5 WWE Superstars who flopped at WrestleMania 35

WrestleMania 35 was quite a good show, considering that the three main matches ended exactly as fans wanted them. Seth Rollins, Kofi Kingston and Becky Lynch all walked out with championships around their waist.

However, the show was not without its faults. For one, the lack of pyro and grand entrances definitely stood out. Moreover, there were simply far too many matches on the card and that slowed down the pace, burned the crowd out on many occasions and matches that simply weren't that well placed.

In essence, they really centred the show around the Universal title match, the WWE title match and the main event. They operated in a manner that seemed to suggest that the other matches were more or less "breaks" so they could get hot for said matches.

It wasn't a great look and this resulted in a lot of underwhelming performances. We look at the five flops of WrestleMania 35.

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#5. Randy Orton

Randy Orton did not step up his game at WrestleMania

Just to make it clear, we don't like being overly critical about Randy Orton, because he gets criticised enough as it is. However, it's really time for us to admit that the criticism he receives is 100% valid.

The build to the match was basically just 2-3 promos and a couple of backstage segments. It was still entertaining and the match was much anticipated, especially since their last encounter was on February 2017, an enthralling one at that.

This match, however, simply didn't deliver. Randy Orton seemed completely unmotivated and the match did not live up to expectations. Sure, they had a tough act to follow from Seth Rollins winning the Universal Championship, two superstars of their calibre really should have put on a better performance.

While Styles can be blamed, we believe it's the "methodical" style of Orton that slowed this down.

#4. The Boss N' Hug Connection

A short-lived inaugural title reign

While we do admit that this should count as two, we're going to group Sasha Banks and Bayley together. Sasha Banks has been a part of 4 WrestleManias while this was Bayley's third.

They walked in as WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, with fans expecting them to walk out still champions. It made sense because they just won the title at Elimination Chamber and you would think that WWE would want to establish them as dominant champions.

However, they were pinned by the IIconics to end what was rather a short-lived title reign. But the fact of the matter is that the champions did not bring it tonight. The overall match itself didn't really live up to expectations and it felt underwhelming as a whole.

It's a shame because Sasha Banks and Bayley really should have led the way in this match. Hopefully, they bounce back and regain the titles soon.

#3. Batista

Triple H gave Batista what he wanted

"Give me what I want!", screamed Batista as he demanded a match against Triple H at WrestleMania. After 14 years, the roles were reversed and Batista was the heel in the match that saw Triple H come close to retirement.

Predictably enough, The Game would end up picking up the victory in what was quite a long match, much longer than it should have been in the first place. Batista made his in-ring return after 5 years and we hate to say it - but he did not deliver.

The match was fun in the sense that it was cool to see two legends beating the living daylights out of each other, but the match itself went on way too long. Moreover, Batista didn't really do as well as he should have in his return match, but for all we know, that may be the last we ever see of The Animal in WWE.

#2. Baron Corbin

Baron Corbin defeated Kurt Angle in his farewell match

This was, unfortunately, the most expected flop of the show. When Kurt Angle announced that Baron Corbin was his final opponent, fans were seething. They knew that the match would not deliver and they were absolutely spot on.

It didn't even feel like Corbin would benefit from beating Angle in his final match, but obviously, Corbin was never going to lose. Angle is as old school as it gets and the old school way of going out is by putting someone over.

Baron Corbin disappointed in Kurt Angle's farewell match. Thankfully, Angle did get his final moment with the WWE Universe, and there were clearly a lot of tears being shed. All said and done, Kurt Angle ended one of the most storied careers in wrestling history.

His two-decade-long tenure falls into a league of its own and it will never be forgotten.

#1. Roman Reigns

We hate to break this to you, but Roman Reigns is going to start getting booed again very soon. Sure, his return story has been inspiring and fans are obviously fully supporting of Joe, the man.

However, the Roman Reigns character will be feeling the wrath of the WWE Universe sooner than later and that became none more so obvious than during his match against Drew McIntyre. It was the typical Roman Reigns Superman match, where he gets decimated for the majority of the match and the moment the heel is about to get nasty, he makes a superman comeback and finishes his opponent.

The sad reality is that Reigns did not look good in his return singles match. Either way, that's not going to stop him from getting pushed to the moon and sooner than later, you can expect The Big Dog to re-enter the Universal Championship scene.