Wrestlemania 35 at MetLife Stadium (Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

We get it. Leaving MetLife Stadium is never going to be easy, no matter the circumstances. But what happened to thousands of WWE fans after Sunday night's WrestleMania 35 was an off-the-top rope fiasco of epic proportions.

NJ Transit promised trains every 10 minutes to get the hoards of fans from the Meadowlands to Secaucus Junction, where many would change trains to New York City or get to their parked cars.

Instead, the crowds were stuck waiting hours. With incomplete updates. In the rain.

The social media furor got ugly quickly.

Trains ended up being late and more like 30 minutes apart. Some stood around for buses they were told were coming at some point in the future, according to fans.

NJ Transit cast blame Monday morning on WWE for the event running late and cited federal regulations about overtime.

The pouring rain that started at 1:45 a.m. did not improve anyone's spirits, according to sports reporter James Kratch, who chronicled his own long journey home.

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Fans leave WrestleMania 35 on Sunday, April 7, 2019. (James Kratch | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Not surprisingly, drenched and exhausted WrestleMania fans let NJ Transit have it, with many noting that NJ Transit should have been better prepared for a major nighttime event after the transit problems after the 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium.

The furious tweets and posts kept coming throughout the early morning as the chaos continued and even as NJ Transit started cross-honoring PATH tickets until 5 a.m.

Here's a taste of the disgust WrestleMania fans rained down on NJ Transit as they stood in line for hours.

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This is what @MetLifeStadium looked like at 1a after the end of @wwe @WrestleMania the lines for the buses leaving the stadium were ridiculous and since @PATHTrain are cross honoring until 5a that tells me @NJTRANSIT did not properly plan for the event properly. #FixMePhilMurphy pic.twitter.com/828BsliOKI — Alex (@RealAlexNovelo) April 8, 2019

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Wrestlemania, you were fun. NJ transit... not so much. Here's to getting home at 7am. Cheers. Posted by Tom Kenny on Monday, April 8, 2019

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@MetLifeStadium @NJTRANSIT @Wwe took me 6 hours to get from Ireland to Metlife Stadium. Took me same to get from Metlife Stadium to Penn after event. Broken. — Barry O Brien (@BarryOBri) April 8, 2019

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P.S. thanks @NJTRANSIT for terrible service, no announcements and for not adding trains with this huge event. You missed money and a chance to be better. Not surprised there either. #njtransitsucks #exhausted — Brittney (@Brittney_Lynn22) April 8, 2019

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Unreal that 5 years after super bowl debacle, #njtransit still can't get people home after a big event — ChurchService (@ChurchService) April 8, 2019

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Shout-out to all the visiting Wrestlemania fans baptised into honorary New Jersey resident status by getting rained on for two hours waiting for NJTransit to take you one stop. — SaintOnge (@SaintOnge) April 8, 2019

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#WrestleMania was great, but I am never coming to another event at @MetLifeStadium ever again. Leaving here is an absolute nightmare. Show ended two hours ago and I’m still here. It’s also raining heavily and everyone seems to be stuck here. 😞 — Graham "GSM" Matthews (@WrestleRant) April 8, 2019

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I went to #Wrestlemania35 last night and want to thank #WWE for a hell of an event but @NJTRANSIT

just about stole the show. The transfer to/from Secaucus was free and I still paid too much. 2.5 hours of waiting. Pisspoor performance from @PhilMurphyNJ. https://t.co/hzBEqKL5zQ — Javahn Walker For Congress (@jw4congress2020) April 8, 2019

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It’s past 1 a.m. and 80,000 people are trying to find a way home from MetLife Stadium. Taxis and Ubers are running over $100 at the moment to get back to Manhattan or Brooklyn if you can even find one. Some drivers are walking around the Uber/Lyft area offering rides for $200. — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) April 8, 2019

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Waiting for two hours in the cold rain for a @NJTRANSIT train at meadowlands. This unpleasant public transit experience has completely erased the postive experience i had @WWE #WreslteMania35 😣😣😣 — Nakeefa Garay (@NakeefaGaray) April 8, 2019

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The service by @NJTRANSIT tonight has been abysmal. It’s bad enough that we were left standing in pouring rain but the show ended around 12:30 and we didn’t get on a train till 2:30am because the trains would sit for ages and not depart, despite no one getting on or off for ages! — James Higgins (@James_T_Higgins) April 8, 2019

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I waited till 245 before an uber showed. It was train or uber whatever came first. $70 later I'm back in Brooklyn l https://t.co/JItnSBuHa3 — Julie (@missjuliek) April 8, 2019

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Rebecca Everett may be reached at reverett@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on Twitter

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