WrestleMania 34 doesn’t take place for over 5 more months, but bidding is underway to determine which city will host WrestleMania 35 in 2019.
Detroit ABC television affiliate WXYZ states that the Detroit Sports Commission is denying reports that they are in the running. After submitting bids for WrestleMania 33 and 34, Detroit did not submit a bid for the 2019 event.
The other cities that are in the final stages of WWE’s selection process are New York and Philadelphia, according to Twitter account @WrestleVotes, which has broken a few news stories. The MetLife stadium, which hosted WrestleMania 29, boasted an (advertised) attendance of 80,676 fans. Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field, home of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, has an attendance record of 69,280.
WrestleMania 35: a number of sources tell me it's down to 2 cities. And it could possibly even be decided already.
– Forbes has released their annual “Fab 40” list, ranking the most valuable sports brands. WWE WrestleMania ranked #6 on the list, valued at $195 million, an 8.3% increase over last year. The Top 5 includes Super Bowl, Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics, FIFA World Cup and the NCAA Final Four.
– Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan indicated on Twitter that he’s considering shaving his head.
It’s about time to give myself a Stone Cold haircut brother. HH
– Last week, The Miz and Maryse revealed the baby they’re expecting next year is a girl. TMZ caught up with WWE’s Intercontinental Champion, who said he’s fine if his daughter wants to become a pro wrestler. Miz said she can do whatever she wants in life, whether it’s a pro wrestler, reality TV star, doctor or lawyer. Whatever she wants to do, she’ll have his full support.
The WWE Universe is elated to finally see Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Dean Ambrose reunited on WWE TV to reform The Shield – but that happiness could once again be crushed by WWE as we approach WrestleMania 34.
As we all know, Seth Rollins betrayed his Shield brethren to initially break up the faction when he stuck a steel chair into the backs of Reigns and Ambrose on the Monday Night RAW after their Payback win over Evolution. It seems that Reigns and Ambrose have since settled their differences with Rollins since the betrayal and now unite to take on Braun Strowman, Kane, The Miz, Sheamus, and Cesaro at Tables Ladders and Chairs (TLC) this weekend.
Following TLC, however, how long are The Shield expected to stay united? Per a report from PWMania (via Sportskeeda) the WWE is actually planning on turning Dean Ambrose heel to set up a feud between he and Seth Rollins at WrestleMania. It’s still early in the WrestleMania planning faze, and ideas change on the drop of a dime, however, it’s worth noting WWE is considering a Rollins-Ambrose match-up.
Discussion: Is the WWE making a mistake by turning Ambrose heel and breaking up The Shield again? Who would you like to see each of “The Hounds Of Justice” take on at “The Show Of Shows?”
Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles recently did an interview with Planeta Wrestling to discuss a number of professional wrestling topics. “The Phenomenal One” talked about being a top guy in WWE, his favorite rivalry in WWE, and who he’d like to face at WrestleMania 34. You can check out the highlights from the interview here:
Being a top guy in WWE:
“I think that a championship definitely says something about you, it definitely says you’re the guy that puts butts in the seats,” he said. “The WWE Champion does that for SmackDown, he’s our guy that puts butts in the seats, that’s why people come to see it. Do you necessarily have to be a top guy to have the championship? You don’t have to be. Once you’ve got the respect of the fans for everything you’ve done, you can be that top guy. But I personally enjoy being a champion.”
His favorite rivalry he has had in WWE:
“I’ve had a lot of great matches already and I don’t know that I can pick just one, I don’t know if that’s a question for me,” he said. “Now I did enjoy the WrestleMania match, because it’s always bigger than anything else, with Shane McMahon and I’m very proud of that match. That’s one that’s at the top of my list, but there are many others like with Roman Reigns and John Cena as well, so it’s hard to pick just one.”
