10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 35 Facts

5. Rey Mysterio And Rapid Secondary Championship Matches

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Samoa Joe defended his United States Championship against Rey Mysterio, in a match that many had pencilled in as a potential match of the night. Sure, the two are about as opposite as pro wrestlers get, but Samoa Joe has proven time and time again that is an elite wrestler when it comes to throwing little dudes around. Rey Mysterio? He's Rey Mysterio. Time cannot touch him.

Well, time can, unfortunately, and Rey came into this match with a litany of injury worries. What should have been a barnburner became a one-minute squash for Joe, albeit a squash that made the Samoan Submission Machine look like a monster once more. Still, it was another middling US Championship match at WrestleMania.

It was also the shortest US Championship match at 'Mania, giving Rey the honour of competing in both the shortest US and Intercontinental Championship matches in WrestleMania history. The IC bout in question? Why, that was his 21-second win over JBL at WMXXV, the only Intercontinental Championship match at 'Mania for a long old while. Difficult to see why the secondary championships lack credibility, right?

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