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WWE Press Release: WrestleMania to Feature First-Ever Women’s Main Event

By John Canton • Published 25th March 2019
TJR Wrestling

It was announced today that the main event of WrestleMania 35 on April 7 will be Ronda Rousey defending the Raw Women’s Championship against Royal Rumble winner Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat match.

Here’s the official press release that WWE sent out this morning:

STAMFORD, CT – March 25, 2019 -For the first time in WWE history, a women’s match will be the main event of WrestleMania as the Raw Women’s Championship Match featuring Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch will take place on Sunday, April 7 in front of a capacity crowd at MetLife Stadium and streaming live on WWE Network around the world.

Ronda Rousey is the current Raw Women’s Champion, Olympic medalist, the first female UFC Champion, and the first woman to be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame. She is also an actress and New York Times bestselling author. Charlotte Flair is a seven-time Champion in WWE, a former Division 1 volleyball player, philanthropist and author. She is the daughter of two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair. Becky Lynch is the 2019 Women’s Royal Rumble winner, a two-time SmackDown Women’s Champion and was named Wrestler of the Year by both Sports Illustrated and CBS Sports in 2018. She was also the first woman ever to top ESPN’s WWE Power Rankings.

At WrestleMania 32 in 2016, WWE re-branded the Divas Division the Women’s Division and unveiled a new Women’s Championship title. Since that time, the women’s evolution has placed a greater spotlight on WWE’s female performers, including more prominent storylines and deeper character development that showcases their athleticism, charisma and star power.

Last October, WWE held it’s first-ever all-women’s pay-per-view event, Evolution, in front of a sold-crowd and millions more watching on WWE Network.

Does this mean the match will go on last? Yes, I believe it does.

Charlotte Flair commented on the news on Twitter this morning.

Here are some thoughts from Becky Lynch as well.

https://twitter.com/BeckyLynchWWE/status/1110206135330631681

TJR Thoughts: Congrats to Ronda, Becky and Charlotte. I think it should be the main event and deserve it. That’s going to be an awesome match.