[74], In the fourth match, Sami Zayn (accompanied by Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura) defended the Intercontinental Championship against Daniel Bryan (accompanied by Drew Gulak). An emotional Deville then stated that Rose was the most selfish person she had ever met. Goldberg to become the new Universal Champion", "The Undertaker def. [93], Charlotte Flair boasted about defeating Rhea Ripley and becoming a two-time NXT Women's Champion, though said that Ripley was "okay". Roman Reigns Fifth Main Event At Wrestlemania With Roman Reigns being the current golden child of WWE, it increases his odds of his encounter with Goldberg being in that coveted main event slot. [53] The following night on Raw, Rollins challenged Owens to a match,[54] and Owens accepted for WrestleMania. As Lesnar went for a fourth F-5, McIntyre countered and performed three more Claymore Kicks on Lesnar to win the title, capturing his first world championship in WWE and becoming the first-ever British-born world champion in WWE history, as well as WWE's thirty-first Triple Crown champion. WWE.com. McIntyre started off with a Claymore Kick on Lesnar for a nearfall. Andy Datson @AndyDatsonWT. Phoenix slapped Orton, who in turn performed an RKO on her. [71] Ziggler then challenged Otis to a match at WrestleMania and Otis accepted. Gronkowski attempted to pin Truth to win the title, however, Rawley moved Gronkowski and pinned Truth instead to win the 24/7 title for a seventh time. [99] The match occurred the following week in which Big E defeated Jey Uso and The Miz to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championship for a record eighth time for The New Day. In the final episode that released on June 21, Undertaker stated that he had nothing left to prove and had no desire to step in the ring again, feeling that his match with AJ Styles was the perfect ending to his 30-year career, thus making his WrestleMania 36 match with Styles his final match. [47][48] Lesnar dominated the first half of the match until he was eventually eliminated by Raw's Drew McIntyre, who would go on and win the match, thus earning himself a world championship match of his choosing at WrestleMania. Bayley agreed if Tamina could defeat her friend Sasha Banks,[99] which Tamina subsequently did the following week to earn the title match at Money in the Bank. After attacking Edge's neck with a steel chair, Orton smashed Edge's head between two steel chairs in a maneuver known as the "Conchairto", which Edge had made famous in the past. [27], It was then reported by PWInsider that WWE were pre-recording several episodes of their weekly programs (with the exception of the live broadcast of the March 23 episode of Raw) for future broadcasts, as well as WrestleMania itself (marking the first WrestleMania to be pre-recorded rather than live), between March 21–26. He also stated that all of the talent competing were there in a voluntary capacity. [32], WrestleMania's annual battle royals, the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, were not scheduled to occur at WrestleMania 36 to limit the number of wrestlers in the ring at the same time. Final participant Rey Mysterio was ambushed backstage by Styles' O.C. [50] At Super ShowDown, Lesnar retained the title against Ricochet, keeping him as the defending champion against McIntyre at WrestleMania. [26] WWE also produced a commemorative shirt reading "I Wasn't There", a spoof of their "I Was There" shirts of previous WrestleManias. Mandy Rose then came out and attacked Deville. While praising WWE for making the most out of its "weirdest WrestleMania of all time", particularly praising the Boneyard match, he did point out that most matches suffered from its poor lead-up and lack of live audience, stating notably that Becky Lynch and Shayna Baszler's match was "a listless and too-short battle that, when you consider the response both performers tend to extract from crowds, might have shifted into another gear in a packed stadium." [59][60] After Ripley retained her title at the NXT event, she was ambushed by Flair, who accepted Ripley's challenge for a match at WrestleMania, marking the first time that a Royal Rumble winner chose an NXT championship to challenge for with the title itself being the first NXT championship to be defended at the event. 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[13][14] As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, other wrestling promotions began to cancel or postpone their shows in an attempt to prevent further spreading of the COVID-19 virus. Drew McIntyre is scheduled to beat Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36, according to WrestlingNews.co. The Boneyard match was taped on location in the, The event was held without a live audience due to the, The match was shown on the April 6, 2020 episode of, "WrestleMania 29 press conference brings WWE to Radio City Music Hall", "WrestleMania is Super Bowl of sports entertainment", "Triple H Discusses NXT as a Third Brand, Putting Talent in a Position to Succeed, More", "WWE Splits Audience-Free WrestleMania 36 Into Two Nights, Multiple Locations", "Unprecedented two-night WrestleMania to be hosted by Rob Gronkowski on WWE Network", "Powell's WrestleMania 