Wanting to face Shinsuke Nakamura at WrestleMania 34:
“Will it happen? I’m not sure. I think there’s a lot of matches that people want to see and Shinsuke [vs.] AJ Styles is definitely one of them, also with Bobby Roode,” he said. “There’s very few people on the SmackDown roster I’ve yet to have a one-on-one match with, and I think that would be very special to have any one of those guys at WrestleMania.”
WWE has announced that tickets for WrestleMania 34 will go on sale to the general public on Friday, November 17th. WrestleMania Travel Packages go on sale ‘as soon as’ October 30th.
Like previous years, WrestleMania weekend will include the Hall of Fame Ceremony, an NXT Takeover event, the WrestleMania pay-per-view, RAW and SmackDown from the host city.
WrestleMania 34 takes place on Sunday, April 8th from New Orleans, Louisiana at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
For more information, visit WWE.com via the embedded tweet below:
WWE Champion Jinder Mahal has issued a formal challenge to John Cena for a match at WrestleMania 34.
Mahal hosed an #AskJinder Q&A session on Twitter over the weekend and was asked who his ideal opponent was for WM34. In his response, Mahal said he fully intends to be WWE Champion through next year’s big event and issued an ‘official challenge.’
“I fully intend on being WWE Champion, come WrestleMania, and even after WrestleMania. So, John Cena, this is an official challenge to you.”
It’s a bold move by the WWE Champion, who looks to solidify his spot in main events by calling out the biggest name in WWE.
WrestleMania 34 takes place on Sunday, April 8th, 2018 from New Orleans, Louisiana.
You can check out footage of his challenge embedded below:
Former WWE Champion Roman Reigns recently spoke with UK Mirror to talk about various topics. Here are the highlights:
Beating Cena at No Mercy:
“It was a huge honour. You don’t really get to face people like John Cena often. He’s definitely a rare breed, we had a lot of heavy things to say to each other building into the match, but I think at the end of the day we both came out of it with a lot of respect for each other, not only for what we do in the ring, but what we do for the company and all the various responsibilities that come with this role. I’m proud to say that I was able to beat an athlete and a competitor, a superstar and a role model like John Cena, especially in hindsight, someone who has been on top of the mountain for 15 years. He said it, it’s not just like he was wrestling at a certain level, he was at the elite level. I don’t think anybody else is going to have a career like John Cena, to be able to hold the fort down for 15 years, it seems superhuman. I’m just really glad I was able to display my skill and my talent in the ring and we had a really great match and I’m very proud of it.”
Learning from Cena:
“I think I learned that I’m up for any challenge. That was one of the biggest challenges for me and that’s what great competitors do. If I had to lower myself to compete with John Cena, then there’s no point in competing with John Cena. But what he did, like any great competitor, any great superstar, he forced me to step up. As he said, ‘you either step up or you step aside’. I’m very proud to show that I’m able to do these different things. For a long time my strength has always been in the ring and I haven’t had these barn burner promos that everybody talks about the next day. But, I know inside that I’m able to step up. I know what I have ability wise and talent wise and I think that’s all that John was trying to do, he wanted to bring out the best in me and I think he did that and I’m very grateful for that. I think that’s my job, that’s the most important thing about being the top guy, that you lift everybody up, that you bring everybody up to that standard. It can’t be the other way around because if that’s the case, then the whole structure is off. I think he did a great job of lighting a fire under my ass and I think I did a great job of stepping up to the occasion and we made great TV for it.”
His WrestleMania dream matches:
“Yeah I mean, when I first heard about the match with Cena, I immediately was thinking ‘man, let’s save this, let’s do this at WrestleMania’. But when the time is right, the time is right. But in the same light, I can only see me and Rock going at WrestleMania. Not only because of his schedule, but just the level of that match and the level of superstar that he is and you know, where I’m trying to get. But we also have a deep family tie. We represent the same family tree and having the opportunity to represent our culture, there would obviously have to be a sit down and we would have to express how we feel and the light we want to do this in… because there’s a lot of people we represent watching. The last thing I want to do is make it confusing or anything like that. But at the end of the day, I know it’s a money match. And I’m the guy who is still in the ring, so if someone who isn’t in the ring every single night wants to come back in the ring, we now call it my yard, so he is going to have to come to me and then we’ll go from there. It won’t go down anywhere other than a WWE ring, that’s all I’m saying. If he wants to get it, then I’m not stepping back for anybody.”
