Why WrestleMania 34 failed to live up to the expectations

#4 High expectation from matches

A Highly Anticipated Bout? How about a glorified squash?

WrestleMania 34 was actually the first time that WWE was promoting not 1, but at least 4 dream matches for their biggest show, hence the buzz was an all time high for the show.

When the buzz is at an all time high, fans expect the matches to exceed their already high expectations, and when they fall below the level, it is the fans who turn against them. This is what happened with 'Mania 34, as a number of matches fell below the towering forecasts.

While the program behind the 'Taker-Cena showdown was presented in the best way possible, the way 'Taker squashed Cena was a slap to the face of the people who were looking for a long due clash between two of the biggest superstars in the history of WWE.

It only took 2 minutes and 46 seconds to defeat someone who has 16 world championships to his name. The main event also falls in this category, but we have a special place on this list for that match.

And then, we have the WWE Championship match. See, we all knew it was nearly impossible for Naka and Styles to topple their Tokyo Dome clash, yet we were expecting a slobber knocker from them.

And even though we witnessed a fantastic bout, the fact that fans were expecting a NJPW style match in a WWE ring led to a dream match of the decade turning into one of those B-level pay per view World title matches.