10 Fascinating WWE WrestleMania 32 Facts
9. All Of The Champs Post-WrestleMania 31 Were Unable To Compete One Year Later
Just to drive home how loaded WWE's injured reserve was in the spring of 2016, consider everyone that left WrestleMania 31 in Santa Clara with a belt. None of those six individuals was healthy enough to work WrestleMania 32.
Then-WWE Champion Seth Rollins horrifically injured his knee at a November 2015 show in Ireland, necessitating him vacating the belt. Daniel Bryan abdicated the Intercontinental belt in May 2015, due to the head injuries that would end his wrestling career (for now). US Champion John Cena was sidelined at the start of 2016 with a shoulder injury, at the same time long-term-girlfriend Nikki Bella (the Divas champion after 'Mania 31) was recovering from neck surgery.
Cesaro worked the day after WrestleMania, fully recovered from a torn rotator cuff, making him the only qualifying name in the group that could have theoretically worked WrestleMania 32. His Tag Team championship partner, Tyson Kidd, wasn't so fortunate. Kidd sustained a near-catastrophic spinal injury during a dark match with Samoa Joe in 2015, and nearly wound up paralyzed (or potentially worse). He has yet to return to the ring, and at this point, that seems doubtful.