Fantasy Booking WrestleMania 32 Card After WWE Royal Rumble 2016

WWE has given us clues aplenty for the potential card at WrestleMania 32 this year, and with those teasers, we can begin to assemble a solid card for the show.

There are obstacles to overcome, clearly, but we'll address those as we go through the matches.

There were seven matches on last year's main card, with two on the pre-show. We'll have just one on the pre-show this year, and we'll bump up the Tag Team Championships to the main card, as The New Day has no place on the pre-show at all.

With limits as to what's coming from the upcoming WWE Fastlane on Feb. 24, here's a fantasy booking, with results, for this year's WrestleMania.

Pre-Show: Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Sadly, the tribute to Andre the Giant doesn't make it onto the main show again this year. However, there is a better ending for fans, as there's a much more satisfying winner than Big Show in the 2016 edition.

Hideo Itami made his main-roster debut in the match last year, so we give the fans a feel-good moment to kick off WrestleMania 32 by having none other than Sami Zayn prevail.

He actually starts the bout and finishes it, proving he's fit and ready for a call-up to the main roster. This bout has quickly become filled with WWE's lower midcard lately, and Zayn will stand out like a shining beacon compared to the rest of the field.

WWE botched his appearance in the Royal Rumble match somewhat by not doing much with him after eliminating Kevin Owens. He'll rectify that in this bout.

Winner: Sami Zayn

Match No. 1: Ladder Match for the United States Championship

This is taking a leaf out of last year's WrestleMania and the ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship, but it worked so well as a first match last year that we're doing it again.

This year, though, it's Kalisto's United States Championship that is on the line. He defends it successfully at Fastlane and brings it to WrestleMania for his debut at the biggest pay-per-view of the year, but does he win?

He's up against six other men: Dolph Ziggler, Cody Rhodes (Stardust is now a thing of the past), Alberto Del Rio, Neville, a returning Cesaro and also a returning Daniel Bryan, who gets cleared at last (this is fantasy booking, after all).

But WWE doesn't pin the belt on Bryan, likely because of backstage concerns over making sure he's totally right and able to cope with the demands of the ring before giving him a title reign.

It's a fine opportunity for someone such as a rejuvenated Cody Rhodes to go over and get his career back on track, but Kalisto cements his position as a breakout star on the main roster with a win in spectacular circumstances.

Winner: Kalisto

Match No. 2: Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte

This one will have been teased for weeks and weeks—and fans will finally get to see a huge grudge match at WrestleMania between Sasha Banks and Charlotte.

Matches of this magnitude are made for Mania, and WWE offers up a tease for fans in the final few weeks before the show until they can finally be unleashed on the fans at the biggest event of the year.

Charlotte by this point has already turned on her father, Ric Flair. She's sick of his interferences after he helps her beat Natalya controversially on Raw. When he does it again the week after against Brie Bella, she snaps.

She attacks him, and although Becky Lynch makes the save—despite that weird kiss at Royal Rumble—Charlotte is now a monster heel.

Banks quietly goes about her business, beating people week after week, including former Team B.A.D. member Naomi. She's her own woman now and proves it by edging an absolute classic and winning her first ever Divas Championship.

Winner: Sasha Banks

Match No. 3: Fatal 4-Way Match for the WWE Tag Team Championships

I thought about reviving the old Championship Scramble bout here, but let's keep it clean and simple.

The tag division has made significant enough strides forward lately to get a push onto the main roster for WrestleMania, with four exciting teams doing battle here.

The New Day is the defending champion, with Kofi Kingston and Big E the two in the ring, with Xavier Woods at ringside. Alongside it are The Usos and The Dudley Boyz, who get a WrestleMania moment based on services to the company, and one surprise team that is not revealed until just before the match.

The lights drop, the eerie music hits, and Luke Harper and Erick Rowan come out to try to emulate their tag titles success in NXT.

There's no Bray Wyatt to be seen, as he's preparing for his match later in the night. That gives Harper and Rowan a chance to shine—and believe it or not, they actually do. They win the belts and end The New Day's lengthy reign, but the champions aren't pinned, as Harper pins Bubba Ray Dudley to kick off a new era for the tag division.

Winners: Luke Harper and Erick Rowan

Match No. 4: AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens

This is the match everyone's been waiting for—the two indie stars squaring off at the biggest wrestling show in the world.

The seeds were planted at Royal Rumble after Kevin Owens eliminated AJ Styles, but at Fastlane, things really get intense.

