14 WWE WrestleMania 34 Impulse Reactions

And that...that, was WrestleMania 34.

'The Show Of Show's will be presumably viewed internally as a creative triumph - it's too f*cking massive not to offer something good these days - as well as a commercial one. WWE will look to announce mammoth Network subscriber figures based on offering this pay-per-view and the next few as part of a three-months-free deal.

Coupon-busting results carried another clock-guzzler to a largely satisfying climax, though the scales of the shocks were bigger than any seismographer could have registered, or any wrestling fan predicted.

New Orleans was previously home to perhaps the biggest jaw-dropper in WWE history. The Undertaker's loss to Brock Lesnar at the 30th edition of the show smashed one of the organisation's few remaining pillars. This iteration did exactly the same, though toppled an already-crumbling one in an effort to finally rehabilitate the raging 'Phenom'.

2018 was a sequel to 2014 in so many ways that it's hard to see the company not coming back to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome again within the next World Cup cycle. Return ventures in Orlando and New York suggest this may be the new method for producing such massive supershows. Stadium settings create enormous aesthetics, insane outcomes provide a reason for so many to keep attending.

Matt Hardy's Andre The Giant Battle Royal victory came with the able assistance of his ally Bray Wyatt after the 'New Face Of Fear' emerged from his long swim in the Lake Of Reincarnation more reinvigorated than reborn.

Nothing about his visual appearance suggested he'd evolved from his long-dormant token weirdo persona other than the fact he now seemed happy to subscribe to whatever nutcase newsletter 'The WOKEN Warrior' farts out from his compound.

Hardy and Wyatt tweeted a post-match picture with the trophy and long-standing BROKEN Universe collaborator Jeremy Borash perhaps in celebration of what the gimmick had done for all three of them.

The *cough*...impact on Borash is currently most evident - he has secured a job with the largest wrestling organisation in the world after grafting his b*llocks off for one of the smallest for 15 years. The continued latter career success for Hardy following his brave facelift has afforded a victory that has little meaning in the grand scheme of things but a level of trust and respect below the surface.

And as for Bray, this latest chapter may not completely salvage his dead weight but the 'Eater Of Worlds' may at least snack again at the top table, if not manage to permanently dine.