WrestleMania 35 Weekend Recap

WWE’s biggest show of the year has come and gone. WrestleMania 35 is in the books. Let’s look back at the historic weekend that took place in the shadows of New York City.  The weekend started off on Friday night with NXT.  Which featured five top-notch matches.

(winners in bold)

• NXT Championship match: Johnny Gargano versus Adam Cole
• NXT North American Championship match: Velveteen Dream versus Matt Riddle
• NXT Women’s Championship match: Shayna Baszlerversus Io Shirai versus Bianca Belair versus Kairi Sane
• WWE United Kingdom Championship match: Pete Dunn versus Walter
• NXT Tag Team Championship match: War Raiders versus Aleister Black and Ricochet

On Sunday night WWE made history with a record-breaking crowd of 82,265 at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford NJ. The show was long but well worth it.

WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match (Kickoff Match)
Tony Nese def. Buddy Murphy (c) – NEW CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION

Carmella won the WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal by last eliminating Sarah Logan

Raw Tag Team Championship Match
Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins def. The Revival (c) – NEW RAW TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

Braun Strowman won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal by last eliminating Colin Jost

Universal Championship Match
Seth Rollins def. Brock Lesnar (c) – NEW UNIVERSAL CHAMPION

AJ Styles def. Randy Orton

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way Match
The Usos (c) def. The Bar, Shinsuke Nakamura & Rusev and Aleister Black & Ricochet

Falls Count Anywhere Match
Shane McMahon def. The Miz

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Fatal 4-Way Match
The IIconics def. The Boss ‘N’ Hug Connection (c), Beth Phoenix & Natalya and Nia Jax & Tamina – NEW WOMEN’S TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS

WWE Championship Match
Kofi Kingston def. “The New” Daniel Bryan (c) – NEW WWE CHAMPION

United States Championship Match
Samoa Joe (c) def. Rey Mysterio

No Holds Barred Match
Triple H def. Batista

Angle’s Farewell Match
Baron Corbin def. Kurt Angle

Intercontinental Championship Match
“The Demon” Finn Bálor def. Bobby Lashley (c) – NEW INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION

Winner Take All Triple Threat Match for the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships
Becky Lynch def. Ronda Rousey (c) and Charlotte Flair (c) – NEW RAW & SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S CHAMPION