5 crazy ways WWE can use an empty arena to their advantage at WrestleMania

Whoa oh oh whoa oh oh WRESTLE-MAY-NIA! Genesis of life? I could never make out that part of the song
Whoa oh oh whoa oh oh WRESTLE-MAY-NIA! Genesis of life? I could never make out that part of the song

#3. That Edge/Randy Orton Last Man Standing match is going to be ridiculous

Neither of these guys will be smiling come April 4th/5th. Well, actually, I don't really know that for sure
Neither of these guys will be smiling come April 4th/5th. Well, actually, I don't really know that for sure

Let's go over the rules of a Last Man Standing match really quickly, for the three of you unfamiliar with the concept.

Two wrestlers start the match until one of them has been taken off their feet. At that point, the referee begins a 10-count, much like in boxing. If said opponent can't get to their feet by the count of ten, he loses the match. This ten count, by the way, can take place anywhere in the arena.

We good?

In matches like these (along with Falls Count Anywhere bouts), part of the excitement is seeing the action move into the crowd and all the chaos that ensues. Obviously, the reaction of the audience to the battle going on is an important element to the match, but it also presents a problem - namely, audience safety.

When a match is taken out into the crowd, pro wrestlers have to be concerned with the safety of their audience as well as that of their opponent. Of course, there is arena security there to help protect those attending the event (as well as protect the wrestlers from said public), but the wrestlers still need to be cognizant of the crowd around them.

Edge and Randy Orton won't have that problem at WrestleMania.

As of this writing, we still don't know where their Last Man Standing bout will take place - be it at the Performance Center or elsewhere (I hope it's at a Red Lobster, personally)(don't ask), but if it's held in an arena of any kind, these two will be able to go at it and put on a vulgar display of violence without having to worry about injurying anybody but themselves.

Considering how personal this storyline has gotten, I think that's a safe bet.

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