The card for WrestleMania 36 is far from being finalized. 

While the company has announced several matches for the show, Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the belief is the show will change in some ways. However, those changes have yet to be confirmed. 

Per the report, the original plans of having 16 total matches might be back in place. This plan had changed due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, but that was before the decision to split the show into two nights was made. 

The belief is that plans for WrestleMania 36 will likely be finalized this week. 

Potential matches that could be added to the show include RAW Tag Team Champions The Street Profits, John Morrison and The Miz’s SmackDown Tag Team Titles, WWE Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn, Andrade’s WWE United States Title, and The Kabuki Warriors’ WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles. 

Regarding Asuka and Sane, there had been plans for a Triple Threat with Natalya and WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix as well as Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. Andrade could make a title defense against Rey Mysterio, who beat Andrade in a non-title match on Monday’s RAW. 

The plan had been for Bayley to defend her title in a six-woman match against the likes of Sasha Banks, Carmella, Lacey Evans, Naomi, and one other. This match is up in the air. 

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event as a two-night event on Saturday, April 4 and Sunday, April 5 in Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center. 

• Latest On WWE Taping Schedule, WrestleMania Status Being Kept Quiet

An update on WWE’s taping schedule for Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown has surfaced online. 

Following the news on Thursday that the company is planning an “ambitious” taping schedule for the shows, Dave Meltzer shared some additional details in a recent post on F4Wonline.com. 

It’s believed WWE will tape the two SmackDown episodes over the next two days, then air a live RAW episode on Monday and tape the March 30th show on Tuesday. It’s also possible that WWE will air older content on these shows in order to fill time. 

This would be done as a way to reduce the amount of in-ring matches due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. This would keep physicality between the talents to a minimum.

Regarding WrestleMania 36, POST Wrestling was the first to report that WWE had considered taping both nights of WrestleMania while another source was unsure if that was the plan.

The latest on the status of WrestleMania is that it will likely be taped but it was noted that decision is being kept secret. In fact, very few in the company are in the loop on the WrestleMania live vs. taped decision including most of the talent. 

POST Wrestling is now reporting that there has been an internal memo going around WWE HQ about how to promote WrestleMania 36 on the WWE Network. 

This memo notes to avoid tag lines such as “live on WWE Network” and/or “streaming live.” Instead, WWE wants to promote the event as “Too Big for One Night.”

Clearly, WWE wants to leave the word “live” out of promotional material. Just because this memo was sent out doesn’t mean that the decision to tape has been made just yet. 

WWE Nixes Two WrestleMania Matches Due To Coronavirus Concerns

WWE continues to not only make changes to their weekly television shows but also its next pay-per-view event, WrestleMania 36.

On Thursday evening, John Pollock of POST Wrestling reported that the company is planning an “ambitious” taping schedule for Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown that would see all episodes be in the can.

This schedule could also mean WrestleMania just weeks before its scheduled dates. 

Per the report, WWE plans to pre-tape the March 23rd and March 30th editions of RAW and the March 27th and April 3rd editions of SmackDown over the next week. These episodes will include the go-home shows for each brand. 

Also, one source told him both nights of WrestleMania could also be pre-taped, while another source was unsure if that was the plan.

This is all being done due to the uncertainty of the outbreak of the coronavirus in the United States, which has forced WWE to cancel shows and air all episodes of their weekly programs from their training facility, Performance Center. 

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on the format of these weekly shows and whether WWE plans to air a mix of recent archived content with a handful of new matches.

With the recommendations of how many people can be part of large public gatherings decreasing by the week, if just one talent or crew tests positive after working a show then it could shut down any efforts at producing live content at any time.

Thus, the plans mentioned above are being talked about. 

WrestleMania To Be Held As Two-Night Event From Multiple Locations

Former WCW President and co-host of the 83 Weeks podcast Eric Bischoff recently discussed the announcement that WrestleMania 36 will be taking place over two nights. For the first time ever, WWE’s biggest show of the year will take place without any fans in attendance. This is of course due to the current COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak that has completely changed the state of live entertainment and sports over the past few weeks.

