Double Talk Dave at it again: Wrestlemania plans change, Smackdown side "up in the air"

[Jmare007]

Summary so you don't have to hear this dude's cough

In a recent report, Dave Meltzer of the WON said that matches had been put in place, with The Fiend vs Roman Reigns being a lock for The Showcase of the Immortals.

In the last report, this was how the rumored WrestleMania 36 card was going to look:

1. Brock Lesnar vs. Drew McIntyre (WWE Universal Championship)
2. Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT Women's Championship)
3. Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler (RAW Women's Championship)
4. Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns (Universal Championship)
5. Bayley vs. Naomi (WWE SmackDown Women's Championship)
6. Andrade vs. Humberto Carrillo (WWE United States Championship)
7. Edge vs. Randy Orton
8. John Cena vs. Elias
9. The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles
10. Women's Tag Team Championship match
11. Women's Battle Royal
12. Men's Battle Royal

Now things might have changed though. Meltzer is reporting that both The Fiend vs Roman Reigns as well as John Cena vs Elias have been changed. In the latest Wrestler Observer Radio he said:

"The only two matches that I have written about that have changed and I don't know if it's a 100% changed but I was pretty much told that they have changed is Bray Wyatt and Roman Reigns & John Cena and Elias. But I believe there's about 5 or 6 matches that have changed but the other ones are matches I hadn't reported yet anyway."

Meltzer speculated that Lacey Evans could replace Naomi and take on Bayley at WrestleMania 36. He also stated that most of the changes could happen on the SmackDown side of things.

"I would say every match on the SmackDown side is either going to change or is in danger of changing. I don't think that there's one that's solid anymore, as far as the Mania thing goes. I first heard that you know like SmackDown...like everything is up in the air on SmackDown and then I heard the same thing from several other people. I don't have a new card but I do know like those 2 matches I mentioned are off or at right now, look like they're off."

Meltzer is still unclear on who Bray Wyatt or John Cena could face and it'll be interesting to see what transpires between now and WrestleMania 36. Hopefully, all will be revealed in the coming months.

Without watching the product, I thought Goldberg winning and facing Roman was a lock, kinda surprised Wyatt vs Roman was still the plan, supposedly.

D-Bry going from a Wrestlemania classic to not being on the card .snoop: Unless he's Cena opponent there's still not a place for him in the main card. I hope he shows up on NXT soon

 

[The Rainmaker]

So all it takes to beat the Fiend is a spear and a jackhammer from an old man

 

[Superkick Party]

If they really built up Bray just for fukking 53 year old Bill Goldberg to beat him

 

[Novembruh]

If they really built up Bray just for fukking 53 year old Bill Goldberg to beat him

He gotta get a win over a supernatural entity who seemed nigh unbeatable so he can pull even with Brock in that so we can do Brock vs Bill again evened up. It's the only way to get Stone Cold out or retirement - to have him special guest ref again. The Saudis will love it; it's good shyt, pal!

 

[CM_Burns]

Cena definitely shouldnt be wasted on Elias

 

[Novembruh]

If they're doing Cena/Elias, it definitely has to mean a return of rapping Cena... which, I mean. I'm in if it means he comes out to the old theme again If the only times we see Cena for the twilight of his WWE career during his transition to acting is Thuganomics Cena, where I hear Word Life instead of You Can't See Me, I'd be perfectly fine with that. Pay that man every year to pop up at Mania just to play the theme, let him throw his basic 4-bar schemes, hit a midcarder with his trash-ass Lightning Fist and dip.

Better use for that Saudi money than paying fukking Goldberg

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

This WrestleMania looking like it could be the worst yet

 

[Mike the Executioner]

If they have Goldberg win the Universal Championship just for him to drop it at WrestleMania, isn't that a rehash of what they did three years ago?

At least the card looks smaller this time. But they're definitely going to add more matches so they can get that five-hour runtime.

 

[CJ]

If they have Goldberg win the Universal Championship just for him to drop it at WrestleMania, isn't that a rehash of what they did three years ago?

At least the card looks smaller this time. But they're definitely going to add more matches so they can get that five-hour runtime.

Yeah KO definitely needs to come out and fukk over Berg as a gimme-back lol

 

[VegetasHairline]

Nobody wants to see another Lacey Evans and Bayley match.

 

[Bonefan32]

GOATberg is the key to stopping the Fiend's reign of terror


#saveusGoldberg

 

[THE 101]

They're really gonna have 50 year old Goldberg squash the one interesting thing they've done in recently memory in front of a bunch of disinterestred sheiks in Saudi Arabia?

Cokeboy's plug made that bag a little too pure this time.

 

[VegetasHairline]

They love setting Roman Reigns up to be boo'd at WrestleMania. Stop putting him in matches with washed and way past their prime guys.

Reigns will get a way better match out of Bray Wyatt than he will out of Goldberg.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Nobody wants to see another Lacey Evans and Bayley match.

Nobody but Vince and Lacey

 

[Cartier Murphy]

Wrestlemania booking sounds like somebody mixed up the actual card one of the Saudi shows and now the actual Saudi Show is influencing the Mania booking to all of us who can remember when shyt was booked in advance and when things mattered it’s like inception level fukkery