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WrestleMania 36
Promotional poster featuring John Cena, Charlotte Flair, Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch, and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
NXT
DateMarch 25–26, 2020
(to be aired April 4–5, 2020[1])
CityOrlando, Florida
VenueWWE Performance Center
The Boneyard
Attendance0[Note 1]
Tagline(s)Too Big for Just One Night![2]
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WrestleMania 36 is the ongoing 36th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions — the first to promote the NXT brand. It was taped on March 25 and 26, 2020; Night 1 aired on April 4 with Night 2 to air on April 5.

Originally scheduled to take place solely on April 5, 2020 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa and to air live, WrestleMania 36 was relocated due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. The promotion announced plans to present the event from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando (where all other WWE programming has since originated), and other unannounced locations (later revealed to be a boneyard and the Firefly Fun House), each with no spectators in attendance, and for it to be the first WrestleMania to be broadcast across two nights and the second to be filmed from multiple venues (the first being WrestleMania 2).

Production

Background

WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship event, having first been held in 1985. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April.[3] It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four".[4] WrestleMania is ranked the sixth most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes,[5] and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.[6] WrestleMania 36 was the third WrestleMania to be held in the city of Orlando, and the fourth to be held in the state of Florida (after XXIV and 33 also in Orlando, and XXVIII in Miami Gardens). The event featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions, as well as NXT—although some NXT wrestlers had appeared in WrestleMania's previously annual battle royals, this was the first WrestleMania to promote the brand, following NXT becoming one of WWE's three major brands in September 2019.[7] For the first time, WWE announced that it would also offer the pay-per-view as a digital purchase in the United States via FITE TV, and the Fox Sports app (an expansion of Fox's broadcasts of SmackDown). ESPN, which does not normally air WWE programming, aired encores of previous editions of WrestleMania during the lead-up to the event.[8]

The event was originally to take place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa solely on April 5, 2020 and was to air live.[9][10] As a result of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, other wrestling promotions began to cancel some of their shows in an attempt to prevent further spreading of the COVID-19 virus.[11] In speaking with the Tampa Bay Times regarding how this outbreak could affect WrestleMania 36, WWE's Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon said "The health and safety of not only our fan base, but also our superstars, really does come first ... We don't want to put anyone in a bad situation ever, regardless of the circumstance. Those are not risks worth taking." WWE's Executive Vice President of Special Events John Saboor further noted that they were constantly monitoring global events.[12][13] A meeting was held by Tampa officials on March 12 to determine the fate of WrestleMania 36; it was decided that the event would still proceed as planned, barring that the situation did not worsen in a week's time.[14] Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller further stated that if the situation was not any better by the following week, they would "pull the plug" on WrestleMania 36 if WWE did not do it themselves.[15] WWE then stated that they had a contingency plan ready in case the event was canceled.[16]

On March 16, WWE announced that the event would be held at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando with only essential personnel in attendance, as with all other WWE weekly programs during this pandemic.[17][18][19] WWE then announced that WrestleMania 36 would be split into a two-night event, on April 4 and 5, marking the first WrestleMania to be done over two nights. It was also confirmed that the event would take place at other, unspecified locations, marking the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 2 in 1986 (which originated from three different venues on the same night) to be held at multiple locations. Former National Football League (NFL) player Rob Gronkowski, who had recently signed with WWE, was also announced to serve as the host of the event[20][21]—Gronkowski last appeared for WWE at WrestleMania 33 Kickoff pre-show in 2017.[22] It was then reported by PWInsider that WWE were pre-taping several episodes of their weekly programs for future broadcasts, as well as much of WrestleMania itself, between March 21–26 (with the exception of the live broadcast of the March 23 episode of Raw). WrestleMania tapings at the Performance Center were held between March 25 and 26.[1] In an interview with TV Guide, Triple H explained that the "unique", pre-recorded nature of the event gave them the opportunity to experiment with new production elements and settings—such as the "Firefly Fun House" and "Boneyard" matches (the latter stated to have been shot at a different location).[23]

