Floex wrote:According to the Observer, Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg, Triple H vs. Seth Rollins, and Shaq vs. Big Show are the three matches that are "locked in" for WrestleMania 33.
Just mental.
From the Observer:
Right now when it comes to WrestleMania while there are a lot of rumors and directions being stated, there are only three matches locked in, which are Brock Lesnar vs. Bill Goldberg, HHH vs. Seth Rollins and Big Show vs. Shaquille O’Neal.
John Cena vs. Undertaker is a probable, but Vince McMahon was not locked on it. Also probable was a multiple person women’s championship match on the Raw side. Right now when it comes to Undertaker, while it is likely Cena, the other opponent considered is Roman Reigns with the idea that Reigns is the future, Cena vs. Undertaker doesn’t build the future, and this may be Undertaker’s last match. If they don’t do Reigns this year, they may never be able to do it. Either way, if Cena and Reigns leave San Antonio as champions, it looks like Undertaker will challenge one of them in the main event.
The storyline of Undertaker no longer being defined by WrestleMania, may be a story of him entering and winning the Royal Rumble, to earn that shot, or challenging for a title, and the title win being the key. Or it could be Cena vs. Undertaker, which was scheduled for last year but fell through when Cena needed shoulder surgery. The match doesn’t need a title attached to it, but the title would elevate the match to the main event position and elevate the title as well based on two of the truly biggest stars on the show being in the match.
It ended up being a fortunate break last year, because Vince McMahon thought out of the box and brought back Shane McMahon, and as silly as this sounds except it’s the truth, the Shane vs. Undertaker match was the biggest match on the show, and with the stips (not adhered to of course), it was far bigger than a Cena vs. Undertaker match would have been on that night.
As far as if they do Cena vs. Undertaker, whether that will be for the Smackdown title, that would make sense since Cena will challenge A.J. Styles for the title at the Royal Rumble. Given Styles having the edge on Cena in singles matches and Cena always evening up the score, it would seem to be his turn. On Smackdown, they were heavily pushing the idea of Cena as a 15-time champion, with the story of needing one win to tie Ric Flair’s fake record of 16 (as noted before, you can interpret the Flair number many different ways, but the smallest number you can give is 18). Cena already failed once when going for that record.
This would make Undertaker a favorite for the Rumble along with Braun Strowman, since the winner of the Rumble should be the person who challenges for one of the two titles. If Reigns goes with Undertaker, the question becomes who would then go with Cena (or Styles if he retains).
Reigns could just as easily beat Kevin Owens at the Rumble to win the Universal title, and defend against Strowman, but if need be, he could also defend against Undertaker if the idea of the show is to build around Undertaker challenging for the title. Owens and Chris Jericho has been built for months and they’ve dragged it out so it peaks at the right time, and WrestleMania would be that time.
Can only imagine the crowd reaction if Reigns were to beat the Undertaker at Mania