WWE WrestleMania 32

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Written By: Mark Armstrong

Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: April 3 2016
Location: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas, USA
Attendance: 101,763

After all the anticipation and the build-up, WrestleMania 32 finally happened! The biggest wrestling show of the year was hyped as being WWE's biggest show ever, even with injuries decimating the original line-up on multiple occasions, and other factors preventing some names from the past getting actively involved. That being said, the card still promised a stacked list of matches and, with the increased running time probably ensuring that all the bouts would get appropriate time, there was a genuine chance that this could be one of the greatest WrestleManias to date, even if some scheduled matches weren't what most fans would have preferred. So, how did WM 32 turn out?

Before beginning with the review, I should acknowledge how long the event ran. In the past, WrestleMania has lasted four hours with one or two pre-show matches, with the exception of WM XX which was 4 1/2 hours with no warm-up bouts. This year, despite the two-hour Kick-Off Show beforehand, it was still noted that Mania 32 would go over four hours to some extent. That ended up being by "a lot"; when Mania finally ended, the main card was very close to five hours long, and with the Kick-Off Show again lasting two hours and featuring three matches, the entire thing ended up lasting close to seven hours! To be fair, this made WrestleMania 32 feel extremely special, but since most weren't expecting such a long running time, it did mean that most viewers were flagging come the final hour. I do hope that WWE continues this going forward, since at least next year we'll be prepared for a (very) long WrestleMania.

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