ABOUT WWE WRESTLEMANIA 36. teammates Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, prompting Styles to declare himself the winner by forfeit. After the match, Garza, Theory, and Vega attacked The Street Profits. An irate Lynch attacked Baszler following the match and put her through an announce table. After Orton retreated, Edge performed the Conchairto on MVP twice as a warning to Orton. WrestleMania 36 . Styles then challenged Undertaker to a match at WrestleMania. Lesnar then performed two more F-5's, both of which again resulted in nearfalls. Bianca Belair again came out after the match, and challenged Vega to a match which ended in a no-contest. [55] Styles then challenged Undertaker to a Boneyard match,[38] and Undertaker accepted, cutting a promo akin to his "American Bad Ass" gimmick (circa 2000–2003). [53] The following night on Raw, Rollins challenged Owens to a match,[54] and Owens accepted for WrestleMania. The graveyard encounter was way better than anybody expected, and it had a memorable ending as Taker buried Styles alive, with only The Phenomenal One's hand sticking out of the ground to end the fight. 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Angel Garza & Austin Theory", "SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley def. Those are not risks worth taking." [8] Marketing of the event subsequently emphasized the change in format, with the new tagline "Too Big for Just One Night". Banks is greatest women's wrestler It's sure to be a pay-per-view that will be remembered by many. You have to take the good with the bad, maintain honest integrity with criticism, but also be forgiving and acknowledge that this was not how WrestleMania was supposed to be." [49] On the following Raw, Edge explained how he was able to make his return. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. 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Deville also stated that she was the better wrestler and that Rose was nothing more than eye candy. [26], In late April, it was revealed that WrestleMania host Rob Gronkowski had come out of his NFL retirement, where he was traded to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Apr 5, 2020 at 10:46 pm ET The unique, unplanned and uncertain circumstances of WrestleMania 36 being pre-taped from the empty WWE Performance Center in … Some people were likely unhappy this match ended with Charlotte Flair winning another title, but it's undeniable the chemistry she had in the ring with Rhea Ripley, who entered Sunday night holding the NXT Women's Championship. while fighting them on the roof of an abandoned building. This was one of the best versions of the format we've seen, and certainly the best WWE has created. [37], 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. WrestleMania is ranked the sixth most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment. [84][85] Additionally, Bleacher Report gave the Boneyard match a 4.5 star ratings on a scale of 5, their highest rated match from both nights, while giving the Universal Championship match a 0.5 star, their lowest rated match from the event. If WWE is going to do occasional cinematic-style matches moving forward, it needs to have the production team that put together this Boneyard match in charge of them. WrestleMania 36 (2020) | WWE . [36][37] 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,[38] was removed from that match due to an injury and was replaced by NXT's Austin Theory. After learning the truth about Dolph Ziggler and Sonya Deville’s misdoings, … Undertaker then fought Gallows and Anderson on the rooftop. Flair also became the first wrestler to win an NXT championship before and after NXT became one of WWE's three main brands. [7] National Football League (NFL) player Rob Gronkowski, who had recently signed with WWE, was announced as the host of WrestleMania 36. [76], After that, Bayley defended the SmackDown Women's Championship in a fatal five-way elimination match against Sasha Banks, Lacey Evans, Naomi, and Tamina. Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler. As Orton attempted to attack Edge with a weight, Edge performed a dropkick on him. WM XXXVI is the 36th annual WM professional wrestling pay-per-view and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions. In the end, Morgan pinned Natalya with a roll-up to win the match. Whenever Morrison and Kingston get put into a gimmick match, they find innovative spots to bring to the table, so it's really not a surprise this match was one of the most exciting of the weekend. [54] A contract signing for the match was conducted the following week. The stage may have been smaller than last year's WrestleMania, when Kingston won the WWE Championship, but he was just as entertaining as always. [91] The Undertaker's official retirement ceremony later occurred at Survivor Series on November 22, which also celebrated the 30th anniversary of his debut in WWE, which occurred at the 1990 Survivor Series. [46], 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. We give our star ratings for all the matches from the first night of WrestleMania 37, Bad Bunny's GOAT performance Gronkowski then pinned Rawley to win the 24/7 Championship. Goldberg then performed a fourth Spear on Strowman. However, as he did so, Wyatt disappeared, and Cena was suddenly transported to nWo Monday Nitro—with Wyatt acting as Eric Bischoff, who introduced Cena, acting as "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. Undertaker and Styles fought all over the graveyard and atop the warehouse rooftop. [80], Bleacher Report stated "It's hard to judge this event. In the first half of the match, Zayn refused to face Bryan and continuously scurried away from him. [74], In the fourth match, Sami Zayn (accompanied by Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura) defended the Intercontinental Championship against Daniel Bryan (accompanied by Drew Gulak). The Firefly Fun House Match between Bray Wyatt and John Cena was also fun, but it was less of a match than Undertaker-Styles was. 