10 Ways WWE Is Killing WrestleMania
1. The Pointless Guest Host Slot
The New Day didn't do much at WrestleMania, bar a nothing opening promo and the announcement of a fake attendance record.
They did introduce the Hardy Boyz into the RAW Tag Team Title Ladder bout, but that was the only moment of note. The sly acknowledgement of Xavier Woods' sexcapades was funny enough, but was it funny enough to excuse the rushed RAW Women's Title Match?
Hulk Hogan's gig at 'Mania XXX was more memorable, providing us with a so-bad-it-was-good moment and an electric on its own terms segment in New Orleans - but The Rock's schtick at WrestleMania XXVII was as bothersome as it was tedious.
His over-long introductory promo relegated Sheamus and Daniel Bryan to the pre-show and failed to ignite the crowd. The undercard suffered from a lack of crowd heat. Rock produced the opposite of the intended effect. That he, the most electrifying man in all of entertainment, failed to electrify the audience is an indictment of the redundant role.
'Mania 33 suffered no such fate, but the Guest Host invariably does nothing, and it's symptomatic of what 'Mania is threatening to slowly degenerate into: a vacuous spot of short-term fun entirely removed from the star-making showcase it used to be.