WrestleMania 35: 5 things WWE have secretly told us with the WrestleMania 35 card

WWE fans have not been very impressed by the build to this year's WrestleMania, WrestleMania 35, which will take place at the MetLife Stadium on April 7, 2019.

WrestleMania is the biggest event of the year for the WWE, and it usually involves storylines that are long drawn and makes the fan feel invested deeply in the story.

But, most fans feel that it is not the case this year. Apart from the Kofi Kingston and the RAW Women's Championship storyline, others feel too rushed or don't have a good backstory attached to it.

WWE may possibly not have time to develop a story or perhaps want to put their effort and time in other matches on the card, or maybe trying to tell us fans something secretly.

Here are 5 things WWE have secretly told us with the WrestleMania 35 card:

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#1 WWE don't know how to book foreign Superstars

Heading into WrestleMania 35, Shinsuke Nakamura, Rusev, and Asuka, three popular foreign Superstars in the WWE, will not have a match.

All three are/or were fan favourites at one point of time, and the WWE Universe were desperate to see them pushed.

While all three have held a title in recent times, they have not been utilised fully. WWE dropped the ball when they did not push Rusev during the Rusev Day gimmick; the reaction to that could have been similar to Kofi Kingston's current run.

Asuka losing to Charlotte Flair just two weeks before WrestleMania 35, in turn robbing her of a WrestleMania match as champion is a cruel blow to the talented Japanese Superstar, who many consider to be the best woman wrestler on the WWE roster.

Shinsuke Nakamura, meanwhile, is a shadow of the Superstar who won the 2018 Royal Rumble. He is a glorified jobber on SmackDown Live, part of a tag team alongside Rusev.

Perhaps WWE only wants Superstars who can speak fluent English, play cliched gimmicks, and is more powerful on the mic than the ring.

#2 SmackDown Live will always be the 'B Show'

At WrestleMania 35, the match card is skewed towards RAW, despite SmackDown delivering better storytelling and matches. The Kofi Kingston storyline has eclipsed the repetitive and long-drawn Becky Lynch-Ronda Rousey-Charlotte Flair storyline, as it has grown organically over the last month or so.

While SmackDown also delivers quality matches week after week; Charlotte Flair and Asuka put on an incredible match on SmackDown this past week, which would have got a standing ovation on any PPV.

But WWE still seems to give it the step-motherly treatment as the Bryan-Kingston match is the only big match on the WrestleMania 35 card. Three of SmackDown's best woman Superstars, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, and Asuka, won't be fighting for the blue brand, as Lynch and Flair will be on a RAW match when they take on Ronda Rousey, while Asuka is not even on the card.

Perhaps SmackDown will get more importance once it moves to Fox later this year.

#3 RAW and SmackDown Tag Team Division not as important anymore

We are just a week away from WrestleMania 35 and we still don't know who the RAW and SmackDown tag team champions will face at the show, or if they will even feature on April 7.

The tag team division on both brands has fallen significantly, which is a pity considering the numerous great tag teams that are there on both brands. Recent reports have suggested that two popular tag teams, The Revival, and Gallows and Anderson, are keen on moving away from the WWE, with AEW a possible destination, while The Usos were also linked with a move away from the WWE.

Those rumours have cooled down, but if they are booked the way they have been, we could see more tag teams quit the company.

We could maybe see The Revival defend their titles against Ricochet and Aleister Black, while The Usos could face off against the Hardy Boyz, a match that was teased a few weeks ago.

Both could be spectacular matches for the fans to witness, but with absolutely no build to the match, we wonder if fans will be genuinely invested in the matches.

We wonder if the WWE does not care about the tag team division anymore and that big names sell more than actual in-ring wrestling.

#4 The McMahon family has to play a part in every WrestleMania

The McMahon family, it seems, will be front and center at this year's WrestleMania 35. Vince McMahon has played a key part in two of the major storylines heading into WrestleMania 35, first, by replacing Becky Lynch with Charlotte Flair, and then double-crossing Kofi Kingston on more than one occasion.

Triple H will have, what could be, his final match in the WWE, when he faces Batista in No Holds Barred match. While we expected this match to happen every since Batista teased it at the SmackDown 1000 show, the build to this match feels rather underwhelming.

Shane McMahon will also have his yearly run at WrestleMania 35, when he faces off against former tag team partner, The Miz, in a Falls Count Anywhere match.

This all points towards one thing: the McMahons have to take the spotlight at the biggest night of WWE, while also, possibly, robbing a younger Superstar's spot on the card.

#5 Charlotte Flair is the Roman Reigns of the Women's Division

On the penultimate SmackDown before WrestleMania 35, Charlotte Flair, surprisingly, won the SmackDown Women's title, defeating Asuka.

This meant that we may possibly not see the SmackDown women's title defended at WrestleMania 35 as Flair will be in the main event for the RAW Women's title.

Following the victory, many likened Flair to Roman Reigns - another star who has been an important part of WWE in the last few years, as well as one that has been pushed down the throat of fans.

She has been a part of all the 'firsts' that WWE have had in the women's division, barring the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble match, where she was the SmackDown Women's champion.

A lot of fans were disappointed that she was added to the RAW Women's title match as they wanted to see a straight up, singles match between Rousey and Lynch.

But WWE have secretly told us that Flair is the most important Superstar in the women's division, much like Reigns has been for the men.