6. The Celebrity Angle
This ones tricky, because Id rather not have any celebrity involvement at all, but theyre bound to have someone step in for crossover mainstream media potential. Stephen Amell and Stardust are still teasing their feud from Summerslam last year, and Amell is on record now as being the most impressive and popular celebrity non-wrestler to compete in a WWE ring: a larger, more elaborate version of their match from last summer would go down very well indeed on the Wrestlemania stage. Season four of Amells television show Arrow will finish filming around mid-April (they wrapped season three on the 18th of April last year after pulling all nighters, so its likely theyll wrap in mid-to-late April this year). That means he may not have the time to appear at Wrestlemania at all (let alone on RAW for the build-up to the big show), and certainly might not be allowed to risk taking a bump, or pulling off a spot like that crossbody off the turnbuckle to the outside from Summerslam. On the other hand, the exposure that the final few episodes of this season of Arrow would receive from an appearance at Wrestlemania would be huge. Hes also in this Junes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sequel, which features Sheamus in a voice/mo-cap role as a CG mutant rhinoceros, so you have to believe that WWE would go for the promotional synergy there. Id also like to see Stardust getting a Wrestlemania moment, even if he is playing second fiddle to an actor well, its the kind of thing that the Stardust character is perfect for.
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