10 Lessons WWE Should Have Learned Over WrestleMania 35 Weekend

7. The Raw After 'Mania Crowd Are Not To Be F***ed With

There's something mythical and celebrated about the Raw after WrestleMania. Not only is it the place where the fallout from the biggest show of the year takes place, but it tends to be where WWE throws its conventional booking policies and instead gives the hardcore fanbase an evening to remember. The good work done here is sometimes enough to make people tune in for the entire rest of the year.

It looked as well that 2019's iteration would be going down as one of the all time classics. Lars Sullivan made a tremendous debut, there was a shock appearance from The Undertaker, and your main event was the newly crowned Universal and WWE Champions facing off in a winner takes all match. As mentioned previously, only the most naive fans could have expected a clean finish here, with a surprise debut or heel-turn being an exciting if obvious conclusion.

Some speculated that it would be Adam Cole and the Undisputed Era, others thought maybe an Ambrose/Reigns heel-turn or The New Day imploding. Nobody, and I mean nobody, expected The Bar.

Now you can argue all day about whether or not this was a good call but the fact is the majority of the crowd thought it stank. A traditional house show trope that saw an engrossing singles match segue into a dull tag team affair felt like a spit in the face after how well the pieces had been positioned. The show went off the air to deafening indifference from a crowd who just 24 hours before had applauded WWE for their brave and feel-good booking.