5 Big backstage rumors that could majorly impact WWE - Bray Wyatt makes major 'sacrifice' to earn backstage favor, Lesnar's backstage behavior at 'Mania (10th April)

WrestleMania 36 managed to exceed everyone's expectations this past weekend with some stellar in-ring action, creative match types and a solid performance by everyone involved. But with 'Mania in the rear-view, WWE is going ahead with its usual programming despite the ongoing circumstances.

On todayw's edition of the big backstage rumors that could affect RAW and SmackDown this week, we will take a look at how Bray Wyatt had to make a sacrifice in order to gain some backstage favor, the return plans for a former multi-time WWE Champion, and the reason behind an interesting WrestleMania booking choice among others.

#5 Reason why Bray Wyatt lost to Goldberg

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In one of the most shocking moments in the recent times, Goldberg defeated The Fiend to capture the Universal Championship at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia within a matter of minutes.

The reason believed to be behind this decision was to protect Roman Reigns, who was set to become the Universal Champion at WrestleMania 36. However, as per a report from WrestleZone, the real reason behind this decision was that Goldberg pushed to win the title backstage to 'protect his image' and Bray Wyatt agreed to gain backstage favor.

Goldberg has been open in the past about believing kids saw him as a superhero, and it appears he felt keeping the mystique alive was critical this time around as well. Furthermore, it was explained that Bray eventually agreed to put him over, which might have gained him some more favor with the locker room.

Goldberg went on to lose the Universal Championship to Braun Strowman at WrestleMania 36. But with Wyatt gaining some backstage favor, it is possible that he may get more creative freedom to experiment with his character and bring the fans more unique matches like the Firefly Fun House Match at WrestleMania 36.

#4 Backstage details on Brock Lesnar's behavior at WrestleMania

There have been lots of reports stating that Brock Lesnar is not the easiest to deal with backstage. Brock Lesnar had reportedly caused a scene during last year's WrestleMania when he came to know that his match would not be the main event of the night.

It was because of Lesnar's whim that the Universal Championship match last year was made the opening contest in a last-minute decision. However, unlike last year, backstage reports have stated that Brock Lesnar has been getting a lot of praise backstage for putting Drew McIntyre over at the show.

WrestlingNewsCo's Paul Davis has reported that The Beast Incarnate was 'great' to deal with during the tapings for WrestleMania 36. Brock Lesnar had no problem performing in an empty arena and it was reportedly just another day at the office for him.

Here is what Drew McIntyre had to say about Brock Lesnar to Sports Illustrated:

I remember it well. Brock was not long back at that point from UFC. He pulled me aside, and he straight-up asked me, ‘Why are you involved in this?’ He was so confused, but he saw something in me and believed in me. It’s pretty crazy, all these years later, I was the guy to take the title from him at WrestleMania.

Brock Lesnar's positive attitude could mean that we may see more of The Beast Incarnate during the no-audience period.

#3 Backstage response to the Firefly Fun House Match at WrestleMania 36

The two matches that had everyone talking after WrestleMania 36 this year was the Boneyard match between AJ Styles and The Undertaker as well as the Firefly Fun House match between Bray Wyatt and John Cena.

Now, the Firefly Fun House Match was something extraordinary and nothing like anything we have seen before. However, the 'match' was more of an elongated segment rather than a match.

Though personally, I felt the Fun House Match was the highlight of this year's WrestleMania, unfortunately, the Firefly Fun House Match wasn't very well-received backstage.

Here is what SportsKeeda's Tom Colohue had to say:

On the other side, John Cena and Bray Wyatt sat down. Cena made some suggestions, basically, Bray Wyatt said this is all of the story. It hasn't been well-received backstage as the Boneyard match has been.

He further talks about the lack of possibility for future Firefly Fun House matches:

Bray Wyatt is very unlikely to do many more Firefly Fun House matches. His match wasn't so well-received backstage.

#2 Update on John Cena's return plans

John Cena faced Bray Wyatt at WrestleMania 36 in what rumors are suggesting could have been his last match. However, SportsKeeda's Tom Colohue has reported that there are no plans for Cena to retire anytime soon, and the former 16-Time World Champion is just a phone call away from returning.

We should be reading that into it because that's what he wants us to read into it but this is not John Cena's technical retirement match. John Cena will only ever be as retired from the WWE as The Rock is retired from the WWE. At any time, he may get a phone call saying, 'Can you come back and out this person over?', and he'll absolutely do that.

Colohue further revealed that it was Cena who had lobbied to get involved at WrestleMania this year. Even though the company did not have anything planned for him, he still wanted to return and put someone over on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

Even though the last image we saw of John Cena was one where he had disappeared, it looks like the former WWE Champion will be back soon enough.

#1 Reason for Becky Lynch winning at WrestleMania 36

The Man defeated Shayna Baszler at WrestleMania 36 to retain her RAW Women's Championship. Although many fans felt that Baszler may be walking out of 'Mania as the new Champion, WWE had other plans.

WrestleMania is known for the feel-good factor and it is mostly the babyface who picks up the win. However, in this particular case, it looks like the feud is far from over between the two.

Here is what Dave Meltzer of The Observer stated:

Whenever you do a finish like that, the idea is to protect the heel while the babyface sneaks over. That's exactly what this finish is.

He further stated how this was merely the first match among many to come:

It came across to me that this was hardly the finale. This is just the first match and they didn't want to change the title and it was a way to kind of like get a win without hurting Shayna. That's clearly what the design was.

Becky Lynch has become the longest reigning RAW Women's Champion as she has held the belt ever since WrestleMania 35.

Edited by Zaid Khan