9 Live Observations From WWE WrestleMania 38 Night 2
6. Johnny Knoxville Vs. Sami Zayn
This went well.
Sami Zayn and Johnny Knoxville worked a prop comedy hardcore match that featured cameos from Jackass favourites and fans stuck with it in spite of malfunctioning kit and the odd hesitation disrupting the flow throughout. Again, this went well.
It didn't electrify (very little did on the entire show, to be honest), but considering it went nearly 15 minutes, the crowd never wavered in their will to help get this over the line. Zayn was fantastic here - his carrying and conducting of the situations placed in front of him was masterful. Wee Man, Chris Pontius and the rest of the Jackass lot made endearing appearances on the side of their best mate, and the giant mouse trap was novel even if it almost entirely f*cked up the finish of the match.
Any later on the card and the crowd might have been less patient, but this was early enough on the show for the audience to assume that the fluff was going to be in short supply elsewhere on the card.