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WRESTLEMANIA is well and truly over – the dust settled, smoke cleared, and rabid fan excitement put back in the drawer for another year.
Overall, it was a rousing (or should that be “Rousey”?) success.
A thrilling TakeOver, one of the least tedious Hall of Fame ceremonies, and – for the most part – an excellent Mania card.
Shame then, that it will be forever marred by its disastrous main event.
Playing out in front of bored, tired fans, Brock Lesnar’s near one-sided destruction of Roman Reigns was met with chants of “CM Punk” and “This is awful”.
There are several reasons the main event tanked so dramatically.
Firstly, at seven hours, including kickoff show matches, WrestleMania was too long.
By the time of the main event, fans were fatigued beyond the point of caring.
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Secondly, fans were convinced Lesnar was leaving WWE and was therefore guaranteed to drop the Universal title to Reigns. In their minds, it was a foregone conclusion.
(A similar thing happened when Brock faced Goldberg at Mania 20 – knowing both men were set to leave, fans turned on the match and savaged Lesnar.)
And lastly, of course, there’s Roman Reigns himself. This was his fourth Mania main event in a row, but fans are still booing him.
But why? What’s the real problem with Roman Reigns? Why won’t fans accept him as WWE’s top babyface?