The card underwent changes due to injuries and issues that arose related to the ongoing pandemic. Wrestlers such as Rey Mysterio, who was reportedly set to face Andrade for the United States Championship, and Dana Brooke, who was originally announced to take part in the SmackDown Women's Championship elimination match, were pulled from the event due to coronavirus concerns.[24] It was also confirmed that WrestleMania's annual battle royals, the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal and WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal, would not occur at WrestleMania 36 to limit the number of wrestlers in the ring at the same time.[25] Roman Reigns, who was at an increased risk for COVID-19 due to being in an immunocompromised state from his previous struggles with leukemia, requested to be removed from his match against Goldberg and WWE honored the request;[26][27] Braun Strowman was selected as Reigns' replacement in the match.[28][29] Andrade, who was scheduled to team with Angel Garza to face The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) for the Raw Tag Team Championship,[30] was removed from that match due to an injury and was replaced by NXT's Austin Theory.[31] Additionally it was reported that The Miz had contracted an illness and was pulled from the WrestleMania card;[31] this turned the planned tag team Triple Threat Ladder match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship[32] into a Ladder match between Jimmy Uso, Kofi Kingston, and defending champion John Morrison.[33][34] Triple H confirmed that due to the circumstances, nothing would be held against any of the wrestlers who missed the event. He also stated that all of the talent competing were there in a voluntary capacity. Notably, Triple H was also not scheduled to compete at the event, though this was planned before the pandemic; this marks Triple H's first WrestleMania missed since WrestleMania 23 in 2007.[35]

Storylines

The event included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands,[36][37] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, Friday Night SmackDown, and NXT.[38]

World championship matches

Men's

Feeling as though nobody deserved an opportunity to challenge him at the Royal Rumble or WrestleMania, Raw's WWE Champion Brock Lesnar decided to enter himself into the men's Royal Rumble match as entrant number one.[39][40] 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.[41] The next night on Raw, McIntyre announced that he would challenge Lesnar for the WWE Championship at the event.[42] At Super ShowDown, Lesnar retained the title against Ricochet, keeping him as the defending champion against McIntyre at WrestleMania.[43]

After winning SmackDown's Universal Championship at Super ShowDown,[43] WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg appeared on the following night's episode of SmackDown and issued an open challenge by stating his catchphrase, "Who's next?" Roman Reigns interrupted and had a stare down with Goldberg before accepting his challenge, which was subsequently scheduled for WrestleMania.[44] Just before the event, however, Reigns, requested to be removed from the match for being at an increased risk for COVID-19, as he was in an immunocompromised state from his previous health issues with leukemia; Reigns himself confirmed the report and stated that WWE honored the request.[27][26] Triple H also confirmed the report in a March 29 interview on ESPN's SportsCenter.[35] Five days later on the April 3 episode of SmackDown, Braun Strowman was announced as Reigns' replacement in the match.[29]

Women's

At the Royal Rumble, Raw's Charlotte Flair won the women's Royal Rumble match to earn herself a women's championship match of her choosing at WrestleMania.[41] On the February 3 episode of Raw, Flair stated that she had defeated the women's champions of both Raw and SmackDown and had held those titles multiple times. She was then interrupted by Rhea Ripley, the NXT Women's Champion—a title that Flair had only held once during NXT's infancy in 2014. Ripley declared that Flair should challenge her as she had defeated Flair, but Flair had never beat her.[45] Flair continued to delay giving an answer until after Ripley had defended her title at TakeOver: Portland on February 16.[46][47] 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.[48]

Prior to Survivor Series, a rivalry began between Raw's Becky Lynch and NXT's Shayna Baszler. At the event, Baszler won the non-title brand supremacy Triple Threat match between the three brands' women's champions by submitting SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley. An irate Lynch attacked Baszler following the match and put her through an announce table.[49] After losing the NXT Women's Championship,[50] Baszler appeared as the thirtieth entrant in the women's Royal Rumble match, finishing as the runner-up.[41] Following Lynch's title defense on the February 10 episode of Raw, Baszler ambushed Lynch and bit the back of her neck, thus reigniting their feud.[47] Baszler was then entered into Raw's women's Elimination Chamber match at the namesake event where she single-handedly eliminated all of her opponents to win and earn herself a Raw Women's Championship match against Lynch at WrestleMania.[51]

