10 Reasons WrestleMania 32 Was A Huge Disappointment

I don’t even really know how to properly articulate the bizarre fact that just a few weeks ago, WWE not only openly acknowledged their declining ratings, loss of viewers and heaps of negative criticisms but turned it into an on-air storyline. 

Shane McMahon returned with a promo alluding to things the fans had been complaining about for months, and in some cases years and he promised to be their advocate who would usher in change.

Vince responded by booking him against The Undertaker – his “instrument of destruction” - for the future control of WWE. There weren’t many among us who expected Taker to lose at Mania to a non-wrestler, even with the streak no longer intact, but there was a sense of hope that problems were being recognised and change was on the horizon. 

We should have taken Stephanie's word for it when she said "after tonight all hope will be lost."

Maybe WWE would recognise that the Roman Reigns babyface push was a disaster and it was time to go a different direction, or that The Authority had long since worn out its welcome and was about to be abolished forever, no longer a storyline crutch that writers cling to like Rose Bukater on a floating piece of wood. 

Perhaps a returning legend would use their cameo to put one of the current guys over rather than play them like a loser.

Nope. None of those things took place. Instead, we are right back where we were prior to the build for the big event as if none of it ever happened. The entire Road to WrestleMania and the resulting show is equivalent to Dorothy waking up at the end of The Wizard of Oz and finding it all had been a dream, except in this version the entire state of Kansas still lies in ruins and everything she ever cared about has been obliterated.