10 Problems WWE Has With Modern WrestleManias

Wrestling PPVs are always great/terrible for devising drinking games around, because WWE's announce teams are known for endlessly repeating hackneyed catchphrases. At WrestleMania 32 (and in the weeks leading up to it), you probably could have inflicted permanent liver damage on yourself, if you’d drank every time somebody mentioned a ‘record’ being broken.

WWE loves its statistics and factoids, but last year’s show was plagued by feeble attempts to ‘make history’, like The Rock pinning Eric Rowan in six seconds, or the company allegedly breaking their own attendance record at AT&T Stadium. This kind of thing is fine, if it’s done in service of telling a story or making somebody seem like a big deal (say when somebody breaks an elimination or survival record in the Royal Rumble match), but more often than not it’s just there for the sake of it, or to fill time that could be used by another match.

Hardcore fans don’t care about these records, casual fans certainly aren’t interested in them, and the only people slightly concerned are potential shareholders and sponsors. It’s just another excuse for some ego stroking at the expense of everybody else’s time and money.