WWE WrestleMania 36 Night 1 Results, Highlights, and Grades: Undertaker BURIES AJ Styles
By Mark Justice
Goldberg (c) vs. Braun Strowman [Universal Championship]
Result: Braun Strowman
Rating: 1.0/5.0 Stars
Grade: F
Goldberg delivered four spears but only got a two-count. Braun Strowman rallies back with four Running Powerslams for the three-count and the victory.
Analysis: This match was stupid, just like Braun Strowman’s recent tweets and his overall major push in the WWE. Believe that!
Undertaker vs. AJ Styles [Boneyard Match]
Result: Undertaker
Rating: 4.5/5.0 Stars
Grade: A-
The Undertaker and AJ Styles went to war on top of a hearse. Undertaker had full control in his own turf and tossed Styles into the hole that Styles dug up for Undertaker. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson arrived to tell Undertaker that this is far from over and they gathered help from nobodies to attack Taker, giving them a chance to take down Taker and allow Styles to recover.
As soon as Taker gains control of Gallows and Anderson, Styles runs from behind and smashes Taker’s back with a glass vase. Styles begs Taker to stay down, but Taker won’t. He charges at Taker through a picket fence and orates that Taker is too old to do this anymore. Styles grabs a shovel and whacks Taker to toss him into the hole. ‘Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.’
As soon as Styles was about to bury him alive, Taker appeared from behind like a ghost and attacked Styles. Styles ran away to the roof of the house and Taker lit the roof on fire. Gallows and Anderson tried to interfere, but Taker tosses Gallows off the roof and delivered a Tombstone Piledriver to Anderson.
Taker chokeslammed Styles from the roof to the floor and plays around with Styles by talking trash. He delivered a big boot to Styles into the hole and buried him alive. He then revealed Styles’ tombstone and rode off into the night with his motorcycle.
Analysis: This deserves to be in the Oscars. Despite not being a wrestling match, it was an amazing performance. Solid night 1 for WrestleMania with Taker-Styles and Owens-Rollins stealing the show.