18 HUGE WWE WrestleMania 36 Predictions You Need To Know
5. Rhea Ripley (c) Vs. Charlotte Flair
Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair didn't deserve any of this. Their eventual match didn't deserve this mess of a show and their build didn't deserve tragic empty gym of a stage. That said, the build hadn't yet deserved the one it was supposed to take place on.
Before everything was confined to the Performance Center, Ripley took a walk around Raymond James Stadium to soak up the atmosphere and the reality of her impending battle with Royal Rumble winner and former NXT icon. From that we were to gather that the story was to be about one being more than prepared for the pressure and the other having to rise above it to claim the biggest victory of her career.
With that story absolutely f*cked, the company instead decided to not really promote it. Ripley and Flair was once the sort of thing that could have been added to "dream WrestleMania card" lists, but found itself one of the only promoted matches on a show becoming Vince McMahon's worst nightmare. If anything, the gap in storyline progression and change of destination has actually found its way to favouring the Champion, as if any of this matters now they're working without a crowd.
What a mess.
Winner - Rhea Ripley