WWE WrestleMania 42: 10 Nightmares That Could Come True

WWE's business has always been obsessed with sensationalism. Manufactured sensationalism. It's what makes the World...Wrestling Entertainment wheel go round and round. No off season, no significant breaks, no respite. It's an endless loop of drama. Unfortunately for Triple H, a lot of the drama has happened via injuries, poor ticket sales and corporate meddling heading into WrestleMania 42.

TKO could be about to make things worse. Much worse.

Look, one of the biggest dangling carrots for this piece probably won't happen for legal reasons (rather than common sense!), but these are nightmares - they don't necessarily need to be drenched or even sprinkled in reality. This is simply the worst of the worst that could come true for WWE when they hit up Las Vegas for the second year running.

There are glaring problems with characters like Cody Rhodes, Pat McAfee, Jade Cargill, Rhea Ripley and more heading into the event. Meanwhile, John Cena may be asked to do something rather embarrassing on the grandest stage, creative could get cold feet on one of their biggest rising stars, at least one main event may struggle to live up to the hype and more.

Then, there's the featured graphic you've presumably clicked on for a reason. That's a true 'worst case' scenario for many a wrestling fan, and not only because it'd bring back the done-to-death McMahon family melodrama and push it to the forefront of WWE programming.

You might not have any fingernails left after chewing on these scares.

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The women's division isn't in fine fettle heading into WrestleMania this year, not really. On paper, there should be plenty to get excited about, but the storytelling for some of these matches has been dreadful. Specifically, Jade Cargill vs. Rhea Ripley has been trundling along offering nothing worthwhile on episodes of SmackDown.

Both AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch and Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan look a little more inspired, but all 3 have the potential to drag along across both nights at ‘Mania. Being honest, it's Vaquer vs. Morgan which might have to do most of the heavy lifting here, but WWE don’t want apathy or for these bouts to come across as outright boring come the weekend.

Yeah, good luck with that.

There's a very real chance that fans will only make some noise if Ripley beats Cargill for the Women's Title, or for Vaquer's 'Devil's Kiss' signature move (assuming she does it). There really doesn't appear to be enough juice behind a grudge bout like Lee vs. Lynch either. On the whole, WWE has done a woeful job of selling these title showdowns as must-see or worthy of the 'Mania platform.

None of these can hold a candle to epics like Rhea vs. Becky or IYO SKY vs. Bayley from 'Mania 40. Similarly, 41's Triple Threat between Ripley, SKY and Bianca Belair feels like a lifetime ago for the women's division. How on earth did we get here?! It's not outlandish to predict some yawns in the house for this trio of 'blockbuster attractions', and that's a real shame.