Eric Bischoff on WrestleMania

Bischoff talked about the lack of audience for the show on After 83 Weeks with Christy Olson. “Oftentimes I’m asked how important the audience is to the show itself” Bischoff would begin. “One of the things that I’ve said over the last three decades, and when I got that question was; someone told me once that, and I don’t know if this is true, someone told me once that Elvis Presley said that the most important part of any of his shows was the audience.”

“the audience is like the third or the fourth person in the ring”

Eric Bischoff

Eric Bischoff elaborated further, saying “that always stuck with me. Whenever I could keep the audience alive, with the Nitro girls etc. All those decisions were probably born out of the fact that it made a lot of sense to me. That the audience is like the third or the fourth person in the ring. You’ve got the two combatants, if it’s a singles match, you’ve got the referee, and then you’ve got the audience. So there’s really five characters, you know, or four characters on the show to draw an analogy, or to draw a kind of example.”

Unprecedented WrestleMania

Bischoff finished by saying “I would say just imagine, just close your eyes, use your imagination. Take the best WrestleMania match you can you can imagine, whatever you think your favourite WrestleMania matches are. Now have that match in a high school gym in front of no people. I’ve used that analogy over and over and over again over the last 10-20 years. I never would have imagined that we’d be sitting here, you know, discussing the fact that this WrestleMania is going to take place.”

• Ryback Claims Vince McMahon “Doesn’t Give A F*** About Anyone”

With WWE having split WrestleMania 36 across two days, fans have been naturally wondering what matches will be taking place on what day. WWE.com has now revealed when fans can expect specific matches to take place. At the time of writing, each WrestleMania 36 match preview on WWE’s official website stated the date.

As it stands, the WWE Universe can expect Brock Lesnar’s WWE Championship defense against Drew McIntyre to close Saturday, April 4. The WWE Universal Championship match between Goldberg and Roman Reigns will round out the weekend on Sunday, April 5.

WrestleMania Schedule

The current card, per WWE.com, looks like this:

Saturday, April 4th, 2020

• WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
• NXT Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair
• The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles
• Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins

Sunday, April 5th, 2020

• WWE Universal Championship: Bill Goldberg (c) vs. Roman Reigns
• RAW Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Shayna Baszler
• John Cena vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt

It’s worth noting that, although each match is listed as taking place at the WWE Performance Center, WWE intends to broadcast WrestleMania from multiple locations.

• Details On WrestleMania Taking Place From Multiple Locations

WrestleMania 36 was initially intended to take place at Raymond James Stadium on April 5. It will now take place on April 4 and April 5. The decision to relocate was made due to the current coronavirus pandemic. 

WWE has not only announced a big change to WrestleMania 36 but also the fact that the host of the show has been officially announced. 

On Wednesday, the company announced that their biggest show of the year will be held over the course of two nights. The first night of the show will be on Saturday, April 4 while the second night will take place on Sunday, April 5.

Both nights start at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT and will air on the WWE Network. There will be no fans in attendance in Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center.

It will also air live from “multiple other locations,” according to sources. As of this writing, there’s no word yet on where these other locations will be.

• Update On WrestleMania 36 Taking Place From Multiple Locations

Rob Gronkowski Hosting WrestleMania

Former New England Patriot Rob Gronkowski will be hosting the show on both nights. The former NFL star, who is slated to appear on Friday Night SmackDown this week, commented on the news: 

WWE noted in the announcement that only essential personnel will be on the closed set during the production of WrestleMania.

Updated WWE WrestleMania 36 Card

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
• John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler
• AJ Styles vs. The Undertaker
• Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins

WWE RAW & SmackDown Viewership

A lot of plans have changed for WrestleMania 36 amid the coronavirus outbreak.

First, “The Show Of Shows” has been moved from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando. This is due to the mass gathering bans imposed on the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. For the first time ever, WrestleMania will be held in front of an empty crowd.

Also, WrestleMania is typically the time WWE Superstars utilize some spectacular ring entrances. It turns out WWE had quite the entrance planned for Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch in Tampa, involving the custom semi-trailer truck we saw on this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw. Lynch arrived at Raw in the truck, but according to PWInsider, this was originally to be used in her WrestleMania entrance.

The truck was also to be featured at WrestleMania 36 Axxess. WWE likely went ahead and used it this week on Raw since they’re not going to be able to do so in the way they had hoped at WrestleMania.

