page_title: WrestleMania 35
section_title: Undercard matches
hierarchical_section_title: WrestleMania 35 / Production / Storylines / Undercard matches
caption_attribution_description: Roman Reigns &amp; Seth Rollins defeat Bray Wyatt &amp; Samoa Joe ( Le vendredi 12 mai, la WWE Live Tour fera escale au Country Hall a Liege pour le spectacle de catch de l'annee! Au programme: des duels impitoyables et des rencontres captivantes entre les meilleures equipes et les plus grands rivaux. )
context_page_description: WrestleMania 35 was the 35th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. It took place on April 7, 2019, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The event included the first-ever women's main event match in WrestleMania history. It was also the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 2000 to not feature The Undertaker.
  The card comprised sixteen matches, including four on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Becky Lynch defeated Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey and SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair in a Winner Takes All triple threat match to win both championships. Also on the card, Kofi Kingston defeated Daniel Bryan to win his first WWE Championship, and Seth Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar to win his first Universal Championship. The event saw the final matches of two veteran wrestlers: Kurt Angle lost his farewell match against Baron Corbin, and Batista lost a No Holds Barred match against Triple H and retired after the event.
  Reception towards the event was fairly positive, with praise being directed towards Styles vs. Orton, Miz vs.
context_section_description: On SmackDown 1000 on October 16, 2018, Batista, who had last wrestled in WWE in 2014, took part in an Evolution reunion. He praised fellow Evolution member Triple H for having done everything in the wrestling business except defeat him. Batista then attacked fellow Evolution member Ric Flair before the latter's 70th birthday celebration on the February 25, 2019 episode of Raw, seeking Triple H's attention. Batista demanded a final match against Triple H at WrestleMania; Triple H made it a No Holds Barred match. Batista accused Triple H of always having kept him down, and demanded that Triple H put his career on the line and Triple H agreed.
  On the March 11 episode of Raw, WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle began his farewell tour, culminating with his farewell match at WrestleMania. The following week, Angle chose Baron Corbin as his final opponent as Corbin had caused Angle many problems during the latter's tenure as Raw General Manager (2017–2018) and eventually supplanted him, temporarily becoming Acting Raw General Manager.
  At Crown Jewel, Shane McMahon won the WWE World Cup, replacing The Miz in the finals, who was unable to compete after a pre-match brawl. Following this, The Miz and Shane formed a tag team. They won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at the Royal Rumble, but following losses at Elimination Chamber and Fastlane, Shane attacked Miz and Miz's father. On SmackDown, Shane accused Miz of using him and he wanted to beat him up again, scheduling a match for WrestleMania. Miz challenged Shane to make their match falls count anywhere and Shane agreed.
  After weeks of disparaging comments about one another, Randy Orton eliminated AJ Styles in the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE Championship. At Fastlane, Orton attacked Elias from behind but was himself attacked by Styles. On the following SmackDown, Orton took umbrage with Styles calling SmackDown "the house that AJ Styles built", as Orton began his WWE career on SmackDown in 2002, whereas Styles spent most of that time on the independent circuit until his WWE debut in 2016. Styles responded that Orton had everything handed to him while Styles had to actually work for it. He challenged Orton to a match at WrestleMania and Orton accepted.
  Roman Reigns, who had been on hiatus due to leukemia since October 2018, returned on the February 25, 2019 episode of Raw and stated that his leukemia was in remission. After Fastlane, Drew McIntyre attacked Reigns, defeated Dean Ambrose in a Falls Count Anywhere match, defeated Seth Rollins, and then challenged Reigns to a match at WrestleMania. McIntyre claimed that he destroyed The Shield and brought up Reigns' leukemia and family, prompting Reigns to accept the challenge.
  After becoming the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Champions at Elimination Chamber, The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks) stated that they would defend the titles across Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. They retained their championships against Raw's Nia Jax and Tamina at Fastlane, and were then called out by SmackDown's The IIconics (Billie Kay and Peyton Royce). On the March 18 episode of Raw, WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix came out of retirement to reform her tag team with Natalya and challenge for the championship at WrestleMania. The next night on SmackDown, The IIconics defeated The Boss 'n' Hug Connection in a non-title match. The champions were then scheduled to defend the titles against Jax and Tamina, Phoenix and Natalya, and The IIconics in a fatal four-way tag team match at WrestleMania.
  At Elimination Chamber, Finn Bálor defeated Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush in a handicap match to win Lashley's Intercontinental Championship. Lashley regained the title on the March 11 episode of Raw thanks to assistance from Rush. On the March 25 episode, Bálor earned another title match at WrestleMania by defeating Lashley and Jinder Mahal in another handicap match, and Bálor warned Lashley that he would be facing "The Demon".
  On the April 2 episode of SmackDown, WrestleMania host Alexa Bliss informed The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) that while forfeit
caption: After his return from battling leukemia, Roman Reigns was constantly taunted by Drew McIntyre, who challenged Reigns to a match at WrestleMania 35; Reigns' first singles match in six months
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