Let’s not mince words. WrestleMania 32 was one of the most disappointing WrestleMania’s of all time. Only a handful of the matches on the night were memorable. While the main-event between Triple H and Roman Reigns was pretty much a stinker, the 7-hour show (including the pre-show) didn’t leave fans with any energy during the latter part of the evening.
From a look at this year’s card, it looks like WM33 is heading down a similar path. As of now, the card features 13 matches including the pre-show matches. However, a couple more matches could get ahead before 2nd April.
This year’s ‘Mania build-up has been especially depressing for the hardcore fans, as we saw some of our favourites like Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn get sidelined from the top spots to be replaced by Goldberg and Triple H. While they are undoubtedly big draws, it doesn’t help WWE’s long-term future. Plus, Goldberg vs Lesnar could have been booked without the title being involved.
Speaking of depressing, let’s get to some of the biggest disappointments we can expect at the show of shows.
#5 Big Show wins the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
With the Big Show’s current contract ending in 2018, there’s a good chance that WrestleMania 33 could be his last. That means that there is a real chance that Big Show could win the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal for the second time, especially with his match with Shaq getting cancelled.
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Even though this could be the Big Show’s last ‘Mania, booking him to win the ATGMBR will be a terrible decision. The battle royal is the perfect way to build-up an up-and-coming star, as was done with Baron Corbin last year at 32.
The best decision would probably be to have Braun Strowman win the battle royal in dominant fashion, to rebuild what he has lost since his loss to Roman Reigns at WWE Fastlane.
#4 Triple H defeats Seth Rollins
While all logic would dictate that Seth Rollins defeats Triple H at WrestleMania 33, there is still a chance that Triple H leaves ‘Mania as the winner. This is WWE after all, and we all remember when Triple H beat Sting at WrestleMania 31.
The start of the Rollins-Triple H feud can be traced back to the August 29th episode of Monday Night RAW when he cost Rollins the WWE Universal Championship. Their feud then took a break until Triple H resurfaced in early 2017.
Their feud then took an unfortunate turn with Rollins getting injured. As unfortunate as the build-up has been, the match should still be great but WWE shouldn’t make the mistake of Triple H going over Seth Rollins. There is no reason that can justify a Triple H victory, but it still might happen.
#3 Randy Orton goes over Bray Wyatt
The Randy Orton-Bray Wyatt saga has been one of the most compelling WWE storylines in recent memory. Bray Wyatt has done well for himself since the brand split and it culminated in him winning the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber.
This was followed by Randy Orton turning on Bray and burning Sister Abigail’s remains to the ground. The two will now face each other at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship.
WWE have done a good job in pushing and elevating Bray Wyatt since the brand split. It finally looks like Bray will finally fulfil the potential we’d seen in him when he’d first made his main roster debut. However, WWE can’t think that the job is done with Bray Wyatt. Wyatt’s rise to the top must see him beating Randy Orton at WrestleMania or he could lose all the momentum he’s built up.
#2 Brock Lesnar vs Goldberg should not be the main-event
Under no circumstances can WWE let Lesnar and Goldberg main-event WrestleMania. At worst case the match will be a squash, at best case, it will be short. The match also features two part-timers, one of whom is 50 years old. This might be a controversial opinion but regardless of what WWE believe, having part-timers in a WrestleMania main-event is bad for business.
It shows the part-timers to be more important/better than the full-time wrestlers (something that Goldberg’s current run has done) and doesn’t send the best message to the boys who wrestle night in, night out.
Lastly, we’ve already seen Goldberg vs Lesnar twice before. Out of those two, only the match where Goldberg squashed Lesnar was any good and that too it was because of the shock factor. The WrestleMania main-event needs to be a match that keeps us talking about it for the rest of the year, not a short match which is predictable and far from special.
#1 Roman Reigns beating the Undertaker and not turning heel
Let me get this out of the way first – Roman Reigns beating The Undertaker at WrestleMania 33 is the correct decision. However, it’s still a disappointment for more fans.
What more upsetting than Roman being the second person to pin Undertaker at WrestleMania, is that WWE will probably squander the benefits by continuing Roman’s babyface push post-Mania which will bring him back to square one.
Roman Reigns has to turn heel at ‘Mania during the match or afterwards. He will immediately become the biggest heel in WWE right now.
