The decision to move Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar’s match for the WWE Universal Championship to the start of WrestleMania on Sunday was one made at the very last moment, according to a new report by PWInsider.com.
The original plan was apparently to have the bout go on immediately before the “Winner Take All” triple threat match for the Raw and Smackdown Women’s Championships, as for some time those matches were being promoted as a double main event. In that case, Randy Orton and AJ Styles would have opened the show.
PWInsider noted that the final call was made around 3:30pm local time, only 90 minutes before the Kickoff Show went on the air. It was said that some people backstage weren’t even aware that the change had been made with everything going on at WrestleMania, and were surprised when Paul Heyman came out to interrupt Hulk Hogan’s celebration at the start of the show.
The reason behind their decision to move the match isn’t specifically clear, although Heyman did cut a promo stating that if Lesnar wasn’t the true main event, they weren’t going to wait around for five hours. For all we know that could have been true. For what it’s worth, the pacing of the show — especially in the first few hours — was greatly improved by the Universal title match kicking things off.
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