WrestleMania 35: Non-title match predictions

The clock is ticking, and the road is paved to take us all the way to WrestleMania where we will witness at least thirteen matches on the card.

While seven of the announced matches will be for the championships in WWE, five matches will be non-title matches, while the André The Giant Memorial Battle Royal will make up the thirteenth match.

There is still room for more matches to be announced, as the Tag Team Championships of both WWE Raw and SmackDown are ready to be defended, and the Women’s Battle Royal can also be announced in the coming days.

Keeping all that in mind, we are predicting the winners of the non-title matches on the card and the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal in this article. Share who you think will take the wins to secure a better standing in the locker room at the end of the night in the comments section below!

You can check out all the title match predictions here!

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#6 André The Giant Battle Royal

Another WrestleMania with a few celebrities

While the Battle Royal has been named in honor of André the Giant, the previous five winners haven’t really had half as much success as André the Giant himself, except for veteran Matt Hardy.

Till now only Braun Strowman and SNL’s Colin Jost and Michael Che have been confirmed as participants of the battle royal. We can expect more mid-card players and forgotten superstars to feature in the event.

While it’s always difficult to predict the winners of battle royals, unlike Royal Rumbles, we can expect one of the NXT call-ups to win the match to garner some spotlight.

Apart from that, Rob Gronkowski has a great chance of winning the match if he does plan to sign with WWE in the near future.

Prediction: EC3 or Lars Sullivan will win the André The Giant Battle Royal Trophy

#5 Shane McMahon vs. The Miz

The Miz has a long way to go as a babyface

We’ve been expecting this match since WWE Crown Jewel 2018, and the company has not disappointed in giving us yet another predictable match.

What started off as a partnership turned to something else after Shane attacked The Miz after their match at Fastlane. WWE spent more time building their partnership than they have spent working on their rivalry and the match itself.

While we expect Shane to take a leap off something huge during the match to create yet another moment to look back on, it still seems like The A-Lister has an edge in the match.

After all, he is playing the babyface, and babyfaces usually fair well at WrestleMania. Add the fact that The Miz is the full-time wrestler here, and needs to move onto a championship feud after this, it makes full sense that The Miz will come out on top in this contest.

Prediction: Shane McMahon will jump off something big, get hurt, and take a Skull-crushing Finale for the pin.

#4 Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin

Will Kurt Angle get one final win?

The WWE Universe is still unsure what’s going on here, and whether WWE has plans to make any changes to the bout or continue with it. We will predict the match keeping in mind that Baron Corbin will compete in the match.

While the impact of the match will be compromised if Baron Corbin does compete in the match, it will still be special as it will be Kurt Angle’s final match.

Since a wrestler like Corbin has been booked to battle the Olympian, it is a no-brainer that he will lay down to give him one final win. Even if John Cena or someone of his caliber is added to the match, it’s likely that the result will remain the same.

As Angle has done great service to the world of wrestling, and not just WWE, it will be a huge shame if the company books him to lose his final match.

Prediction: Kurt Angle will win his final match

#3 AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton

Will the loser move to the Raw brand?

While there have been a few segments here and there to build this match, it has largely gone under the radar thanks to the number of matches on the card. However, we believe this one has the potential to be one of the top three matches of the night simply because of the talent and experience involved.

After losing the United States Championship last year, Orton has largely been put in interesting storylines which haven’t really taken him anywhere at all and his position in the roster remains unclear.

AJ Styles, on the other hand, has faced a similar situation since his WWE Championship loss before Survivor Series, and we are still waiting for a big match out of him.

This is the big match that both men need at this point in their career, and it will definitely bring the best out of both veteran superstars.

Fans will believe that this match is evenly poised, but Styles holds a slight edge as a babyface. Add the fact that Styles will get in contention for a title sometime soon, it makes sense that WWE will give him the win as a loss will not hurt Orton’s reputation at all.

Prediction: AJ Styles will go one-up over Randy Orton in an unclean finish

#2 Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre

An interesting match for the future of RAW

One of the biggest non-title WrestleMania matches this year, it’s the one with the least storytelling, but will have the most impact in the future.

Roman Reigns’ return has put the crowd behind him, and the same people who used to boo him now cheer for him as a big babyface.

McIntyre has put months into becoming the most lethal villain on Raw and has become a big threat to the entire locker room.

While chances are that WWE will want to give Reigns a big return win to reposition him on top of the Raw roster, there are enough reasons to believe that McIntyre will get the pin in this match.

The reason is that if Rollins is booked to win the Universal Championship, then WWE will build McIntyre to become his first major competitor by giving him the push in this match.

In case WWE is booking Brock Lesnar to retain the Universal Championship, which seems unlikely, then only will it make sense to book Reigns to win the match and go on to challenge The Beast once again.

Prediction: Drew McIntyre will win the match

#1 Batista vs. Triple H

A battle for the generations

The match will be a No Holds Barred match and will be for Triple H’s career. Keeping all that in mind, we’d still expected the entrance and the theatrics around it to be more entertaining than the match itself.

Both wrestlers have been away from the ring for some time, with Triple H working a couple of matches a year while Batista hasn’t competed for a long time and already has a very restricted move set.

The two men main-evented WrestleMania 21, and could give fans a good match to look back on, but with Triple H’s career on the line, we’d expect him to come out on top with a few matches still left in him.

With a few more events for Saudi Arabia still in store, Triple H will likely compete in those matches and walk out of WrestleMania 35 as the winner.

Prediction: Triple H will win the match and save his career for Saudi Arabia