WWE WrestleMania 36: 10 Most Likely Outcomes

9. The Boneyard Match Will Be The Better Gimmick Match

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While WrestleMania will no doubt be a gimmicky affair, there are only two real gimmick matches taking place at the event. Oh sure, you've got Ladder Matches and Last Man Standing matches, but the ones that truly embody the term - they are, after all, based around two gloriously supernatural gimmicks - are the Firefly Funhouse Match between John Cena and 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt and the Boneyard Match between AJ Styles and The Undertaker.

Of the two of them, the latter will be the more satisfying match-up for a number of reasons.

First of all, it's a gimmick that was basically designed for The Undertaker so if anybody knows how to pull if off, it's him. Sure, he's not the five-star performer that he once was, but we know that he still looks great in short bursts and the Boneyard stipulation will allow for some smoke and mirrors to conceal his weaknesses. And then you have the fact that he's working with arguably the best performer in modern-day WWE - someone who, unlike recent opponents, he could actually pull of a decent match with.

Meanwhile, the Firefly Funhouse is a much more limited gimmick as the indoor setting could make for clunky camerawork - remember the Ultimate Deletion and House of Horrors matches? - and 'The Fiend' needs the right opponent in order to excel. And no, this John Cena won't be the one that launched an impressive mid-career comeback in mid-2015 that saw him finally earn the 'Big Match John' moniker.

Neither matches will be a work of art, but the Boneyard will produce the more enjoyable affair.

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