The Disturbing Truth Behind WWE WrestleMania 38

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Roman Reigns Vs. Brock Lesnar in a stipped-up rematch just over half a year later has a SummerSlam quality to it. That SummerSlam, Money In The Bank and Royal Rumble will all unfold against a stadium-sized backdrop in 2021 won't help the suboptimal feeling that WrestleMania isn't WrestleMania anymore. WrestleMania isn't just a gorgeous spectacle of a show at which the biggest wrestlers face off in matches that haven't polluted RAW for consecutive weeks. It's the last sentimental connection many people have left to a company they have lost all faith in. Losing the fading embers of that feeling could wreak untold damage.

Any iteration of WrestleMania 38 that you feel like fantasy booking feels like Fastlane in a stadium. What's left?

WWE hasn't booked the fabled Four Horsewomen Fatal Four-Way. That's a major match informed by years' worth of genuinely stirring history and huge dramatic stakes. Who, ultimately, is the best female athlete in WWE history? Charlotte Flair would be sensational within that dynamic on a meta level; her level of protection is such that the potential anxiety is as close to the lost SuperCena Vs. Undertaker Streak match as WWE will get for a long time.

But imagine the practical reality of WWE telling the story - and it's the only one left in a Women's division that, post-SummerSlam, has burned through every last viable combination of actual stars. WWE would simply run singles, tags, Triple Threats - all without finishes - throughout the build.

It's slim pickings beyond that.

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