The venue was originally going to play host to WrestleMania 36 until the coronavirus pandemic. Dana Brook and Mandy Rose vs. Natalya and Tamina, No. The cards for both evenings are expected to last around three and half hours, meaning the show will likely end around p. It is the first time WrestleMania has taken place at the venue. DAZN uses cookies to help us deliver our services and improve your user experience.
Everything you need to know about pro wrestling's biggest annual event. What time does WrestleMania 37 start? Eastern Time. Eastern Time, is two hours long, and concludes at p. This pre-show consists both of banter between the hosts and of several matches; this year, the Cruiserweight Championship match and the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal match will take place during the pre-show.
WrestleMania 32 was nearly seven hours long. Going into last year, it was expected that the show would be four hours, but it ended up going quite a bit over time.
A Battle Royal allows way more performers to get on the card and compete on the Grandest Stage of Them All, a necessity especially in recent years. With the roster growing larger by the month, the number of performers included on each card is also rising. The first 29 events averaged 34 performers while the last five averaged 65, nearly double.
This is despite the number of actual matches on each card remaining static. XXX had eight matches on the card, while Wrestlemania 31 went up to nine. In comparison, the first five 'Manias averaged This shows how much more time is being given to each match. However, it also shows just how cramped the matches are getting over time with more wrestlers in each match. One-on-one matches at 'Mania are becoming increasingly rare with each year.
It is possible that the numbers will decrease over time, with WWE becoming more cognizant of how bloated the show is. However, it is important not to lose the true spectacle of the Show of Shows, which allows it to rival any other sporting event. Even more than how long each show is, the biggest concern is the time on the card spent wrestling. Just because a pay-per-view event is five hours long does not mean it contains five hours of wrestling.
Even if fans are coming in for the matches on the card, they will also get short concerts, impromptu promo segments and extended entrances. The average percentage of time spent wrestling on any given WrestleMania is For a three-hour show, that means around 93 minutes of time spent on anything but the wrestling. On a seven-hour show, that number increases to That is bad enough, but the last five events on the Grandest Stage of Them All have some of the lowest percentages in the show's history.
The following graph highlights the noticeable downward trend of in-ring percentage. The number does not noticeably fluctuate wildly, which makes the historically bad As shown in the table below, only WrestleMania XV stands among its modern peers as a show lacking so clearly in wrestling.
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