5 Biggest Headlines From WWE WrestleMania 36 Night Two

Combining both nights, the two main cards added up to close to six and a half hours. That's 16 matches split in half for a more digestible marathon WrestleMania 36. And after a rousing first night, the second act had plenty to live up to, though it's rather debatable how close it came to equaling its predecessor's overachievement.

There was a little bit of everything on WrestleMania 36's second night. There were major title changes, which ran the gamut of viewer reception. There was a brawl steeped in revenge that went on for far longer than most would've anticipated. And certainly not least of all, there was a long stretch of absurdity that makes Matt Hardy look as plain-spoken and normal as Jimmy Stewart. For certain, this was not a cookie cutter show by any stretch.

WrestleMania 36 was assured a place in history long before the matches unfolded before our very eyes, and even moreso in the aftermath. Let's look back at the most notable events of WrestleMania 36's second night.

Combining both nights, the two main cards added up to close to six and a half hours. That's 16 matches split in half for a more digestible marathon WrestleMania 36. And after a rousing first night, the second act had plenty to live up to, though it's rather debatable how close it came to equaling its predecessor's overachievement.

There was a little bit of everything on WrestleMania 36's second night. There were major title changes, which ran the gamut of viewer reception. There was a brawl steeped in revenge that went on for far longer than most would've anticipated. And certainly not least of all, there was a long stretch of absurdity that makes Matt Hardy look as plain-spoken and normal as Jimmy Stewart. For certain, this was not a cookie cutter show by any stretch.

WrestleMania 36 was assured a place in history long before the matches unfolded before our very eyes, and even moreso in the aftermath. Let's look back at the most notable events of WrestleMania 36's second night.

5. Charlotte Flair Regains The NXT Women's Title

Even as NXT moved into its sometimes concrete/sometimes not role of WWE's "third brand", it didn't seem likely that an old graduate would come back to the yellow brand and win a belt they'd held years earlier - after all, it's still "developmental" to a fair extent.

But that's exactly what happened when Charlotte Flair, six years after becoming the belt's second-ever holder, defeated Rhea Ripley to rekindle her past glory. In what was arguably the second night's best match (especially from a conventional standpoint), Flair and Ripley pieced together a fine wrestling match, culminating with Flair winning via the Figure Eight.

4. Otis And Mandy Rose Have Their Moment

Among the many moments that would definitely have been enhanced by a lively crowd, Mandy making the save for Otis in his match with Dolph Ziggler, and then embracing him afterward, is surely one of them. Otis' heartbreak struck a chord with even cynical fans, and he and Mandy's shared revenge on Ziggler and Sonya DeVille had cathartic potential.

The match was more a backdrop for the moment at the end, as it should've been. It wasn't Savage and Elizabeth's tearful reunion at WrestleMania 7 (you'd need a few fans openly weeping on camera to achieve that), but it was nonetheless a nice "for the feels" moment.

3. Edge Outlasts Randy Orton In Endless Brawl

For lots of fans, this was the one worth looking forward to: Edge vs. Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing match, after two months of engrossing, hate-laden build between the former partners. The fact that it was Edge's first WrestleMania match in nine years only made it more enticing. Going in, you might've had wagered this would be match of the night/weekend.

To put it mildly, it's gotten very mixed reviews. The brawl spanned close to 37 minutes, dragging in stretches. It felt more like an MTV Cribs episode set at the Performance Center than a fight to the death. Edge won, but somehow, it didn't quite hit the spot.

2. Firefly Fun House Definitely Went Outside The Box

Suddenly, Undertaker and AJ Styles' rendition of Road House-meets-Buried Alive feels about as traditional and straightforward as, say, Aleister Black vs. Bobby Lashley. Trying to regale the story of John Cena's trip to Bray Wyatt's Firefly Fun House is to utterly fail to do it justice. It can't be explained - it has to be seen. And even then, trying to explain it to yourself after watching it will yield more questions than answers.

Cena was transported through time. To his 2002 debut. To the WrestleMania 30 match with Wyatt. To...Saturday Night's Main Event in 1986? To...an nWo takeover of Nitro in 1997? Whoever constructed this match must've licked some really zesty toad. Love it or hate it, at least Wyatt got a WrestleMania win for once.

1. Drew McIntyre Is The New WWE Champion

Some WrestleManias are can be made or broken by their ending. Those who endeavored to see Drew McIntyre reach the mountain top and become WWE champion are sure to look back on this weekend a little more fondly - undoubtedly, a number of folks in the Cultaholic family couldn't be prouder of the man. Crowd or no crowd, McIntyre's triumph is still quite the capper.

As for the match, what can you say? It was your standard Brock Lesnar big-moves fest, clocking in at about four and a half minutes, with McIntyre kicking out of a few F5s, before conquering the Beast with several Claymores. The match was pure formula Brock, but the outcome is what will resonate more.