Fantasy Book Wrestlemania 32

[Dr Positivity]

Pre show:

Andre the Giant Battle Royale: Braun wins

Main card:

Intercontinental Title Fatal Four Way: Dean Ambrose (c) vs Kevin Owens vs Chris Jericho vs Dolph Ziggler
The League of Nations (Sheamus, Rusev, Alberto Del Rio, King Barrett, accompanied by Lana) vs Team America (The Dudley Boyz, Jack Swagger, Ryback, accompanied by Zeb Colter)
Tag titles TLC match triple threat: The New Day (c) vs The Usos vs The Luchas Dragons
Divas title: Charlotte (c) (accompanied by Trish Stratus and Ric Flair) vs Sasha Banks (accompanied by Lita)
Bray Wyatt vs Brock Lesnar
John Cena vs The Undertaker
The Big Show vs Kane (loser retires match)
WWE title match: Roman Reigns vs Triple H

With the goal to fill up Cowboys stadium I shamelessly try to get as many Attitude Era fans as I can, hence stuff like Jericho in the IC picture, The Big Show vs Kane match, Dudley Boyz being involved, paying Trish and Lita enough to be sideline coaches, and HHH in the main event. The biggest three matches are the title match, Cena/Undertaker (which is hyped up enough that it could go last) and Wyatt vs Lesnar, I put Show and Kane 2nd last as the bathroom break match

[skbucks1985]

They're so beset by injuries that Its gotten to the point where you think they gotta bring someone in and shoot them almost right to the top. Bray Wyatt-Brock Lesnar might seem like a money match if Bray hadn't lost every meaningful feud he'd been in. I think they can make Owens-Undertaker work because Owens is so good on the mic. But I think it would feel a lot like last year with someone that is not quite on Undertaker's level that is just being built up a little bit to be fed to him. Those 2 plus HHH-Reigns as your top 3 matches is as weak a top 3 as I can remember.

[WRau1]

As bad as this WM is looking star wise, I think actual in-ring product is going to be great. The WWE is going to have no choice other than putting great workers together.

[Spens1]

All things considered:

1. Andre the Giant Battle Royal: Final 2 (Ziggler & Balor), final 5 are Rusev, Breeze, Ziggler, Neville and Balor himself, Rusev gets eliminated by Breeze, Neville & Balor and Rusev goes nuts ringside, trashing things, Neville eliminates Breeze whilst breeze has his back turned, Breeze gets angry and goes back in to eliminate neville and they brawl ringside, leaving a final 2, Ziggler goes to shake Balor's hand, he accepts, they wrestle for a good 5 minutes, solid enough match, then out comes the bullet club, balor hasn't had any interactions with them and looks shocked, they go to make like they're attacking Balor, but then attack Ziggler, Balor throws Ziggler out, Balor wins the battle royal and they too sweet each other, pose, anderson and gallows lift balor onto his shoulders and balor puts on his light up jacket.

2. Divas Title Match: Charlotte vs Becky Lynch (continuation essentially due to no other solid divas, charlotte intereferes in a #1 contenders match involving becky and brie bella, which costs becky the match, thus charlotte vs brie bella which charlotte wins rather easily, then becky finally gets her title match at fast lane, but charlotte cheats to win (via ric pulling the interference and charlotte hitting becky with the title belt), then the WM build could be 2 parts, 1st 2-3 weeks is Charlotte trying to avoid a rematch with Lynch claiming she beat her, Lynch then wins a #1 contenders battle royal to get her title match at WM, the second half is charlotte making lynch's life a living hell, first week she attacks lynch in a match, second week she lays her out backstage, so the week before WM, at the contract signing, all hell breaks loose, a proper brawl starts with them throwing it in stiff, no hairpulling, proper shots, segment ends with Charlotte spearing becky into the barricade. At WM, Charlotte tries every trick in the book but Becky eventually gets her in the Disarm her and gets Charlotte to tap.

3. US Title: Kalisto vs Bray Wyatt (Kalisto wins the US title at the rumble in a feel good moment, but then Wyatt alone comes out and tries to make Kalisto a victim, however Cara makes the save, then the next night on raw, the Wyatt family attack Cara back stage, writing him off TV (because of the injury), this sparks a feud with Kalisto, Kalisto recruits the help of the Dudley Boyz, who have had problems with them in the past, as well as the Uso's, With both sides facing off in a 4 on 4 matchup at Fastlane (Devon is the odd man out) with the Wyatts scraping through via shenanigans (Wyatts dominate early and middle, Face team comes back towards the end but Strauman shows of strength and Wyatt uses his cunning to gain the win). Then Wyatt starts his mind games on the road to WM with the feud culminating in a Steel Cage match, Kalisto actually holds his own against the much larger Wyatt, and we can't miss the chance for a salida del sol off the cage, however Wyatt kicks out at 2, and laughs, lights go out, Wyatt somehow has a kendo stick and the 4 wyatt family members with their mask's on are at each side of the cage, Wyatt just smashes him and after beating him senseless, hits the sister abigail and wins the match, after the match, They put a sheep mask over Kalisto's mask, Wyatt then cuts a promo about the US title and it being the key to his plans in a way only wyatt could pull off.

