10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Aug 24)

5. At Least Four 'Mania 34 Matches Were Almost Very Different

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Jon Robinson is the author of 'Creating The Mania: An Inside Look at how WrestleMania Comes to Life'. His insight into 'Mania 34, as revealed during an interview with The Wrestling Estate, is pretty spectacular, and it shows just how much WWE were forced to change their plans before rolling into New Orleans.

During the chat, Robinson dished the details on four matches the company either had to scrap pre-WrestleMania or got cold feet on.

Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose was one of them, as was a 'Father vs. Son' battle between Kurt Angle and Jason Jordan; that's interesting, because The Wrestling Observer previously hinted that Jordan was supposed to wrestle Rollins on the show before he was injured. Not so, according to Robinson.

Finally, The Usos had pitched a TLC Match with The New Day, and Kevin Owens was hopeful of a brawl with Vince McMahon on the same card. All of those matches were pondered, but some fell apart due to injury and others because WWE wanted to go in a different direction.

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