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Lynch is currently slated to put her Raw Women’s Championship up for grabs against Shayna Baszler at “The Showcase Of The Immortals.”

• WWE WrestleMania Moved To The Performance Center

WWE Hall of Famer and co-host of the Busted Open Radio Bully Ray recently commented on the revelation that WrestleMania 36 will be held in front of no fans at the Performance Center in Florida.

Postponing WrestleMania

“They got to do it, I don’t think postponing WrestleMania is gonna work for them” Bully Ray began. “Who knows when it’s gonna get postponed to? I mean, this whole situation with coronavirus is so fluid [and] changing, day to day. We don’t know if we’re on a two week, four week or six week [situation]. Who knows how long we’re gonna have to practice this social distancing before things go back to normal?”

“You run into colliding with your own business”

– Bully Ray

Bully Ray would then talk about the actual logistics of ‘postponing’ WrestleMania. “If you start postponing WrestleMania too deep into the year? You run into colliding with your own business. [With] SummerSlam, you run into by obviously the start of Major League Baseball, NFL preseason. Which stadium is going to be available?”

“Remember the WrestleMania of 2020 at the Performance Center in front of no people?”

– Bully Ray

Bully Ray elaborated further, discussing the potential positives of the ‘no fans’ Mania. “This is going to be unique, it’s going to be different and in 50 years from now when we’re looking back on it? We’re going to say, remember the WrestleMania of 2020 at the Performance Center in front of no people? It’s gonna be unique, in some way, shape or form. This might be the way business is gonna be done in the WWE and all of wrestling that’s televised in the foreseeable future.

Coronavirus: A Benefit to WWE?

Bully would then finish by giving a very interesting take, saying that the situation may end up being beneficial for pro wrestling, especially WWE. “I think it’s actually going to help professional wrestling, and the WWE in an interesting way,” he said.
That, I am not quite sure people are seeing. This is it because that there’s the opportunity now for more eyes to be on WrestleMania than ever before.”

He continued, “Because as you know there’s no other sporting events taking place, everyone’s kind of self contained they’re in their homes. Nobody’s venturing outside. So, you know people who haven’t watched wrestling the last 10 or 15 years and obviously, any wrestling fan?”

Bully Ray argues that some sports fans who are confined to their homes due to Coronavirus will purchase the WWE Network, watch WrestleMania 36 and like it so much that they’ll become regular viewers of RAW, SmackDown and NXT. Maybe?

“They’re gonna tune into WrestleMania 36 because there’s really no other choices or options. If you’re a sports fan. In the short term, that’s definitely one way I think it’ll benefit. People are going to be home, people are going to be basically hunkering down and quarantined to their homes. They’re going to be looking for some sort of entertainment so yes, we might get new viewers to the WWE Network we might get new viewers on pay per view we might get new viewers on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights for their products. But I think the interesting aspect of having no fans at the arenas, is that when the day comes when fans are allowed to go back to watch the WWE live, I think the floodgates are going to be open, you know, absence makes the heart grow fonder.”

A new match has been announced for the upcoming WWE WrestleMania 36 PPV event.

During Monday’s episode of RAW on the USA Network, WWE had Kevin Owens cut a backstage promo about how he accepts Seth Rollins’ challenge and that he has decided for the match to take place at the biggest event of the year. 

He talked about how the show now being held from the Performance Center makes sense as this is where his WWE journey started. 

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.

Updated WWE WrestleMania 36 Card

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
• John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler
• AJ Styles vs. The Undertaker
• Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins

CM Punk Pokes Fun At Roman Reigns After New WrestleMania Location Announcement

After weeks of speculation, WWE has confirmed The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles for its biggest event of the year, WrestleMania 36.

WWE confirmed the match on Monday’s episode of RAW on the USA Network when the two stars signed a contract for the contest.

After Styles signed the contract in the backstage area, he sent Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows to the ring to give Taker the contract. Taker took them out before signing it. 

Their first encounter came at the Super ShowDown show last month when Taker attacked Styles in the Tuwaiq Mountain Trophy Gauntlet Match by hitting a chokeslam then pinned him to not only win the match but to kick off his next feud under the WWE banner. 

Fast forward, Taker also cost Styles his No DQ Match against Aleister Black when Taker made the save for Black. 

