The internet is already hallucinating about shows that don't exist yet

We are currently sitting here on March 31, 2026, with WrestleMania 41 exactly nineteen days away. The tension is supposed to be boiling over for the Bloodline drama and the title matches in Las Vegas. Instead, the discourse has pivoted to people pitching matches for a show that hasn't even been booked, branded, or scheduled by the promotion.

Matt Hardy recently threw his hat into the fantasy booking ring, pitching a specific match concept that has set the forums ablaze. The problem isn't the idea itself. The problem is that fans are treating a hypothetical suggestion for an unnamed future event as if it is a confirmed card update.

The split in the locker room of public opinion

Go onto any subreddit or Discord server right now, and you will see the divide clearly. One faction, the nostalgia-seekers, is all in. You see posts saying things like, it doesn't matter when it happens, just give us the technical masterclass back on the main stage. They want the spectacle regardless of the timeline or the current roster reality.

The skeptics, however, are loud and frankly, they are right. One recurring sentiment in the thread is that booking for a show twelve months out when we haven't even finished the current cycle is just exhausting. Why settle for this when the most important nights of the year are on April 19 and 20? The focus should be on the current champions walking into Sin City.

There is a third group, the contrarians, who argue that professional wrestling is built on these types of long-term whispers. They think planning ahead is a sign of a healthy creative process. They cite the way old-school promotions used to plant seeds years in advance, though they conveniently ignore how often those plans were blown up by injury or ego.

My take on this fantasy booking addiction

Here is the reality of the situation: we have a massive problem with people losing the plot. We are three weeks out from the biggest event in the history of the company, and people are spending their energy trying to manifest matches for a show that isn't even on the calendar. It is like being at the dinner table on Thanksgiving and arguing about the menu for the next two years instead of eating the turkey.

These fantasy scenarios are a refuge for people who prefer talking about wrestling to actually watching it. It is much easier to post a dream card on a message board than it is to deal with the inevitable disappointment of a bad finish or a questionable booking decision at the actual event. When you live in the future, you never have to deal with the fact that your favorite worker lost clean in the 12th minute because the writers decided to pivot at the eleventh hour.

The stronger argument clearly belongs to the people who want to keep their eyes on the prize. WrestleMania 41 is right there. We have months of high-stakes competition coming up, including the road to the UCL final in late May, and people want to retreat into their own heads to play booker. It is a waste of time. Let us get through the current high-stakes matches before we start worrying about who is main-eventing the following spring.

Why we need to stop the future-baiting

Ultimately, this behavior is a symptom of the modern fan’s inability to sit in the moment. We have gamified the consumption of entertainment to the point where the act of guessing what comes next is more rewarding than the payoff. But wrestling is a show, not a stock market ticker.

When we treat every veteran's side suggestion as a headline, we are doing ourselves a disservice. We are cluttering the conversation with noise that makes it harder to appreciate the athleticism and narrative work happening right now. Focus on the upcoming card. Save the dream matches for when the actual road to the following year begins.