10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About WrestleMania 35

9. Ali Was Almost Seriously Injured On The Pre-Show

WrestleMania 35 Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal
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Hulk's gaffe wasn't the only issue on the Kickoff portion of the show however.

During the annual attempt to squeeze everyone onto the card that is André The Giant's Memorial Battle Royal, poor Ali almost ended up needing a trip to the hospital. Take a look at the pic; that's Harper performing the age-old suplex to the outside spot attempt on the SmackDown star. That's also big Braun Strowman planting a boot in his former Wyatt Family kin's chest.

The problem? Braun's kick sent Harper flying backwards onto the ringside mats below, and he still had a hold of Ali in a precarious suplex position. So, in the end, Ali crumpled onto the floor head first and very-nearly cracked his cranium off the corner of the announce desk on top of that.

After the match, Ali tweeted out that he was still "Alive". It would've been disastrous to see him injured so soon after another painful bump in February ousted him from contention for the WWE Title and cancelled an underdog push that subsequently went to Kofi Kingston.

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