10 WrestleMania 34 Mistakes WWE Can't Repeat At 35
3. Expecting Perfection
Before diving in here, it is necessary to point out that (again) WrestleMania is supposed to be the pinnacle of WWE's year. Performers are supposed to be at their best, production is meant to be flawless and everyone should come away thinking things are sh*t hot.
Perfect though? Nah, not by a long shot.
It's fine to strive for perfection, but another thing entirely to put such pressure on performers that it becomes expected and the match they end up having, whilst fine, is viewed as a mild disappointment. That's what happened to AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura pre-New Orleans. WWE themselves seemed to forecast a New Japan botherer that'd blow Wrestle Kingdom 10's socks off.
When they didn't get it, everybody sorta' deflated. Some on social media even remarked that it was boring and would've been lifeless without Shinsuke's heel turn. Go back and watch today; you'll find a fine match that was choked by preconceived ideas of grandeur. People (and WWE themselves) were expecting a magic show, not a wrestling match.