9 Match Star Ratings For WWE WrestleMania 36 (Night Two)
9. KICKOFF - Liv Morgan Vs. Natalya
WrestleMania 36 was too big for just one night!
It was so big that they had to split it up across two nights.
It could be strongly argued from a creative, business and ethical standpoint that WrestleMania 36 should not have happened at all.
This match was a late addition to the pre-PPV Kickoff show, which is infamously the epicentre for nothingness. The show was already too big! They'd told us this!
Natalya and Liv Morgan had no burning grudge heading into it. If anything, Liv Morgan hadn't worked through her issue with Ruby Riott.
Seriously, and this isn't snark, factoring in the above, this might just be the most unnecessary professional wrestling match ever.
A long programme with Natalya did much to improve Lacey Evans, so this might double as an onscreen training course of sorts, but the veteran versus upstart dynamic was exactly the same as the actual 'Mania opener. Even when they have over a week to think this sh*t through and edit accordingly, they don't.
The work was sound enough, the story as it should have been, the finish a cute way of capping it off - but the verbose acting and overstated selling that sought to compensate for the lack of atmosphere went full Shockmaster.
It fell flat on its fooking a*se!
Star Rating: ★★½