Undercard matches

John Cena, who had last appeared during Raw Reunion in July 2019, made his return from hiatus during the February 28, 2020 episode of SmackDown to address his role at WrestleMania. Seemingly announcing his retirement, Cena declared he would not be appearing at the event, stating that WrestleMania spots should be earned. As Cena gave a farewell salute to the audience from the stage, the lights went out. When they illuminated, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt appeared behind Cena. The Fiend then pointed to the WrestleMania sign, signaling a challenge to Cena, who simply nodded in acceptance. A match between the two was then scheduled for the event, being a rematch from WrestleMania XXX in 2014.[44] On the March 27 episode, Wyatt challenged Cena to a Firefly Fun House match,[52] and Cena accepted.[29]

At Super ShowDown, AJ Styles was a participant in the Tuwaiq Trophy gauntlet match. Final participant Rey Mysterio was ambushed backstage by Styles' O.C. teammates Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, prompting Styles to declare himself the winner by forfeit. The referee gave Mysterio until the count of ten, during which, the camera cut backstage, showing that Gallows and Anderson had been attacked by The Undertaker, making a surprise return. Undertaker then made his entrance, taking Mysterio's place, and performed a Chokeslam on Styles to win the match and the trophy.[43] On the following Raw, a disgruntled Styles mocked Undertaker for still wrestling and issued a warning.[53] The Undertaker then appeared at Elimination Chamber and cost Styles his No Disqualification match with Aleister Black.[51] The following night on Raw, Styles taunted Undertaker by bringing up his wife Michelle McCool, blaming her for why Undertaker keeps coming back to wrestle, while also calling Undertaker by his real name, Mark Calaway. Styles then challenged Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania.[54] A contract signing for the match was conducted the following week.[55] Styles then challenged Undertaker to a Boneyard match,[30] and Undertaker accepted, cutting a promo akin to his "American Bad Ass" gimmick (circa 2000–2003).[56]

After being forced to retire in 2011 due to a severe neck injury, WWE Hall of Famer Edge returned at the 2020 Royal Rumble during the namesake match, where he had a brief reunion with Randy Orton; Edge eliminated Orton before his own elimination.[41] On the following Raw, Edge explained how he was able to make his return. Orton then welcomed Edge back and suggested reforming Rated-RKO, but turned on Edge and performed an RKO on him. After attacking Edge's neck with a chair, Orton smashed Edge's head between two chairs in a maneuver known as the "Conchairto", which Edge had made famous.[42][47][57] Edge's wife and fellow Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix appeared on the March 2 episode to give a medical update on her husband. Orton interrupted and said that he attacked Edge so that he would remain at home and continue being a husband and a father to their children. He then blamed Phoenix for the attack, claiming that she allowed Edge to get back in the ring. Phoenix slapped Orton, who in turn performed an RKO on her.[53] Edge made his return the following week on Montel Vontavious Porter's (MVP) talk show, the "VIP Lounge". Orton attempted to attack Edge, only for Edge to perform an RKO of his own on Orton. After Orton retreated, Edge performed the Conchairto on MVP as a warning to Orton.[54] Edge then challenged Orton to a Last Man Standing match at WrestleMania,[55] and Orton accepted.[30]

