According to The Wrestling Observer, WWE has set the schedule for which WrestleMania matches will take place on the pre-shows and which will be saved for the main card. The first hour of the pre-show, which will air live on the WWE Network and social media at 5:00 PM ET, will feature United States Champion Kalisto defending his title against Ryback. That match, according to the Observer, is currently planned to go on at approximately 5:30. At 6:00 PM ET, the USA Network (as well as the WWE Network and social media outlets) will air the second hour of the WrestleMania pre-show, which see The Usos wrestle The Dudley Boyz and Team Total Divas (Brie Bella, Natalya, Paige, Alicia Fox, and Eva Marie) versus Team B.A.D. and Blonde (Naomi, Tamina, Lana, Emma, and Summer Rae). The rest of the matches - including the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, which was previously scheduled for the pre-show - are slated to take place on the Pay-Per-View proper, which will start at 7:00 PM ET. That means the card will host eight matches, as compared to seven on last year's show. Rumors have swirled that the show will actually run past 11:00, which would make it the first WrestleMania with an overrun.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
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