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Orlando, Florida at the WWE Performance Center. Here’s the card:

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
• John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler
• AJ Styles vs. The Undertaker

Cody Rhodes Talks About Sharing The Ring With The Undertaker During 2008 Royal Rumble

After days of speculation, WWE has confirmed that WrestleMania 36 will indeed take place but from a different location. 

On Monday, the company issued a statement that noted the show will take place from the Performance Center next month. WWE had to make the change due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, which has been impacting their event schedule since last week.

The virus has forced sports leagues and arenas to shut down during this time. WWE has been and likely planning on airing their shows – RAW, NXT & SmackDown – from the training facility. 

WWE issued the following: 

“In coordination with local partners and government officials, WrestleMania and all related events in Tampa Bay will not take place. However, WrestleMania will still stream live on Sunday, April 5 at 7 pm ET on WWE Network and be available on pay-per-view. Only essential personnel will be on the closed set at WWE’s training facility in Orlando, Florida to produce WrestleMania.”

Updated WWE WrestleMania 36 Card

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
• John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler

WrestleMania 36: Several Relocation Rumors Reportedly Debunked

Update: WWE WrestleMania Moved To The Performance Center With No Fans

Original Story: There are plenty of rumors going around regarding the status of WrestleMania 36.

Currently, “The Show Of Shows” is scheduled to go down on April 5 from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. However, due to the current coronavirus pandemic, it has been recommended that, for the time being, people avoid assemblies of more than 10 people. WrestleMania is expected to attract anywhere upwards of 70,000 fans. Other sports leagues such as the NBA, NHL, MLB, and more have decided to either cancel or postpone their seasons for the time being.

However, WWE has yet to make a final decision on their biggest show of the year. With that being said, a recent report from PWInsider has debunked several rumors that are making their way around the internet. For starters, there has been chatter that WrestleMania 36 could be moved to New York inside Madison Square Garden on March 22. MSG has shut down operations, so that is off the table.

There have also been rumblings that WrestleMania could be headed to Saudi Arabia. The report notes there’s nothing to this rumor. As for the talk of WrestleMania taking place from their Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, the idea has been pitched but it’s unknown if that remains a possibility. Finally, there has been some speculation of WrestleMania being moved to June this year.

Mike Johnson’s report states June 7 is a date rumored among WWE talent but the report can’t confirm this. Vince McMahon is reportedly adamant that the show goes on on April 5.

• WrestleMania 36 Not Yet Canceled, WWE Considering Options

Update: WWE WrestleMania Moved To The Performance Center With No Fans

Original Story: The coronavirus outbreak has thwarted the sports world, and a decision has yet to be made on WrestleMania 36.

While leagues such as the NBA, NFL, NHL, and more have all decided to postpone or cancel their seasons altogether, the likes of WWE and the UFC are holding empty arena shows. However, that’s likely not something the WWE would want to do with its biggest show of the year, and the biggest show of the year for professional wrestling overall, in WrestleMania.

Currently, WrestleMania 36 is scheduled to go down on April 5 from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. WrestleMania 36 is expected to hold about 70,000 people, which is a very risky prospect given the current coronavirus pandemic. With that being said, TMZ reports that WrestleMania 36 has not been canceled as of today, and WWE is exploring other options. Nothing is set in stone yet, but WWE is considering a no-fan show.

WWE has already done this with last week’s episode of SmackDown Live, and will also do this for tonight’s Monday Night Raw. Of course, WWE could also postpone WrestleMania to a later date, but that presents an entirely different set of problems. It will certainly be interesting to see what WWE decides to do when it’s all said and done.

• Tampa Officials Threaten To ‘Pull The Plug’ On WrestleMania If WWE Doesn’t Reschedule

For now, WrestleMania 36 is still being planned but that is likely to change in the coming days. 

Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated reported that he reached out to over 20 members of the WWE roster to get their feelings about the coronavirus, which has impacted all industries and led to WWE airing their weekly television shows from the Performance Center in front of no fans. 

It was noted in the report that “Each expressed concern about performing in front of such a massive crowd, especially with the possibility of the situation worsening before WrestleMania.” 

While talent ould only speculate on the fate of WrestleMania, it was noted that the majority of stars he talked with felt it will be canceled due to the evolving situation with the outbreak. 

