He pummeled Rollins, throwing him face-first into the ring apron and over the announce table.

Rating: 2.25 stars; Buddy Murphy vs Tony Nese for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.

Who, for the record, didn’t miss his cue.This was not the advertised main event of the show. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – Wrestlemania 35.

Professional wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer has assigned ratings to professional wrestling matches since the creation of his publication, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 1982, and named his first 5 star match in 1983. It was not, but that didn't diminish a Match of the Year candidate and the most feel-good moment since, ironically, Bryan's title win in 2014.Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre should have been a bigger deal than it turned out to be.The Scottish Psychopath had taken center stage in the weeks leading up to the event, defeating Dean Ambrose on two separate occasions and pinning Seth Rollins on another. Hogan was never a wizard between the ropes, and Andre was already limited greatly by his size and health issues.Much like the inaugural WrestleMania, however, this match was one of the foundational moments for the then-WWF.Sid and Hogan were never going to put on a classic, but it could have been much better than it ended up being if not for a major mistake at the end of the match.Papa Shango was supposed to interfere in the match and break up the pin after Hogan hit his leg drop on Sid.
The show featured a lot of big matches and moments.

Rating: DUD – Diesel vs. Undertaker.

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

As it has been since its inception in 1985, WrestleMania 35 was a showcase for WWE's top Superstars to ply their craft in front of a worldwide audience. I was ready to confess to crimes if they'd end this Chinese water torture match eight minutes ago. Womens battle royal 2.25.

We are now well and truly on the road to WrestleMania 36. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – Wrestlemania 12 (XII) – Vader, Owen Hart and British Bulldog vs. Ahmed Johnson, Yokozuna and Jake Roberts. Kofi vs Daniel bryan 4.5. Women’s Battle Royal.

A low blow and three straight Stomps later and WWE had itself a Beastslayer.Rollins' Universal Championship win kicked the show off with tremendous energy and a story the entire audience was sucked into. The problem, Shango missed his cue. As it has been since its inception in 1985, WrestleMania 35 was a showcase for Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey headlined the show in a massive Triple Threat How many stars did your favorite match receive upon further review, and why was Kofi Kingston's victory over Daniel Bryan for the WWE Championship the best match of the broadcast?Find out with this recap of the annual Showcase of Immortals.But first, the matches (and their ratings) that made up an absolutely stacked card but were not recognized among the most significant contests of the night.As is apparent in the ratings for these matches, it was the usual suspects in the SmackDown tag team division, the underrated cruiserweights and the great AJ Styles and Randy Orton who delivered.The Falls Count Anywhere match between Miz and McMahon contained strong storytelling, but the match was long and featured too much walking around MetLife Stadium in between action.Among the most disappointing matches of the night? That is an indictment on the Superstars and the producer who put the match together.So one-dimensional was the match that it would not be of any real surprise if it hurts McIntyre more than bragging about facing Reigns at WrestleMania ever could.A disappointing match to say the least, it at least gave fans the happy ending of Reigns standing tall on a stage no one expected him on just three months ago.The much-hyped, hotly anticipated main event of WrestleMania lived up to expectations and featured a finish the allows for a high-profile rematch if necessary.Becky Lynch defeated Raw women's champion Ronda Rousey and SmackDown women's champion Charlotte Flair to capture both titles and send the show off the air in grand fashion.A hard-hitting, incredibly physical bout, it had the unenviable task of getting a sleepy crowd back into the action, and it succeeded.Rousey bumped like crazy while Lynch and Flair held the thing together.