WWE COO Triple H was in Mumbai, India last week to announce WWE’s upcoming live events from the country, scheduled for December.
While there, he stopped by Facebook’s office in Mumbai and took part in a Facebook Live interview. You can check out the full Q&A session here:
Among the most interesting topics discussed was Triple H’s interest in having another ‘WrestleMania moment’ with The Rock. Making no bones about it, Triple H declared,
“I’ll dance one more time with The Great One.”
While both men’s days as active competitors on the WWE roster have long passed, a WrestleMania moment with The Rock is something that would be too good for him to pass up. Triple H mentioned that the idea of one more match with The Rock stems from a backstage interaction they had on SmackDown back in 2014:
Opinion: I don’t think we’ll see Triple H in the ring with The Rock for the next WrestleMania, however I believe we should keep an eye on Kevin Owens…
Possibly facing Ronda Rousey in the main event at WrestleMania:
“I hope that’s the main event of WrestleMania. That’s my dream. I hope we can make it happen. She really opened the doors for a lot of women. Having that opportunity would be huge. I don’t know what her goals are, but it’s just cool that she wants to be a part of our world.”
Ronda Rousey’s popularity in UFC helping WWE women’s division:
“I thank Ronda for opening the door for us. If Ronda had never been given that main event spot as a female and doing what she did with it, I don’t know if we would have ever been given that chance. Yeah, we were killing it at NXT, but I don’t know if the main roster audience and the business side would have thought the women could carry the main storyline and main event a pay-per-view and we did and I think that’s because they saw how popular Ronda was and if you give us a storyline, we can deliver and we did deliver, so I want to thank her.
It’s exciting to know that there could be a crossover. We see it with the men all the time and it’s such a big attraction. I want to be an attraction for the WWE as a female and I think having those women be a part of the company in some kind of storyline makes the women an attraction. Were we an attraction at WrestleMania 32? Yes, but Brock Lesnar, he’s an attraction. I want to be that and with Ronda Rousey or Cyborg. I think that would be exciting.”
John Cena vs. The Undertaker. It’s the WrestleMania dream match that fans have been talking about for years, but will probably never see.
During his recent appearance on Edge & Christian’s E&C Pod of Awesomeness, the 16-time World Champion gave a pretty logical explanation why a match against Undertaker on the ‘grandest stage of them all’ never game together.
“We have to do the best for WrestleMania, period,” Cena explained. “That event is completely [essential to] the fiscal future of the company and every single year, there were plans to do the right thing for WrestleMania and that match was not in the plans. And that’s the best I can say.
“So many guys complain about not being in the last match, or a main event match, or with a certain partner. Man, if it was only work with people you’re comfortable with, I would’ve had another 10,000 matches with [Edge]. Like that’s the easy part. The difficult part as a professional is to take what they need you to do and make it creative.”
Cena is intrigued by the chance to face The Undertaker at WrestleMania, but only if that’s the best possible match-up for him at the time.
“In a perfect world, would I want to face The Undertaker at WrestleMania? That’s every pro wrestler’s dream! That’s any WWE Superstar’s dream, to work pretty much the maestro of WrestleMania at WrestleMania. That’s it! But if our company’s success depends on me doing something else, then my job is to do that something else. And I think the way all that went, I don’t have any regrets on the way any of that went. I think it was completely put together the right way. Would I have loved to do it? Yes! But I show up to work to do work.”
A similar argument line of reasoning could be applied to several other dream matches that never took place in WWE, such as Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan or Steve Austin vs. Hogan or Goldberg.
