10 WWE WrestleMania Myths EXPOSED

10. It's WWE's Most Important Show Of The Year

The myth:

WrestleMania is WWE's oldest and biggest show of the year, and is undoubtedly the most important. Everything builds towards 'Mania; it is the Grandest Stage on which legends are made and the most revenue is generated.

The myth exposed:

For years, because this is wrestling, Shawn Michaels was asked when he was coming out of retirement and specifically, who he was going to work at WrestleMania. WrestleMania was implied; he was hardly going to wrestle AJ Styles at Stomping Grounds.

But, in the wake of the rivers of blood money WWE allowed to pour in upon striking an agreement with the Saudi Arabia General Sports Authority, Shawn Michaels was hardly going to work WrestleMania.

The Saudi shows are the big earners now, and moreover, a typical episode of SmackDown was as (if not more) valuable to WWE ahead of the Peacock deal. This era of exorbitant TV rights fees has mutated the industry to such a seismic extent that the positioning of WrestleMania as the biggest show of the year is now fiction: a myth.

The Peacock deal feels like a bad investment, and even if it succeeds, its worth is reportedly equal to that of the deal WWE made with FOX in 2018.