While WWE fans are unlikely to see Steve Austin vs. Brock Lesnar, or CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan, or Ronda Rousey vs. Stephanie McMahon at WrestleMania 32, that doesn't mean fans aren't expecting, and deserving of, a card for the ages this coming Spring. A gift that could be asked of any year is a WrestleMania to remember. What makes this year different is the mere size of the arena that the show will be held in and the multi-year-long rumors that WWE plans to break the all-time indoor attendance record, a feat they once accomplished. When the WWE broke the record previously, it took a main event of Andre The Giant vs. Hulk Hogan during the peak of the company's first boom period in 1987. It was a different time with different players in a different world, but at least one thing is the same - if you want to sell that many number of tickets, you will have to put on a show people want to see. A card with matches featuring forced talents in premature positions won't get it done. Nobody had to force the world to want to witness Andre The Giant in person. Even fewer had to be brought kicking and screaming to see this "undefeated" giant face-off against one of the biggest pop-culture icons of the time, the WWE Champion the Immortal Hulk Hogan. Given the state of the WWE and the lack of a true dream match or drawing power WrestleMania 32 may or may not have, a WrestleMania for the ages can still be accomplished. Even if that record won't be broken, the event doesn't and shouldn't be viewed as a failure so long as the WWE puts on the best show they possibly can. The problem is more often than not, the company does not deliver their very best efforts and instead puts on shows that Vince McMahon (and not the mass audience) wants to witness. Their shows are often the best of "what they have" or best outcome given the circumstances, but record or not, if the WWE pulls out all the stops and treats WrestleMania in Dallas like a true supershow and perhaps the blastoff to a new time in the industry where the audience is listened to again, fans should not be disappointed.
A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling,
technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible.
Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard.
As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.
