The wrestling world is buzzing as WrestleMania will emanate in just six days, live Sunday night from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
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There have been a lot of opinions shared about the main event featuring Roman Reigns against WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar at the "Show of Shows."
Dolph Ziggler, who is never shy about sharing his opinion, spoke with The Buzz with Jimmy Traina and said while he thinks he should be in the main event, he also believes Reigns will do just fine.
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"All of those Shield guys, who came in protected, have done nothing but deliver, in my opinion, and I am a harsh critic of everyone," Ziggler said, according to Fox Sports. "I wish I could be in the main event. I feel that I am better than Roman Reigns, but you know what? He hasn't wrestled as long as I have. And if he does anything that comes up short of delivering, I'll be all over his case and I'll be the first one to go on Twitter and go, 'Yup, told you it should've been me.'"
Ziggler also touched on his participation in the seven-man Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship and his excitement for the show.
"I'm a bitter, chip-on-my shoulder guy who doesn't care about anybody else, but there's a little bit of that tiny wrestling fan inside me that gets excited to see Sting for the first time ever at a WrestleMania," he said. "Or to see if Undertaker's going to have his entrance or to see if I can go out there and, not just outdo myself and have fun, but it's like wow, millions of people watching, 80-something-thousand people are in attendance at this event. This is a huge monumental deal. And no matter how jaded or bitter you are, it's a very special thing, no matter who you are or what match you're into, take a look out there for five seconds and look around and go, 'Wow, I'm a part of history."'
Another participant in the match is Dean Ambrose and he spoke to Mike Jones of DC 101 and talked about how he, Ziggler, Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett, Daniel Bryan, Stardust, Luke Harper and R-Truth could steal the show on Sunday.
"When you add in the guys that are in the match, and the stage that it's on, WrestleMania, and it's a lot of guys with a lot of chips on their shoulder this year that have worked hard for this moment," Ambrose said. "We're all going to do our best to shine and steal the show, and when you get into a Ladder Match, that's a lot of tools to work with."
Ambrose also talked about Reigns, his former Shield stablemate, wrestling in the biggest match of his life.
"There's no way to prepare for a situation like that other than experience and the only way you get experience is by experiencing stuff," he said. "I think he'll be fine. That's a hell of a position to be put in, main event of WrestleMania, considering he's only been wrestling since 2010 or 11, that's the first time he stepped in the ring. So if you consider the learning curve that he's had to deal with it's amazing that's he at this point. Only way you find out if you're ready to do anything is just to do it."
Randy Orton, who will take on Seth Rollins at WrestleMania and is a one-time Intercontinental Champion, told WWE.com who he believes should win the Ladder Match and walk out of California with some gold.
"If some guy's going to take it and be a champion's champion and he's going to defend the title week in and week out and take on all comers then he builds up that title and makes it mean something," Orton said. "And there are a couple of guys in that match that I can see easily do that. My picks would be Stardust and Daniel Bryan."
WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley told The Shining Wizards Podcast that he had a few questions about the card for WrestleMania 31.
"I don't think it's a lackluster card. I think it's a card with some question marks," Foley said. "We don't have the three or four matches that are definitely going to deliver. That's why I think it's important that, outside the IC title, which everyone knows is going to be phenomenal, that the matches that otherwise might not be given the chance to shine, like the Divas for example... those girls can go. I sense that the wrestling world is ready to accept good female wrestling. I really hope that they're given the chance, so I'd love to see that one do well. I'm just interested to see the reactions, because Triple H was right when he said this was the reality era. The fans in some ways can make or break three of these matches with the unknowns. When Reigns and Lesnar are in there, can you imagine the crowd breaks for Lesnar? It could be phenomenal, the way they broke for him when he was against The Rock. The Rock was technically the good guy, ya know, years ago. So I think there could be a lot of excitement. It could be a letdown. It'll be interesting for sure."
Foley also said he was excited to see Sting appear on RAW last Monday to build to his high-profile match with Triple H at Levi's Stadium.
"I thought there was only room on the card for one mystical, mysterious entrance, and that's Undertaker," he said. "So I was really relieved when Sting made an appearance and it was the excited Sting. I think that got people talking."
Finally, the WWE is advertising a Fatal 4 Way bout for the WWE Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania that would pit the champions Tyson Kidd and Cesaro against The New Day, Los Matadores and The Usos, which means Jey Uso (shoulder) should be good to work.
It'll be a busy week for the WWE as WrestleMania 31 emanates live this Sunday from Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif.
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