Considering The Undertaker’s sendoff after losing to Roman Reigns back in April at WrestleMania 33, another match for Taker next year in New Orleans seems like a fleeing possibility. If the Dead Man does decide to take one last ride, we can’t think of a better final opponent for him than John Cena.
You can listen to the full John Cena interview on the E&C Pod of Awesomeness here:
WWE was in China over the weekend, with a live event held on Sunday from Shenzhen. John Cena was on hand to make a special appearance at the show, defeating Rusev in front of a packed house at the Shenzhen Civic Centre.
During an interview with SCMP.com, Cena said he was initially not supposed to attend the show, but “bent time” to be there and will be flying all day on Monday to appear at RAW from San Jose, California.
WWE first broke into the Chinese market back at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai. Cena recalls, “I remember the first time we went to China, we were just a footnote in the Expo. But we were off to a good start and we were welcomed by the loyal Chinese fan base which got us another event, another event, another event. And now all these years later the culture is catching up with what we do.”
Cena says the possibilities are endless for WWE in China. WWE currently seven Chinese trainees at the Performance Center in Orlando. Two two of them, Tian Bing and Boa, were in Shenzhen on Sunday.
“Not only do I see potential success for Chinese superstars to move through the ranks, I envision a world where we do television broadcasts from over here. I envision a world where we do WrestleMania from here.
“So I would love to create a culture in China surrounding WWE, that’s with a strong developmental system for our superstars and hopefully a greater and greater live event presence.”
During his recent appearance on Busted Open Radio, Chris Jericho revealed an interesting WrestleMania match he had pitched to the Boss Vince McMahon involving the WWE Hall Of Famer Shawn Michaels which didn’t get approved.
According to Jericho, he had the idea for a match between him and the Former Wyatt Family Leader Bray Wyatt for WrestleMania XXX back in 2014. The match would have seen Michaels being in his corner for the match and the Wyatt Family on Bray’s.
However, this match wasn’t approved by Mr. McMahon because apparently, Chris read the room wrong while pitching the idea and it didn’t work out well for him:
“When I went to pitch it to Vince I read the room wrong and made some mistakes. Not only was there somebody else in the room, but he was also hungry and eating. It just led to this whole deck of cards falling, where had I pitched it under the rules of knowing my audience; I could’ve got it through.”
It’s worth mentioning here that during the same interview, Jericho also revealed that the finish of the US title match at Battleground was botched and WWE had to fix it two nights later on SmackDown Live.
After Chris Jericho’s idea wasn’t approved, Bray Wyatt faced John Cena in a one on one match during the PPV and Shawn Michaels ended up being a part of the pre show panel on the event.
Many believed that John Cena is the most dividing star in the history of professional wrestling until WWE decided to make Roman Reigns their next top babyface of the company.
Since breaking up the Shield back in June 2014 WWE has done everything they can to try and get Roman Reigns over or at least get cheered by the crowd.
One infamous incident showcasing WWE’s commitment of getting Reigns cheered at any cost is when WWE involved the Rock in the Royal Rumble match back in 2015.
However, in recent months it appeared that WWE has taken a step back from pushing Roman as the Superman, as he has lost all PPV matches he has competed in since WrestleMania 33 where he defeated the Undertaker.
Recently a fan pointed this fact out to Dave Meltzer on Twitter and asked if this will change anytime soon. Replying to the question, The Wrestling Journalist revealed that Officials think that it will make fans like Reigns more indicating that his PPV losing streak may continue in near future:
This is another example of WWE’s unique mentality which they show every now and then while trying to put the stars of their choice over with the crowd and neglect wrestlers who get over naturally.
Following the success of their New York/Boston events this past weekend PROGRESS will be heading to New Orleans for Wrestlemania weekend in 2018.
The relationship between PROGRESS and WWE has been well documented over the past few months, 205 Live star Jack Gallagher appeared for the company over the weekend and the current WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne also holds the coveted PROGRESS World Championship.
