10 Fascinating WWE Facts About WrestleMania 37

6. Randy Orton's Rib

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Few storylines provide as much evidence of just how much WWE had gone off the rails during the pandemic as Randy Orton Vs Bray Wyatt, take two.

Amidst people being set on fire, the weird and problematic Alexa Bliss persona that was hypnotised by Wyatt and the excesses of WWE's production inside The ThunderDome, the second WrestleMania programme in four years between the pair was somehow more preposterous than the first. The supposed saving grace was a false salvation too - Wyatt getting his win back never happened and it took Orton half the time to win as it did at WrestleMania 33 four years earlier.

It was a big joke, ultimately, and it was foreshadowed by Orton cracking another one during his entrance. After a Night One delayed by a torrential downpour, Mandy Rose slipped on the soaked aisle in one of the weekend's most-meme'd moments. Rather than fearing The Fiend, 'The Apex Predator' was more terrified of Shockmastering himself too, making a slipping and sliding gesture as he approached the ring.

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