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Shane McMahon won't be at the event apparently.
I would just add something solid like MNM defending the WWE Tag Team Championship against Paul London & Brian Kendrick.
Marks will all buy the show it because it is WRESTLEMAN!A!!!!11. It also has Shawn Michaels kicking Vince McMahon's butt, The Undertaker killing Mark Henry and Rey Mysterio winning the World Title.
Smarks will buy the event because even if the WWE hates to admit it, we're they're most consistent audience. Plus there's the promise of some quality, like MITB, the Triple Threat, Edge/Foley, etc. There should be nothing too bad on the card.
New fans are a mixed bag. Some of them might become attracted to a lot of the upper card matches. People who watched WCW might watch because Rey Mysterio's in the main event, etc. There may even be some people who didn't know Shawn Michaels was back. As much as the WWE hopes to do so, I don't think the Playboy Pillow Fight will create new viewers. Porn > Not Porn, a simple formula the WWE is yet to take into account.
I think the WWE needs to stop trying to go for new fans, when they should just insist on not making their current product embarassing to watch. Work out your main event scene and get your top face cheered. You'd be surprised how many people buy WrestleMania every year, anyway. You'd be surprised how many people don't buy it, but end up watching it at a friend's. If you put on a good show, logic says they might do the same for Backlash and then Judgment Day. Definately again next year.
In my eyes, and do mean this as nicely as positively as possible, if the WWE doesn't get as many buys as last year, they have failed. By that, I mean a significantly less amount of buys. If you lost so many fans over a year, you did something wrong. This WrestleMania should be a good indicator of where the WWE will go over the next few years.
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