10 Biggest WWE WrestleMania 34 Missed Opportunities
8. Five Frustrating Minutes
Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey vs. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon necessitated a buffer match.
The crowd were absolutely molten throughout the former UFC Champion's in-ring debut, and whatever followed was always going to receive a muted reaction while they regained their energy. Thus, WWE were right to sacrifice a match by curtailing its runtime, throw it in the death spot, and deliberately cool the audience down.
Unfortunately, they chose the wrong one.
SmackDown's tag division were sold short. The Usos, New Day, and Bludgeon Brothers had worked a solid feud heading into WrestleMania 34, and their shared in-ring chemistry should've guaranteed an impressive spectacle. Instead, they were handed less than five minutes of ring time, resulting in a nothing match that nobody will remember a week from now.
Harper and Rowan's win was limp and unsatisfying. They aren't over, and winning the SmackDown Tag Team Titles in such muted fashion didn't help at all. Had their victory come following the berserk Triple Threat that was promised, they'd have felt like stars, but the company decided that presenting the belts as something worth caring about wasn't a priority in New Orleans.