10 Exclusive Photos From WWE WrestleMania Weekend - Day Four

This was uncharted territory.

Never before had WrestleMania Sunday arrived with half the card already done and dusted. Not for the benefit of a full, non-socially distanced crowd anyway. The convenience of the two-night ‘Show Of Show’s shouldn’t have taken a pandemic to arrive permanently, but the lessons learned from the viewing experiences in Orlando and Tampa in 2020 and 2021 respectively thankfully gave way to this - the smartest way to preserve the aura of WWE’s most successful offering.

WrestleMania 35 was a special evening for Kofi Kingston, Becky Lynch and others, but the event ran so long and late into the early hours that New York public transport went to sleep in the city that supposedly never does. Audiences should be conducted orchestrally by the planning, preparation and execution of a good show.

In 2019, audiences were forced to try and control their own energies to ensure they still had some in supply for the things they wanted to see. The AT&T Stadium fans had already enjoyed the magic of title changes, pyro, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Cody Rhodes, but were permitted to rest a little before heading back to Arlington for the weekend’s grand finale.

Uncharted territory. A rare gift for promoters, performers and punters alike. Could WWE make the most of it? And what, if anything, would that even in look like?

The ginormous WWE Championship belt was stationed outside of AT&T Stadium for final WrestleMania photo opportunities, and really looked the part too.