8 Reasons Wrestlemania Is Incapable of Failing

5. It's Basically Riding Its Own Wave

Back in 1985, there was no more valid, burning question to ask than whether or not the inaugural WrestleMania, unprecedented as it was, would be a success. In fact, knowing what we know now, it would have been equally valid to wonder whether Vince McMahon's young mega-promotion would even survive the experiment. Fast forward thirty-one years, and the event is still going strong. It has garnered a legacy almost all its own, and has been the stage for seemingly every huge matchup, storyline, twist and turn you could ever throw into one ring. The irresistible force meeting the immovable object, The Streak, the Seth Rollins cash-in...WrestleMania keeps finding a way to keep audiences hooked year after year after year. Decade after decade. Even after a bad event by most measures (see: WrestleMania 2000), if the show went as planned and revenue streams are intact, it's hard to perceive any threat to its status or future bankability no matter how critically disliked one iteration might be (no really, see WrestleMania 2000.) A weak show is one thing, but an all-around failure (the damaging kind) would require an unmitigated debacle not even today's often shambolic and directionless WWE is capable of delivering.