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WWE Pecking Order Revealed In Supposedly Official New Wrestlemania Poster
WWE has, according to various reports, released the poster for their upcoming Wrestlemania PPV event, and the placement of wrestlers on the poster can serve as a direct guide to how the company views each featured wrestler's value to the company. Featured up front are part-time wrestlers Goldberg, the current Universal Champion despite the fact that he can almost certainly not wrestle a match longer than two minutes, The Undertaker, whose hips are made made out of paper mache and chicken wire and who could very well be wrestling his final match, and disgraced MMA fighter Brock Lesnar, followed immediately by golden boy Roman Reigns, who is beloved by management but despised by fans, in a second row all his own, and part timers John Cena, Triple H, and Shane McMahon behind him. WWE Champion Bray Wyatt is situated right behind Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose, Raw Women's Champion Bayley, and United States Champion Chris Jericho. If you squint really hard, you may notice former champions Kevin Owens and AJ Styles way in the back, alongside the greatest heel in the business today, The Miz, but still in front of Smackdown Women's Champion Alexa Bliss. Not featured at all are the tag team champions from either brand — Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows and American Alpha — or Cruiserweight Champion Neville.
Does the placement of these wrestlers upset you? Are you mad? Well, it's worth noting that, though this poster has been reported as official on 411Mania, PWMania, and ComicBook.com, amongst other outlets, we can't find it anywhere on WWE's official site or social media accounts. Could it be a photoshopped hoax designed to rile up fans? It's certainly possible, though conclusions drawn from it are probably accurate regardless.
Wrestlemania takes place in Orlando on April 2, and can be viewed on the WWE Network, or ordered via your cable provider's PPV service, because despite the fact that this poster validates every suspicion you hold about WWE's opinion of your favorite wrestlers and your input as a fan, you know damn well you're going to tune in anyway.