10 Huge Names Who Won't Be Competing At WrestleMania 32

Don't expect to see these superstars in dream matches...

When WWE announced that WrestleMania 32 was going to take place in Arlington, Texas's AT&T Stadium, it created a buzz - the venue was large enough to host the biggest crowd of all time, breaking the kayfabed record held by WrestleMania III as well as the legitimate record held by SummerSlam 1992. The stadium can hold well over 100,000 guests, and while that number is likely to decline given the intricate entranceway WWE will no doubt erect at the show, a crowd of about 85,000 (and an announced number of over 100,000) is expected. Needless to say, WWE is committed to drawing as large a crowd as they can fit and claiming as high an attendance number as they realistically can, and to do that, they need to put on the best card possible. Earlier in the year, rumors were swirling that the company was contacting just about every former star they could, trying to create the ultimate supercard. Unfortunately for WWE - and for their fans - many of those connections haven't panned out. To make matters worse, the company is suffering from a glut of injuries to high-level talent. At this point, only two major matches - The Undertaker versus John Cena and Roman Reigns versus Brock Lesnar - seem to be safe bets for the show of shows. Everything else the company hoped for is very much up in the air, and while tickets for WrestleMania are still moving well, it's clear the event may not end up being as memorable as everybody had once imagined. While WWE still has the opportunity to craft a well-booked show built upon available talent, these ten huge superstars won't be competing at WrestleMania 32...
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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013