10 Hidden Meanings Behind WWE WrestleMania 36 Attires
John Cena snaps back to reality, Seth Rollins gets godly & Charlotte still has a Flair For The Gold.
WrestleMania is typically the mothership for articles such as this, or indeed for fans of unique and/or brand new wrestling attire in general.
Wrestlers understandably save (or save up for) their best threads for the night that could ultimately define their entire career. Unlike those working the first decade and a half's worth of the 'Show Of Shows', today's generation of wrestlers are the ones that grew up with the event as a staple of their fandom. To listen to Jake Roberts or Ted Dibiase talk about their WrestleMania VI match would to find one remembering the town and the other the money - working on the assumption that the 'Million Dollar Man' actually needed the wage anyway. Amongst the current crop wrestlers, to work WrestleMania is to work WrestleMania, regardless of location or paycheque.
Apart, perhaps, from this year.
Since Elimination Chamber or thereabouts, the roster were forced to do what the rest of us have had to and prepare for the 'Grandest Stage' to not be quite as grand. An empty gym can't have been the chosen destination for most to want to debut their fresh new threads, but it didn't stop a selection of Superstars dressing to impress the less-than-capacity Performance Center crowd...
10. Shayna Baszler - Wonder Girl
To the 'Queen Of Spades' first, who very nearly terminated Becky Lynch's year-long reign as gaffer of the Raw Women's division before getting caught by a Bret Hart-esque capture pin by the Champion.
Baszler dressed for the job she wanted, sporting the red, black and gold of Becky's belt, whilst also channelling the original Wonder Girl in an effort, perhaps, to use the look of an iconic woman rattle 'The Man'.
It was unsuccessful in the empty Performance Center, but one sensed Lynch wouldn't be able to evade her superpowers forever.