5 changes WWE need to make to ensure WrestleMania at the Performance Center is successful

#3 Make it shorter

There will be less fanfare and showbiz for this year's Mania

One of the standout, key characteristics of any WrestleMania broadcast is its length. You know, for instance, that RAW is three hours long, and SmackDown two. In the same way, WWE fans of the modern age know that, where WrestleMania is concerned, you need to block out most of your evening and night to get the whole thing watched.

Including any KickOff show, usually at around a couple of hours in its own right, Mania has typically lasted around seven hours in most recent times. This is surely something that Vince McMahon will have to consider ahead of the 2020 edition given the change in location.

I think logic dictates that this year’s WrestleMania has to be shorter. Afterall, much of the show builds around its pageantry. Crowd shots, the attendance announcement. Extensive pyro and wrestlers celebrate, lengthy entrances as they stride down the mammoth ramp. The singing of America The Beautiful while planes storm overhead. Realistically, little or none of that can happen this year, so how will WWE fill the gap? There may be a temptation to air replays, of course – the recent episode of RAW featured a re-run of the 2020 Men’s Royal Rumble match in its entirety – but that seems a hollow way to pack out the biggest show of the year.

My thoughts would be to trim it accordingly, and give fans a shorter, sharper, memorable show that will certainly not be soon forgotten.