Styles wins a routine match to keep his momentum going towards Mania, but Owens attacks him from behind and beats him down.

The next night on Raw, Owens explains his actions. He says that Styles came into WWE thinking he was the top guy, but he hadn't even met anyone like Kevin Owens in the big leagues.

We get numerous references to their various battles in the past before a mat classic that goes over 25 minutes. 

It's nonstop, it's brutal, and it sets things up for a rivalry that goes beyond WrestleMania. Why? Because the fans can't get enough, and both these guys deserve to win at least once. Here, though, it's Styles' time.

Winner: AJ Styles

Match No. 5: The Undertaker vs. Sting

This is the toughest match of the bunch to book. The Undertaker vs. John Cena made sense on so many levels, but not even fantasy booking can bring him back from injury in time.

Throwing Kevin Owens or Finn Balor in was an idea, but ultimately there's very little chance of Taker losing in what is likely to be his final WrestleMania.

Kane would have been a lazy option to take the hit and allow Taker to go over, but we can't deny everyone a dream match between two icons of the wrestling business.

The Undertaker comes out the night after Fastlane and actually breaks kayfabe to an extent, revealing he wanted to put John Cena's legacy to bed at WrestleMania. With him injured, there's nobody left to fight.

Cue Sting, and cue a thunderous and electrifying confrontation between the two. There's no fighting, just a staredown for the ages.

As for the match itself, WWE should have put Sting in a position last year where he wasn't going to go 0-2 at Mania—but losing here is the only way to end Taker's WrestleMania legacy. Let's just hope that Sting makes it to WrestleMania 33, where he can finally win a match on the grandest stage of them all.

Winner: The Undertaker

Match No. 6: Dean Ambrose vs. Chris Jericho

Now on to the Intercontinental Championship, and a meeting of two stars from different eras. Chris Jericho turns heel in the weeks before WrestleMania and sets up a feud with Dean Ambrose that has been teased for some time now.

Jericho wants reign No. 10 with the Intercontinental Championship to bring the curtain down on an incredible career in the best way possible.

Ambrose puts up one hell of a fight, but it's in vain. Jericho edges a bruising fight that is one of the best of the night and creates history by becoming the first man to hold the title 10 times.

Winner: Chris Jericho

Match No. 7: Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt

The two main matches of the night give birth to a big breakthrough moment or two for the company, starting with Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt.

It's been a night for the veterans so far, with The Undertaker and Chris Jericho winning their respective matches.

But here, WWE finally snaps its streak of having Bray Wyatt lose all his major feuds—and it puts him over in the most remarkable way possible: by beating Brock Lesnar cleanly.

Fans won't like the fact Lesnar loses fair and square, but it's time to elevate Wyatt to a new level. There's no Braun Strowman, Harper or Rowan—just Bray vs. Brock.

They're both busted open, and it's a match that ranks as the most physical of Wyatt's career so far, but he manages to put The Beast away and lay down a huge marker for the rest of 2016.

Winner: Bray Wyatt

Match No. 8: Triple H vs. Roman Reigns

On to the main event—probably the match people are least interested in, because it has an outrageously predictable finish.

We could fantasy book it different and have Triple H win, but this is such a sure thing that it would just be unrealistic to suggest Reigns loses.

What we can do, though, is make the ending interesting. Triple H eventually puts Reigns over with little trouble, enabling Reigns to win amidst a chorus of boos.

What happens next sends WrestleMania fans home happy, though. Two masked assailants jump on Reigns and viciously attack him, leaving him in a heap in the middle of the ring.

They unveil themselves—and it's Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble, or J&J Security. Suddenly, fans know what is coming next.

Seth Rollins' music hits, and he makes his way down to the ring, hitting Reigns with a Pedigree.

He picks up the title he never really lost, and the show goes off the air with Rollins standing tall—without the help of The Authority.

Then WWE's title picture can really pick up again moving out of WrestleMania 32.

Winner: Roman Reigns

The Card for WrestleMania 32

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal	Winner: Sami Zayn
Ladder Match for United States Championship	Winner: Kalisto
Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks	Winner: Sasha Banks
Fatal 4-Way for Tag Team Championships	Winners: Luke Harper and Erick Rowan
AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens	Winner: AJ Styles
The Undertaker vs. Sting	Winner: The Undertaker
Dean Ambrose vs. Chris Jericho for Intercontinental Championship	Winner: Chris Jericho
Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt	Winner: Bray Wyatt
Triple H vs. Roman Reigns	Winner: Roman Reigns