WRESTLEMANIA 36 concluded in spectacular fashion – we have a British WWE champion for the first time!

The WWE managed to pull off a cracking Wrestlemania to lift spirits around the world, despite it being pre-taped and with no audience.

• Drew McIntyre made history as he defeated Brock Lesnar to become first-ever British WWE Champion – then called out Tyson Fury and ex-Chelsea star Chris Sutton and amazingly Fury has accepted
• The Fiend Bray Wyatt dominated John Cena in bizarre Firefly Fun House Match
• Edge beat Randy Orton in a bloody Last Man Standing Match
• The Undertaker ended AJ Styles in crazy cinematic Boneyard Match – which took EIGHT hours to film
• Braun Strowman became the new WWE Universal Champion after replacing Roman Reigns to beat Goldberg

Follow ALL of the latest reaction from WrestleMania 36 below…

• ON THE MIC

  WWE legend Michael Cole has received a promotion.

  PWInsider claim the veteran announcer was recently adorned with a new title, Vice President of Announcing.

  Voice of SmackDown Cole has been with WWE since 1997.

• DO IT WITH FLAIR

  NXT Women's Champion Charlotte Flair has been opening up about WrestleMania 36.

  She told ESPN's Get Up: “It was a different environment, but I looked at it as an opportunity to show how talented I was to perform where that I didn't need a live audience to feed off of or to bring that intensity.

  “People have to understand that even if there's not a live audience, there's millions watching at home, and when you watch a fight scene on a movie, you don't ever think of an audience, so that's how I approached the match, and I thought it was an opportunity, you know, to highlight just my level of performance as an entertainer.”

• TALKING SMACK

  WWE are reportedly planning to film SmackDown in a secret behind closed doors location this week after WrestleMania 36.

  Vince McMahon was forced to move production of the Showcase of the Immortals from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa to the company's Performance Center due to the coronavirus pandemic.

  WWE have filmed both nights of the Show of Shows as well as the RAW after Mania at their training facility.

  Yet plans to tape SmackDown at the Performance Center were nixed when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ordered a statewide lockdown until April 30.

  Yet according to highly respected wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, WWE is still set to film Friday's episode of the Blue brand this week.

  He told the Wrestling Observer Radio that McMahon's company are trying to keep the location of the tapings secret, although it is said to be held in a shutdown state.

• TYRE PRESSURE

  Exclusive by Joe Brophy: Drew McIntyre has revealed his hopes for a massive celebration after becoming WWE's first British born champion at WrestleMania 36.

  He told SunSport ahead of his historic win over Brock Lesnar: “I wanna do the biggest craziest celebration ever.

  “I mean I'll have a private one, quiet one with my family of course but yeah I want to shout it from the rooftops if I can pull this off.

  “This has genuinely been my lifelong dream to even get a shot, but if I can pull it off and the idea that I can be the first…

  “I didn't realise I was the first British Royal Rumble winner until after the match goes because I was so focused on trying to become the first guy from Britain to win the WWE title so I was like “oh my god I can't believe I made history” and that's such a cool thing.”

• 'FEELS SO GOOD'

  Drew McIntyre has revealed how it feels to become a WWE champion after his rocky journey to the top.

  He said: “It feels so good to get my happy ending after 19 years of ups and downs.

  “After clawing my way back, not even from the bottom, but from 10 feet under and starting again.”

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