WWE: Was WrestleMania 32 or 33 Worse?

Conclusion: WrestleMania 32 Was Worse

Despite some close competition, WrestleMania 32 was the worse of the two shows, and now ranks high as one of the worst WrestleManias of all time in terms of creative decisions. The matches throughout the show made little to no sense from a creative or logical standpoint.

Wrestlers that should’ve won lost instead, and the majority of the matches on that card were executed in a way that left them underwhelming. This was supposed to be the night on which WWE would showcase the best of the best of its roster.

What they put on instead was a bunch of relatively uninspiring matches that disappointed the fans in attendance and those watching at home. It was almost as if the entire undercard was constructed in a way that would disappoint the fans on purpose so that they’d put all of their hopes on Roman Reigns being the conquering babyface that the audience would cheer for.

Instead, the audience reacted to the end of WrestleMania 32 the same way as they did at the conclusion of the 2015 Royal Rumble match: with hostility and seething anger.

At least WrestleMania 33 had something of an emotional send off with the Undertaker (presumably) retiring for good this time. His post-match will be remembered far more than the underwhelming performance that was his last match (we hope).

But despite that bittersweet ending, WrestleMania 33 was an ominous sign of the future. It was sickeningly-long, which had an impact both on general reception and the atmosphere live in attendance. You can only get an audience to stay seated for so long before they get restless. By the time the main event started, the audience wasn’t as excited as they could’ve been had this show been three hours shorter.

WrestleMania 33 was a perfect example of WWE going overboard with content in a quantity-over-quality approach. But at least this year’s ‘Mania had more quality as last year’s, which suffered from both painful length and ridiculous booking.