In The Arena: Pitbull & Stephen Marley perform Pitbull’s latest single, he’s then joined by Lunchmoney Lewis & Flo Rida to perform the WrestleMania theme song.

Match #7 is for the WWE Championship: WWE Champion Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
Wyatt charges in at the bell and gets dropped by a Thesz Press, Orton unloads with heavy right hands, plants the champion with a powerslam, looks for the RKO early and Bray escapes to the outside. The challenger drives Wyatt head-first off the announce table, tosses him back inside, The Eater of Worlds surprises him coming in with an uppercut, hits the ropes and flattens The Viper with a running headbutt. He goes into a Spider Crawl, the lights go down and the ring is covered with digital maggots, Orton quickly rolling to the outside to regroup. The Apex Predator slides back inside and nearly gets caught with Sister Abigail, slips out for an RKO, Wyatt pushes him away to the ropes for a clothesline that misses, but lays Randy out with a flying crossbody.

The New Face of Fear deposits The Apex Predator to the apron, steps out after him, clobbers him face-first into the apron, then stalks Orton. The Viper pulls himself up in the corner, Bray rushes in with a splash, goes into the Spider Crawl again, this time digital worms appear on the mat and the champion bludgeons the challenger with shots to the back of the head. He hauls Orton up and almost gets caught with an RKO, blocks it, plants The Apex Predator with a uranage, follows with a running senton and Bray gets a count of 2. The Eater of Worlds pulls Randy up for Sister Abigail, The Viper counters out with a schoolboy for a quick 2 count, both guys pop back up quick and Wyatt flattens Orton with a clothesline.

The challenger spills to the outside, Bray steps out to the apron and flies off, gets cut-off in mid-air with a dropkick, Randy tries to drag him up, but gets driven backwards into the ring apron. The New Face of Fear pulls him towards the barricade, rams the challenger face-first into the barricade, pushes The Viper back into the squared circle, but Randy rolls back out the other side. Wyatt comes back out, gets a running start and rushes around ringside for a clothesline, The Apex Predator ducks it, delivers an RKO on the floor, then sends the champion back in for a count of 2. Orton starts to collect himself, lines The Eater of Worlds up for a Punt Kick, Wyatt avoids it, goes for Sister Abigail, the challenger slips out and cracks him with a modified backbreaker.

He sends Bray to the apron for a rope-assisted DDT, gets in position for an RKO, the champion surprises him with Sister Abigail, but Orton just kicks out at 2. The New Face of Fear rises back to his feet and goes into the Spider Crawl, this time we see digital cockroaches on the mat, he pummels Randy with right hands, gets surprised with an RKO and we have a new champion.
Winner and NEW WWE Champion: Randy Orton (RKO)

• EA’s Take: Decent contest here, I really liked the special effects though which is something we’ve never seen before. It really lent itself to the tremendous build this feud has had, but I’m pretty disappointed that Bray didn’t retain. It made so much sense for him to get the big win and his revenge on Orton here, plus I don’t like that the WWE Title has swapped so frequently over the past couple of months. This is now the 4th WWE Champion in 2017, so I was hoping Wyatt would get a nice run with it. I’m sure he’s not finished with The Viper, but I don’t expect another quick title change, which is unfortunate. In my opinion, Bray is still one of the most underutilized talents in the whole company.

Match #8 for the WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar w/Paul Heyman vs. WWE Universal Champion Goldberg
The bell rings and Goldberg charges in, Lesnar ducks a clothesline, tosses the champion with multiple german suplexes, gets a little cocky early and gets split by a Spear. Goldberg rushes in and delivers another Spear, The Beast Incarnate spills to the outside, staggers towards the barricade, the champion comes out in pursuit, lines him up and drives the challenger through the retaining wall with another Spear. He drags Brock up and buries knees to the breadbasket, rolls him into the ring, hooks The Conqueror for a Jackhammer, but Brock powers out for an F-5. Goldberg slides out of it and pushes him to the ropes, connects with a fourth Spear, brings the challenger up and plants him with a Jackhammer for a count of 2.