4. IC title: Owens vs Styles (the second main matchup, Styles is a very good babyface but isn't exactly the best of heels, even as a heel in japan he got cheered and he basically had no response to get him booed again, as a babyface he wouldn't have to, going up against owens who is on the receiving end of a push himself, now i'm a huge ambrose fan but that feud is not lasting till mania)

5. Reigns vs HHH w/Vince & Stephanie McMahon (much better than a potential world title match between the two, they don't need the title, have him go up against HHH with Vince and Stephanie there also, gives him them odds), Reigns gets the win after he spears vince, ducks a sledgehammer shot, spears triple HHH and gets the pin

6. Tag Team Titles: The New Day vs The Bullet Club (assuming the bullet club is here by Mania, New Day become more faceish between now and mania, still would retain what makes the new day brilliant, so their shtick shouldn't change too much but just a bit) Bullet club should debut and just destroy the new day, as for the participants, Anderson and Gallows W/Balor vs Big E and Kingston. The New Day need actual challengers and a fresh matchup and this provides it

7. Lesnar vs Ambrose (Ambrose deserves a top match, now whilst in no way shape or form should lesnar put over ambrose, he should put up a good fight, get some decent offense in their, the promos between ambrose and heyman will be something to behold, Ambrose should channel his inner moxley and go properly crazy, have him use weapons and all that on lesnar to get him down, then lesnar eventually beats him with an F-5 through the announce table and another F-5 in the ring (no pin inbetween). Lesnar wins but it makes Ambrose look legit and hopefully like a main eventer, because lord knows they need those.

8. Rock vs Undertaker (in Taker's last match, you need a fresh matchup and something he can go out in, as well as a match that can draw the fans in, probably the co-main event as well given the names involved)

9. World Title: Daniel Bryan vs Shinsuke Nakamura (Bryan is one of the biggest names in the company and honestly had they not messed up so badly and pushed reigns down our throats, the face of the company, nakamura brings charisma in spades and a style that would be compatible with bryan himself, would be a 5 star match also, with both of them in their mid 30's and with their injury backgrounds, you need to do the matchup soon, might as well be now, may seem nuts to put a world title match for these two but honestly, Have Shinsuke win the title at mania, controversial but bryan is better with the chase, with bryan beating him at mania and getting the jubilation of the crowd)

not the worlds greatest card and maybe people rushed into positions they wouldn't otherwise get but this seems like the reality due to the injuries (note, sheamus, del rio, barrett are in the battle royal but get eliminated beforehand, sheamus towards the end, del rio a bit before sheamus and barrett around the middle)

[skbucks1985]

If Brock and Rock are both on the show, they're facing each other. The exception to this would be if they can get Rousey and do some sort of mixed tag with Stephanie and HHH. 6 months ago you could've made the argument that it would be better splitting them off and having a few really top-notch matches instead of one super match. Maybe you do Rock-HHH, Undertaker-Brock for the final time and a Shield Triple Threat as your top 3 matches. But those plans are now obviously no longer possible and on a show lacking top-end matches, Brock-Rock is by far the biggest match that's possible and even though there are some issues with it, that fact overrides any of those concerns.

[Latrell]

If Brock and Rock are both on the show, they're facing each other. The exception to this would be if they can get Rousey and do some sort of mixed tag with Stephanie and HHH. 6 months ago you could've made the argument that it would be better splitting them off and having a few really top-notch matches instead of one super match. Maybe you do Rock-HHH, Undertaker-Brock for the final time and a Shield Triple Threat as your top 3 matches. But those plans are now obviously no longer possible and on a show lacking top-end matches, Brock-Rock is by far the biggest match that's possible and even though there are some issues with it, that fact overrides any of those concerns.

Brock/Rock would be one of the most short-sighted things WWE could do.

