10 Things We Learned From Attending WWE WrestleMania 37 Live

8. The Truth About Pillars

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If you were standing at the very top of the nosebleed sections looking down at the entire arena, the illuminated pillars WWE used for WrestleMania 37 would have been absolutely stunning. If you were seated anywhere closer to the action, however, they were a real pain in the a**.

The pillar problem isn't anything new. One of the loudest complaints came from 28, when the giant beams fashioned to look like palm trees obstructed the view of even some of the best seats in Miami. Since then, it seems WWE has learned absolutely nothing from the years of objections.

Whether you looked straight on or on an angle, the pillars still got in the way of a lot of the action, especially anything favouring the ramp-side of the ring like the giant "Fiend in a Box." If you were brave enough to stare directly at the beams in hopes of catching a little more wrestling, you were rewarded by rectangular blind spots the rest of the night thanks to the impossible brightness of thousands of LEDs.

Sure, the pillars were needed for the scaffolding above the ring, but the bare metal would have been a much better alternative to the LED boards wrapped around them. Making the set purdy is cool and all, but letting fans actually see the show is even better.

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