WWE WrestleMania 32: Biggest Missed Opportunities with Show's Booking

An indifferent WWE WrestleMania 32 will leave fans scratching their heads about what could have been.

It felt as if there were so many missed opportunities throughout the course of the nearly five-hour show, and fans will surely wonder why certain events transpired the way they did.

Most of the evening's bouts left question marks over what is next for some of the company's biggest stars, with some issues more pressing than others.

Here's a handful of the biggest missed opportunities WWE had on its hands heading out of the show.

The Legends Not Putting The New Day Over

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WrestleMania is all about familiar faces returning, and although it was brilliant to see "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Mick Foley and Shawn Michaels return for a segment, they could have been put to much better use.

The New Day has been moving back and forth between heel and babyface in the last few months, but in the run-up to WrestleMania, it's felt very much like a face group.

So this was the chance for the trio to be boosted even further, with the three legends helping to put them over.

What did WWE do instead? It had Austin lay out Xavier Woods.

This felt like a missed opportunity on so many levels, and it was a segment that encapsulated WrestleMania as a whole. WWE should put the young, fresh talent over even further, not have former faces from the past look strong by beating them down.

This was a mistake on WWE's part.

Cutting Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose Short

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Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose had the potential to be the strongest match of the night by some distance, but instead it fell a little bit short.

Why? There was plenty of storytelling to be done here, and both men did a decent job with the limited time they had, but time itself was the issue.

At just over 13 minutes, it was the second-shortest match of the main show, excluding The Rock's quick win over Erick Rowan.

WWE could have trusted the two men to go for well over 20 minutes, as the bout felt over before it had truly begun.

What's more frustrating, this was yet another missed opportunity for Ambrose. The booking of him seems to fall short on so many occasions, which is desperately annoying for his many fans.

Not Putting AJ Styles Over vs. Chris Jericho

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There were so many strange results on the night, but was AJ Styles' loss to Chris Jericho the most confusing of all? It has to be right up there.

WWE opted to level up their series at 2-2 instead of having Styles go over decisively here and give him a springboard.

It's almost as if it was unthinkable for the former TNA guy to win on his WrestleMania debut, and it reminded one of Sting 12 months ago.

Jericho didn't necessarily need to go over here, especially if he'll be continuing his part-time schedule with the company.

Hopefully there's a chance for Styles to make amends in the coming weeks and months, but in terms of his first 'Mania appearance, this was a missed opportunity for sure.

Not Screwing Shane McMahon to Keep His Storyline Going

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Be honest: Did anyone really expect Shane McMahon vs. The Undertaker to go off without any interference?

It seemed that Vince himself would at least show up to try to screw his son, with fans speculating over a whole host of big names maybe showing up to screw either man.

And in this instance, if WWE's power struggle between Shane and Vince is going to continue, why wasn't there some sort of screwjob to keep things interesting?

If the storyline ends here, then fair enough, but that would be incredibly strange, given how much hype there is around Shane at the moment.

Having Vince cause even a minor distraction would have made sense. Undertaker wasn't desperate for the clean win, but a clean loss harms Shane big-time.