Wrestlemania how long does it last

Both nights of WrestleMania 37 start at 7 p. ET on Peacock, with the main show underway at 8 p. Both cards are expected to last around four hours, meaning the show will likely end around midnight ET. The WWE Network is no more — at least, not on its own.

The venue was originally going to play host to WrestleMania 36 until the coronavirus pandemic. Is there any other entertainment outlet that asks its fans to sit down and watch for seven straight hours? Even the best 'Mania in recent memory, WrestleMania XXX, included an uncomfortable match between The Undertaker and Brock Lesnar , in which Taker suffered a concussion early in the match, and a mess of a women's championship match, just one night after Paige and Emma arguably began the women's revolution at NXT Arrival.

The Showcase of the Immortals is never perfect, and it is hard to say how many hours will be worth watching each year. But the answer is certainly not seven. While fans are not required to commit to the entire experience, no one outside of WWE knows what matches and segments will happen when on the show, so if you walk away, you might miss the best part. It's important to understand where WrestleMania began.

WrestleMania 34 will be the longest in history because that is WWE's goal, but how much longer will it be than the first? The data is subject to human error, but it is as close to consummate as we could muster. The first WrestleMania was a mere two hours and 16 minutes long and featured only 22 wrestlers.

These numbers are so outrageously small in comparison to the norm that it shows this is not a great baseline to start from. The first event was a trial run, with WWE hardly aware of how big it would all get. It clocked in at and featured 38 performers.

This is still minuscule when looking at recent editions of the Show of Shows. Compare this to the largest 'Mania to date, WrestleMania 33, which was a total of and included 71 wrestlers. Interestingly, though, the growth has not been a clear upward progression over the years.

The following graphs show the total minutes in length of each WrestleMania and the total number of performers at the events. Other than XX, which was an extended special show, all the other 'Manias in that span did include a minute pre-show on Sunday Night Heat.

Without including the pre-shows an addition to 13 WrestleManias , XX was easily the longest show in history before 32, which clocked in at only to be topped the next year by almost 20 minutes. The number of wrestlers included at each event mostly follows similar trends, as the strength of the roster usually defines how long the event will be.

However, no event has more frequently had Battle Royals on the card than the Showcase of the Immortals, which can inflate random events' numbers. A Battle Royal allows way more performers to get on the card and compete on the Grandest Stage of Them All, a necessity especially in recent years. With the roster growing larger by the month, the number of performers included on each card is also rising.

The first 29 events averaged 34 performers while the last five averaged 65, nearly double. This is despite the number of actual matches on each card remaining static. XXX had eight matches on the card, while Wrestlemania 31 went up to nine. In comparison, the first five 'Manias averaged This shows how much more time is being given to each match.

However, it also shows just how cramped the matches are getting over time with more wrestlers in each match. People wouldn't have to schedule two meals and a couple of bathroom breaks throughout the show if it was only half as long on each day. Considering the Superstars are there for the entire PPV, extending to two days would also make it easier on them. Those who work on Saturday can just sit back and enjoy the show and vice versa on Sunday. The company would then have to move the Hall of Fame ceremony to Thursday, which would not be as ideal as you might think.

With the HOF ceremony typically lasting well over four hours, WWE might not want to rely on its audience staying up that late on a Thursday night. Many fans travel to 'Mania's host city so they can attend all three events.

By adding an extra night, WWE is forcing people to change the way they plan their trips. It means asking your employer for an extra day off of work, leaving a day earlier, paying for an extra night at a hotel and all the other costs that come along with an extra day of vacation. WrestleMania is always billed as a multi-main event PPV, but most people consider the real main event to be whatever match goes on last.

Having two different nights means 'Mania can actually have two main event contests and the WWE Championship and Universal Championship bouts can have their own spotlight at the end of the evening. It might even benefit the company to put all the SmackDown matches on one show and the Raw bouts on the other to make the brand split look more legitimate.

WWE could also book two different musical guests and have them perform on different days. There are two sets of tags titles, two Women's Championships and two midcard titles to divide among the different nights.

Frankly, it makes more sense to have two shows than one when you look at how WWE books everything in pairs.