10 Things You Only Learn Attending WWE WrestleMania Live
5. How Much It Truly Means To The Talent
This does resonate on the Network and is captured by photographers, sure, but something about the way in which everything is framed, so cinematically, obscures the palpable emotion. The title celebrations often come across as simply part of the performance.
In the stadium, it feels like something else entirely.
On the Network, the live feed gives way to the match highlights; when we return, the winner of the match is seen, in perfect pose position, basking in the flashbulbs. Everything is precision-timed to put over the victory through a slick lens. It's not contrived, but it is noticeably perfect.
The celebrations don't stop when the live feed does. Seth Rollins didn't suspiciously manoeuvre himself into position, at the lip of the stage, to create a lasting image for the WWE.com gallery; he just seemed to find himself there, having swung his belt around his head as if trying to remove Brock Lesnar's nameplates from it through sheer velocity. It wasn't just Rollins; Xavier Woods willed Kofi on like a man possessed all match, caring little where the hard camera was.
It's a sobering experience. This is everything to these men and women, and maybe it's a bit sh*tty to complain about the length of the show, knowing how long it takes them to get there.
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