United States Championship Match Confirmed for WrestleMania

The “Big Guy” is going to have a big opportunity on the “Grandest Stage of Them All.”

In his weekly interview on WWE.com, Michael Cole sat down with United States Champion Kalisto, and asked him about Ryback’s challenge for a title match at WrestleMania. Kalisto accepted the challenge, saying that “it would be an honor to face Ryback for my United States title.”

This match should come as no surprise, as it has been rumored for quite some time.

In the interview, Kalisto discusses several topics, including the size difference between him and Ryback, the meaning of the Lucha wrestling style, the meaning of the United States Championship, and more.

WWE.com has posted the following regarding the title match:

United States Champion Kalisto may be nine inches shorter and 120 pounds lighter than Ryback, but that hasn’t stopped The King of Flight from accepting The Big Guy’s challenge to a title match at WrestleMania.

In setting his sights on Kalisto and the U.S. Title, Ryback has invoked an age-old question: Can a good little man beat a good big man?

WWE’s insatiable smasher insists that the bigger the Superstar, the larger the spotlight. Not to be lost in the debate, however, is the fact the death-defying aerialist Kalisto has toppled Ryback once before, in the first round of last November’s WWE World Heavyweight Tournament.

Of course, much has changed since then. Kalisto, who was introduced to WWE as one-half of The Lucha Dragons tag team, has since captured the stars-and-stripes title. Though he has kept his partnership with Sin Cara alive, Kalisto now spends much of his time competing in singles bouts, proudly defending his championship.

Ryback, meanwhile, has adopted a new look and new edge, and if nothing else about his identity change is clear, this much is: The 2016 Big Guy does not play well with others, having abandoned tag team partners like Kane and Big Show in recent months. He is unapologetically independent and has even gone so far as to recommend that Kalisto follow his lead and ditch his partner, Sin Cara.

What will happen when WWE’s superhero-come-to-life, the spectacular Kalisto, speeds into action against one of the strongest brawlers in WWE history, Ryback? Will The Big Guy’s new outlook pay dividends, or will Kalisto zoom past his dangerous challenger and remind the world that sheer force is not the only path to success?

Editor’s Note:

While I do think these two will put on a great contest, I have a feeling this is another match that the crowd will simply not care about. The US Title should be defended in a multi-person match, whether it’s an elimination match or ladder match or something like that. I hope for both of these wrestlers sake, that they surprise us all and put on a match that will be talked about positively the next day on “Raw.”

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