WWE News: 3 Big Matches Planned For WrestleMania 31
During the post-Survivor Series episode of the Bryan and Vinny Show on F4W Online, co-host Bryan Alvarez said that WWE has three big matches planned for WrestleMania 31 this coming spring.
Alvarez reported that even though it’s likely that current WWE champion Brock Lesnar may leave WWE after WrestleMania 31, WWE is still looking to have Lesnar go into the WrestleMania 31 main event as WWE champion and defend against Roman Reigns, with Reigns defeating Lesnar for the WWE championship.
The second of the three big matches is scheduled to be Sting vs. Triple H, which only makes sense after what took place at last night’s Survivor Series event. WWE is likely to do a storyline where Sting is the new WWE general manager, and eventually, Triple H will wrestle Sting at WrestleMania 31, with the winner, which is likely to be Triple H, gaining full control over WWE. There’s still no word on whether or not that will be Sting’s only match with WWE.
The third of the three big matches that WWE has planned for WrestleMania 31 is The Rock vs. Rusev. WWE fans assumed WWE would go in this direction after The Rock returned to RAW on October 6, interrupted Rusev and Lana, then “laid the smack down” on the current United States champion.
Rusev vs. The Rock may not be the big marquee match that WWE fans would expect from The Rock. However, there’s no question that WWE is attempting to make Rusev the biggest heel in the entire company, and they’re hoping he reaches that point by WrestleMania 31, where it’s likely that he’ll defeat The Rock.
Alvarez noted that these are the plans for WrestleMania 31 as of right now, and they’re subject to change, of course.
There’s still no official word on what Hulk Hogan’s role will be at WrestleMania 31, but Hogan has made it clear that he wants to have a match at the big event in March against either John Cena or “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. If Hogan is cleared to wrestle at WrestleMania 31, then WWE will likely tease that he’s going to have a match after the Royal Rumble in January.
As of right now it looks like The Undertaker will not be wrestling at WrestleMania 31, which is why WWE is going with Sting vs. Triple H, as WWE’s first choice was the highly-demanded Sting vs. Undertaker match.
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