WrestleMania 35: Championship Matchup Predictions

WrestleMania 35 will be happening live on April 7, 2019 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Two championship matches have already been confirmed. Brock Lesnar will be going head to head with Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship. We will also be having Ronda Rousey vs Charlotte Flair (or vs Becky Lynch if she defeats Charlotte Flair at Fastlane). Buddy Murphy will be defending the Cruiserweight Championship against the winner of an eight man tournament as well. There will almost certainly be matches for the Intercontinental Championship. Like the United States Championship, the Raw Tag Team Titles, the SmackDown Tag Team Titles, the Women's Tag Team Titles, the SmackDown Women's Title, and the WWE Championship as well.

#1 Cruiserweight Championship: Buddy Murphy (c.) vs Tony Nese

Buddy Murphy and Tony Nese are allies on 205 Live.

There is a big eight-man tournament going on to decide who will face Buddy Murphy at WrestleMania 35 for the Cruiserweight Championship. Tony Nese advanced to the semifinals by defeating Kalisto while Drew Gulak advanced to the semifinals by defeating Brian Kendrick. The two former allies will face each other in one of the semifinal matches. The other semifinalists were decided when former Cruiserweight Champions Cedric Alexander and Akira Tozawa faced off with each other and also when Humberto Carillo faced off with Oney Lorcan. Cedric Alexander and Oney Lorcan were the ones who advanced to the semifinals. Tony Nese will probably defeat his former ally Drew Gulak so that he can finally get revenge on the submission specialist while Cedric Alexander will almost certainly defeat a 'valiant' Oney Lorcan. The former Cruiserweight Champion will then almost certainly be defeated by Tony Nese in the finals. The Best Kept Secret will then likely turn on Tony Nese so that the Premier Athlete can turn face to set up this big WrestleMania feud. While the two talented cruiserweights will likely be relegated to the kickoff show once again, they will still likely have a great rivalry and a great match at WrestleMania in what will be the WrestleMania debut of both highly talented cruiserweights.

#2 SmackDown Tag Team Titles: The Usos (c.) vs the Hardy Boys

This would certainly be a dream matchup.

There has to be a reason why WWE brought the Hardy Boys back as a team and that reason was obviously to have them face the Usos in a dream tag team matchup. A match between the Hardy Boys and the Usos is the best match that SmackDown Live has at its disposal. This match has never been seen before as the Usos have never even faced a member of the Hardy Boys in a match. If WWE truly wants to prioritize tag team wrestling, then this is definitely the way to go. These two teams are two of the best tag teams of all time so there is definitely a lot of potential in putting them against each other at WrestleMania. They will definitely steal the show if given the chance.

#3 Intercontinental Championship: Finn Balor (c.) vs Sami Zayn

Sami Zayn is set to come back soon.

Finn Balor should definitely be the Intercontinental Champion heading into WrestleMania. However, there is a question of who he will defend the Intercontinental Championship against. While some may think that it should be Aleister Black and/or Ricochet, it is likely that they will be involved in the Raw Tag Team Title picture. Therefore, it should be the returning Sami Zayn that faces off with Finn Balor at WrestleMania. While Kevin Owens likely has a role in WrestleMania 35, Sami Zayn does not, even though he reportedly has been cleared to return. The WWE Universe has never been gifted the treat of seeing a match between Sami Zayn and Finn Balor as they have only faced off in tag team action and in triple threat matches. So, we should definitely see that Live at WrestleMania for the Intercontinental Championship.

#4 United States Championship Ladder Match: Samoa Joe (c.) vs Andrade vs Kevin Owens vs Mustafa Ali vs Rey Mysterio vs Rusev vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Andrade will likely be the next United States Champion.

Now that Samoa Joe has finally won a championship on the main roster and is now the United States Champion, he will likely walk into WrestleMania 35 as United States Champion. The Samoan Submission Machine should arguably defend the United States Championship in a ladder match against six of the best potential challengers. Shinsuke Nakamura and Rusev have proven to be quite the dangerous duo and were formerly United and as a result of that, both should definitely be in the match. Rey Mysterio has been involved in a rivalry with Andrade over the past couple of months so he will definitely be in this match. Meanwhile, Kevin Owens, Mustafa Ali, and Andrade are all out of the main event but are important enough to not be thrown into the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal so they will likely be in this match.

#5 Raw Tag Team Titles: The Revival (c.) vs Aleister Black & Ricochet vs Bobby Roode & Chad Gable vs Heavy Machinery

Bobby Roode and Chad Gable recently cost Aleister Black and Ricochet a Raw Tag Team Title opportunity.

The Revival will likely have to defend the Raw Tag Team Titles against a number of opponents in a fatal four-way tag team match as WWE definitely loves to have a multi-team matchup at WrestleMania. The recently formed duo of Aleister Black and Ricochet should definitely be in this match because they have already defeated the Revival in a non-title tag team match. Bobby Roode and Chad Gable should be in this match because they defeated the Revival multiple times on Monday Night Raw before losing the Raw Tag Team Titles, and never got a rematch after losing their titles to the Revival. Heavy Machinery has also recently been built up by WWE as a top team as they ran through the B-Team, the Ascension, Curt Hawkins, and Zack Ryder last night on RAW so they will likely be in this match as well.

#6 No Disqualification SmackDown Women's Championship: Asuka (c.) vs Nikki Cross

Asuka and Nikki Cross had a great feud in NXT.

WWE is clearly having trouble in finding an opponent for Asuka at WrestleMania 35. There are some rumors that she will face Lacey Evans while others believe that she will face off with Naomi, Mandy Rose, or Sonya Deville. However, if there is one woman that should face Asuka at WrestleMania 35, it should be Nikki Cross. The two women have not faced off since their NXT days and their rivalry definitely deserves another chance on the main roster. Asuka and Nikki Cross had a great Last Women's Standing Match on an episode of NXT for the NXT Women's Championship. They should face off again at WrestleMania 35 in a no disqualification match as it would work well for both women allowing them to make sure that the SmackDown Women's Championship is not forgotten so soon.

#7 WWE Women's Tag Team Titles: The Boss and Hug Connection (c.) vs Nia Jax & Tamina vs the IIconics

Sasha Banks and Bayley will likely have a tough test ahead of them at WrestleMania 35.

The Boss and Hug Connection will likely defend their titles against a team from Monday Night Raw and a team from SmackDown Live. The team from Raw should definitely be Nia Jax and Tamina as they have arguably been the most dominant team on Monday Night RAW. Even though they will likely be defeated by Sasha Banks and Bayley at Fastlane, they should still be in this match. They are one of the few teams on RAW that are frequently 'protected’. The IIconics should be the team from SmackDown Live. Their chemistry and teamwork together shined throughout the women's tag team elimination chamber match so the two women should definitely be given another chance at WrestleMania.

#8 WWE Championship: Daniel Bryan (c.) vs Kofi Kingston

This is the only option for WrestleMania 35!

Kofi Kingston was recently taken out of his WWE Championship match at Fastlane and replaced with Kevin Owens. This was likely a blessing in disguise because this means that Kofi Kingston will certainly face off with Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship at Fastlane. Kevin Owens has almost no chance of winning the WWE Championship at Fastlane as Daniel Bryan will most likely walk into WrestleMania 35 with the world championship. Kofi Kingston has already pinned Daniel Bryan on two separate occasions so he has earned this opportunity. At Elimination Chamber, Kofi Kingston captured the hearts of the WWE Universe in a spirited effort against Daniel Bryan and definitely deserves another chance to fight for the WWE Championship at the biggest show of the year. The two have had great matches multiple times and will once again, do so at WrestleMania 35.