Predicting The Quality Of All 15 WWE WrestleMania 35 Matches

1. Becky Lynch Vs. Ronda Rousey Vs. Charlotte Flair - RAW/SmackDown Women's Championship Match

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The most bloodthirsty 'Mania main event since 2015, f*ck the history element.

It's clever marketing, but if one positive has emerged from the storylines, plural, all of the godd*mn storylines, it's that the performers involved have created the impression that they absolutely detest one another. Every promo, every savage social media attack, every kendo stick shot, every punch to the ribs, every kick to the face: the conviction and force and authenticity of it all is astonishing, given the company that has promoted it. This is some of the stiffest sh*t seen anywhere in years. There's more to this than the unreal physicality.

There's the anxious prospect of a Charlotte Flair win with which to manipulate the 70,000 fans. There's the teased and delayed and delivered upon here-we-f*cking-go Becky Vs. Ronnie stand-off. The stipulation creates scope to both protect and mine the hefty danger of Ronda's armbar. And the heat, when Charlotte hits Becky with the Natural Selection with Ronda trapped in the Disarm Her, in a SummerSlam callback, is going to inform a deafening pop for the kick-out.

You'd hope.

Inadvertently, WWE's streak of bumbling chaos has conspired to make the inevitable babyface win that bit less inevitable. Expect nothing less than classic drama.

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