10 Wrestling Worst Nightmares Right Now
5. WrestleMania Loses Its Crowd
The SuperBowl offered a delirious look at what appeared, temporarily, to be America fixing the whole world.
Humans stood along cut-outs and cheered loud enough to make a stadium that looked full sound it too. Pyro went off, day turned to night above the pitch, and everybody seemed to have the sort of time the entire world has been forced to forget the feeling of.
That gorgeous Florida dusk sadly gave way to a predictable dawn chorus of fury when phone footage displayed the post-match crowding in the streets and outlets awaited news of huge spikes.
Raymond James Stadium and the NFL did everything protocols required, but this all obviously needed more thought than just what happened during the game itself. The Road To WrestleMania looks clearer than it did one year ago, but April is several lifetimes away from January in the covid world. Vince McMahon is likely desperate to go even bigger than the biggest global spectacle, but WWE could be frozen out if this proves to be an experiment too far.