who should get the same limelight as well, Asuka.
It would be a shame if WWE just decides to let her compete in the Battle Royal on the pre-show as she is one of the best talents on the roster.
An interesting decision they could make is to add her to the Main Event making it a fatal-four way for both the Championships. The first pinfall gets the SmackDown title, and the second gets the RAW title. Sounds interesting?
#1 The Main Event becomes a winner-takes-all match
This would be another interesting choice WWE can make. They have to give some explanation of what would happen to Charlotte's SmackDown title if she's competing for the RAW Women's Championship at WrestleMania 35.
The main event is set as a triple threat match between her, RAW Women's Champion Ronda Rousey, and the 2019 Women's Royal Rumble winner, Becky Lynch. A very interesting way to deal with this situation would be to make the match a winner-takes-all.
On RAW next week, Becky could manipulate both the egoistic champions to agree to this stipulation. But this would mean that at WrestleMania, we'll end up with a double women's champion. This could either lead to a title unification, or the winner can later vacate a title to focus on her brand.
Though this would lead to a lot of controversies and potentially confusing storylines and angles, won't you guys like to see Becky as the first ever RAW SmackDown Unified Women's Champion?
Sound off your thoughts in the comment section!
