This year, WWE hosted the rarest version of WrestleMania that went through several changes. The two-night show had two separate main events, for the first time.
According to reports of The Dirty Sheets, Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler for the RAW Women’s Championship was originally scheduled to close out the Night 1 of WrestleMania 36.
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But the plans were obviously changed as seen on the show as WWE chose the most decorated performer in the history of the show of shows to be the main event of the show. Vince McMahon himself perhaps made the choice to change WrestleMania 36 main event for the night I owing to a significant reason.
The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles in a Boneyard Match closed out WrestleMania 36 night I which was originally supposed to be the 3rd match on the card. The plan was to break up the normal action sequences from the Performance Center to erase the monotonous feeling.
But then The Boss decided to hand a bigger WrestleMania moment to the trusted shoulder who has been an asset for the company for the past decades.
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Vince McMahon reportedly made a late change and switched the order of the matches once he realized they have an opportunity for The Undertaker. Putting the Boneyard Match last at the match card of WrestleMania 36 allowed ‘Taker to main-event the show for a 4th decade.
With this win at WrestleMania 36, The Undertaker has now main-evented 5 WrestleManias in 4 different decades:
– WrestleMania 13 (1997): Defeated Sycho Sid in a No DQ match to win the WWF Championship
– WrestleMania 24 (2008): Defeated Edge to win the World Heavyweight Championship
– WrestleMania 26 (2010): Defeated Shawn Michaels in a “Streak vs. Career” match
– WrestleMania 33 (2017): Lost to Roman Reigns in a No Holds Barred match
– WrestleMania 36 – Night 1 (2020): Defeated AJ Styles in a Boneyard match
As reported earlier, the Boneyard Match at WrestleMania received a full-on movie treatment. According to Brad Shepard, students from Afa’s Wild Samoan school were utilized as Druids during the match.
They were very nervous while filming their role, as the shots would have been used in WrestleMania main event featuring Undertaker and AJ Styles. But both the competitors patiently helped them by advising how to take bumps in this setting.
