10 Problems WWE Has With Modern WrestleManias

Without significant build or a well thought out storyline behind it, a WrestleMania Moment ™ is just another meaningless buzz phrase that gets thrown around in wrestling, like ‘vintage’ or ‘physical’ or ‘iconic’.

Technically, every single second of WrestleMania 33’s seven hour show will be a ‘WrestleMania Moment’, but for the sake of branding, it’s a term that defines a Superstar achieving personal glory at The Grandest Stage of them All.

But all too often, these Moments are shoehorned into the show in order to bring more meaning to the phrase, and to the WrestleMania brand. It doesn’t matter that Zack Ryder lost his Intercontinental Championship a day after winning it, he got his WrestleMania moment. It doesn’t matter that three injured and retired Hall of Famers buried The League of Nations after their win, because it was a WrestleMania moment.

It’s a catch-all excuse for a lot of the vapid nonsense that goes down at Mania each year, things that can often undermine larger story arcs taking place around the event.