Selling out a 100000 seat stadium with only full-time wrestlers is unfortunately next to impossible, but it's still possible to deliver a great show. At WrestleMania 30 we saw the Streak come to a shocking end, and at WrestleMania 31 we had Lesnar as the World Champion and the first ever MITB cash-in at WrestleMania. So you need a big angle for Mania 32 to live up to the events of the previous two years. There's only one angle that can come close, and it's a John Cena heel turn. Without the likes of Brock Lesnar and The Rock, that's the angle that it will take to make this show memorable. John Cena and Kevin Owens also just had two of the best matches I've ever seen, so that's what I'm going with as my WrestleMania main event. They work perfectly together. Cena is the biggest star and probably the best worker in the company, and Owens is on the cusp of becoming a huge star in his own right.
WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION VS. UNITED STATES CHAMPION
JOHN CENA VS. KEVIN OWENS
At SummerSlam, Kevin Owens beats John Cena to win the US Title, and he carries the Title to WrestleMania, defeating all challengers. He is a fighting Champion, and despite being a heel the crowd is starting to get behind him with the "Fight Owens Fight" chants. Meanwhile, John Cena goes on to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the Royal Rumble. Owens enters the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match and wins, setting the stage for Cena vs. Owens, Champion vs. Champion at WrestleMania. In the build-up Owens says that Cena's time as the top guy is up, and that he has Cena's number. THe annopuncers hype how Cena and Owens had the match of the year last year and talk about the bar being raised even higher on the grandest stage of them all with the World Championship at stake. We begin to wonder how far Cena might go in order to hold onto the World Title.
At WrestleMania, Cena hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle on Owens, busting up his nose causing him to bleed. Cena his the Attitude Adjustment and STF, the blood pours down Kevin's face but he refuses to quit. Owens makes it to the ropes but the frustrated Cena keeps him in the hold until a 4 count. Nearly getting disqualified. As the match continues Cena grows more frustrated as he is unable to put Owens away, the crowd chants "Fight Owens Fight", willing him on. Eventually the ref gets knocked down and Cena goes to the outside and gets a chair, he resorts to hitting Owens over the head with a chair and hitting the AA for the win. The WrestleMania crowd would be absolutely furious, as Cena holds up the World Title and does the "You Can't See Me" directly to the audience. WrestleMania closes. With that double turn, Cena is now a huge heel and Owens is a badass never-say-die babyface positioned to chase the World Title long term.
#1 CONTENDER'S MATCH
DANIEL BRYAN VS. SETH ROLLINS
Seth Rollins is the top heel in the company right now and Daniel Bryan is obviously a mega babyface. Rollins is with the Authority, Bryan is antti-authority, they match up perfectly. As great as Owens vs. Cena is, these guys are also both phenomenal workers and this could steal the show.
In the end Daniel Bryan goes over to become #1 Contender, setting up a babyface opponent for the now heel John Cena post WrestleMania. Bryan is the most sympathetic babyface on the roster and Cena would get even more heat by beating him. Also with Rollins losing you have the option of him having a falling out with the authority and possibly going babyface down the road. If that was the plan, you could have him shake Bryan's hand after the match, since it would probably be a wild back-and-forth match that could've gone either way.
NO DISQUALIFICATION MATCH
RANDY ORTON VS. BRAY WYATT
The build-up to this one would revolve around Bray Wyatt playing mind games with Randy Orton by saying that Orton has grown complacent and weak, and that he needs to become the Viper again. Wyatt would be like the devil, trying to tempt Randy Orton to unleash his his more sinister side. Obviously for this angle to work we need a match where it's anything goes.
Bray Wyatt would go over, because he needs a big win on the big stage, but after the match Orton would absolutely snap and beat the living hell out of him, unleashing the Viper. So Wyatt wins the match, but Orton is ultimately the man that walks out. This sets up a rematch, Last Man Standing.
DEAN AMBROSE vs. ROMAN REIGNS
The best things for Roman Reigns to become a babyface long term is for him to turn heel, and the best person for him to turn heel against is his "brother" Dean Ambrose. So Reigns turns on Ambrose in the Royal Rumble, setting up this match at WrestleMania.
Roman Reigns goes over, because Ambrose is a lunatic stays over whether he wins or loses and because Reigns just turned so he needs a win to establish himself as a dangerous heel.
INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP
DOLPH ZIGGLER W/LANA vs. RUSEV
So Lana is in Ziggler's corner now, so we have the perfect set-up for this angle. With Lana by his side, Ziggler wins the IC Title, then Rusev comes back and wants it. You also have the added dimension of Ziggler making this personal by stealing Rusev's girl. Ziggler can mock Rusev by saying that he's a better Champion and a better man than him.
At WrestleMania you have Lana swerve Ziggler, hitting him with a low blow allowing Rusev to capitalize. Rusev walks out with the IC Title and with Lana again. Ziggler wants payback for getting screwed over.
WWE TAG-TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP LADDER MATCH
THE USOS VS. CESARO & TYSON KIDD VS. VS. NEVILLE & SAMI ZAYN VS. THE NEW DAY
Last year we saw a Ladder Match for the IC Title, this year we see one for the Tag Titles. THe Usos, Kidd/Cesaro and the New Day are without a doubt the three best teams on the roster. All of them are over and they all have consistently exciting matches. Once Sami Zayn comes back from in jury and gets called up I think it would be cool to have him team with Neville, another high flying babyface form NXT, rounding out the field for this match. This would be a fun way to open the show and I'd probably put over Cesaro & Kidd to give the crowd something to cheer for.
So there you have 6 solid matches building the foundation of what would be a great WrestleMania. Obviously you still have to throw together a couple more, but those are your main matches. I think it would make for a pretty damn exciting show that would have both a strong build and a strong payoff in the end. Every one of those matches has a story to tell and would benefit everyone involved.
