Predicting The Quality Of All 15 WWE WrestleMania 35 Matches

3. Brock Lesnar Vs. Seth Rollins - Universal Title Match

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This is harder to gauge than the initial surface reading.

Seth Rollins is a big-bumping firecracker babyface, the likes of which the Beast feasts upon to create spectacles of excitement and revulsion. Lesnar is Lesnar: a transcendental pro wrestler best watched through almost reluctant eyes. A spiritual continuation of Lesnar's blinding Survivor Series form beckons.

Maybe.

Lesnar is also the smirking, plodding face of mercenary apathy. That brilliance, that ability (or willingness) to craft the realest version of pro wrestling is selective. Past precedent is mixed. Lesnar and Rollins performed incredibly in the famed Royal Rumble 2015 Triple Threat; it felt as if Lesnar was actually going to kill him, he was on such phenomenal form. The smart, slimy, cackling escape artist was at his peak then, too.

Battleground's singles sequel underwhelmed in its lethargic, non-competitive grind and challenging dynamic. It was more angle than match. Lesnar, incidentally, has fewer angles to play - and less cause to mock the side that pays him. With UFC abandoning PPV, there is less impetus for Dana White to play his role in his and Vince's version of that risible tug-of-war go-home bit. It's equally dependent on the title switch; if Seth wins, the result demands a war worthy of history.

If he doesn't, the action is incidental to the shock and the impact it has upon Lesnar's aura.

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