While the may be remembered for the wrong reasons—a bloated corpse of a show that refused to listen to its audience—it is also a vital time capsule. It marks the absolute end of the "Reality Era" and the painful, awkward birth of the "New Era." It is the night the audience tried to tear down the main event and the women stole the show.
The "Face That Runs the Place" collided with "Y2J" in a personal rivalry that had been months in the making. Both technical wizards engaged in a masterful back-and-forth contest, reversing holds and countering finishers. In a controversial move that angered fans at the time, it was the veteran who scored the pinfall victory, rather than putting the newly acquired Styles over with a win on his WrestleMania debut. Wwe Wrestlemania 32 Full Show
In his WrestleMania debut, "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles faced veteran Chris Jericho in a highly technical bout. Despite Styles executing most of his signature offense, Jericho countered a Phenomenal Forearm into a mid-air Codebreaker to pick up a surprising victory. While the may be remembered for the wrong
stands as one of the most polarizing, physically massive, and record-shattering events in pro wrestling history. Broadcast live on April 3, 2016 , from the breathtaking AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, the event showcased a roster in the midst of massive evolutionary shifts. It featured a highly anticipated tactical slugfest in the main event between Roman Reigns and Triple H, a terrifyingly dangerous high-spot showcase between The Undertaker and Shane McMahon, and a historic renaming of the women's division. Both technical wizards engaged in a masterful back-and-forth
Stream the Kickoff show to skip. Watch the Ladder match and the Women’s Hell in a Cell for quality wrestling. Watch the Undertaker/Shane match for the spectacle. And watch the main event to understand why half the WWE universe almost gave up on the product in 2016.
The most defining feature of the WrestleMania 32 broadcast is not any single match, but the cloud of injury that hung over the entire card. By the time the show went live, the WWE was in a state of crisis. World Champion Seth Rollins, fan-favorite Cesaro, and the returning Randy Orton were all sidelined. Most critically, John Cena—the face of the company—was out of action for the first time in over a decade. To compound matters, the original main event plan of a Triple Threat between Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, and Brock Lesnar was scrapped due to a Wellness Policy violation for Lesnar. As a result, the show’s structure felt less like a planned destination and more like a desperate patchwork. The Intercontinental Championship ladder match, while athletically impressive, was a chaotic cluster of talent (Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, The Miz) thrown together to fill time. The build for the main event—Roman Reigns vs. Triple H for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship—was lifeless, a corporate authority-figure feud that fans had rejected years earlier. The full show, therefore, begins with a palpable sense of disappointment, a feeling that the audience was watching the B-team try to perform an A+ show.