The champion looks shocked, gets in position for another Spear, The Beast Incarnate leapfrogs over to avoid it, Goldberg drives himself into the turnbuckles, then gets thrown with numerous german suplexes. The Conqueror brings the champion to his feet, muscles him up for the F-5, makes a cover and gets the win.
Winner and NEW WWE Universal Champion: Brock Lesnar (F-5)

• EA’s Take: There were a lot of naysayers heading into this one, but personally, I think they delivered. Do you really want to see them go 20? Hell no! That’s not the strength of either of these guys, but we got a hard-hitting affair that saw both guys shine, which is exactly what it should have been. If this is it for Goldberg, what better way to go out than in one of the main events at WrestleMania? For me, I’m hoping he walks away after this, it’s been a great return run with an excellent ending so anything beyond that would be overkill. Word is that we’ll see more of Brock as we are now officially in the final year of his current deal, which I’m all for especially if he’s the champion.

Match #9 is a 6-Pack Challenge for the SmackDown Women’s Championship: SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James vs. Carmella w/James Ellsworth vs. Natalya vs. Naomi
A big brawl breaks out right at the bell with ladies pairing off in the corners, Naomi catches Carmella with a running hurricanrana, Mickie plants Alexa with a neckbreaker, Becky delivers a Bexploder to Carmella and holds the ring with Mickie. Nattie & Bliss with a snap suplex to Naomi on the floor, Mickie goes for a hurricanrana out of the corner to Lynch, gets pushed over the top, The Lass Kicker knocks her to the floor with a springboard sidekick, then surprises Carmella coming in with one for her troubles. Becky goes to the 2nd rope, Ellsworth climbs up and hooks her by the foot, The Princess of Staten Island takes the opening for a handstand headscissors, then makes a cover.

The champion comes in to break it up at 2, gets into a shoving match with Carmella, plants her with a modified STO, The Queen of Harts slides in from behind for a clothesline, but gets spiked by a DDT. Bliss hooks the leg and Mickie comes in to break it up, Carmella rolls back in, dumps Mickie to the floor, Becky rolls back in and drops her with a dropkick, then does the same to Natalya. She throws Nattie with a Bexploder, hits another on Carmella, Ellsworth slides in behind Lynch, measures for No Chin Music, but it’s blocked. The Lass Kicker tosses him with a Bexploder, turns around and Mickie comes off the top with a Thesz Press into a cover, the champion hits the ring to break it up, tosses Mickie to the outside, then rolls out to avoid Nattie coming in.

Naomi climbs back on the apron, slingshots in with a sunset flip, Becky gets tossed with a german suplex in the process and The Glow Queen gets a 2 count. Carmella comes back in and Natalya slams her on Naomi, locks them both in a Double Sharpshooter, Mickie rolls back inside, breaks it up with a Mick Kick and makes the cover. The Lass Kicker comes off the top with a leg drop, Mickie avoids it, Nattie gets drilled instead, Mickie grabs Lynch and spikes her with the Mickie-DT. She hooks the leg and Carmella’s back in to prevent the pinfall with a superkick, lateral press on Mickie, Bliss is there with double knees to stop it, shoves Carmella outside and Naomi slides back in.

She ducks under a clothesline from the champion and scores with the Rear View, slingshots over the top to the outside with a crossbody to take everyone out, rolls Alexa back in and springboards in from the apron. The champion decks her in mid-air with a forearm, looks for a cover, Naomi counters into a double armbar and Alexa taps.
Winner and NEW SmackDown Women’s Champion: Naomi

• EA’s Take: Well, everyone that pissed and moaned about this getting onto the main card got their wish and all the problems that come with it. Instead of being on the Kickoff where they would have had significant time and a much larger audience, they have to rush it and you could totally feel it. Good job all you complainers, this could have been much better if you had just kept your whining mouths shut. Regardless, Naomi was the best option to go over here since she never technically lost the title, which seemed to really hurt any angles heading into tonight.

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