10 Things We Learned From WWE WrestleMania Weekend 2022
6. The Roman Reigns Problem WWE Doesn't Want (Or Need) To Talk About
There was something potently sobering about the bang average WrestleMania Night 2 main event between Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar.
It wasn't just that it didn't live up to the ludicrous billing and hype WWE had given it ahead of the year's biggest weekend. Nor was its failure down to any obvious problems with the final run-up - 'The Tribal Chief' in particular was excellent at striking the balance between his overall dominance on the show and tacit terror having to go face to face with 'The Beast' on 'The Grandest Stage'. It wasn't even the result. Most people predicted a Reigns win, even if Lesnar's recent cowboy craic looked to be extending his tenure.
The match died on the night because WWE allowed it to.
A bunch of people in the WrestleMania crowd put their fingers in the air when he entered, and again when he won, but they sat on those very same hands during the contest. They'd seen it all before. The barricades, the spears, the punches - all of them once impactful years ago but not so now. Reigns didn't remotely colour outside the lines in a match billed as the biggest he'd ever had.
'The Head Of The Table' will be fine, but by now, fine might not be enough.