WWE star Xavier Woods reveals ‘everything hurt 10x it normally would’ at WrestleMania 36 with no live crowd to feed off
WWE star Xavier Woods has claimed competing at WrestleMania 36 hurt more than usual because of a lack of a live audience.
The New Day icon is out of action at present for anything up to a year after having surgery on his Achilles.
He will not compete at Mania this year, which has been pre-recorded behind closed doors and shown over two nights because of coronavirus.
But the 33-year-old hinted that other WWE wrestlers suffered more pain in their matches because of the circumstances.
Woods - real name Austin Creed - said: "Just so everyone is aware.
"All things happening hurt 10x more than they normally would."
Fans suspect Woods meant the lack of a live audience meant the competitors had less adrenaline running through their body.
That meant they felt high-impact moves more, and their aches and pains during bouts were intensified.
One viewer wrote: "No added adrenaline from the crowd?"
Another replied: "My assumption is they're having to connect harder to create more sound, but it could be that."
And one more said: "Because the superstars don’t have a crowd to help them recover faster."
A fellow user commented: "Because there’s no crowd so they don’t have that rush of adrenaline."
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The Undertaker returned for a stunning boneyard match to beat AJ Styles in a classic, which had fans going wild on social media.
And Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins - leaping off the Mania sign onto a table in the process.