IWE WrestleMania 36
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| WrestleMania 36 | ||
| Promotional poster featuring Dustin Simpson, Charlotte Flair, Roman Reigns, "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt and Becky Lynch | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown NXT | |
| Date | March 25–26, 2020 (aired April 4–5, 2020) | |
| City | Orlando, Florida | |
| Venue | IWE Performance Center | |
| Attendance | 0[note 1] | |
| Taglines(s) | Too Big for One Night! | |
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WrestleMania 36 is a professional wrestling event on pay-per-view and IWE Network produced by IWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brands—the first to promote the NXT brand. It is scheduled to take place on April 4 and 5, 2020 at multiple locations, including the IWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. The event will be the thirty-sixth WrestleMania event.
Originally scheduled to take place solely on April 5, 2020 at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, WrestleMania 36 was relocated due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic. It will only be attended by essential personnel, and will be the first IWE pay-per-view event unattended by fans. It will also be the first WrestleMania to be split across two nights, as well as the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 2 in 1986 to be held at multiple locations.
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Production
Background
WrestleMania is considered IWE's flagship event, having first been held in 1985. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. It was the first of IWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". WrestleMania is ranked the sixth most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment. WrestleMania 36 will be the third WrestleMania to be held in the city of Orlando, and the fourth to be held in the state of Florida (after XXIV and 33 also in Orlando, and XXVIII in Miami Gardens). The event will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions, as well as NXT—although some NXT wrestlers have appeared in WrestleMania's annual battle royals, this will be the first WrestleMania to promote the brand, following NXT becoming one of IWE's three major brands in September 2019.
The event was originally to take place at the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. Following the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic, other wrestling promotions began to cancel some of their shows in an attempt to prevent further spreading of the COVID-19 virus. In speaking with the Tampa Bay Times regarding how this outbreak could affect WrestleMania 36, IWE's Chief Brand Officer Kaila Matteson said "The health and safety of not only our fan base, but also our superstars, really does come first ... We don't want to put anyone in a bad situation ever, regardless of the circumstance. Those are not risks worth taking." IWE's Executive Vice President of Special Events John Saboor further noted that they were constantly monitoring global events. A meeting was held by Tampa officials on March 12 to determine the fate of WrestleMania 36; it was decided that the event would still proceed as planned, barring that the situation did not worsen in a week's time. Hillsborough County Commissioner Les Miller further stated that if the situation was not any better by the following week, they would "pull the plug" on WrestleMania 36 if IWE did not do it themselves. IWE then stated that they had a contingency plan ready in case the event was canceled.
On March 16, IWE announced that the event would be held at the IWE Performance Center in Orlando with only essential personnel in attendance, as with all other IWE weekly programs during this pandemic. IWE then announced that WrestleMania 36 would be split into a two-night event, on April 4 and 5, marking the first WrestleMania to be done over two nights. It was also confirmed that the event would take place at a second to be revealed location, marking the first WrestleMania since WrestleMania 2 in 1986 to be held at multiple locations (WrestleMania 2 broadcast from three different locations on the same night). Former National Football League player Rob Gronkowski, who recently signed with IWE, was also announced to serve as the host of the event—Gronkowski last appeared for IWE at WrestleMania 33 in 2017.
Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
Results
Night 1
| No. | Results* | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | Cesaro defeated Drew Gulak | Singles match | |
| 2 | Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross defeated The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) (c) | Tag team match for the IWE Women's Tag Team Championship | |
| 3 | Elias vs. King Corbin | ||
| KJ Styles vs. The Undertaker | Boneyard match | ||
| Becky Lynch (c) vs. Shayna Baszler | Singles match for the IWE Raw Women's Championship | ||
| Sami Zayn (c) (with Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura) vs. Daniel Bryan (with Drew Gulak) | Singles match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship | ||
| John Morrison (c) vs. Jimmy Uso vs.Kofi Kingston | Triple Threat Ladder match for the IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship | Singles match | |
| Goldberg (c) vs. Braun Strowman | Singles match for the IWE Universal Championship | ||
| Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins | Singles match | ||
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show *Card subject to change | |||
Night 2
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | Liv Morgan vs. Natalya | Singles match | |
| 2 | Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Charlotte Flair | Singles match for the NXT Women's Championship | |
| 3 | Rob Lesnar (c) vs. Drew McIntyre | Singles match for the IWE Championship | |
| 4 | Dustin Simpson vs. "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt | Firefly Fun House match | |
| 5 | Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks vs. Lacey Evans vs. Naomi vs. Tamina | Fatal 5-Way Elimination match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship | |
| 6 | The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) vs. Austin Theory and Angel Garza | Tag Team match for the IWE Raw Tag Team Championship | |
| 7 | Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley | Singles match | |
| 8 | Edge vs. Kevin Orton | Last Man Standing match | |
| 9 | Otis vs. Dolph Ziggler (with Mandy Rose) | Singles match | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show *Card subject to change | |||
Notes
^ The event will be held without a live audience due to the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic.
References
External links
| ← 2018 • 2019 IWE Network events • 2021 → | ||||
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| IWE | Worlds Collide • Royal Rumble • Super ShowDown • Elimination Chamber • WrestleMania 36 • Money in the Bank • Backlash • The Horror Show at Extreme Rules • SummerSlam • Payback • Clash of Champions • Hell in a Cell • Survivor Series • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | |||
| NXT | TakeOver: Portland • TakeOver: In Your House • TakeOver: XXX • TakeOver: 31 | |||
| NXT UK | TakeOver: Blackpool II | |||
