10 Expectations Vs. Reality For WWE WrestleMania 38

10. The Undercard

Expectation:

It's WrestleMania, and the first "proper" WrestleMania since 2019. The crowd is going to be massively up for the occasion - so much so that the more inessential-seeming "attractions" will be elevated by the return of sports entertainment's most gorgeous, big-time backdrop. Yes, much of WrestleMania might look like a bit drab on paper, but you'll all get lost in the spell.

Reality:

This article will take a remarkably positive turn momentarily, but not here. That undercard is an atrocity that the novelty of WrestleMania won't do a f*cking thing to solve. Sasha Banks might be the most mishandled talent in the modern history of the company. She's in a meaningless multi-woman tag. The undercard will be as depressing as it is drab.

What a sh*tty line-up of matches that in the context to which they truly belong - filler episodes of television - would end after a maximum of nine minutes in a disqualification. Rick Boogs might draw a pop by squawking, and Randy Orton and Riddle doing a stereo RKO spot will raise the roof after 15 minutes of something that's been done to death on RAW of late, but what are Drew McIntyre and Happy Corbin going to do?

12 punishingly dull minutes of f*ck all, that's what.