[skbucks1985]

If Brock and Rock are both on the show, they're facing each other. The exception to this would be if they can get Rousey and do some sort of mixed tag with Stephanie and HHH. 6 months ago you could've made the argument that it would be better splitting them off and having a few really top-notch matches instead of one super match. Maybe you do Rock-HHH, Undertaker-Brock for the final time and a Shield Triple Threat as your top 3 matches. But those plans are now obviously no longer possible and on a show lacking top-end matches, Brock-Rock is by far the biggest match that's possible and even though there are some issues with it, that fact overrides any of those concerns.

Brock/Rock would be one of the most short-sighted things WWE could do.

If Rock won, sure. But if Brock won, I disagree completely.

[Latrell]

If Brock and Rock are both on the show, they're facing each other. The exception to this would be if they can get Rousey and do some sort of mixed tag with Stephanie and HHH. 6 months ago you could've made the argument that it would be better splitting them off and having a few really top-notch matches instead of one super match. Maybe you do Rock-HHH, Undertaker-Brock for the final time and a Shield Triple Threat as your top 3 matches. But those plans are now obviously no longer possible and on a show lacking top-end matches, Brock-Rock is by far the biggest match that's possible and even though there are some issues with it, that fact overrides any of those concerns.

Brock/Rock would be one of the most short-sighted things WWE could do.

If Rock won, sure. But if Brock won, I disagree completely.

It's still a waste. Brock is a part timer too.

Use Rock and Brock to elevate guys like Wyatt or Ambrose.

[skbucks1985]

Brock/Rock would be one of the most short-sighted things WWE could do.

If Rock won, sure. But if Brock won, I disagree completely.

It's still a waste. Brock is a part timer too.

Use Rock and Brock to elevate guys like Wyatt or Ambrose.

Brock's winning his next match, unless its against Reigns or someone that they decide they want to make, which its highly unlikely they will decide to do with Wyatt, Ambrose or anyone else currently on the roster (outside of Reigns). And a guy could lose and come out elevated, but when was the last time WWE did that successfully. And as far as Rock, if one of those guys was going to be with Rock and have it feel like they're ready for a spot like that they should've won every feud they've been in for the last year

[skbucks1985]

So the following matches are either confirmed or very likely:
Reigns-HHH
Shane-Undertaker
Ambrose-Lesnar
Zayn-Owens
Jericho-Styles
Becky-Sasha-Charlotte
Some other women's match, it can't be Brie-Lana in a one-on-one match right?
Ryback-Kalisto (although I imagine they have to add other people to this)

My guess is they have a 4-way for the tag titles with New Day, the Uso's, the Dudley's and League of Nations

[Dunthreevy]

So the following matches are either confirmed or very likely:
Reigns-HHH
Shane-Undertaker
Ambrose-Lesnar
Zayn-Owens
Jericho-Styles
Becky-Sasha-Charlotte
Some other women's match, it can't be Brie-Lana in a one-on-one match right?
Ryback-Kalisto (although I imagine they have to add other people to this)

My guess is they have a 4-way for the tag titles with New Day, the Uso's, the Dudley's and League of Nations

Pretty sure that Owens/Zayn match is going to involve multiple other wrestlers as well (Ziggler, Neville, Stardust, Miz). I'd guess we're getting another IC Ladder match. I really hope they turn that into an annual thing at Mania.

[skbucks1985]

So the following matches are either confirmed or very likely:
Reigns-HHH
Shane-Undertaker
Ambrose-Lesnar
Zayn-Owens
Jericho-Styles
Becky-Sasha-Charlotte
Some other women's match, it can't be Brie-Lana in a one-on-one match right?
Ryback-Kalisto (although I imagine they have to add other people to this)

My guess is they have a 4-way for the tag titles with New Day, the Uso's, the Dudley's and League of Nations

Pretty sure that Owens/Zayn match is going to involve multiple other wrestlers as well (Ziggler, Neville, Stardust, Miz). I'd guess we're getting another IC Ladder match. I really hope they turn that into an annual thing at Mania.

If they turn Zayn-Owens into a multi-man ladder match and make Ryback and Kalisto a one-on-one match that's really ass-backwards. Kalisto, Ziggler, Miz, Sin Cara, Neville, Stardust, ADR and Ryback seems like it should be the ladder match while Zayn-Owens get to have the singles match.

Speaking of Stardust, I don't know if they've dropped it but it seems like the stuff with him and Stephen Amell is still on-going not really on WWE TV but on social media. So I could definitely see them having a match.