On Saturday, the United States Government announced that the UK and Ireland have been added to the US travel ban list. It begins at midnight (ET) on Monday.

This comes after President Donald Trump announced earlier this week that a 30-day travel ban between the United States and Europe due to the Coronavirus situation was in place. 

The overwhelming belief is that WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon will be forced into postponing WrestleMania 36.

Tampa Officials Threaten To ‘Pull The Plug’ On WrestleMania If WWE Doesn’t Reschedule

Fans worldwide are waiting to see what will happen to WrestleMania 36 in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Despite WWE’s apparent insistence that the show will go on, some Tampa officials don’t appear to share their approach.

WWE and Tampa officials met last Thursday to discuss options in the face of the pandemic. Hillsborough Commissioner Les Miller had previously explained that no firm decision had been made. Both parties will meet once more if WWE cannot make a decision. In an interview with Fox 13, Miller stated how Tampa officials will “probably have to pull the plug” on WrestleMania if WWE can’t come to a decision.

“I’m hoping that Vince McMahon and WrestleMania and WWE make that call themselves. But a week from now, if they have not done that and we consider the situation we’re in, we will probably have to pull the plug on that.”

WrestleMania’s Coronavirus Concerns

Worldwide events, conventions and organisations have all been dramatically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. WrestleMania is one of the last holdouts to not postpone or cancel.

Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister expressed his hopes that WWE would follow in the wake of the NBA, NHL and MLB, to name a few.

“I commend every sports franchise for erring on the side of caution,” Chronister said. “I hope that the WWE follows suit. I don’t ever want to see people put profit over public safety.”

WWE’s Coronavirus Statement

Following Thursday’s meeting, WWE released an official statement. They stressed their commitment to WrestleMania and revealed they are putting “contingency plans” in place.

“While we remain committed to hosting WrestleMania at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, April 5, we are putting contingency plans in place in the event that it is cancelled by government officials, civil authorities and/or local venues.

The health and safety of our fans, performers and employees are our top priorities and we are monitoring the situation closely with our partners and government officials in Tampa Bay.”

At the time of writing, WrestleMania 36 is still set to take place on April 5 from Raymon James Stadium. Last night’s episode of SmackDown took place in an empty WWE Performance Center. Only essential crew were in attendance. The show continued its build towards WrestleMania.

The drama of whether or not WWE will hold WrestleMania 36 as scheduled in Tampa, Florida due to the coronavirus will remain a possibility. 

On Thursday, the Hillsborough County Emergency Policy Group decided against calling off WrestleMania or any events in the area, according to the Tampa Bay Times. 

Per the report, the group could reconsider in a week based on how the virus spreads. This comes after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis encouraged to cancel mass gatherings and events scheduled for the next 30 days.

However, the city of Tampa is keeping things as scheduled, which includes WrestleMania. 

It’s been reported that WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon traveled to Tampa today in order to meet with city officials regarding the pandemic and the status of WrestleMania 36.

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre is likely to headline the show should it take place. 

Updated WWE WrestleMania 36 Card

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
• John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler

President Trump Announces US-European Travel Ban That Falls Over WrestleMania 36 Week

City officials and Mayor of Tampa Jane Castor will meet tomorrow to discuss the possible canceling or postponing of major events in the city. This could include WrestleMania 36, other planned WWE events in the city, and all independent wrestling events scheduled for the week.

New Japan Pro Wrestling has canceled all events between March 1st and 21st including the 2020 New Japan Cup.

• Ryback Talks About Coronavirus Concerns Impacting WrestleMania 36

Events Canceled Due To Coronavirus

Santa Clara County in California has already banned all large gatherings in the area. The ban puts at risk several San Jose Sharks home games. Pearl Jam and several other music artists have postponed tours as a result of the outbreak. South By Southwest in Austin, Texas this year has been canceled. The Coachella Music Festival has been postponed until October.

Major sporting leagues such as MLB, NHL, and NBA have limited media access to locker rooms as a result of the outbreak. The NBA has discussed the idea of holding games in arenas with no spectators as well.

Ireland has canceled all St. Patrick’s Day parade events as well.

Chris Jericho has said that Fozzy’s tour will go ahead as planned unless they are told they can’t.

