Wrestlemania 36 Review: Night Two

John Cena in Bray-Land

Firefly Funhouse Match: Bray Wyatt vs. John Cena

Titus O'Neil (taking over as host, from new WWE 24/7 Champion Rob Gronkowski) collectively expressed and encapsulated everyone's emotions, of the madcap Wyatt/Cena match. You can't call it a match, or a promo but rather a surreal journey into the mindscape of Bray Wyatt. In many ways, a dueling character study of the broken Wyatt but also the dark depths behind the heroic John Cena.

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Undoubtedly, the mileage for this may wary but there's no denying this was unique as a blend of black comedy and Lynchian absurdity. Cinematically experimental, it might have introduced a new language for wrestling. In all honesty, it requires a greater analysis after a couple of rewatches.

Tragically the Funhouse mind of Wyatt is the only place where he could beat John Cena. Poetically it was also the emancipation of Wyatt's mind, while being a thorough dissection of John Cena as a wrestler both in character and backstage. With neat touches of comedy, the subtextual parallels of Cena and Hogan and finally his mental disintegration; Cena deserves praise for putting over the genius of Bray Wyatt like no other.

Result: Bray Wyatt counts the pin for the Fiend as he beats a broken John Cena to win!

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A filmmaker and wrestling buff, who merges his passion for storytelling into his writing of pro-wrestling. The art (and it is an art) of pro-wrestling is one of the greatest devices of cinematic storytelling from soap opera in WWE to even the hard-hitting competitiveness of New Japan Pro Wrestling. Watches all forms and brands of wrestling and for the past few years has been a huge fan of NJPW to the point he finally made his way to Japan and the Tokyo Dome to enjoy Wrestle Kingdom 13 live!

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Edited by Akhilesh Tirumala