10 Ways WWE Can Prove The Critics WRONG At WrestleMania 37
1. Give The Fans Something To Shout About
The complexion of the WWE crowd changed considerably throughout the 2010s.
They were passionate and loud and hot even if that heat was driven by defiance in 2013 and 2014. By 2015, at the Royal Rumble specifically, a resignation had crept in. Fury had withered to apathy, but they still cared somewhat enough to reject Roman Reigns. By the end of the decade, with none of this complaints addressed, a hush descended across the States, even in the hardcore hotbeds. The WWE fan, broadly, had quietened, content to take in the action with a mildly half-pleased reaction at best. Broadly. You will find exceptions.
This could be so much better had mutated into Hey this is pretty cool I like me some WWE. Those that cared the most had left to care about something else - hence the NJPW U.S. expansion and the emergence of All Elite Wrestling.
A great match is measured by volume, mostly, though there are great matches that by rights should have electrified a crowd but didn't. Critics point to these subdued reactions as proof that WWE has declined, but WrestleMania 37 promises tens of thousands of raucous fans defying those critics. The decision to run 'Mania across two nights is a welcome one. It mitigates the fatigue that is impossible not to feel deep into the sixth (!) hour.
They should be prepared to bring the noise, and if they're hot throughout, it might act as a shred of evidence that WWE isn't just an insipid content factory.