9 WWE WrestleMania 37 - Night 1 Impulse Reactions

8. The Weather Delay

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Seth Rollins was actually quite funny for a split second. Bobby Lashley looked like he wanted to explode thanks to the kinetic energy now being rebottled. Sarah Schreiber and Kevin Patrick survived trials by fire - this was already a WrestleMania unlike any in company history.

The interviews kept coming, because what else was there to do?

After a Kickoff without a match in order to preserve the prestige of the night's first entrances, Kayla Braxton, JBL and Peter Rosenberg were back being forced to fill a bit of time in between the backstage hosts shoving a microphone in anybody's face with zero prep time.

Predictably, it was pretty awesome. Unvarnished and with only their own characters and confidence to use, the wrestlers - imagine this - spoke for themselves! Stumbles happened, but the wrestlebots felt like human beings, and most managed under the difficult circumstances.

Don't expect this to magically become the norm again, but it perfectly suited the chaotic and historic rhythm of the night ahead.

 
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