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It is officially the most wonderful time of the year: WrestleMania season.
And in the next two to three weeks, WWE will paint the picture of what they are planning for this year’s big show.
Before that happens and all of our WrestleMania dreams get crushed, I like to play fantasy booker. In fact, both Zach and I did on this week’s edition of the Fourth Wall Wrestling podcast.
Let’s be honest. You won’t agree with my card (which is why I’d like to see yours in the comments below), and that’s why this is fun.
Going by last year’s format, I chose to have three pre-show matches followed by 12 main card matches. I also tried to stay realistic (I mentioned on our podcast I refrained from adding Papa Shango vs. Kenny Omega to the card).
Anyway, here’s what I came up with:
The Preshow
Fatal-4 way (winner to advance to main card’s Raw women’s title triple-threat match)
Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Alexa Bliss vs. Paige
Cruiserweight championship
Enzo Amore (c) vs. Neville
Grudge match
Seth Rollins vs. Jason Jordan
The main card
SmackDown Live tag-team championship
The Usos (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
Raw tag-team titles triple-threat match
The Bar (c) vs. the Revival vs. Mystery team (revealed as the Authors of Pain)
United States championship
Jinder Mahal (c) vs. Rusev w/ Aiden English
Intercontinental championship
The Miz (c) vs. Elias
Tag-team grudge match
Matt Hardy and Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt and “Brother Nero”
Match for full control of SmackDown Live
Shane McMahon vs. Daniel Bryan
Grudge match
Triple H vs. Braun Stroman
Casket match
The Undertaker (motorcycle gimmick) vs. John Cena
Smackdown Live women’s championship
Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Becky Lynch (Royal Rumble winner)
Raw women’s championship triple-threat match
Asuka (c) vs. Ronda Rousey vs. Pre-show winner
WWE Championship
AJ Styles (c) vs. Big E w/ a recently-turned-heel New Day
Universal Championship triple-threat match
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Finn Balor (Royal Rumble winner)
I explain why I went the way I went on the podcast, which you can play below or click here. We also discuss Samoa Joe and Wrestle Kingdom.