13 HUGE WWE WrestleMania 35 Predictions You Need To Know
Jersey Girl.
No event carries the weight of expectation quite like WrestleMania, nor with it the enhanced possibility for proffering the absolute best or very worst show of the entire wrestling year.
It's the 'Showcase Of The Immortals', the 'Granddaddy Of Em All', the 'Show Of Shows', and the 'Grandest Stage'. Too grand in 2019, it seems - the card generates enthusiasm and excitement viewed match-by-match until the sheer scale and size begins to replace positivity with pessimism. Late to the fray, the WWE Championship match was the 13th added to the event and yet still not likely the last. This is the sort of WWE omnipresence that could kick Heidenreich sexually assaulting Michael Cole and Jacob Goodnight's three-foot d*ck out of Vince McMahon's wildest dreams.
To fans it's a problem, but to the company, it's the solution. WrestleMania 34 was a show of two halves, but that generously services the second inferior portion. Arguably nothing stood a chance following Ronda Rousey's incandescent debut anyway - let alone the 194 more minutes of action, each one earning Network executives a healthy little bonus.
Such is the obvious and unnerving problem with the modern WrestleMania layout until WWE banter off independent wrestling companies altogether and spread it out over two days. Your writer will be attending, and has thus had to submit this 7 days early, but a card-subject-to-change caveat just one week away never used to be a requirement.
May this year's event at least accurately account for the undulating energy on the day?
13. Buddy Murphy Vs. Tony Nese
Buddy Murphy yet again won't make it out of Kickoff Show obscurity, but how would 205 Live's 'Best Kept Secret' live up to his name if he was actually being shared with the masses?
He will at least have an audience on par with the one that saw him win the title several months ago, even though it's unlikely those filing into MetLife Stadium will have the same level of bottled joy as those that cheered his every Melbourne move.
Opponent Tony Nese offers something new for the show before the 'Show Of Shows', but unless his every individual ab gets a firework display on entry, don't expect him to have the purple strap on exit. Murphy belongs on a broadcast where he's actually appreciated for his art, but he won't lose upwards here.
Winner - Buddy Murphy