9 Live Observations From WWE WrestleMania 38 Night 2
1. Brock Lesnar Vs. Roman Reigns
On the go-home edition of Monday Night Raw, Roman Reigns invoked memories of Brock Lesnar opening his head up in their controversial WrestleMania 34 main event.
He noted how his family and friends didn’t recognise him. They certainly didn’t acknowledge him, and nor did the crowd that night - the contest was profoundly rejected by the crowd despite the man responsible for the disdain changing the structure and the finish on the day to try and wrong foot them further.
It was, atmospherically, tonally and critically a complete mess.
It turned out to be foreshadowing the eventual quality of their bout.
A lot of generous takes may suggest this was perfectly fine, or predictable in the right way, or important to do simply because gives Reigns his decisive victory over 'The Beast' once and for all but is this even true? They could just decide on the spot to run this back but actually develop the far more interesting strand Reigns' on-screen acting was trying to achieve.
WrestleMania punters left with something of a whimper rather than a roar, and not for the first time, it was because of a Brock Lesnar/Roman Reigns main event.