The current plans for the event and who is likely to appear are as always being kept under wraps however expect there to be several sightings from WWE talents over the two days…
Ryback revealed on the latest episode of his Conversations with the Big Guy podcast that he was originally scheduled to face the Ultimate Warrior at Wrestlemania 30.
Ryback stated:
“Mark Carrano actually had showed me the WrestleMania card early. They kind of have an idea of what they want to do, obviously, ahead of time, and they had on it Ryback versus Ultimate Warrior. And I just said, ‘cool.’ But, in my head, at the time, it was during my heel deal, that first one, where it probably wasn’t gonna be a favorable position for me as far as all that. But I was excited, because I figured it was his one last moment in WWE. So, I thought it would be really cool. I didn’t think I would necessarily be the right guy for that, because I didn’t know anything about him. I didn’t know what kind of shape he was in, if he could wrestle or not, but I 100 percent would have done it, because I did everything that they asked me there.”
Credit to Wrestlezone for the transcription
Ryback later noted that he loved the Ultimate Warrior growing up but that he had major reservations with the match, mainly that it would be “1 or 2 minute deal” and that it would be of no benefit to his character.
– WWE has been discounting tickets for the July 7th live event from Madison Square Garden, an indication sales have been soft. WWE has been stacking the card for the 7/7 MSG show, including two big “special attration” matches featuring SmackDown stars: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler and Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles. This will be Nakamura’s first appearance at the Garden.
– The WWE sent out a survey this week to fans who attended WrestleMania 33 in Orlando. Fans were asked about their travel preferences as it relates to future WrestleMania locations. The cities listed were London, New York and Toronto.
– Justin Roberts’ book, “Best Seat in the House: Your Backstage Pass Through My WWE Journey” has been released on audio book. You can pick it up now at Amazon.com.
– Several WWE performers have been nominated for Teen Choice Awards, including John Cena (“Choice Male Athlete), the Bella Twins and Sasha Banks (“Choice Female Athlete”). The awards show takes place on August 13th from Los Angeles. Vince McMahon congratulated Cena, Banks and the Bella Twins on Twitter:
WWE considering London as a host city for WrestleMania
The Independent posted an article recently about WWE considering bringing their biggest event of the year to London. A survey was sent out this week to fans that attended WrestleMania 33 in Orlando. The survey asked fans about their interest in future venues. The selections on the survey included New York City, Toronto, London and other cities.
As noted in the article, the last major WWE PPV held in England was SummerSlam in 1992. The event was held in Wembley Stadium in front of 80,000 fans. In the main-event, the British Bulldog defeated his brother-in-law Bret Hart to capture the Intercontinental Championship.
Goldust on new episode of Superstar Ink
WWE has uploaded a new episode of Superstar Ink. In the episode, Goldust gets a tattoo to honor his father, Dusty Rhodes.
WWE COO Triple H is one of the most decorated professional wrestlers of all time. With 14 world title reigns to his name, the DX co-founder has had legendary feuds with the likes of Steve Austin, The Rock, The Undertaker, Mick Foley, Shawn Michaels, Daniel Bryan, Seth Rollins and countless others.
For all of his accomplishments, The Game made history at Sunday’s WrestleMania 33 PPV, but it’s nothing he’ll be bragging about any time soon. With his loss to Seth Rollins, Triple H now holds the record for most losses at Wrestlemania at 12. Prior to Sunday, he was tied with Shawn Michaels with 11 losses at the biggest show of the year.
Here’s a look back at Triple H’s WrestleMania record:
Wrestlemania XII: Triple H was defeated by The Ultimate Warrior. This was before Triple H was referred to as The Game. He wrestled as Hunter Hearst Helmsley.
Wrestlemania 13: Still wrestling as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Triple H defeated Goldust.
Wrestlemania XIV: Triple H defended his European Championship against Owen Hart and emerged victorious.
Wrestlemania XV: Triple H lost to Kane via disqualification.