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. [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. In the closing moments, as Baszler applied the Kirifuda Clutch on Lynch, Lynch countered into a roll-up to retain the title. In the main event of the strangest WrestleMania of all time, McIntyre pinned Brock Lesnar, clean in … 2020 WWE WrestleMania 36 matches, Night 2 card, schedule, dates, start time, location, rumors Night 1 of WrestleMania is in the books, so now it's time to look ahead to Night 2 … The event was originally to take place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, … Sasha Banks, Naomi, Lacey Evans and Tamina (Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match)", "Drew McIntyre def. In other prominent matches, Becky Lynch defeated Shayna Baszler to retain the Raw Women's Championship, and Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins in a No Disqualification match. Undertaker also revealed that he did not make a full return to his American Bad Ass gimmick at WrestleMania 36. It was filmed on March 25 and 26, 2020 and broadcast as a two-night event on April 4 and 5, marking the first time the event was broadcast over two nights as well as aired on tape delay. Styles attacked Undertaker with a spade which caused Undertaker to fall into the grave. NXT's Bianca Belair then ran out and attacked Vega, clearing the ring. Hopefully, Morrison will continue to get the chance to showcase his talents, perhaps even with a singles run after this SmackDown Tag Team Championship reign with The Miz is over. As Edge waited for Orton to make his entrance, Orton – who had been disguised as a cameraman – attacked Edge from behind with an RKO. @AJStylesOrg #WrestleMania #BoneyardMatch https://t.co/moGhONZeWH. He then blamed Phoenix for the attack, claiming that she allowed Edge to get back in the ring. WWE Wrestlemania 36 Results Saturday, April 4. The majority of WrestleMania's matches were pre-recorded at the Performance Center between March 25 and 26. WrestleMania 36 (2020) | WWE. Orton then attacked Edge with a second RKO and a camera, but Edge rose to his feet. "[90], In May, a five-part documentary series about The Undertaker began airing on the WWE Network called Undertaker: The Last Ride. In other prominent matches, Charlotte Flair defeated Rhea Ripley to win the NXT Women's Championship for a second time in the opening bout, 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 April 2011, and Otis defeated Dolph Ziggler. [99] Orton then faced Edge in a rubber match the following night on Raw, where thanks to a distraction by Alexa Bliss (as part of a storyline between Orton, Bliss, and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt), Edge defeated Orton, putting an end to their rivalry. Orton returned in the closing moments of the match where he attempted to eliminate Edge, however, Edge countered and eliminated Orton to win the men's Royal Rumble match. [102] The following week, Sonya Deville called out Rose to clear the air between them. 16 minute read. - #Undertaker [103] On the May 1 episode, Otis defeated Ziggler again to qualify for the men's Money in the Bank ladder match. Drew McIntyre is your new WWE Champion. WWE Champion Brock Lesnar will battle Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania. He also stated that all of the talent competing were there in a voluntary capacity. [76], After that, Otis faced Dolph Ziggler (accompanied by Sonya Deville). After also going through the door, Cena was transported through a series of dream sequences where Wyatt demonstrated his perceived personality flaws (such as being a bully who did not have to work for his achievements like Wyatt did), including his debut appearance on SmackDown (with Wyatt acting as Kurt Angle, and Cena seemingly unable to say anything but "ruthless aggression"), and a spoof of Saturday Night's Main Event (where Wyatt introduced Cena as his tag team partner "Johnny Largemeat", who was tired out from repeatedly lifting weights). [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. And that's what it did for WrestleMania 36, the first two-night spectacle in the event's long history. However, following his loss in the final of the interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship tournament, Maverick re-signed with the company,[107] and it was reported that WWE had reached out to some of the other released talent, though for lower pay than their previous contracts. 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. [23][24][25] WWE then announced that WrestleMania 36 would be split into a two-night event, on April 4 and 5. WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship event, having first been held in 1985. In mid-March, all WWE programming was relocated to the WWE Performance Center training facility in Orlando due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with no audience and only essential staff present. [58] Flair continued to delay giving an answer until after Ripley had defended her title at TakeOver: Portland on February 16. Consider the first half of WrestleMania 36 the night of the Boneyard match, because it was easily the most entertaining part. WrestleMania 36: WWE Network results stream, start time and full match online updates from WWE Performance Center, TONIGHT (Sat., April 4, … The Undertaker in a Boneyard Match", "Liv Morgan def. A six-person mixed tag team match ensued with The Street Profits and Belair defeating Theory, Garza, and Vega. 