Why WrestleMania 36 Surpassed All Expectations

Yep, we said it.

Apr 6, 2020 April 6th, 2020

Well, despite calls to postpone or even outright cancel it, WrestleMania 36 is now in the record books.

To say this was a most unique edition of WWE’s annual Showcase of the Immortals extravaganza would be an understatement at the level of saying that Hulk Hogan liked the occasional blast on a tanning bed.

For better or for worse, Vince McMahon did the most Vince McMahon of things, as he chose to ignore global chaos and uncertainty, and power ahead with WrestleMania 36 from the confines of the empty WWE Performance Center and a couple of other choice locations – and you know what, it wasn’t actually all that bad.

While the argument of whether ‘Mania should have taken place at all this year is something we can debate until the proverbial cows come home, the two-day Granddaddy of Them All turned out to be far better than it had any right to be.

Still not convinced that WrestleMania 36 was nowhere near the car crash so many of us envisioned? Let our very own Simon Miller explain why this year’s WrestleMania surpassed any and all expectations.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main dayjob, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg.

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