Why Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins opened WrestleMania 35

What is history?

At WrestleMania 35, the match between Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins for the universal title opened the show, to the surprise of all.

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman lobbied for the opening of the PPV to get a better reception from the crowd.

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Seth Rollins won this year's Royal Rumble match and became the number one nominee for the Brock Lesnar title. The duo went back and forth on the road to WrestleMania 35, and the match was dubbed one of the three main events in the series.

The heart of the problem

To the surprise of the fans in the stadium and millions of viewers at home, Paul Heyman interrupted Hulk Hogan and Alexa Bliss and made it to the ring at the very beginning of show.

Soon, everyone realized that Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar were going to launch WrestleMania! The match was a short affair, with Rollins securing the pin on Lesnar after a low blow and three Curb Stomps.

Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman have called for the match to be opened. The possible reason for this request is that they did not want to play in front of an exhausted crowd during the last hours of the PPV.

This seems to be a possibility, with WrestleMania 35 being the longest PPV of all time, with 16 matches on the map.

And then?

Seth Rollins finally did what he said since he won the match with Royal Rumble. He killed The Beast at the show's show and is on a mission to bring back the lost prestige of the universal title.

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