10 Wrestling Moments That Had No Right Being THIS Good

1. WrestleMania 37 Proves That WWE Isn't Dead Yet

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The build was unspeakably dire.

Edge, Ultimate Opportunist, lost his opportunity at a singles Universal Title match. He also claimed he might fancy the NXT Title, provided Finn Bàlor and Pete Dunne work a good enough match to make it feel prestigious enough for him. He must have thought it was sh*te, then, because this was never mentioned again. Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair were made to do can-they-co-exist sh*t, and those were the two headline attractions. A completely checked-out Shane McMahon called Braun Strowman stupid for a month, AJ Styles, Omos and the New Day played the Newlywed Game, and Alexa Bliss, portraying a childlike figure, put her box-like structure on Randy Orton's c*ck.

But the event itself - night one particularly - was magic.

Banks and Belair crafted a perfect, emotive main event pitting power against defensive guile; Shane McMahon took a cage bump that was as stupid as he said Strowman was, but it was brutal and very funny; Cesaro made the 'WrestleMania Moment' more than just bullsh*t marketing with his literally jaw-dropping UFO spot, which was all the better as a bonus on top of the swing teased throughout the build; Bad Bunny was outrageously good; the sight of Omos delivering on his broadcast debut was quintessentially gigantic WWE stuff; Daniel Bryan, Edge and Roman Reigns worked a seamless, uncontrived Triple Threat to twist-heavy perfection...

It wasn't just a great WWE show; it was a magical WWE show dragged out of the f*cking mud.

 
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