10 WrestleMania Statistics WWE Don’t Want You To Know

4. 32 F*cking Hours, 53 F*cking Minutes, And 35 F*cking Seconds

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WrestleMania is Christmas for the adult pro wrestling fan.

When you were a child, did you ever think to yourself, at 2PM on Christmas day, "I'm getting a bit bored of all these amazing new toys I lost sleep at the thought of playing with. Kinda wish it was over, tbh." No, you did not, but this thought probably entered your mind as AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura worked 20 methodical minutes in New Orleans last year - after you'd already lost your voice screaming for Seth Rollins, Ronda Rousey, the Undertaker, the returning Daniel Bryan...

Under this new ethos, at least one 'Mania match, that otherwise would have killed it, is now murdered by sheer exhaustion as we fall asleep at the wheel. We did the math: since 2014's WrestleMania XXX, the first held in the Network Era, every 'Mania since has, Kickoff Shows included, added up to 32 hours, 53 minutes, and 35 seconds. It's only going to get worse, too.

WrestleManias XXX and 31 ran at just under four hours. Since then, WWE, realising that few people watch Swerved - probably not a good idea to abandon the still-lucrative traditional PPV model for that - instead fattened up the pseudo-PPVs. This created an artificial impression of the Network's popularity. We watch seven hour pay-per-views to absolve WWE of its strategic error, and WWE is ruining the magic of WrestleMania to hoodwink shareholders. This isn't just exhausting; it's sad.

We longed for years for the Usos to have their "WrestleMania Moment"...and when it happened, we were too tired to care.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!