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Shane McMahon was largely put into his spot against The Undertaker because they needed band-aids because Cena, Orton and Rollins were out and Roman Reigns was flopping bad as "The Guy." You don't need Shane this year. You don't need Triple H. You don't need The Undertaker. All three will likely be promoted as bigger than the usual stars, but it would be nice if we got some proper stories and new stars being pushed this year. A completely naive proposition, I know.
* Styles vs. Cena for the WWE Title
* Owens vs. Rollins vs. Balor for the secondary title
Those matches appeal to me a lot more than any of the part-timers coming in. You've got Goldberg vs. Lesnar as your "special attraction." Pay that off with Goldberg going over thrice and call it a day. Realistically, you have to include Shane McMahon and Triple H though, so just let them fight each other in a McMahon Pride Street Fight. Daniel Bryan can be shown in clips "training" Shane. That way Triple H can get his spiritual win back against Daniel Bryan. Since you also have to include The Undertaker, my personal choice would still be to put him against Rusev and have Rusev go over to set him up as a main event hopeful, but if Taker wants to work Orton it really doesn't matter, and it gets Orton away from other stuff. He feels like a chore to fit sometimes. Wyatt & Harper can defend the Tag Titles against American Alpha or someone. The Miz can defend the IC Title in that giant Ladder Match that is becoming a tradition -- this is where you have Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, Kalisto, Apollo Crews, freshly traded Sami Zayn, Kane and, fuck, I dunno, Heath Slater? Is he still over? Nikki Bella wins the SD Women's Title from Alexa Bliss and then faces Charlotte in a Champion vs. Champion Match with Ronda Rousey as the special guest referee. Chris Jericho wins the US Title from Roman Reigns to complete his Grand Slam (the only meaningful title he hasn't won) and then puts him over at Mania. Everyone else goes into the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal because they aren't really over or important.
Final card:
* Styles vs. Cena for the World Title
* Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar III
* Owens vs. Rollins vs. Balor for the other belt
* The Undertaker vs. Randy Orton
* Triple H vs. Shane McMahon
* Champion vs. Champion: Charlotte vs. Nikki Bella with Ronda Rousey as referee
* The Wyatt Family vs. American Alpha for the Tag Titles
* Chris Jericho vs. Roman Reigns for the US Title
* Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (featuring Big Show, Shaq, Cesaro, Sheamus, Braun, Corbin, The New Day, Enzo & Cass, the cruiserweights, Gallows & Anderson, James Ellsworth, Rhyno, The Hype Bros, etc.)
* The Miz vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Kalisto vs. Apollo Crews vs. Sami Zayn vs. Heath Slater vs. Kane
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