10 Ways WrestleMania 36 Will Shape WWE’s Future
A huge, transformational 'Show of Shows' awaits this weekend.
Avoiding the negativity vacuum surrounding WWE's WrestleMania 36 build is impossible.
An unforeseen global health crisis has forced drastic action, with a show defined by bombast and theatrics pretaped in an empty Performance Center, wrestlers pulling out, matches dropped, and an abundance of filler cropping up. While WWE is doing its best with the dealt hand, the situation has created a lack of enthusiasm reflected in recent Raw and SmackDown viewership figures.
It's hard to get amped for these deathly quiet shows, particularly when you're supposed to take 'Mania as the year's biggest show, though this writer is choosing to feel optimistic about WM36 as a whole.
Regardless of how it goes down, this year's 'Show of Shows' has much to teach about WWE going forward. This is a weird, unique 'Mania, the likes of which we will never see again. Its potential ramifications stretch far beyond Saturday and Sunday night and while the opportunity to forget about the bigger picture and get lost in its escapism is welcome, that this could be one of WWE's most transformational shows in decades can't be ignored.
Incorporating some points from the build, let's break it all down...