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They cornered Rawley near the podium that host Rob Gronkowski was standing on. [61], Prior to Survivor Series, a rivalry began between Raw's Becky Lynch and NXT's Shayna Baszler. [75], The actual pay-per-view portion of Part 2 opened with Rhea Ripley defending the NXT Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair. Slate considered the Boneyard and Firefly Fun House matches to be the best matches. WWE; Kurt Angle: “Steve Austin Austin Is The Reason I Got Into … Welcome to Part 1/Night 1 of IGN's WrestleMania 36 live blog! Lesnar performed three German suplexes and an F-5, but McIntyre kicked out at one. WrestleMania 36: So liefen die Matches am ersten Tag des Mega-Events Tag eins einer denkwürdigen WrestleMania ist Geschichte. The Kabuki Warriors to become the new WWE Women's Tag Team Champions", "Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch def. The two brawled at ringside, and Edge injured Orton's leg, taking Orton out for the majority of the match. 05:36 Top 10 Raw moments: WWE Top 10, Dec. 28, 2020 WWE Top 10 takes you back to this week’s Monday Night Raw to revisit the show’s most thrilling, physical and controversial moments. Despite the circumstances, WWE put on a mostly entertaining show that featured some quality matches throughout the weekend. SmackDown Tag Team Championship Triple Threat Ladder Match: John Morrison defeated Kofi Kingston and Jimmy Uso to retain, Jimmy @WWEUsos just risked it ALL for the #SmackDown #TagTeamTitles, and @TheRealMorrison made him pay! Because of the coronavirus pandemic, this year's Show of Shows was the most unique ever. [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. Banks applied the Bank Statement on Naomi to eliminate her. Still, expectations for this WrestleMania were low, albeit with some minor optimism over the show being divided up into two nights instead of the marathon one-night slogs of recent years." The Usos vs. [64] On the final SmackDown before WrestleMania, a mysterious hacker (later revealed to be Mustafa Ali) appeared on the TitanTron during Ziggler's match with Tucker and revealed that Rose's Fire and Desire tag team partner Sonya Deville had conspired with Ziggler to sabotage Rose's Valentine's date with Otis. The Street Profits, Bobby Lashley vs. Sami Zayn in champion vs. champion matches, Team Raw vs. Otis then performed the Caterpillar on Ziggler to win the match. He later attacked WWE Champion Drew McIntyre following the latter's match with Andrade,[94] subsequently setting up a title match for Money in the Bank. Also during this time, Otis started a romance with Mandy Rose. 5. During the match, Edge legitimately tore his triceps. Drew McIntyre looks to finally achieve the ultimate goal and dethrone WWE Champion Brock Lesnar on The Grandest Stage of Them All. [76], The penultimate match was the Firefly Fun House match between John Cena and "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt. [32] Five days later on the April 3 episode of SmackDown, Braun Strowman was announced as Reigns' replacement in the match, making this the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania XXVIII where Reigns was not featured. Orton then welcomed Edge back and suggested reforming Rated-RKO, but turned on Edge and performed an RKO on him, thus turning heel in the process. 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. It also would feel like a complete waste of the … "[79] McIntyre performed a Claymore Kick on Big Show to retain the title. Triple H confirmed that due to the circumstances, nothing would be held against any of the wrestlers who missed the event. Without Fans. Ripley declared that Flair should challenge her as she had defeated Flair, but Flair had never beat her. [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. [89] It was later revealed that Gronkowski exercised a release clause in his WWE contract in order to return to the NFL, and he dropped the 24/7 Championship to R-Truth in a segment on the June 1 episode of Raw. [97], On the May 11 episode of Raw, both Edge and Randy Orton made their first post-WrestleMania appearances. [38], 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. On pay-per-view, the two productions were sold as individual shows, with both available as a package deal. Natalya (Kickoff Match)", "Charlotte Flair def. Undertaker then started the tractor and dumped all the dirt into the grave, burying Styles to win the match. Deville then attacked Rose, which prompted Otis to come out and attack Ziggler. Wyatt was then shown in the Firefly Fun House, stating that Cena would actually be facing himself before exiting through the fun house's door. The event was originally scheduled to take place solely on April 5, 2020, at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida and was to air live. Instead, it was a combination of his Deadman persona, the American Bad Ass, as well as his real life self; the latter due to how personal Styles' promos were against Undertaker. [93], Charlotte Flair boasted about defeating Rhea Ripley and becoming a two-time NXT Women's Champion, though said that Ripley was "okay". [76], Next, The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against Angel Garza and Austin Theory (with Zelina Vega). This was another empty-arena match that will likely go down as one of the best during this unusual time. Mid-year, 205 Live began doing their tapings in conjunction with NXT. WrestleMania 36 was the 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. In the closing moments, Ford performed a Springboard Frogsplash on Theory, who was then pinned by Dawkins. [74], During the WrestleMania 36 Kickoff Part 2 pre-show, Liv Morgan faced Natalya. [33] 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;[34][35] Braun Strowman was selected as Reigns' replacement in the match. [76], The event was highly positively received by fans and received positive reviews from critics. Incorporating his parkour style, he hit some breathtaking moves, including a one-legged Starship Pain onto Kingston on a ladder. Community See All. WrestleMania 36 was the 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.