10 Wrestling Matches That Blew Out The Crowd Too Early

Designing a well-paced PPV match card isn't as straightforward as you'd think.

Match length, fan investment levels and the type of performers involved all have to be taken into account when trying to decide where each bout should take place on the night of an event.

It's a fine science. Get it right, and your show will move along at an enjoyable pace. Get it wrong, and your crowd may expend too much energy at too early a point in the event, and the rest of the matches on the card will then be played out in front of an exhausted WWE Universe.

WWE aren't completely incapable of putting together the former. However, more often than they'd like to remember, the latter tends to come to fruition.

These specific matches are all fine examples of how WWE have gotten their bout placement wrong on the night of a PPV over the years, due to the contest either being an absolutely barnstorming battle or the feud itself quite clearly needing to be in the main event spot.

So, let's take a look at these ten jaw-dropping matches which left fans with no choice but to completely lose their minds...a little earlier than WWE would have hoped.

WrestleMania 32 won't go down in history as any fan's favourite iteration of the showcase event, and it's not hard to see why.

Between AJ Styles being beaten at his first 'Mania and Shane McMahon coming across as being as hard as The Undertaker, there were a number of moments on the night which the crowd clearly took issue with.

However, that doesn't mean that there weren't a few redeeming features on the night.

The opening ladder match on the main card for the Intercontinental title, which was won by Zack Ryder in a truly heart-warming 'Mania Moment', definitely stands out as one of the event's highlights.

Yet, the match which proved to peak the crowd too early on the night was the incredible Triple Threat for the recently renamed WWE Women's title between Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks and Becky Lynch. Coming after the lacklustre Brock Lesnar and Dean Ambrose No Holds Barred Street Fight, the three took it upon themselves to completely steal the show and made the world sit up and take notice of the three future mega stars.

Flair took the gold, the aforementioned 'Taker Vs McMahon Hell in a Cell bout failed to top the women's war - and we all know how the WWE Universe reacted to Roman Reigns' crowning main event moment.

The crowd had completely lost their minds for the three show-stealers halfway through the event, and not even The Rock and John Cena reuniting to take down The Wyatt Family could recover their euphoria.