10 Mind-Blowing WWE WrestleMania 42 Facts You May Have Missed
WrestleMania 42 is in the books, and it's definitely one FOR the books. Let's dive into the details...
WrestleMania 42 is in the books and might go down in history as the biggest split personality of a two-night 'Mania ever, with Saturday night being nearly universally panned, and Sunday receiving praise across the board.
WrestleMania this year will be remembered for many things – the arrival of Oba Femi, the potential retirement of Brock Lesnar, the stellar main event between Roman Reigns and CM Punk, the Randy Orton entrance that is still going, and the never-ending stream of ads between matches – but the real fun in the wake of a Showcase of the Immortals is diving into the details and pulling out some snippets that sound too good or too strange to be true.
This year, many of the facts and figures grew out of the very troubling – and very real – concern that matches were truncated to the point of feeling secondary (or even tertiary) to the pageantry and commercialism of WrestleMania. That online sentiment took on a life of its own, but rest assured, the facts bear this out, and we’ll dive into that throughout this column.
For now, though, grab a flat white or a Steveweiser and soak up a few nuggets that will impress your fellow nerdy wrestling fan friends.
Let’s get to it…
10. A Short Night On Action
Night two of WrestleMania 42 was universally better received than the first night, garnering high praise for its opening match and main event, and several others in between.
However, the six-match card did achieve a somewhat dubious distinction: Sunday’s show had the shortest total in-ring match time in the history of two-night WrestleManias, clocking in at 81:32.
That’s four minutes shorter than the much-maligned show the previous night, and broke the record from night two of WrestleMania 37, which logged just 82:16.
Breaking it down, the main event (33:56) accounted for more than 40% of the total match time on Sunday. The remaining five matches averaged less than 9:35 each.
That might fly on a typical episode of Raw or a B-level PLE, but for WrestleMania? That’s just ridiculous.