9 Live Observations From WWE WrestleMania 38 Night 2
3. The New Day Vs Sheamus & Ridge Holland
A strange set of circumstances suddenly made this match more of a conversation-starter than it might have been in its original Night One slot.
Cut for time due to all the other things going on, the quartet-plus-Butch were inserted here but couldn't have felt more like an obligation as they raced through their match in a mere 1:40.
The New Day, Sheamus and Ridge Holland would already have been working under something of a cloud thanks to the absence of the beloved Big E. But on a blisteringly hot card that had no time for them on Saturday, that he supersubs were only given one hundred seconds to tell the story felt unnecessarily cruel.
Indulgence of others robbed them on Saturday, while the ineptitude of their bosses did the same the next night. When expectations are set as low as they were for this, it proved an ugly embarrassment that they couldn't clear the bar.
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods looked amazing in their Big E tribute gear. Let that be the sole takeaway of note in place of anything that happened in the ring.