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* Stephen Amell, if he's at WrestleMania, makes his presence felt during the Ladder Match, costing Stardust any shot at winning the thing. The Ladder Match itself is a bit thrown together, but they like putting on a match like this. You could just run bully Kevin Owens trying to win the US Title, but having Sami Zayn in there builds off their history (I can see them wrestling at Fastlane). You can put Goldust & R-Truth in there, and that adds some veteran presence, puts a black guy in the match, allows the Rhodes brothers to interact, plays of the current shtick between Goldie and Truth, etc. Ziggler is in there as the workhorse, and Neville is there to do cool stuff too. If Sheamus is healthy, maybe they bump Zayn for him and have Zayn in the Battle Royal? Or they could do a 9-man. I could also see either Kane or Mark Henry being added, just so there are fewer monsters in the Battle Royal and a larger guy in this.
* The Rock and Vince are used to try and bolster the main event. Shawn Michaels makes an appearance here too. The Rock and Ambrose are used to counteract Vince and HBK.
* I know the rumor is Taker vs. Strowman, but that lacks a lot of imagination. And it's going to need a lot of imagination to be watchable. I can see Taker being smart and asking to work with Harper in order to make him look like a beast moving forward. There will be time for Strowman, who I think they give the Battle Royal to.
* Bray Wyatt goes into his match against Brock Lesnar alone -- he's got something to prove. This also allows Brock to defeat Bray without cannibalizing the entire Wyatt Family. This marks the beginning of the Wyatt face turn.
* Jericho vs. Styles seems like the more natural feud out of the possibilities for Jericho. Once Ambrose is out of the immediate title picture, I can see Vince trying to bring the brute back out of Rusev and dangling the IC Title in front of him. It'd be a simple story between Ambrose and Rusev, and Lana and Rusev can be bullies to Renee which puts her into Dean's corner -- which will capture the hearts of people, I'm sure. It seems to me a better story than Jericho vs. Ambrose, which so far lacks any sort of heat or trajectory.
* I can't see The Usos missing out on WrestleMania this year. I think they'll get their eventual Tag Title win, even if the crowd revolts, and I think that sets off The New Day for that segment with Austin later in the show.
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