Wrestlemania 2000: Triple H defeated The Rock, Mick Foley and Big Show in a Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match for the WWF Championship
Wrestlemania X-Seven: The Undertaker extended his winning streak at Wrestlemania by defeating Triple H.
Wrestlemania X8: Triple H defeated Chris Jericho to win the Undisputed Championship.
Wrestlemania XIX: Triple H defeated Booker T in a World Heavyweight Championship match.
Wrestlemania XX: Triple H lost his World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat match against Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit.
Wrestlemania 21: Triple H once again lost his World Heavyweight Championship to Batista.
Wrestlemania 22: John Cena defeated Triple H in a WWE Championship match.
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Wrestlemania XXIV: Randy Orton defeated Triple H and John Cena in a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship.
Wrestlemania XXV: Triple H defeated Randy Orton in a WWE Championship match.
Wrestlemania XXVI: Triple H defeated Sheamus.
Wrestlemania XXVII: The Undertaker defeated Triple H.
Wrestlemania XXVIII: The Undertaker defeated Triple H in a Hell in a Cell match.
Wrestlemania 29: Triple H defeated Brock Lesnar.
Wrestlemania XXX: Triple H was defeated by Daniel Bryan.
Wrestlemania 31: Triple H defeated Sting.
Wrestlemania 32: Triple H was defeated by Roman Reigns in a WWE Championship match.
Wrestlemania 33: Triple H was defeated by Seth Rollins in a Non-Sanctioned match.
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Jason and his co-host Noah Mark reveal their 3 favorite WrestleMania matches. The guys also pick their 1 guilty pleasure match. It’s a great show to warm up for WrestleMania 33, enjoy!
Several fans in attendance last night at WrestleMania are sending in videos of the stage catching fire. It appears as though the fire started during the pyro for Undertaker’s curtain-call.
It is also being reported that Undertaker’s gloves, hat and coat were all still neatly folded in the ring 30min after the show had ended.
More than 30 minutes after the end of #WrestleMania 33, Undertaker's iconic trench coat and hat remain in the ring. Photo: Steve Argintaru pic.twitter.com/OEHkYQ2QTp
– NXT General Manager William Regal has announced that new NXT Championship belts will be unveiled later tonight at Takeover: Orlando.
– SmackDown Live announcer Mauro Ranallo confirmed that he will not be at WrestleMania 33 this Sunday, but congratulated Jim Ross on the news that JR will be calling at least one match on the show.
– Chris Jericho announced on social media that his WrestleMania match with Kevin Owens is jeopardy due to an ankle injury. It’s April Fool’s Day, so appreciate the Jeritroll and drink it in, man.
There have been countless memorable moments that have taken place at Wrestlemania throughout out the years. 30 years ago, Hulk Hogan Body Slammed Andre the Giant. It is a moment that wrestling fans of that generation will never forget.
8 years ago Shawn Michaels wrestled The Undertaker in an all-time classic match. The following year at Wrestlemania 26, the two did it again and Shawn Michaels called it a career. For fans of Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker, the match between the two at Wrestlemania 25 will be something they always remember.
For younger fans, Daniel Bryan finally overcoming The Authority at Wrestlemania 30 is something they will never forget. Daniel Bryan defeated Triple H in the first match of Wrestlemania 30 and then went on to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in a Triple Threat match against Batista and Randy Orton. While the match might not have been anything memorable, the moment when Bryan won was incredible. Daniel Bryan connected with the WWE Universe in a way that I hadn’t seen since the days of the Attitude Era.
The Wrestlemania moment I will always remember was Bret Hart versus Stone Cold at Wrestlemania 13. I was almost 8 years old and I could barely comprehend what was going on. I just remember where I was when I watched that match and how I felt when the match was over. Bret Hart won the match, but Austin elected to pass out in a pool of his own blood rather than submit. I’ve since watched that match countless times.