At Survivor Series, Seth Rollins served as the captain of Team Raw for the men's Survivor Series elimination match, but questioned Kevin Owens' loyalty to the team due to Owens appearing at NXT TakeOver: WarGames; Raw suffered a devastating loss at Survivor Series, only winning one of the seven interbrand matches.[49] Rollins criticized the Raw roster for their poor performance and again questioned Owens' loyalty, who responded by performing a Stunner on Rollins. Owens then became the target of AOP (Akam and Rezar).[58][59] Although Owens accused Rollins of being behind AOP's attacks, Rollins denied the accusations, though he ultimately joined with AOP, turning heel. Rollins then began to refer to himself as the "Monday Night Messiah" and recruited Murphy into his new faction with AOP; Rollins and Murphy eventually won the Raw Tag Team Championship together. At the Royal Rumble, Rollins eliminated Owens from the namesake match thanks to help from AOP and Murphy.[41] 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.[51] The following night on Raw, Rollins challenged Owens to a match,[54] and Owens accepted for WrestleMania.[55]

On the Survivor Series Kickoff pre-show, Heavy Machinery (Otis and Tucker) participated in an interbrand tag team battle royal that was won by Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode;[60] the two teams entered into a feud following the event. Also during this time, Otis started a romance with Mandy Rose. On the February 14 episode of SmackDown, Otis had a scheduled Valentine's Day date with Rose; however, Ziggler arrived first and stole the date, causing Otis to walk away heartbroken.[61] On the March 6 episode, Otis apologized to Rose, who rejected the apology.[62] Heavy Machinery then participated in the SmackDown Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber match, where they were eliminated by Ziggler and Roode.[51] 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.[63] Ziggler then challenged Otis to a match at WrestleMania and Otis accepted.[52] On the final SmackDown before WrestleMania, a mysterious hacker appeared on the TitanTron during Ziggler's match with Tucker and revealed that Rose's tag team partner Sonya Deville had conspired with Ziggler to sabotage Rose's date with Otis.[29]

Event

Night 1

Other on-screen personnel
Role: Name:
Hosts Rob Gronkowski
Mojo Rawley
English Commentators Michael Cole (SmackDown)
John "Bradshaw" Layfield (SmackDown)
Tom Phillips (Raw)
Byron Saxton (Raw)
Spanish commentators Carlos Cabrera
Marcelo Rodríguez
Ring announcers Greg Hamilton (SmackDown)
Mike Rome (Raw)
Referees Danilo Anfibio
Jessika Carr
John Cone
Eddie Orengo
Charles Robinson
Drake Wuertz
Rod Zapata
Interviewers Charly Caruso
Kayla Braxton
Pre-show panel Corey Graves
Peter Rosenberg
Pre-show correspondents Renee Young
Booker T
Mark Henry

Pre-show

During the pre-show, Cesaro faced Drew Gulak. The climax saw Cesaro perform an U.F.O. on Gulak followed by a pin to win the match.

Preliminary matches

The actual pay-per-view opened with The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) defending the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross. In the end, Cross performed The Purge on Sane followed by Bliss performing a Twisted Bliss to win the title.

Next, Elias faced King Corbin. In the end, as Corbin attempted a pin on Elias with his legs on the rope, the referee noticed it and voided the pin. Elias then performed a roll-up on Corbin to win the match.

After that, Becky Lynch defended the WWE Raw Women's Championship against Shayna Baszler. In the closing moments, as Baszler applied the Kirifuda Clutch on Lynch, Lynch countered into an roll-up to retain the title.

In the fourth match, Sami Zayn (accompanied by Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura) defended the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Daniel Bryan (accompanied by Drew Gulak). In the first half of the match, Zayn refused to face Bryan and continuously scurried away from him. Bryan would run after Zayn only for Cesaro and Nakamura to get in his way. This led to Gulak getting involved and temporarily taking out Cesaro and Nakamura. As Zayn wanted a countout victory, Bryan brought Zayn back in to the ring and eventually started to perform his offensive attacks on him. In the end, Nakamura and Cesaro recovered and attacked Gulak. As Bryan attempted a Slam on Zayn, Zayn performed a Helluva Kick in mid-air to retain the title.

