5 Things WWE Cinematic Matches Should NOT Do (And 5 Things They SHOULD Do)

To reference one of the best and most successful cinematic matches to date, the Boneyard match of WrestleMania could have been nothing besides The Undertaker through and through. The lighting, sound, and mise en scène was Deadman to a fault, and that’s why it worked.

Atmosphere, music, and storytelling to suit the wrestler is a must. Perhaps a good way to look at it would be as less of a short film and more of an extended entrance video... with a story. The only condition is choosing a wrestler dynamic enough to suit the format.

In this regard, the world is WWE's oyster. Imagine an exuberant and stylised window into the heads of the likes of Shotzi Blackheart, Dexter Lumis, Asuka…

We're just scratching the surface here. Karrion Kross practically writes itself. They’d probably miss a trick with veterans like Finn Bálor. On the list goes.

Another existing example of when this has worked is the enigmatic and wholly brilliant Firefly Funhouse match, which was the perfect twisted conduit into the mind of one Bray Wyatt.

Which leads us to...