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WrestleMania 35 is now in the books, and while we don't know the full reaction yet, it's safe to say that the event was a big success. The event definitely had a lot of flaws, but there were three main matches that WWE was counting on to control the entire show - The Universal Championship match, the WWE Championship match and the main event Winner Takes All match.
Thankfully, WWE delivered on all three of those aspects. Kofi Kingston became the first-ever African American WWE Champion, Seth Rollins is officially back on top with a world championship and Becky Lynch has cemented herself as the face of the Women's Division.
The rest of the matches were flat, while some were hit or miss. Regardless, people may be happy with the outcomes of all the matches. Here's what we learned at the showcase of the Immortals!
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#5. Brock Lesnar is leaving WWE
Every time Brock Lesnar loses, there's the instant assumption that he's leaving WWE. To be fair, he's only lost twice since 2017, so that goes to show just how much he's been protected.
However, since the summer of last year, we've known that Daniel Cormier intended to defend the UFC Heavyweight Championship against Brock Lesnar. However, due to multiple circumstances, it's been held off. But now, there have been many rumours looming that Brock Lesnar vs Daniel Cormier will, in fact, take place at UFC 240 or 241, which is in the summer.
Lesnar looked great, but he was defeated in rather quick fashion and sent off by The Beast Slayer Seth Rollins. It seems as though Lesnar's Universal title dominance is over and we're finally going to see the title on a full-timer.
Moreover, Lesnar hasn't been advertised post-WrestleMania, which means that his run could finally be over.
#4. The overall match quality dropped a lot
While it's true that WrestleMania is all about moments and not necessarily match qualities, perhaps the biggest disappointment of the card was the number of average quality matches. The disappointment started off with AJ Styles vs Randy Orton, a match that was expected to be a great one.
However, it was rather underwhelming as a whole, and likely the weakest of AJ Styles' four WrestleMania matches. It could be argued that starting the PPV off with the Universal Championship set the bar too high for other matches to follow.
Moreover, having so many matches on the card itself affected it. It can be understood why many want fewer matches with higher quality. Simply put, the spacing and pacing of the matches as a whole proved to have quite a dip in quality in the matches.
Even the anticipated matches didn't necessarily live up to expectations. Luckily, WWE managed to deal with that in a good way.
#3. WWE didn't spend too much on entrances
It's been around two years since WWE decided that pyro and other fancy entrances were unnecessary for week-to-week programming. It was cited as a budget cut and WWE was heavily criticized for it.
Despite this, they've made sure to not hold back at WrestleMania, as seen at WrestleMania 33 and 34. However, not only was there less pyro at the event, but Triple H, who has the highest budget entrance, had his most underwhelming one in years.
Even the big screen on the stage was just an expanded version of the regular titantron. When you look at the WrestleMania 34 stage, it's worlds apart. We can't really understand why WWE would cut back on their entrance budget, but it's a shame, especially given that Saudi Arabia shows now have the most amount of pyro in the year.
But that likely isn't WWE paying for it.
#2. Not much is going to change in the tag team division
The last few years in WWE has seen a decent change in direction over the last few years, one of the disappointments was the overall direction of the tag team division. Last year, the Superstar Shakeup saw all the good tag teams go to SmackDown, while RAW was left with next to nothing in that regard.
As a result, temporary tag teams would be the ones holding the RAW Tag Team championship and it was clear which division was stronger. The Usos, meanwhile, have been the undisputed top dogs on SmackDown Live, and with their successful win at WrestleMania 35, they're clearly not going anywhere, anytime soon.
While the Superstar Shake-Up will hopefully see a proper balance in the tag team divisions again, it still seems as though WWE isn't putting anywhere as much effort into it. The same may happen for the Women's Tag Division.
#1. WWE made sure to make fans happy
As we mentioned, the entire show as essentially riding on three matches - Rollins vs Lesnar, Bryan vs Kingston and Rousey vs Flair vs Lynch. Fans worried that not all three would be winning the match.
Rollins was picked as the least likely to win because of Roman Reigns' return, but the first match proved all those worries wrong. However, the worry shifted to wondering whether Kofi Kingston would lose, and WWE didn't disappoint, as The Dreadlock Dynamo won the WWE title in an extremely emotional match.
As expected, Becky Lynch walked out the first double champion since the two Women's titles were introduced. To many people's surprise, WWE delivered with all three matches.
This alone played a big role in saving WrestleMania because had any of these not gone the way fans had hoped, the entire event would be deemed as a flop.
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