“Why wouldn’t it?” Jericho said after being asked if the tour was still on. “I don’t think the public should panic so much. [We’re still going on] unless the cops tells us we can’t.” He then referred to the coronavirus situation as “mass hysteria.” 

• AEW Issues Statement Regarding Coronavirus Disease

As expected, Shayna Bazler is headed to WrestleMania 36 and will do so by being in a championship match. 

WWE booked a Women’s Elimination Chamber Match at the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Wells Fargo Center on the WWE Network. 

This contest saw WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Asuka vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Ruby Riott vs. Sarah Logan vs. Liv Morgan, vs. Natalya with the winner becoming the new #1 contender for the RAW Women’s Title, which is currently behind held by Becky Lynch.  

As seen in the contest, Bazler won the match. As a result, she has earned the opportunity to challenge Becky Lynch for the strap at WrestleMania 36. 

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. 

What are your thoughts on Shayna Baszler winning this contest and challenging Becky Lynch for the RAW Women’s Title at the biggest event of the year for WWE? Was this the right call by WWE officials? Sound off in the comment section.

• First Look At WWE Studios’ Animated Movie “Rumble” Starring Becky Lynch & Roman Reigns

Plans for one WWE Championship have surfaced heading into WrestleMania 36 as the biggest event of the year for the company is getting closer. 

Alex McCarthy of Talk Sports reported on Sunday that the plan right now is for a six-pack challenge to take place at WrestleMania 36 that will see Bayley defend the SmackDown Women’s Title. 

The other confirmed competitors include Sasha Banks, Lacey Evans, Carmella, and one unknown star. 

As of this writing, there’s no word yet on who the mystery star will be. WWE has yet to confirm the match. 

“A source tells me the plan for the SD women’s title at WM36 is a six-pack challenge right now. Bayley v Sasha v Naomi v Lacey Evans v Carmella – that’s five of the six names. The source speculates Bayley and Sasha would prefer to hold off their major singles PPV match, too. 

I hate tweeting things like this because WWE/wrestling is so fluid and the source even said ‘as of this morning’ alluding to the possibility of change.”

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. 

WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre is expected to get top billing on the card with the second biggest match of WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns. 

Updated WWE WrestleMania 36 Card

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
• John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt

WWE Star Calls Out Champions, WrestleMania 36 Match Speculation

Some fans are speculating that WWE could make a change to one title match at WrestleMania 36 after recent teasers.

Dave Meltzer has reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that WWE had planned for The Kabuki Warriors to defend the WWE Women’s Titles against Natalya and Beth Phoenix at WrestleMania. 

However, the company may have made changes to this match. On Friday’s episode of SmackDown, Alexa Bliss took some shots, which were scripted, towards Kairi Sane and Asuka about how they can also defend their titles against SmackDown stars not just against talent on RAW. 

Bliss followed up with two tweets on Saturday that was also about the champions and leading to speculation that this is the direction that WWE is going. 

Of course, plans change all the time in WWE. Thus, it’s possible that they will make this a multi-team match with Natalya and Phoenix still included.

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. Here is the updated card:

WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns

WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair

John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt

• Details On Vince McMahon’s Reaction To Shayna Baszler, Uncertainty Over Planned Match

WWE is getting closer to WrestleMania 36, its biggest event of the year, while at the same time the concern over the Coronavirus increases. 

The virus is affecting business, sports, and entertainment events around the world. However, as of now, it won’t stop WrestleMania. 

WWE made that clear through a statement sent out to ESPN on Wednesday where it was noted they are moving ahead with the show. 

“The health and safety of our fans, performers and employees are our top priorities and we are monitoring the situation closely with our partners and government officials in Tampa Bay. We remain committed to hosting WrestleMania at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday, April 5, and like other entertainment properties in the U.S., there are currently no plans to cancel or postpone our upcoming events.”

There is a concern with fans traveling from around the world to the Tampa area for WrestleMania weekend. 

As of this writing, there have been 80 reported cases of COVID-19 in the United States with nine deaths. 24 of those are travel related. Worldwide the number is more with 95,000 people being affected with 3264 deaths, nearly all in mainland China.

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. 

WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre and WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns are the top matches featured on the card. 

