10 Pieces Of WWE History Made Over WrestleMania 35 Weekend
WrestleMania 35 was full of incredible moments, some of which will go down in wrestling history.
Butt-breaking length aside, WrestleMania 35 was a pretty good show. The Miz and Shane McMahon put on an enjoyable brawl, three of the company's top babyfaces all walked out with world championships, and Batista falling over whilst getting into the ring will entertain us for years to come.
There also was the small matter of NXT's incredible TakeOver: New York show two days prior. New champions, incredible matches, and enough emotion to make even the most hardened of ECW fanboys shed a tear.
WWE are always ready to tell people that they are making history or are breaking boundaries in the world of pro wrestling and there were some pretty obvious examples of this at the MetLife Stadium and the Barclays Center last weekend. Equally, there were several subtle pieces of history made at this year's Show of Shows that even the most eagle-eyed of fans may have missed out on.
In a list that will hopefully take a lot less time to read than WrestleMania took to watch, let's get into ten firsts, records, and statistics that occurred over WWE's biggest weekend of the year. Warning - some of these are pretty tenuous.
10. A Matter Of Time
I think we all felt like crying after this show was over. And not just because of that Kurt Angle retirement match.
Despite all the amazing moments that took place at WrestleMania 35, this show will likely only be remembered for how bleedin' long it was.
From the beginning of its Pre-Show to its confusing main event ending, WrestleMania 35 clocked in at a whopping seven-and-a-half hours. If that sounds like a long time, then that's probably because it is, and it's a lot longer than anything else WWE fans have ever seen before.
WrestleMania 35 now holds the record for the longest WWE Pay-Per-View in history. This gargantuan show has been a long time coming, as WWE Pay-Per-Views have steadily been getting longer since they started streaming on the WWE Network. However, just because a show can be almost a full working day in length, there's definitely no reason that it should be.
Fans were audibly distracted during the latter portion of the show, with videos being shared online of audience members sleeping through matches and leaving the show early to beat traffic.
A seven-and-a-half hour long show is definitely a historical achievement. Let's all just pray that this was a one off.