WWE WrestleMania 35

Last year's inaugural WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal left Naomi feeling the Glow when she emerged victorious in the groundbreaking match on The Grandest Stage of Them All. Will she make it two in a row? Or will another Superstar be determined enough to battle through the bedlam and propel herself into the spotlight? As the first bearers of the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, Sasha Banks & Bayley have vowed to defend their titles anywhere against anyone. And at WrestleMania, they will indeed face just about everyone when they square off against the up-and-coming IIconics, the dominant Nia Jax & Tamina and two Superstars who helped pave the way for the Women's Evolution, Beth Phoenix & Natalya, in a Fatal 4-Way Match.
At WrestleMania, Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey will defend her title against Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch.
In a shocking turn of events, Mr. McMahon removed Becky Lynch from the WrestleMania Raw Women's Title Match that she earned on the strength of her Royal Rumble Match victory, and Charlotte Flair was handpicked to take her place. The Chairman's decision came about after a contentious couple of weeks between Becky and the McMahon family, whose insistence that she obtain medical clearance for her injured knee led to a heated confrontation and an indefinite suspension for the former SmackDown Women's Champion until she got the green light from WWE's medical staff.
Doing so wasn't enough to sway the immovable Mr. McMahon, however, especially after Becky attacked Stephanie McMahon on Raw one night before slapping Triple H on SmackDown LIVE, and The Chairman levied a 60-day suspension against The Man that would carry her past WrestleMania. Moments later, he introduced Charlotte as his pick to challenge Raw Women's Champion Ronda Rousey at The Showcase of the Immortals, thus nixing one highly anticipated matchup while setting the stage for a sequel to one of 2018's most brutal, unexpected contests — a clash in which, coincidentally, Flair was a last-minute replacement for an injured Lynch as well.
This opened the door for all-out chaos week after week. And out of that bedlam, Becky was reinstated, and a matchup occurred at WWE Fastlane between The Queen and The Man, with the stipulation that Becky would be added to the WrestleMania title showdown if she won. Before that contest could be decided, however, Rousey emerged and struck Lynch. This gave Becky the win by disqualification and, with it, the Triple Threat Match for the Raw Women's Title on The Grandest Stage of Them All.
==Event recap==
===Second Annual WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal===
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The WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal trophy has a new fabulous owner.
Carmella outlasted a Superstar-studded field of competitors from SmackDown LIVE, Raw and NXT to win the second installment of The Show of Show’s all-women’s, over-the-top-rope free-for-all, tossing The Riott Squad’s Sarah Logan to claim victory on the WrestleMania Kickoff.
The eliminations came fast and furious almost from the opening bell. The returning Ember Moon, who’s been sidelined with an injury since Royal Rumble, was responsible for the first ouster, dispatching of Maria Kanellis, while Asuka dumped NXT’s Candice LeRae and Nikki Cross with back-to-back hip checks in the early going.
Moon managed another major elimination, clearing the ring of last year’s Battle Royal winner, Naomi, before suffering an elimination at the hands of Lana, who was decked out in Wonder Woman-inspired gear. Former NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane threatened to hit The Ravishing Russian with her Insane Elbow moments later, only to be stopped by Logan. When Lana tried thanking Logan for the assist, however, she wound up being beat down by the full Riott Squad and dumped by the faction’s warpaint-wearing powerhouse.
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Indeed, The Riott Squad had strength in numbers, and they used it to great advantage, targeting the likes of Zelina Vega, Asuka and Dana Brooke at various points in the melee. Brooke put an end to their gang tactics, throwing Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan out of the ring in succession. Despite the impressive showing, Brooke eventually succumbed to a numerical disadvantage of another kind, when Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville joined forces to eject her from the squared circle.
The field continued to thin as bodies flew over the top rope until Logan, Deville and Asuka appeared to be the three final competitors. The Empress of Tomorrow bounced Deville from the ring, but was soon eliminated by Logan. Yet, as The Riott Squad member celebrated what she thought was her first victory on The Grandest Stage of Them All, Carmella slid back into the ring, revealing that Logan had one more Superstar to contend with.
After a struggle, Mella pushed Logan over the top rope and then knocked her to the floor with an impeccably timed superkick, earning Carmella a milestone WrestleMania Moment, no dance break required.
===Alexa Bliss kicks off WrestleMania===
Alexa Bliss wants to prove she’s the best host in WrestleMania history, and she got off to a great start, beginning the show by welcoming back WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan.
The Hulkster proceeded to welcome the MetLife Stadium crowd to the Silverdome, a tongue-in-cheek nod to his blunder as the host of WrestleMania 30, and he promised the night would be Blissful.
===WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way===
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Looking to make their mark on The Grandest Stage of Them All, The IIconics shocked the world by beating reigning champions The Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection, Nia Jax & Tamina, and Natalya & Beth Phoenix in a frenetic Fatal 4-Way Match to claim the tandem titles.
If there was a sentimental favorite going into the bout, it was the returning Phoenix, who joined Natalya in donning the colors of the 2019 WWE Hall of Fame inductees The Hart Foundation. The two were even joined on the ramp by Bret “Hit Man” Hart during their entrance.
If there was an odds-on favorite, it was the defending champions The Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection, who took control of the contest with the well-oiled offense they'd honed in recent months as champions.
As for Tamina &thumb|right|335 px Nia Jax, they were determined to become the favorites through sheer force. The Samoan Slaughterhouse laid out all three opposing pairs at one point and ascended the ropes ready to deliver a crushing blow, but The Glamazon knocked Nia off her perch.
After a melee on the outside, The Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection slugged it out with Natalya and Beth in a scrap that culminated with The Glamazon executing a jaw-dropping Glam Slam from the top rope at Bayley’s expense. With victory within her grasp, Beth saw her pinfall broken up when Royce pulled her away from Bayley and hurled her out of the ring, allowing Billie Kay to capitalize, score the three-count, and capture the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship for The IIconics.
===Winner-Take-All Main Event===
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The Man did it. Becky Lynch knocked down every barrier put in her way to become the first woman to win a WrestleMania main event, the first woman to pin Ronda Rousey, and the first woman to hold the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships at the same time in the historic, Winner Take All main event of WrestleMania 35.
Everything Becky Lynch had up to, during and after the main event was earned. She earned her place in the WrestleMania main event by winning the 2019 Women’s Royal Rumble Match. She earned the opportunity to stand across the ring from Charlotte Flair when she’d spent so long standing in her shadow. And she earned the right to be mentioned in the same sentence as Ronda Rousey when she attacked her on Raw five months ago and made herself a star.
What Becky earned was her first major main event against women with a long, storied experience on this type of stage. And, for a time, Becky struggled to keep up. But both Flair and Rousey found their respective skills put to the test as well. Charlotte was forced to fight dirty, as she chopped Rousey square across the chest and face early in the match. Rousey was forced to adapt her move set, as she contended with a torqued knee after suffering a Figure-Four Leglock against the turnbuckle, and later, a full-fledged Figure-Eight. Both had to change. Becky Lynch, on the other hand, was who she was since before she started calling herself The Man. And everything that took her to the main event at WrestleMania took her over the finish line as well.
She remembered everything. The bad blood with Charlotte Flair that led her to break up that Figure-Eight with a legdrop to The Queen’s sternum — shades of a similar maneuver from WrestleMania 32. She remembered the brutality that took her to the Match of the Year at WWE Evolution, breaking out a table for a fateful sequence that culminated in Charlotte being thrown through the pine by Lynch and Rousey. And she remembered the showdown she always wanted, the one she chose: The Baddest Woman on the Planet.thumb|right|335 px
More importantly, she was ready, and she put Rousey away suddenly. Despite coming out on the short end of a hockey fight and finding herself stranded on The Baddest Woman on the Planet’s shoulders, she countered Piper’s Pit into a crucifix pin, sticking Rousey’s shoulders to the mat, as The Rowdy One was pinned for the first time in her WWE career. Clearly, it was a moment Becky had prepared for.
So now she’s the champ. And the champ again. Does that make her The Man? It doesn’t hurt. But what might make her The Man is the sum of what Becky Lynch did to get to this moment. She wanted it. She worked for it. And she took it all.
==Match results==
* WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal: Carmella won the battle royal by eliminating Sarah Logan (10:30); Order of elimination: Maria Kanellis, Nikki Cross, Candice LeRae, Naomi, Ember Moon, Lana, Kairi Sane, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Zelina Vega, Dana Brooke, Mandy Rose, Mickie James, Sonya Deville, Asuka, & Sarah Logan.
* Fatal-4-Way match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship: The IIconics def. Bayley & Sasha Banks (c), Nia Jax & Tamina Snuka and Natalya Neidhart & Beth Phoenix to win WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship. (10:45)
* Triple threat match for both Raw Women's Championship & SmackDown Women's Championship: Becky Lynch def. Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair to win the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships. (21:30)
==Notes==
* The first women's main event of WrestleMania in its 35 year history.
* Ronda Rousey's first loss in WWE.
* Becky Lynch became the first woman to hold both Raw and SmackDown Women's Championships at the same time.
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