• Mick Foley Talks Drew McIntyre Defying His Expectations

A new match has been announced for the upcoming WWE WrestleMania 36 PPV and it’s a big one.

WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns was confirmed. WWE did so on Friday’s episode of SmackDown in Boston, MA at the TD Garden on FOX in the opening segment. 

Goldberg came out for a promo where he asked not who was last but who’s next. Reigns came out to the ring and said he was next. They had a quick staredown before the segment ended. 

This was expected with original plans calling for Reigns to face Bray Wyatt as champion at the biggest event of the year for WWE. 

Once Goldberg dethroned Wyatt, it was clear that Goldberg would walk into WrestleMania as Universal Champion as the company changed plans. 

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. 

Updated WWE WrestleMania 36 Card

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• WWE NXT Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair

What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE Makes Changes To Top WrestleMania 36 Matches

WrestleMania 36 will take place on April 5th, 2020 from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay, Florida. The lineup for the show is said to have been in a state of flux over the last few weeks, however.

2 news matches have been added to the planned lineup. These include Otis taking on Dolph Ziggler and a women’s tag titles match pitting the Kabuki Warriors against Natalya and Beth Phoenix.

According to a report from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, here is what is currently planned for WrestleMania. Please note that plans for these matches could be changed.

Planned Matches:

1. WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs Drew McIntyre
2. Universal Championship: Goldberg (c) vs Roman Reigns
3. John Cena vs Bray Wyatt
4. Edge vs Randy Orton
5. Undertaker vs AJ Styles
6. RAW Women’s Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs Shayna Baszler
7. NXT Women’s Championship: Rhea Ripley (c) vs Charlotte Flair
8. WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: The Kabuki Warriors (c) vs Natalya & Beth Phoenix
9. Otis vs Dolph Ziggler
10. Men’s Battle Royal
11. Women’s Battle Royal

5 additional matches to be added:

• A match involving Seth Rollins
• A Smackdown Women’s title match
• Intercontinental title match
• Smackdown tag team titles match
• A U.S title match

The report would continue to say there have been rumors of Tyson Fury coming in after his victory over Deontay Wilder but they are nothing more than rumors at this point.

WWE continues to make changes to the card for its biggest event of the year, WrestleMania 36. 

The current plan is to have John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns vs. WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg. Dave Meltzer noted the news on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio. 

Wyatt vs. Reigns and Cena vs. Elias was reportedly scheduled for the show but news broke earlier this week that those matches were going to be changed but there wasn’t any word on the new opponents for these stars at the time. 

At the time, Meltzer also noted that “five or six” WrestleMania matches in total have changed recently. Most of them are only on the SmackDown brand side of the card. 

Fast forward to today’s WWE Super ShowDown pay-per-view event, Goldberg beat Wyatt to become the new Universal Champion. 

WWE has already confirmed that Cena is returning to SmackDown this Friday with the belief that he’ll start his feud heading into WrestleMania on this show.

The following is an updated look at the rumored card WrestleMania:

• WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre
• Universal Champion Goldberg vs. Roman Reigns
• John Cena vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt
• The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles
• Edge vs Randy Orton

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for WrestleMania in the coming weeks.

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A new report has backed up the claim that plans change all the time in WWE and WrestleMania 36 is no different. 

WWE Universal Champion Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns and John Cena vs. Elias was reportedly scheduled for the show. However, they’re now being changed.

Dave Meltzer noted the news on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio. Meltzer noted that the potential new matches were not known. 

Meltzer also noted that “five or six” WrestleMania matches in total have changed recently. Most of them are only on the SmackDown brand side of the card. 

WWE has already confirmed that Cena is returning to SmackDown this Friday with the belief that he’ll start his feud heading into WrestleMania on this show. Elias was reportedly his opponent as of earlier this month. 

Wyatt is slated to defend his title against Goldberg at WWE Super ShowDown. Meltzer speculated whether Wyatt vs. Reigns will take place at Mania as expected because Goldberg would win the title from Wyatt. 

WWE presents the WrestleMania 36 pay-per-view event on Sunday, April 5, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the Raymond James Stadium that will air on the WWE Network. 

WWE will be announcing more matches for WrestleMania, which is WWE’s biggest event of the year in the coming weeks. 

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