WrestleMania 35
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| File:WrestleMania 35 poster.jpg Promotional poster featuring Braun Strowman, Naomi, Daniel Bryan, Ronda Rousey, AJ Styles, and Shinsuke Nakamura | |||
| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | April 7, 2019 | ||
| City | East Rutherford, New Jersey | ||
| Venue | MetLife Stadium | ||
| Tagline(s) | WrestleMania comes to New York/New Jersey | ||
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WrestleMania 35 will be the thirty-fifth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw, and SmackDown brands. It will take place on April 7, 2019 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Production
Background
WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship event,[1] having been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.[2] The event will be the first WrestleMania to be held in the state of New Jersey since 2013 (at the same venue).[3] On November 5, 2018, traveling packages for the event were sold;[4][5] tickets went on sale on November 16, 2018, with individual tickets costing from $35 to $2,500.[4]
Storylines
The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[6][7] to build tension, culminating in a wrestling match or series of matches. Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live,[8]
At Survivor Series, then-SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch was scheduled to face Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey in a champion versus champion match. However, Lynch was pulled from the match due to injury; on the Raw prior to Survivor Series, Lynch led SmackDown's women's roster in an invasion of Raw and attacked Rousey, but during the brawl, she suffered a legitimate broken nose and a concussion thanks to a punch from Nia Jax.[9][10] Rousey would get her revenge by interfering in the triple threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, causing Lynch to lose the SmackDown Women's Championship to Asuka.[11] At the Royal Rumble, Lynch was unsuccessful in regaining the title, and later entered the women's Royal Rumble match at #28, taking the place of an injured Lana, and won, last eliminating Charlotte Flair, thus earning a women's championship match of her choice at WrestleMania 35.[12] The next night on Raw, Lynch confronted Rousey, stating her choice to face Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania 35.[13]
At the Royal Rumble, Seth Rollins won the men's Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Braun Strowman, thus earning a world championship match of his choice at WrestleMania 35.[12] The next night on Raw, Chief Operating Officer Triple H gave Rollins until the end of the night to choose which champion he wanted to face Later, Rollins confronted Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, who had retained his title at the Royal Rumble against Finn Bálor. After an ensuing brawl, Rollins made his choice that he wanted to face Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania.[13]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Becky Lynch | Singles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[14] | ||||
| 2 | Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins | Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship[15] | ||||
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References
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- ^ "WrestleMania returns to MetLife Stadium in April 2019". WWE. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 18, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Powell, Jason (November 12, 2018). "11/12 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Brock Lesnar and Stephanie McMahon appear, Alexa Bliss names the women's Team Raw, last two men announced for men's Team Raw, final hype for WWE Survivor Series". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Barnett, Jake (November 13, 2018). "11/13 Barnett's WWE Smackdown Live TV Review: WWE Survivor Series shakeup due to Becky Lynch's injury, New Day vs. Big Show, Sheamus, and Cesaro, the final push for Sunday's event". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
- ^ Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE TLC live review: Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs Asuka in a TLC match for the Smackdown Women's Championship, Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship, Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose for the IC Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ a b Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE Royal Rumble 2019 live review: Men's and Women's Royal Rumble matches, Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor for the WWE Universal Championship, Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship, Ronda Rousey vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women's Championship". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
- ^ a b Powell, Jason (January 28, 2019). "1/28 Powell's WWE Raw TV Review: Royal Rumble fallout, Braun Strowman vs. Drew McIntyre, Kurt Angle vs. Baron Corbin, qualifying matches for the Elimination Chamber match that will crown the WWE Women's Tag Champions". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
- ^ Pappolla, Ryan. "Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch". WWE. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
- ^ Burdick, Michael. "Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins". WWE. Retrieved January 28, 2019.