Summary

Matt Hardy gave a blunt review of WrestleMania 42 while speaking with Ariel Helwani, saying the event felt weighed down by the amount of advertising spread across both nights.

The criticism lines up with a broader reaction from fans who felt WrestleMania 42 featured too many ads, shorter matches, and less of the big-event presentation WWE has traditionally tied to its biggest show of the year.

Quote from Matt Hardy

"It is definitely so evolved and so different from what the initial concept of WrestleMania was. It felt very prostituted because of all of the ads and everything else. I also feel, when you go to these pay-per-views like WrestleMania, if you have these big matches between big stars, these matches need to be good and need to have time and need to have a good payoff. That's what you're building to,"

What Hardy's WrestleMania 42 Criticism Means For WWE

Hardy's comments put the focus back on how WWE balances sponsorship revenue with the atmosphere fans expect from WrestleMania, especially when complaints about match length and presentation are already part of the conversation.

That also gives more weight to any future discussion around WrestleMania 42 as a turning point in presentation, particularly after Hardy recently addressed other post-WrestleMania fallout in his comments about why the WWE and TNA partnership could pick up again.

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Matt Hardy while speaking on Ariel Helwani's show