10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 35 Facts

10. A Terrible Night For Defending Champions

Ever since WWE decided that WrestleMania was more about 'moments' than logical storytelling and pro wrestling booking, the Grandest Stage of Them All has been a terrible place to be a defending champion. Never was this more true than at WrestleMania 35, when eight different championships changed hands across the evening, the most in WrestleMania history.

Yes, the Hardcore Championship changed hands multiple times at a couple of Attitude Era 'Manias, but that was the same belt. At WM35, eight different championships changed hands. That's 80% of the championships on the show, a quite preposterous amount.

In the opening match of the night (the pre-show, for the record), Tony Nese defeated Buddy Murphy to become the WWE Cruiserweight Champion, and the dominos began to fall. The Revival, Brock Lesnar, The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (still the worst tag team name ever, including 'The Dicks'), Daniel Bryan, Bobby Lashley, Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey all lost their championships on that fateful night in New Jersey, giving WrestleMania 'moments' to Hawkins & Ryder, Seth Rollins, The IIconics, Kofi Kingston, Finn Bálor and Becky Lynch in the process.

Only Samoa Joe and The Usos survived. Samoans gonna Samoa.