Huge Mania Pitch before the regime change, more details on Mania matches
Added 2023-01-02 21:49:52 +0000 UTCOne of the big planned WrestleMania matches years in the making is no longer scheduled to happen at WrestleMania, and we've learned some more details.
Recently, Wrestling Observer reported that Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch was no longer in the plans for the biggest wrestling show of the year. Over the weekend, Fightful Select was able to confirm that. While we haven't been able to confirm that Rousey vs. Rhea Ripley is the plan moving forward as reported elsewhere, one top talent said that they still expected Ronda Rousey to have a big match at WrestleMania,
Talent that we'd spoken to did confirm that most involved thought that the original WrestleMania 35 match should have been a one on one match, as Steve Muehlhausen had noted on Twitter. A source familiar with the situation said that Becky Lynch did not seem bothered by the notion that the match was no longer happening, but there wasn't an update on what her match at the show would be.
It goes without saying, but we're told that anything that Vince McMahon had in mind for next year before his departure isn't set for the show any longer. Ahead of Vince leaving, it was presumed that Cody Rhodes would end up competing for the WWE Championship at the show, however sources in creative told Fightful that while that was assumed, it wasn't outright told to them.
WWE does want Logan Paul and The Rock for the show, but we've gained no confirmation on whether or not either will appear. John Cena's status was also unclear to us, and internal conversation shifted from Austin Theory to Logan Paul recently, but we can confirm that other top talent was pushing to work with him as far back as July for WrestleMania. There had actually been pitches within the company at that point for Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena, but we haven't heard that discussed since the regime change.
Comments
I agree. I think he mainly uses his time wrestling for the fans but doesn’t really have an interest in it any more.
Daniel Lee
2023-01-03 01:30:37 +0000 UTCI just don’t see The Rock showing up to wrestle. Highest paid actor in Hollywood is not gonna be taking bumps.
Ben Sherman
2023-01-03 00:42:15 +0000 UTCEdge
Masked J
2023-01-03 00:17:46 +0000 UTCWhat’s the big return tonight?
Aaron Mashteare
2023-01-02 23:45:29 +0000 UTCCan't wait until Ronda's gone.
Gina
2023-01-02 23:24:22 +0000 UTC1000% that train left the station ages ago. The hype around/with Ronda faded before the RR was even over this year. It is an absolute shame we didn't get the ono-on-one we should have gotten after Survivor Series. What a failure all because of Vince's blind loyalty to Flair.
Gina
2023-01-02 23:23:56 +0000 UTCI still wouldn’t mind seeing Ronda/Becky. Also Theory having the MITB still would be a good thing, the guys super talented and could have even been a transitional champ to split the titles the faced Cena which would be better than Logan Paul.
Daniel Lee
2023-01-02 23:17:39 +0000 UTCHow? I eo not xarebfor Ronda/Becky anymore. And if there was a chance Rock could be at the Rumble, under HHH or Vince, they would of 100 percent do Rock/Roman at Mania and have Cody do something completely different. Austin Theory would probably still be Mr. MITB, Logan Paul would be wrestling Cena, I doubt everything crazy changing
Matthew Brownlee
2023-01-02 23:09:53 +0000 UTCRegarding the Rhea stuff: is it possible that someone heard Rhea would have a match for the SD title and assumed it would be Rhea vs Ronda? Because Rhea vs Charlotte makes a lot of sense, given their history and Charlotte being a babyface now, while Ronda who’s a heel like Rhea so you would have had to turn one of them.
Edjr13
2023-01-02 23:04:07 +0000 UTCI could not possibly care less about seeing Logan Paul again.
Becki Ashford
2023-01-02 22:27:43 +0000 UTCIf Cody isn’t going for the title, Cody vs Cena would be absolutely epic IMO. The story would write itself. Logan Paul vs Cena does absolutely nothing for me, but from I’m sure it would get people outside of wrestling talking, and I guess that would be the whole point of it. Oh well.
Evan Mince
2023-01-02 22:26:25 +0000 UTCI have no doubt Becky would’ve been able to stir interest for the match, but I do not blame her for being okay with it being pulled.
NicksKicks
2023-01-02 22:11:03 +0000 UTCSounds like Vince’s booking was better IMO
Daniel Lee
2023-01-02 22:07:16 +0000 UTCI always felt like if WWE were to do Becky vs Ronda at WrestleMania, it would've already happened at WM35 when the heat and the hype was there during Ronda's peak in her first run with the company but that didn't happen due to so many unnecessary changes (Charlotte being added in, the Smackdown Women's Championship, etc). Now, i feel like the hype isn't there for that match anymore.
Juan Ortiz
2023-01-02 22:06:44 +0000 UTCI'd say Logan liking the Cena Logan tweet is a big indication it's happening.
2023-01-02 22:01:46 +0000 UTCThere was nothing in this article that mentioned Becky and Rhea in the same sentence
Fightful Select
2023-01-02 21:59:45 +0000 UTCSupposedly it's Ronda/Rhea but idk if that's even happening now that Ronda doesn't have the title
Geo
2023-01-02 21:56:42 +0000 UTCWait it is supposed to be Becky/Rhea or Ronda/Rhea now? That paragraph is confusing.
Mike
2023-01-02 21:54:37 +0000 UTCThey missed lightning in a bottle in 2019 for Becky/Ronda. 4 years later and no one really gives a damn about it. Damn shame.
Geo
2023-01-02 21:52:43 +0000 UTC