There are tons of moments to choose from. When Shawn Michaels got his leg caught in the ropes during the ladder match between Razor Ramon and Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania X. When Owen Hart defeated Bret Hart at that same Wrestlemania. Some people believe that the match between Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat and the Macho Man Randy Savage was the best Wrestlemania match at Wrestlemania III.
Discussion: Everyone has a Wrestlemania moment or match that they always go back and watch. What is yours?
There was some outrage within the WWE Universe when it was revealed that the Smackdown’s Women’s Championship Six-Pack Challenge match was on the Wrestlemania 33 Kickoff Show. The Raw Women’s Championship match was announced for the main show and people were upset that the Smackdown Women’s Championship wasn’t also going to be on the main card. Well, the WWE may have heard those complaints. The Smackdown Women’s Championship is no longer being advertised for the Kickoff Show. It appears that it has been added to the main card of Wrestlemania 33. Becky Lynch and Carmella sent out Tweets and thanked the WWE Universe for their support.
You spoke up. You're awesome. Thank you . #WrestleMania
WWE has announced that the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal and the SmackDown Women’s Championship match will now air on the WrestleMania 33 pre-show this Sunday. The pre-show begins at 5pm EST and also includes Austin Aries vs. WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville.
The second hour of the pre-show will also air on the USA Network. That second hour will feature the Andre Battle Royal while the two championship matches will be included in the first hour.
Here’s the updated lineup for Sunday:
– The New Day hosts the show
– Goldberg defends the WWE Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar
– Bray Wyatt defends the WWE Championship against Randy Orton
– The Undertaker goes to war with Roman Reigns
– SmackDown Commissioner Shane McMahon battles AJ Styles
– John Cena teams with girlfriend Nikki Bella to face The Miz and wife Maryse. Al Roker will be the special ring announcer
– Bayley defends the RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax in a Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match
– Dean Ambrose defends the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Baron Corbin
– Chris Jericho defends the WWE United States Championship against Kevin Owens
– Gallows and Anderson defend the RAW Tag Team Championships against Enzo and Cass, Sheamus and Cesaro in a Triple Threat Ladder Match
– Triple H and Seth Rollins battle in a Non-Sanctioned Match
– Neville defends the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Austin Aries on the pre-show
– Alexa Bliss defends the SmackDown Women’s Championship against every available woman on the SmackDown roster on the pre-show
– The 4th Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal takes place on the pre-show with Mojo Rawley, Apollo Crews, Big Show, Curt Hawkins, Braun Strowman, Primo, Epico, Goldust, R-Truth, Curtis Axel, Bo Dallas, Jinder Mahal, Sami Zayn and other Superstars to be announced
Charlotte was recently interviewed by Brian Fritz of SportingNews.com to promote Sunday’s WrestleMania. Charlotte will challenge for the RAW Women’s Championship in the Fatal 4 Way Elimination Match involving Bayley, Sasha Banks and Nia Jax.
Here are some highlights of what Charlotte said about:
The difference between the Women’s Championship and the Divas Championship:
“I was very proud of the Divas title but winning the Women’s championship was as exciting, but it was more the fact that I knew the company was making an executive decision to put more emphasis on the women,” said Charlotte. “That’s why they have us a new title, to update the division. And to know they were choosing me to represent that title at that moment, which will be replayed for years and years and years, it meant a lot. I get goosebumps thinking about it.”
Fans mistaking her confidence for arrogance:
“People think I’m arrogant because I’m Ric Flair’s daughter but what I am confident about is my athletic ability,” said Charlotte. “So what I’m showing is my confidence in my athletic ability but when the audience sees me, they think that’s just Charlotte Flair, she thinks she’s better than everyone or she only has her job because of her dad.
“I am very confident in being a strong, independent woman and standing for the women’s division as a whole. That sounds like a babyface line but if I add ‘and I think I’m genetically superior and I think I’m the greatest athlete’ or whatever then you could have that heel turn. It’s making people think one thing when it’s just having different sources. My sources aren’t what the audience thinks the sources are.”