WWE: Fantasy booking a two night WrestleMania 36 event

Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Daniel Bryan – Intercontinental Championship

This is another one that actually has a good chance of happening for real. Daniel Bryan teased a feud of sorts with Sami Zayn and his stable after refusing to join them a couple months back, but that storyline never got wrapped up because Bryan suddenly had his hands full with The Fiend.

But in the case that it does pick up, I say give these two a show stealing opener and let Bryan win the belt that he never lost before originally retiring.

Winner: Daniel Bryan

Kay Lee Ray (c) vs. Jinny vs. Piper Niven vs. Toni Storm – NXT UK Women’s Championship

If NXT is going to have its presence known, why not NXT UK? At least put its women’s division on the card, since it is so darn stellar. Place the four figureheads of said division in the middle of the ring, watch them produce magic, then dub Jinny as the new champion. Why? Because I like Jinny and she’s a great character.

Yes, my bias is showing, but hasn’t it shown throughout this whole article? It’s a fantasy card, after all. Fantasies are produced in bias.

Winner: Jinny

Andrade (c) vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Rusev

If Liv Morgan vs. Lana from the night before serves as a book end to their storyline, then having Rusev and Bobby Lashley face off one last time – this time, with Andrade and his United States Championship in between them – would serve as a final nail in the coffin.

Not a story progressing one, no. Given how the previous night wrapped things up nicely. So here, both rivals cancel each other out and leave themselves as easy pickings for the champ.

Winner: Andrade

Beth Phoenix and Natalya vs. The Kabuki Warriors (c) – WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship

Beth Phoenix returned to WWE TV last year by making a grab for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship with Natalya. Matter of fact, she delivered the killing blow (a Glam Slam from the top rope) to Bayley before The IIconics shoved her off to claim the belts for themselves.

Because she was so close last year, let’s say Phoenix goes for one more match to try get her first taste of gold in nearly a decade. Even crazier, let’s say she wins and a pinfall over Kairi Sane is enough to cause a split between the Kabuki Warriors.

Winners: Beth Phoenix and Natalya

Miz and Morrison (c) vs. New Day vs. Heavy Machinery vs. The Usos vs. Ziggler/Roode – Ladder Match – SmackDown Tag Team Championship

For a WrestleMania show, this fantasy card is admittedly lacking in gimmick matches. So, voila! A gimmick match. And not just any gimmick match, but a ladder match pitting six of the best tag teams that SmackDown has to offer (sorry, Revival, but you’re likely dipping from WWE by the end of the year anyway) against each other.

While it would be disappointing to see Kofi Kingston relegated to a tag team match a year after winning the WWE Championship (which appears to be the trajectory in real life), it may be worth it if Xavier Woods makes a surprise run-in and return from injury to help his boys win.

Would it be too early for him to recover from injury? Ah well. It’s a fantasy card, remember? None of this is happening for real anyway, so let’s fantasize.

Winners: The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E)

Charlotte Flair vs. Shayna Baszler

Anyone who read my Evolution 2 fantasy card over a year ago knows that I’ve wanted to see Charlotte Flair vs. Shayna Baszler happen for a very, very, very long time. And with this being the first WrestleMania where Flair is likely to be out of the title picture, this seems like the biggest match should could get without a belt on the line.

I’d say Baszler wins, but with an assist from a certain MMA Horsewoman who’s still miffed about losing to Flair’s fellow wrestling Horsewoman the night before. Let’s build the bricks to seeing Horsewomen vs. Horsewomen, shall we?

Winner: Shayna Baszler

King Corbin vs. Sheamus

Sheamus returned by kicking the head off the shoulders of one Chad Gable, which suggests he’s a heel now, but judging by the promos leading to his return, I get the impression Sheamus may prove to be more of a tweener than a true blue heel.

In his Nov. 29 return hype promo, he alluded to future feuds with both babyfaces and heels, including Shorty G and King Corbin. He’s already delivered on his promise ravage through Shorty G. My guess is in due time, he’ll just keep adding to his bucket list. So, in theory, Corbin’s next on his list.

With the way they are building up Corbin as a top heel, though, I think the king would get his just desserts with a win.

Winner: King Corbin

Drew McIntyre vs. Triple H

More recently, Drew McIntyre has been feuding with Randy Orton, but what if he decides to bite the hand that’s fed them both in the NXT Daddy himself (gross, never let me call him NXT Daddy again), Triple H?

More importantly, a win over a big name like Triple H – at WrestleMania, no less – would give a newly babyface Drew McIntyre the win he needs to cement his babyface push into the main event scene.

Winner: Drew McIntyre

Seth Rollins vs. John Cena

Rollins will be the only non-main eventer to wrestle both nights of WrestleMania, but the stakes for him are almost bigger than a main event title match in itself. The feud would be that Rollins, in his attempts as The Monday Night Messiah to remold Monday Night Raw into his own image, he feels he must first take out The Face That Runs The Place to take Raw by force.

And he succeeds in beating John Cena (albeit, with assistance from his stable of journeymen). A win over John Cena as one of the few people to pick up wins on both nights legitimizes Rollins to re-enter the World Title picture, somewhere he hasn’t been since losing the Universal Championship on Halloween.

Winner: Seth Rollins