6 Ups And 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 36 (Part 2)

3. Bigger Isn’t Necessarily Better

So overall, how does WrestleMania 36 fare?

You obviously have to get past the “should they or shouldn’t they” debate, and then give a bit of a pass for the lack of reaction because of the absence of a live crowd.

But once you get past that, it’s safe to say that WM 36 was long. It was 18 matches over two nights (thank God for that), with nearly half of them being nothing more than TV matches filling time at the biggest PPV of the year. We haven’t seen that kind of proliferation at Mania in years.

The second night definitely felt longer and with more filler than Saturday, as the Last Man Standing Match and SmackDown Women’s Championship match were long and underperformed, and the Raw tag title bout was something we could see on any Monday night.

So while Mania 36 was “too big for just one night,” it wasn’t big enough – and good enough – to fill both nights with quality wrestling. Saturday gets passing marks, but Sunday gets a middling grade, with advice to use fast-forward.