10 Problems WWE Has With Modern WrestleManias

10. A Split Audience

One of the most simultaneously interesting and frustrating aspects of modern WWE is how impossible it seems to be for fans to get on the same page.

While it’s always great to see two sides of a crowd going insane over their chosen combatant (AJ Styles vs John Cena being the prime example), there’s still nothing quite like 100,000 voices screaming in support of the ‘good guy’, or levelling deafening boos at the ‘bad guy’. But not since Daniel Bryan has WWE had a clear cut babyface with enough star power to headline WrestleMania.

As soon as an audience splits more than 50/50, it can have a negative impact on both the performers in the ring, and the minority side of the crowd. If somebody is booing you when you’re supposed to be cheered, it may well have an effect on your ability to perform, and if someone is ragging on the person you came to root for, it might be detrimental to your enjoyment of the match.

This is not to point blame on any one wrestler, booker or fan - but rather to point out that a major flaw in recent WrestleManias has been that they incite division and/or apathy.

A lot of people are excited about the prospect of Goldberg vs Lesnar, and aren’t the least bit interested in seeing what Samoa Joe and Sami Zayn are doing at WrestleMania. Conversely, a lot of people couldn’t care less about Goldberg vs Brock Lesnar, and would prefer to see two younger stars vying for the Universal Title.

In that situation, nobody really goes home happy. Everyone is going to be bored at some point during the evening.