10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 35

1. The Last Long One

Kofi Kingston title win
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The WrestleMania 35 Premium Live Event goes 5:19:37 on the WWE Network/Peacock app. The pre-show, should you wish to subject yourself to that aforementioned Hardy Boyz abomination, goes 1:57:34. That's over seven hours of wrestling, but you can at least do all that from the comfort of your own home. But would you?

After four years, probably not. There's enough new and first-run wrestling to watch at any given that it's hard enough to make time to trawl through the archives, but very few experiences that last around the length of an average working day are that appealing anyway. And again, this is all based on watching in an environment in which you're comfortable. After seven+ hours in MetLife Stadium seats, fans didn't have the energy for the second half of the entire card, let alone the last few minutes of a babyface triumph in the main event.

It took the pandemic to force WWE's hand, but the following years have been substantially better for it. Now thankfully confined to history, the 32-35 shows should forever serve as reminders of the benefit of restraint.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett