10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 35 Facts
2. Europe Rules (Well, Ireland, Specifically...)
WWE has developed into an increasingly international organisation, with superstars from all four corners of the Earth (the Earth does not have corners, for the record). Still, men and women hailing from the USA tend to dominate, which is to be somewhat expected. Not including the battle royals, 30 out of the 44 competitors were born in the United States. Next on the list? Australia, with four names.
Well, you can keep your stars and stripes, because the last two matches of the night were won by wrestlers hailing from the Emerald Isle. That's Ireland, by the way. Bray's own Finn Balor defeated Bobby Lashley for the Intercontinental Championship in the penultimate match of the night, before Limerick's Becky Lynch made history by winning the first female main event in WrestleMania history.
Becky was actually the first European to main event WrestleMania, let alone the first European to win that prestigious match, and WrestleMania 35 marked the first time in 'Mania history that the top two matches were won by people from outside North America. Drew McIntyre backed up this showing of Celtic superiority a year later, defeating Brock Lesnar in front of zero fans in the main event of WrestleMania 36.