33 Kickoff Show live review: Neville vs. Austin Aries for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship, Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal", "How much does WrestleMania 36 cost? In the end, Morgan pinned Natalya with a roll-up to win the match. [75], The actual pay-per-view portion of Part 2 opened with Rhea Ripley defending the NXT Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair. Lesnar then performed two more F-5's, both of which again resulted in nearfalls. Taking advantage of the format, two matches — a "Boneyard match" and a "Firefly Fun House match" — were filmed off-site in atypical, cinematic style. In other prominent matches, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt defeated John Cena in a Firefly Fun House match, Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley to win the NXT Women's Championship for a second time, which was the first time an NXT championship was defended at the event, Edge defeated Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match, which was Edge's first singles match since 2011, and Otis defeated Dolph Ziggler. [54] A contract signing for the match was conducted the following week. He’d end being released by WWE on April 15th; ten days after the event he was initially told he would main event aired. He then blamed Phoenix for the attack, claiming that she allowed Edge to get back in the ring. An irate Lynch attacked Baszler following the match and put her through an announce table. In the end, as Evans was about to perform the Woman's Right on Bayley, Banks returned to the ring and performed a Backstabber on Evans. [53] On the March 20 episode of SmackDown, Ziggler distracted Otis during his tag team match by showing pictures of him and Rose together, enraging Otis, which caused Heavy Machinery to get disqualified, thus costing them another title opportunity. [105], 2020 WWE pay-per-view and WWE Network event, SmackDown Women's Championship Fatal 5-Way match eliminations, Two matches were taped elsewhere. 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Major Spoiler For WWE WrestleMania 36 Main Event Posted By: Ben Jordan Kerin on Feb 22, 2020. Undertaker then started the tractor and dumped all the dirt into the grave, burying Styles to win the match. After a scuffle, Jimmy and Kingston performed a headbutt on Morrison, who fell down atop a ladder wedged between the rope and a second ladder. [93], Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch praised Shayna Baszler regarding their WrestleMania match and stated that Baszler knew where to find her if she wanted to face off again. [54] Edge then challenged Orton to a Last Man Standing match at WrestleMania,[55] and Orton accepted. [10], Parts 1 and 2 of WrestleMania 36 were sold as individual pay-per-views, with both available as a package deal. In the closing moments, as Baszler applied the Kirifuda Clutch on Lynch, Lynch countered into a roll-up to retain the title. Bayley then performed a DDT on Evans to retain the title. [23][24][25] WWE then announced that WrestleMania 36 would be split into a two-night event, on April 4 and 5. [76] After the show went off the air, McIntyre was confronted by Big Show, who McIntyre then faced in a title defense described by WWE as the "hidden WrestleMania main event. He ranked the Boneyard and Firefly Fun House matches as the best for Part 1 and 2, respectively, noting that in contrast to previous attempts by WWE to "recreate Matt Hardy's 'Broken Universe' magic", the first "nailed the execution by striking the right balance between tense action and over-the-top presentation", and the second was described as "indie psychological horror movies brought to professional wrestling. Club gave the event a B–. [49] Rollins and Murphy lost their titles on an episode of Raw, and during a rematch at Elimination Chamber, Owens cost them their match and performed a Stunner on Rollins afterward. It was ultimately decided that Drew was more over with the crowd, and therefore he was given the spot. [52] The Undertaker then appeared at Elimination Chamber and cost Styles his No Disqualification match with Aleister Black. [28] The Boneyard match was filmed at a custom-built set on location in the Orlando area (about a 40-minute drive away from the Performance Center),[29] while the Firefly Fun House match segments were all taped at Titan Towers in Stamford, Connecticut, using props and set pieces from their storage facility. Goldberg then performed a fourth Spear on Strowman. Undertaker also revealed that he did not make a full return to his American Bad Ass gimmick at WrestleMania 36. A six-person mixed tag team match ensued with The Street Profits and Belair defeating Theory, Garza, and Vega. [74], Next, Elias faced King Corbin. Wyatt reminded Strowman that it was he who brought him to the WWE with his old Wyatt Family stable. [61], Prior to Survivor Series, a rivalry began between Raw's Becky Lynch and NXT's Shayna Baszler. Following the match, as the camera panned on the grave, Styles' hand was sticking out from the dirt, while Undertaker then departed on his motorcycle, again to the Metallica song. The Fiend then pointed to the WrestleMania sign, signaling a challenge to Cena, who simply nodded in acceptance.