WrestleMania 32

WWE had been hobbled by real-life injuries to the wrestlers on its roster, rendering them unable to wrestle at WrestleMania 32. The injured list at the time included:
# Bray Wyatt - right calf injury during a Street Fight match against Kane in a WWE Live event on 26th February, he would return on April 26
#Luke Harper - dislocated his patella and tore his medial patellofemoral ligament on 26 November 2015 in a WWE Live event sidelining him for 5 months returning on April 26
#Erick Rowan - torn rotator cuff would be out of action for 8 months on 26 August 2015 WWE Live event during a match with Ryback, he would return April 26
#Seth Rollins - torn ACL on November 4, returned on Super Showdown PPV in May 22
#Randy Orton - shoulder injury on October 19, returned in June
#Sting - neck injury which temporarily forced to retire until coming out of retirement in 2020 for All Elite Wrestling (AEW)
#Daniel Bryan - Neck surgery* on March 5 would be out of action for 8 months. Would return 5 November 2016.
#Rusev - bicep injury in January returned a week after WrestleMania
# Wade Barrett - nerve injury in his neck and did not wrestle again
# Mark Henry - rib injury, retired shortly afterwards
# Cesaro - torn rotator cuff muscle in his left shoulder, returned on the 4 April 2016 episode of Raw
# Neville - broken ankle (during a Raw match v Chris Jericho)
# Tyson Kidd - spinal cord injury which resulted in his retirement in 2017
# Sin Cara - dislocated shoulder
#Sasha Banks - suffered a head injury after ref kneed her at a house show returned on the April 4, 2016 episode of Raw
#Brie Bella - shoulder injury and extended break for family reasons, wouldn't return in-ring until September 2017
#Nikki Bella - neck injury, wouldn't come back until Summerslam in August 2016
#Paige - unavailable, would return night after WrestleMania
#Tamina - knee surgery in early March, returned after a 7-month absence in September
#Naomi - torn tendon in early March returned in July
#Emma - back injury
David Shoemaker, writing for ESPN, described that "it seems as if the talent left off the match lineup could sell more tickets than the one currently on it." Shoemaker also theorized possible reasons for injuries being firstly "WWE's gruelling schedule", and secondly "the travel, the exhaustion, the lack of an offseason".
*At some point in time, Bryan lost all strength in his right arm and required neck surgery. On March 15, Bryan underwent successful neck surgery, with a cervical foraminotomy to decompress the nerve root having been performed. Months after the neck surgery, Bryan's strength still had not returned to his arm. Many doctors felt a 2nd surgery was needed, while others told Bryan he would not be able to return to wrestling. Bryan contemplated further elbow surgery, but instead went to Denver to undergo the Muscle Activation Techniques program, which successfully returned the strength to his right arm. To prepare for his in-ring return, he trained in kickboxing and jujitsu.