When I was kid, WrestleMania usually spanned a three hour time period. The first three years there were about a dozen matches on the card. WM4 had a four hour show and a ton of matches due to the tournament. 5,6,7 all had 14 matches. Follwing that the average number of matches dropped to between 8-10 and it stayed that way for years. Around the time of 17 the match count went back up to about 11. Then throughout the last few years it has hovered around 9. Considering that Mania is now a 4 hour show, I find it frustrating that they cannot fill out the card to a dozen matches. If you consider the last few years...there is usually at least one match that ends in just moments, and if you add up all the in ring time, it rarely even equates to half of the overall air time. I realize that entrances & interviews and such take up some time, but I think the WWE needs to be a better job of managing their allotted time. Too many guys get left off the card or jammed into a meaningless, dull multi man match. Instead we get endless backstage "Comedy" segments, replays and recaps. Not to mention the musical acts, dance segments, movie promos, and other garbage we are subjected to every year. No one cares about this stuff or needs to see it over and over. If some of this crap was cut out, that would allow time for a few more matches to take place. I think in a 4 hour show, at least 3 full hours of that time should be taken up by actual in ring action. A dozen matches is not too much to ask for. There are 6 titles and they should all be defended at Mania. Add in 6 grudge matches, or contenders matches and there you go. Even a small battle royal to determine a contender for a match later in the night would be ok. Please though, no more mutli person matches where there is two minutes of action and then it turns into a rotating sequence of everyone hitting their finishers and then its over. We have seen that match OVER AND OVER. I'm not asking that every match be given 10 or more minutes of ring time, some don't need it, but I would much rather see more matched than another goofy sequence that exists only to allow Ron Simmons to walk in and yell Damn! Is that too much to ask?