10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 37
10. The Return Of Unscripted Promos...
...sort of.
It was never planned for WrestleMania 37 to take place inside Raymond James Stadium after a one-year delay, nor was it accounted for that the weather might yet again threaten to derail the 'Show Of Shows' returning to the pageantry and spectacle robbed by the restrictions of the global pandemic. And yet, from one more setback, some innovation sprung forth.
With time to fill before the show could start properly, several wrestlers from the evening's biggest matches were drafted in to say their final words, and do so without the typical over-scripting that diluted and/or destroyed countless stories during Vince McMahon's final years. Not all of them went well naturally, but the ones that did found the wrestlers as the most real-feeling versions of themselves during a time that called for far more reality than WWE were typically willing to permit.
Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins (promoting their matches against Sami Zayn and Cesaro respectively) shone in particular, and though the break from the norm was initially edited off the Network version of the show, it can now be found again as "WrestleMania 37 Rain Delay", acting as a far more effective pre-show than the sterile Kickoff that aired minutes earlier.