5 alternative WrestleMania 35 main events to Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair

The WrestleMania main event isn’t usually confirmed by WWE until a few weeks before the show, but rumours about the headline match often begin almost a year in advance.

The final match on the card at WrestleMania 34, Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, was first rumoured 12 months before it happened, and there have been plenty of early suggestions that Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair could go on last at WrestleMania 35.

Now, as great as that rivalry would undoubtedly be, WWE has lots of other options available to them if they opt to headline with a different match at next year’s show in New Jersey.

In this article, we take a look at five alternative main events to Ronda vs. Charlotte.

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#5 Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose

The Shield briefly reunited in 2017

Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose are three of the most influential WWE Superstars of their era and it feels inevitable that the Shield members will main-event WrestleMania together one day.

The only previous televised Triple Threat match between the trio in WWE came at Battleground 2016, where Ambrose retained his WWE Championship by pinning Reigns, and annual rumours of an all-Shield match at WrestleMania have so far proven to be wide of the mark.

Given the overwhelmingly negative reactions that Reigns’ headline matches received at WrestleMania 32 (vs. Triple H) and WrestleMania 34 (vs. Brock Lesnar), the only guaranteed way to cut out the boos in his next ‘Mania main event would be to have him share the ring with his fellow “Hounds of Justice”.

#4 Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman

Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman at No Mercy 2017

When the seven-man Elimination Chamber main event came down to Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman in February, the majority of the audience wanted to see “The Monster Among Men” win the match and go on to finally claim the Universal Championship from Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 34.

However, Reigns was the eventual winner of the Chamber match, which meant Strowman’s seven-month chase of Lesnar’s Universal title finally came to an end.

Depending on how long “The Beast” remains in WWE, he simply has to face – and lose to – Strowman in a one-on-one match, and there would be no better stage for that to happen than at WrestleMania 35.

Braun is WWE’s “Next Big Thing”, just like Lesnar was when he burst onto the scene, and a torch-passing moment at the most-watched show of the year would be the best way to cement his status as the company's main man for the future.

#3 Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar

Daniel Bryan returned to action at WrestleMania 34

It remains unclear exactly how long Brock Lesnar has left on his new WWE contract, with conflicting reports stating that it’s either a multi-year deal or he could be on his way out of the company after this year’s SummerSlam event in August.

If the multi-year reports are correct, with Lesnar splitting his time between WWE and UFC, then that opens up the very real possibility that a fantasy match against Daniel Bryan could take place at WrestleMania 35.

WWE reportedly planned the match for SummerSlam 2014 – the show where Lesnar dismantled John Cena to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship – but Bryan was unable to compete due to injury problems.

Now that D-Bry has been cleared to wrestle again, there would arguably be no more popular match in New Jersey next year than “The Beard” vs. “The Beast”.

#2 Four Horsewomen vs. Four Horsewomen

Will Ronda Rousey's fellow stablemates ever join WWE?

A match between the “Four Horsewomen” of WWE and the “Four Horsewomen” of MMA has long been rumoured, but will it ever happen? And if it does, will WWE deem it worthy of headlining WrestleMania?

Ronda Rousey, Shayna Baszler, Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir first teased a match against Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch and Bayley when three members of each team were involved in altercations at the Mae Young Classic in 2017.

However, despite Triple H talking up the pro wrestling abilities of Duke and Shafir in a January 2018 media call, Ronda’s stablemates are not currently signed to WWE contracts and talk of a four-on-four match between the two factions has gone quiet recently.

With another Mae Young Classic coming up in 2018, perhaps WWE will attempt to bring in Duke and/or Shafir and begin to build towards the long-awaited match in time for next year’s ‘Mania.

#1 John Cena vs. The Undertaker (retirement match)

The Undertaker defeated John Cena in less than three minutes at WrestleMania 34

The idea of another John Cena vs. The Undertaker match might not seem the most appealing to WWE fans following their somewhat underwhelming meeting at WrestleMania 34.

However, it’s pretty clear that the 2-minute, 45-second match in New Orleans was merely a small chapter in a long storyline which will almost certainly end with another match further down the line, possibly at WrestleMania 35.

If the two men meet again at next year’s “Show of Shows”, there’s every chance that the match could carry a retirement stipulation (certainly for Undertaker, possibly even for Cena).

If that does happen, then expect it to headline the show, even above any of the major title matches taking place on the night.