10 Surprising Last-Minute WWE WrestleMania Card Twists

1. The Heist Of The Century

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No WrestleMania surprises list would be complete without the best mid-match surprise in the event’s history.

At WrestleMania 31, Brock Lesnar was defending his WWE Championship against the anointed hero Roman Reigns (remember those days, when the Big Dog was shoved down fans’ throats and they gagged?). But this clash would be upended when Seth Rollins raced down to ringside carrying his Money in the Bank briefcase.

No one had cashed in their MITB title shot mid-match, and no one had cashed in at WrestleMania, so why not have Rollins do both at the same time? Fans understandably lost their minds at the WM 31 main event being thrown into disarray suddenly.

The pure chaos of the moment alone was memorable, but at the time, it also raised alarm bells that this was how they were going to either have Reigns win the title or Brock retain it: through Rollins. But the Architect would deliver a stomp to Roman to capture his first WWE World Heavyweight Championship

What do you think? Are there other WrestleMania surprise twists you think should be included?

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.