[Dunthreevy]

So the following matches are either confirmed or very likely:
Reigns-HHH
Shane-Undertaker
Ambrose-Lesnar
Zayn-Owens
Jericho-Styles
Becky-Sasha-Charlotte
Some other women's match, it can't be Brie-Lana in a one-on-one match right?
Ryback-Kalisto (although I imagine they have to add other people to this)

My guess is they have a 4-way for the tag titles with New Day, the Uso's, the Dudley's and League of Nations

Pretty sure that Owens/Zayn match is going to involve multiple other wrestlers as well (Ziggler, Neville, Stardust, Miz). I'd guess we're getting another IC Ladder match. I really hope they turn that into an annual thing at Mania.

If they turn Zayn-Owens into a multi-man ladder match and make Ryback and Kalisto a one-on-one match that's really ass-backwards. Kalisto, Ziggler, Miz, Sin Cara, Neville, Stardust, ADR and Ryback seems like it should be the ladder match while Zayn-Owens get to have the singles match.

Speaking of Stardust, I don't know if they've dropped it but it seems like the stuff with him and Stephen Amell is still on-going not really on WWE TV but on social media. So I could definitely see them having a match.

Agreed. But I think they're going to end up doing a Ryback/Kalisto semi-squash to build Ryback (who is rumored to be in line to feud with CHAMPION Roman Reigns in 2016) And then Kalisto will probably go back to just doing Lucha Dragons stuff.

The Stardust/Amell stuff is basically in their back pocket right now in case they need to fill a slot. They have barely mentioned it on tv recently and have featured it once since that staged convention run-in they had with each other about a month ago. I think after Roadblock they'll probably assess it and see if they want to use it at Mania.

[SDM]

My fantasy book involves taking the US title and transitioning it to more of a cruiserweight title. That way, you can do Owens/Zayn alone, and a multiman match with Kalisto, Xavier Woods, Neville, Breeze, etc, that could steal the show. The invitational thing can crown challengers.

If

Spoiler:

the talk about Ryback being groomed to be a top challenger for Reigns

is true, there's a battle royale he can win.

[improper]

God the crowd will destroy a Ryback/Reigns match if the WWE is really dumb enough to go that route.

[Dr Positivity]

So the following matches are either confirmed or very likely:
Reigns-HHH
Shane-Undertaker
Ambrose-Lesnar
Zayn-Owens
Jericho-Styles
Becky-Sasha-Charlotte
Some other women's match, it can't be Brie-Lana in a one-on-one match right?
Ryback-Kalisto (although I imagine they have to add other people to this)

My guess is they have a 4-way for the tag titles with New Day, the Uso's, the Dudley's and League of Nations

Pretty sure that Owens/Zayn match is going to involve multiple other wrestlers as well (Ziggler, Neville, Stardust, Miz). I'd guess we're getting another IC Ladder match. I really hope they turn that into an annual thing at Mania.

That looks like the card but I can't imagine they leave Bray out of this. I don't know what they do though cause the match I liked the most (Bray/Ziggler) probably isn't happening based on Ziggler's Steph storyline this week. I think if he's healthy it could be Bray vs Sting. Or they could just put him in IC title match if it's involving a bunch of wrestlers

[Dunthreevy]

So the following matches are either confirmed or very likely:
Reigns-HHH
Shane-Undertaker
Ambrose-Lesnar
Zayn-Owens
Jericho-Styles
Becky-Sasha-Charlotte
Some other women's match, it can't be Brie-Lana in a one-on-one match right?
Ryback-Kalisto (although I imagine they have to add other people to this)

My guess is they have a 4-way for the tag titles with New Day, the Uso's, the Dudley's and League of Nations

Pretty sure that Owens/Zayn match is going to involve multiple other wrestlers as well (Ziggler, Neville, Stardust, Miz). I'd guess we're getting another IC Ladder match. I really hope they turn that into an annual thing at Mania.

That looks like the card but I can't imagine they leave Bray out of this. I don't know what they do though cause the match I liked the most (Bray/Ziggler) probably isn't happening based on Ziggler's Steph storyline this week. I think if he's healthy it could be Bray vs Sting. Or they could just put him in IC title match if it's involving a bunch of wrestlers

They're planning on going back to the Brock/Bray storyline after Mania, so I don't see them having him involved in anything that doesn't involve Brock any time soon. All of that could have been avoided had they just stuck with it after the Rumble.

[Dr Positivity]

It's rumored Bray was injured at Roadblock. That makes sense to me since I don't think the WWE willingly advertises a singles match like Brock/Bray and then cheat the paying fans out of it

[iMoreland]

I'd have all 4 of the Wyatt's win the Andre The Giant Battle Royal. None of them get eliminated, destroy the trophy then leave.

That way even if Bray is hurt, he won't have to do anything but stand around while Braun eliminates everyone.

Then start the fued with Brock on Raw