Report: WWE WrestleMania 36 Plans "Wide Open"
DrewMania? AleisterMania?
Per a report from Fightful, plans for this year's WrestleMania are "wide open in many regards". Much of the roster is happy with this; it is believed that WWE may go with who is "hot", rather than impose the sort of forced narrative that has proven drastically unpopular in recent years.
Author's Note:
It's hard to form an opinion.
Such a strategy does not prohibit something like KofiMania - a well-earned and unforgettable development that was quintessentially WrestleMania-feeling - but something like KofiMania doesn't just happen. It is dependent on a wild convergence of factors that cannot be controlled. WWE at least isn't relentlessly forcing a narrative that was never going to work, and works less the more daunting it becomes, but a well-plotted and committed push - provided it is booked on behalf of a genuinely over prospect - breeds a vital sense of trust in the process.
Interestingly, under-the-radar Twitter scoopster Rovert - who has in recent months broken stories of Jon Moxley missing AEW All Out, Marty Scurll re-signing with Ring Of Honor, and ROH renewing its faltering relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling - has alluded to WWE going all-in on another raft of huge names from yesteryear to promote the show around. He "wouldn't be surprised", to use his words.