WrestleMania Night One was LIVE! from the Raymond James Stadium, with thousands in attendance, and the millions watching around the world. The weather intervened at the start of the show meaning it was put on delay. thankfully it did not last long and the action began. Here is a complete run down of the match results beginning with the WWE Championship.
Match Results
Bobby Lashley defeated Drew McIntyre via submission to remain WWE Champion.
Natalya & Tamina won the Tag Team Turmoil, lastly eliminating Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott.
Cesaro defeated Seth Rollins.
AJ Styles & Omos defeated New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) to become the NEW RAW Tag Team Champions.
Braun Strowman defeated Shane McMahon in a Steel Cage Match.
Damian Priest & Bad Bunny defeated The Miz & John Morrison.
Bianca Belair defeated Sasha Banks to become the NEW SmackDown Women's Champion.
WrestleMania 37 - Night One Review-ish
Bobby Lashley's first title defence was a successful one. MVP played a key role in denying Drew his WrestleMania Moment he desired after missing out last year. "The Hurt Lock" proved to be too much for the challenger on this night. The Almighty Era continues. Great start to the night.
Natalya & Tamina won the Tag Team Turmoil, there were some botches here, it happens, despite not winning, the Riott Sqaud were the standout team, will Natalya and Tamina win the Women's Tag Team Championships on Night Two?
Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins was my pick for match of the night and it surely delivered, they gave everything in the ring to entertain the people in attendance, congratulations to the Swiss Cyborg, as Corey Graves calls him, on picking up the win, hopefully his rise to the top continues.
We've got new tag team champions people! in the name of AJ Styles and Omos, who looked like he was enjoying himself out there in the ring, the guy is quick and powerful, he slammed Kofi on to the mat and put his foot on his fallen opponent for the win, a rematch between these two teams will definitely happen, it's just a case of when.
The Steel Cage match was okay. Shane tried to get the advantage by having Elias and Jaxson Ryker attack Braun at the start, that didn't stop him from getting in the ring. Shane had weapons hidden at the top of the cage, again it failed to derail Strowman, who then ripped off the cage panelling while his opponent tried to escape, that was a cool visual. Strowman threw Shane off the top of the cage, he should've really climbed down the side of the cage, however, he climbed back down to the mat and picked up Shane for the slam, thus picking up the win, hopefully this is the end of this feud.
The Damian Priest & Bad Bunny vs. Miz & Morrison match was great, especially Bad Bunny, we knew he was training ahead of this match, and that hard work paid off here, credit to Miz and Morrison here also for helping Bunny during this match, when the guy gave Miz a top rope DDT, as well as a Bunny Destroyer on Morrison, the reactions from the crowd were insane.
The main event on this night, was for the SmackDown Women's Championship, Sasha had never won a match at this prestigious event, whereas Bianca had never had a match here, history was going to be made, one way or another, in terms of match quality, it was so good, the crowd were really in to it from start to finish, we had "let's go Sasha, EST" chants at the start, you could tell Sasha and Bianca loved that moment, you don't get that in the ThunderDome in front of a virtual crowd, both showed their strength and athleticism, let's talk about the key moments, Sasha used Bianca's braid for the "Banks Statement" the challenger, managed to get out of it, Bianca attempted to hit the KOD, Sasha got out of it, Bianca used her braid to whip Sasha, the sound it made was crazy, Bianca then hit the KOD for the win and the reaction from the crowd when the match was over was excellent. Congratulations to Bianca becoming the NEW SmackDown Women's Champion.
Night One of WrestleMania was great, it provided memorable moments, which is what this event is all about, could night two follow suit? here is what went down.
Match Results
Randy Orton defeated The Fiend.
Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler defeated Natalya & Tamina.
Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn.
Sheamus defeated Riddle to become the NEW United States Champion.
Apollo Crews defeated Big E to become the NEW Intercontinental Champion.
Rhea Ripley defeated Asuka to become the NEW RAW Women's Champion.
Roman Reigns defeated Daniel Bryan & Edge to remain Universal Champion.
WrestleMania 37 - Night Two Review-ish
The entrances of Alexa and then The Fiend were entertaining, the match was itself was not anything special, with all due respect to the guys involved here, towards the end of the match, Alexa appeared on the jack in a box when Fiend was about to win, he was distracted by her, Orton hit his opponent with the RKO. Alexa and Fiend stared at each other and then the lights went off and on again, this storyline was hitting the ceiling, however it looks like it just got interesting again, is Alexa portrayed as Sister Abigail now? we will find out on RAW.
The Women's Tag Team Championship match was decent, the crowd were cheering Natalya and Tamina, nice to see them getting respect, they have been booked poorly over the years, you could say the same for Nia and Shayna who remain champions, the next contenders for the titles will probably be Lana and Naomi.
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn continued their rivalry, anytime they fight each other, for whatever reason, it is usually a show stealer, KO handed Zayn an L (loss) via the stunner, Logan Paul tried to cheer him up without success, leaving Owens to stun the "celebrity" Let's move on.
Wale sang Big E's entrance theme before E faced Apollo Crews, in terms of the match, the Nigerian Drum Fight itself, it was just a fancy name for a no disqualification, as I eluded to in the predictions, check it out, if you haven't already, the only surprise was Dabba-Kato making an appearance towards the end of the match, helping Apollo win the Intercontinental title.
The music performances continued, Ash Costello sang Rhea Ripley's theme when Rhea made her way to the ring to face Asuka, the tempo was slow, business picked up as they traded shots, Asuka applied her submission on the challenger who managed to escape, remember when the Asuka Lock was a feared move on NXT? that was the level, nowadays I find myself mentioning the creative team, it makes sense to do that because how have they managed to mess up a character like Asuka, it's baffling, back to the match, Rhea hit Riptide for the victory.
The MAIN event of WrestleMania was a triple threat match scheduled for one fall, for the Universal Championship, loved the entrances and reactions from the crowd. the match felt rushed, which was nice because sometimes we see the last match of a pay per view drag on, this was the exact opposite, Bryan and Edge applied the Crossface and Yes Lock at the same time, the way they looked at each was brilliant, the conchairto bought back memories from past eras, Roman telling the crowd to acknowledge him will be in a future montage along with him pinning Edge and Bryan at the same time. Talk about another WrestleMania moment. He showed exactly why he is the "Head of the Table"
There you go. WrestleMania 37 is now in the books, the two nights were great, it would be unfair to say which one was better. The belief is that the next event is called WrestleMania Backlash. Why is it called that? I do not know, it will be strange to see virtual crowds again starting with tonight on RAW.
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