WrestleMania 36

WrestleMania 36 was a profession wrestling pay-per-view produced by WWE. It took place from April to April 5, 2020 and was the thirty-sixth event under the WrestleMania chronology. WrestleMania is WWE's biggest PPV, wrapping up a years worth of storylines and feuds. Twenty-two matches were contested over the course of two days, with the first main event seeing AJ Styles taking on The Undertaker in a Boneyard Match and the second main event saw Brock Lesnar defend the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre.

Production
WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship event, having first been held in 1985. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views, which includes Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". WrestleMania is ranked the sixth most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment. The event featured wrestlers from the Raw, SmackDown and NXT brands. All active championships were defended on the card.

Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on all three brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows. This was the first WrestleMania to be split over the course of two nights, resulting in two main events. The first main event saw AJ Styles take on The Undertaker. The most iconic character in WWE history, the Undertaker once held the longest undefeated streak in WrestleMania history. At Payback (2020), The Undertaker appeared and eliminated Styles from a gauntlet match. Styles publicly criticized Undertaker, making digs at his age, health and his personal life, bringing up his wife, Michelle McCool. This set up a match between two, later announced to be Boneyard Match, a cinematic matchup as opposed to the traditional in-ring clash. This would be the Undertaker's retirement match.

The second night culminated in Drew McIntyre challenging Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship. At the Royal Rumble (2020), McIntyre eliminated Lesnar and went on to win the men's Royal Match, allowing him to challenge for any title at WrestleMania. He would go on to challenge Lesnar.

Trivia

 * This was the first WrestleMania to occur over two nights, resulting in it also being the first WrestleMania with two main events.
 * After his match against Braun Strowman, John Cena was attacked by The Fiend, resulting in a cinematic 'Firefly Funhouse' match.