18 HUGE WWE WrestleMania 36 Predictions You Need To Know

16. Elias Vs. King Corbin

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There's been a lot of a "is this a fever dream?" moments amongst the fanbase of late, not least because many are suffering actual fevers and even more are probably experiencing quite unpleasant dreams on the reg.

Elias, assuming he is a real human being and not just a company automaton Vince McMahon has had built to deal with current global events (is there a difference?) went night night himself on the penultimate SmackDown before the 'Show Of Shows' in a scene curiously reminiscent of the time Big Show put Kurt Angle in a wheelchair with a badly shot cartoon fall a ludicrous height.

"IS ANGLE COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TO AVENGE HIS LOSS TO CORBIN LAST YEAR?", the panicked theorists may posit, but it should be abundantly clear that the human race has just about run out of luck on that front. No, the even less likely event will occur, in which Elias makes enough of a recovery to have this match but "show a more aggressive side than what we're used to, Byron" before King Corbin beats him anyway because wrestling, as that hand slaps three, has literally never mattered less.

Winner - King Corbin

Not that, sigh, that'll be the end of his night...

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