Next, the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship was defended in a triple threat ladder match. Due to the absence of John Morrison's tag team partner, The Miz, the match was contested between Morrison, Kofi Kingston (representing The New Day) and Jimmy Uso (representing The Usos). In the end, all three competitors, who were atop ladders, managed to unhook the gold hook with the titles still intact. After a scuffle, Kingston and Jimmy performed a headbutt on Morrison, who fell down atop a ladder wedged between the rope and a second ladder. As Morrison fell, he grasped the titles eventually unhooking them, thus Morrison retained the title.

After that, Kevin Owens faced Seth Rollins. The match ended via a disqualification win for Owens, as Rollins attacked him with the ringside bell. Owens then taunted Rollins to face him again in a no disqualification match. During the match, Owens attacked Rollins with the ringside bell and performed a diving elbow drop off the WrestleMania sign. In the end, Owens performed a Stunner on Rollins to win the match.

In the penultimate match, Goldberg defended the WWE Universal Championship against Braun Strowman. As Strowman attempted a Running Powerslam on Goldberg, Goldberg countered and performed three Spears for a nearfall. Goldberg then performed a fourth Spear on Strowman. In the end, as Goldberg attempted a Jackhammer on Strowman, Strowman countered and performed four Running Powerslams on Goldberg to win the title.

Main event

In the main event of Night 1, The Undertaker faced AJ Styles in a Boneyard Match which was contested in an undisclosed location resembling a graveyard. The only way to attain victory was to bury your opponent in a grave. Styles emerged from a casket while Undertaker arrived in his American Badass Persona (circa 2000-2003) riding a motorcycle. The two fought throughout the graveyard and in a warehouse. Halfway through the match, Styles' O.C. teammates Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson appeared in an attempt to assist Styles, but The Undertaker fought them off. The Undertaker then fought a couple of druids before Styles gained the upper hand again. Styles attacked Undertaker with a spade which caused Undertaker to fall in the grave. As Styles was preparing to drop dirt on Undertaker to bury him and win, Undertaker appeared behind Styles and started to attack him. Undertaker and Styles fought all over the graveyard and atop the warehouse rooftop. Undertaker then fought Anderson and Gallows on the rooftop. He then threw Gallows off the rooftop, performed a Tombstone Piledriver on Anderson and threw Styles off the rooftop. Undertaker then threw Styles into the grave, started the tractor and dumped all the dirt in the grave to win the match. Following the match, as the camera panned on the grave, Styles' hand was sticking out from the grave, while Undertaker then departed on his motorcycle.

Results

Night 1

No.ResultsStipulationsTimes[73][74]
1Cesaro defeated Drew GulakSingles match[64]4:25
2Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross defeated The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) (c)Tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship[65]15:05
3Elias defeated King CorbinSingles match[66]9:00
4Becky Lynch (c) defeated Shayna BaszlerSingles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[67]8:30
5Sami Zayn (c) (with Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura) defeated Daniel Bryan (with Drew Gulak)Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[68]9:20
6John Morrison (c) defeated Jimmy Uso and Kofi KingstonTriple Threat Ladder match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[69]18:30
7Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins[Note 2]No Disqualification match[70]17:20
8Braun Strowman defeated Goldberg (c)Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship[71]2:10
9The Undertaker defeated AJ Styles (with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson)Boneyard match[72]19:00
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match

Night 2

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Liv Morgan vs. NatalyaSingles match[75]
2Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte FlairSingles match for the NXT Women's Championship[76]
3Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Drew McIntyreSingles match for the WWE Championship[77]
4John Cena vs. "The Fiend" Bray WyattFirefly Fun House match[78]
5Bayley (c) vs. Lacey Evans vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks vs. TaminaFatal 5-Way Elimination match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[79]
6The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) vs. Austin Theory and Angel Garza (with Zelina Vega)Tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship[80]
7Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley (with Lana)Singles match[81]
8Edge vs. Randy OrtonLast Man Standing match[82]
9Otis (with Tucker) vs. Dolph Ziggler (with Mandy Rose)Singles match[83]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

Notes

  1. ^ The event will be held without a live audience due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
  2. ^ Originally, Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins by disqualification, but Owens restarted the match as a No Disqualification match.

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