Predicting The Quality Of All 15 WWE WrestleMania 35 Matches

7. Roman Reigns Vs. Drew McIntyre

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In some respects, the quality of the match itself is trivial, at least as it pertains to the WrestleMania Moment.

Roman Reigns debuted on the Grandest Stage under inauspicious circumstances; the WrestleMania 29 Shield six-man was a merely good version of their white-hot TV specials. A year later, Roman and his Shield brothers squashed Kane and the New Age Outlaws. Sensible result, if a waste of their talents.

This was the pinnacle; Roman was persona non grata every single year since as his catastrophic singles push intensified. An awesome gladiatorial effort against Brock Lesnar, a genuinely different, proper big fight, was the highlight of WrestleMania 31. Three years later, fans couldn't even bring themselves to reject him.

This year, shaped by very real human events that compelled us to reconcile our own humanity with irrelevant fiction, Roman Reigns will receive a hero's welcome on the Grandest Stage - an atmosphere that will enrich a match with potential as a bruising ripper in itself.

Let's just hope Drew doesn't grab his face too often. This match - a WrestleMania match in which Roman Reigns is the babyface - already has our attention.

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