Wrestlemania 35 is only a few weeks away. The event will be taking place on April 7th at MetLife Stadium.
WWE has confirmed a new match for the event after Smackdown Live this week.
AJ Styles vs Randy Orton was made official for the event. Here is what WWE posted about the match on their website:
AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton
At WrestleMania, AJ Styles will take on Randy Orton in a battle to see who has the right to call SmackDown LIVE their house.After weeks of subtle jabs between Orton and Styles culminated in a surprise Phenomenal Forearm on The Viper at WWE Fastlane, the two Superstars collided in a harsh war-of-words on the blue brand.
Orton claimed that it was absolutely ludicrous that SmackDown LIVE is referred to as The House that Styles Built when Orton has been holding it down and making history on the blue brand since 2002. Orton declared that this wasn’t Styles’ house, but his, and The Phenomenal One would soon just be another “indy darling” who couldn’t hack it against him.
Styles interrupted WWE’s Apex Predator and accused him of never accomplishing one thing in WWE that he could call his own since his father and grandfather opened the door for him and his association in several factions along the way protected him from failure.
Orton took great exception to that claim and promised Styles that this was his house, rent was due and that he should make the check out to the three most destructive letters in sports-entertainment: R-K-O. Styles didn’t blink, instead retorting by challenging his adversary to a showdown at WrestleMania.
WWE.com has since learned that this match will indeed that place on The Showcase of the Immortal, Sunday April 7 at 7 ET/4 PT on the award-winning WWE Network.
Here is the updated match card for the event (only the matches that have been officially confirmed by WWE):
- Ronda Rousey vs Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair for the RAW Women’s Title
- Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Title
- Batista vs Triple H in a No Holds Barred Match
- The Miz vs Shane McMahon
- Buddy Murphy vs Tony Nese or Cedric Alexander for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
On a related note, you can check out our full match card predictions here.