Jon Robinson revealed that Seth Rollins may not have won the Intercontinental Championship and that Kurt Angle may not have been Ronda Rousey’s partner had original plans for both men gone ahead.
In case you didn’t know…
Jon Robinson was asked by WWE to write the book Creating The Mania: An Inside Look at how WrestleMania Comes to Life - a book speaking about everything that goes into the planning of The Grandest Stage of them All and delivering personal accounts from WWE Superstars about the monumental pay-per-view.
Robinson added that he wanted assurances he would get behind-the-scenes access to the Superstars and the creative team.
The author detailed how happy he was with the names who agreed to speak with him regarding WrestleMania 34.
The heart of the matter
During this year’s WrestleMania season, things seemed to run very smoothly considering how many injuries WWE has been dealing with since the turn of the year, but things could have been very different as it has been revealed that very different matches were planned for Kurt Angle and Seth Rollins, and that The Usos, The New Day and Kevin Owens all wanted different roles.
Jon Robinson spoke with The Wrestling Estate and discussed some of the matches that certain talents were hoping to have at WrestleMania 34, confirming that Kevin Owens wanted to face off against Vince McMahon after headbutting the Chairman in September. Owens would instead team with Sami Zayn in a losing effort to Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon.
Robinson also details that The Usos and The New Day were apparently hoping for a Tag Team TLC match, but both ended up losing to The Bludgeon Brothers in a Triple Threat Match.
The author revealed some of the other matches that were discussed behind the scenes. While Dean Ambrose was sidelined with an injury, his tag team run with Seth Rollins was said to have been gearing up for Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose at WrestleMania 34.
Another match nixed due to injury was Jason Jordan vs Kurt Angle. Things didn’t end up working out too badly for Rollins or Angle, though, with Rollins winning the Intercontinental Champion to seal his spot in history as a Grand Slam Champion, and with Kurt Angle teaming with Ronda Rousey on her debut in a match spoken about by many as the best on the card.
What’s next?
You can purchase Creating the Mania: An Inside Look at How WrestleMania Comes to Life here to find out more about what went on backstage in the build-up to WrestleMania.
What do you think about WWE’s original plans for Mania? Did everything work out better in the long run? Let us know in the comments.
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