12 Facts About WrestleMania 32

WrestleMania 32 was the 32nd annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE.

WrestleMania 32 is considered WWE's flagship pay-per-view and WWE Network event, having first been held in 1985.

Jason Powell of Pro Wrestling Dot Net lamented that "the build to WrestleMania 32 has been a creative mess", and that WWE's injury-hit roster does not excuse "sloppy booking or storylines with massive holes and logic gaps".

Ben Tucker of Pro Wrestling Torch wrote, "Not since WrestleMania 32 13 has WWE's Super Bowl come together in such a bizarre fashion, with WWE making some of the most head-scratching decisions I've seen in ages".

Two-hour WrestleMania 32 Kickoff show was hosted by Renee Young, with Booker T, Corey Graves, and Lita as analysts, while Tom Phillips and Cathy Kelley served as social media correspondents.

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WrestleMania 32 received generally mixed to negative reactions from critics, who criticized the event for its length and questionable booking decisions.

Critics who reviewed both WrestleMania 32 and WWE's NXT TakeOver: Dallas event which occurred two days earlier concluded that the NXT event was a greatly superior "professional wrestling show" despite WrestleMania having more "spectacle"; NXT's match of Shinsuke Nakamura versus Sami Zayn in particular was praised as better than any moment or match from WrestleMania 32.

WrestleMania 32 had further criticism for the company's over-reliance on past stars, writing that "while the implementation of these big names was a lot of fun, it still happened to the detriment of talent currently on the roster".

WrestleMania 32 described the second half of the show as a "train wreck creatively", adding that "WWE just can't do anything right really".

Dave Scherer of Pro Wrestling Insider commented on responses that WrestleMania 32 was "great", countering that "unless you are putting the framework in place for the future, you will reach a point where most of your assets are gone and you will be in a barren place".

Scott Keith of Sporting News wrote that WrestleMania 32 "ended up being a five-hour slog and one of the worst WrestleManias when all was said and done".

WrestleMania 32 wrote that "Roman Reigns showed that he's not the guy to be the top star despite Triple H's best efforts to get a 'classic' match out of him, and the Shane–Undertaker match ended up being a 30-minute snoozefest instead of the chaotic mess that everyone wanted".