Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins have made a name for themselves in WWE. In recent years, both of them had several memorable WrestleMania matches.
Among them is definitely Becky Lynch’s historic main event match at WrestleMania 35- that night, the women main evented WrestleMania for the first time.
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Big Time Becks defeated Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair in the main event to win both the WWE Raw Women’s Championship and the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship.
During an interview with the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast, Seth Rollins, who recalled Becky’s historic main event match at WrestleMania 35, explained how the duration of the show had an effect on the crowd and the main event on that night.
He said, “The one in question is the New York WrestleMania which literally, from the pre-show to the finale was like seven straight hours and that is obnoxious, that is way too much wrestling. And mind you, my wife won the main event that night.”
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“They didn’t go to the ring until after midnight. It’s just asinine, and the crowd was tired… That main event, which was awesome and super historic, suffered from just the crowd being drained,” the former WWE Champion added. (H/T: WrestlingNews.co)
WrestleMania 35, which took place in 2019, was the last WrestleMania to take place on a single night. Now, WrestleMania is presented across two nights to keep the interest of the fans during the entire show.
Both Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins suffered defeats at WrestleMania 38
Seth and Becky had experienced glory at The Grandest Stage of Them All in the past. But this year, they suffered defeats in their respective matches.
‘Big Time Becks’, who had to defend the WWE Raw Women’s Championship against Bianca Belair, lost a thrilling match to Bianca Belair.
Speaking of Seth Rollins, he did not compete in a title match. Despite that, everyone had their eyes set on his WrestleMania match, as his opponent was a mystery.
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After Rollins made his way into the ring, he found out that his opponent was none other than Cody Rhodes. ‘The American Nightmare’ returned to WWE after almost six years and the crowd cheered for him throughout the match.
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‘The Visionary’ gave Cody a tough fight on his WWE return, but fell to the former AEW superstar at The Grandest Stage of Them All.