In a scripted make-believe world, where athleticism and soap-opera storylines mesh together as they tiptoe along a tightrope between sports and entertainment, the show will go on.In Vince McMahon’s WWE theatre of the sometimes absurd and usually chaotic, it always does, right?Despite a global pandemic – COVID-19 – that is mercilessly leaving behind a trail of the sick and the dead, WWE will stubbornly push ahead with WrestleMania 36 in a unique presentation, much of it reportedly pre-recorded and split between Saturday and Sunday nights.
Yeah, there’s a weird vibe about it. At its core, wrestling has long relied on epic battles between fictional good and bad characters, loved or hated by live audiences.