10 Ways To Make WWE WrestleMania 36 NOT Totally Weird

4. Remove The Seating Altogether

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The empty seats only serve to remind everybody of what this can no longer be.

It can no longer be normal. The seats are a very on-the-nose reminder of how empty this is as an experience. The vibe isn't there - only a very regrettable and eerie echo of one.

This is where a genius producer comes in, and not a snarky Content Producer who gets by on deep cut Classic Simpsons references. That person or that group must do something inspired with which to disassociate fans from the old wavelength this abomination can only cruelly remind them of. What's the answer? Because that question will be posed throughout, the spirit of the endeavour be damned. A brand new aesthetic, one that becomes its own, distinct thing, inspired perhaps by Lucha Underground, or the Hardy Compound?

Pro wrestling can work without a live audience. It can be delightful, in fact, but to make it work, a certain cinematic sheen is required, one purposefully and emphatically divorced from tradition.

It won't feel like WrestleMania, but this unfathomable bullsh*t one won't, either.

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