Supercards: WrestleMania
May 19, 2022
4 minutes
TEXT BY KEVIN McELVANEY
PHOTOS BY GEORGE NAPOLITANO
PROMOTION: WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT
DATE: 04.02.22-04.03.22
LOCATION: ARLINGTON, TEXAS
FOLLOWING IN THE footsteps of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom, WWE’s “Granddaddy Of Them All” has evolved into a permanent multi-day event. Like NJPW, the industry leader is still working out some of the kinks with the format and pacing of its expanded signature supercard.
Following an uneven early-pandemic offering in 2020 and last year’s top-heavy WrestleMania card, the pressure was on WWE to deliver a high-quality event that lived up to the reputation of “The Super Bowl Of Sports Entertainment.” To WWE’s immense credit, it delivered the goods—selling well over 100,000
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