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Sean Ross Stats For WrestleMania 36

– Kabuki Warriors had their first televised tag team title defense of the year this weekend. They’d defended them on some live events.

– This weekend was Drew Gulak’s first WrestleMania match ever. The match was Cesaro’s first singles match ever at WrestleMania.

Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross are the first two time champions in the history of this iteration of the Women’s Tag Team Titles.

– Elias had his first PPV singles match since losing to Roman Reigns in ten seconds last may. His last before that was Money in the Bank 2018.

Becky Lynch hit one full year as Raw Women’s Champion this week. She’s the only woman in the modern brand-split era to hold a Raw or Smackdown Women’s title longer than 235 days.

– Becky Lynch’s Raw Women’s Title reign is the longest on Raw or Smackdown since Trish Stratus‘ between 2005 and 2006, in which Stratus was sidelined for five months.

– WrestleMania was Sami Zayn’s first PPV singles match since Bobby Lashley at Money in the Bank 2018.

– WrestleMania 36 was the first in which Seth Rollins competed and didn’t win a match.

The Undertaker became the first man to main event WrestleMania across four decades. He’s also won across four decades.

– Sunday was Natalya’s first one-on-one match at WrestleMania, as well as Liv Morgan’s.

– AJ Styles and Drew McIntyre were both first-time WrestleMania main eventers.

– For the second straight year, the Universal and WWE Titles changed hands.

– The NXT Women’s Championship was defended at WrestleMania for the first time ever.

Charlotte Flair has walked in to WrestleMania as Divas Champion, and also competed for the WWE Women’s, Raw Women’s, Smackdown Women’s and NXT Women’s Championships at WrestleMania.

– Goldberg vs. Braun Strowman was the shortest match of Mania 36 at 2:10, while Randy Orton vs. Edge at 36:35 was the longest.

– Edge is 7-0 in Last Man Standing matches, and 4-0 in televised ones.

– Edge has appeared at WrestleMania events across four decades, but hasn’t competed across four decades as he didn’t wrestle at WrestleMania 15.

– Former UFC fighters both lost title matches on each night of WrestleMania. Bobby Lashley, who fought in Strikeforce, also lost.

– WrestleMania dropped three 50+ year olds in Triple H, Shane McMahon and Kurt Angle from last year’s card, but picked up two in Goldberg and The Undertaker who weren’t on last year’s card.

– Drew McIntyre picked up his second WrestleMania win in five matches. His first was in a 12-man tag in 2012.

– Braun Strowman finally won the Universal title in his eighth televised opportunity to win it.

Sasha Banks is 0-5 at WrestleMania, and has never had a one on one match at the show. She’s competed for a title at all but one of the shows, which was the first WrestleMania Women’s Battle Royal

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