Showing posts with label WWE WrestleMania 41. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 20, 2025

WrestleMania 41, Night Two - The LIVE Results



We see Byron Saxton's interview with Bianca Belair regarding her road to WrestleMania.



We see more of Peter Rosenberg's interview with WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque.

Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. Liv says they have nothing to do with what happened to Bayley, and that it does not matter who Lyra Valkyria picks as her new tag team partner because they are the best Women's Tag Team Champions of all time.

WWE announces Cure 4 The Kids Founraton, Candelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada, Nevada Youth Network and Hope Means Nevada as WWE Community Champions and awards them $25,000 each.

We see Cathy Kelley's interview with Rhea Ripley.



We see Michael Cole's interview with "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes.



Ava Max performs America the Beautiful.

Stephanie McMahon welcomes everyone to tonight's show. She also talks about how WWE has been inexorably part of her life, and how she was sixteen years old at WrestleMania 9 (the last time WrestleMania was in Las Vegas) and how her middle daughter is now sixteen.



We are introduced to the Spanish commentary team.

Bianca Belair's entrance before the next match consists of young women with amazingly long ponytails and older women playing double dutch on the stage. One of the younger women is Bianca's stepdaughter.

Iyo Sky retains the Women's World Championship against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley after hitting Bianca Belair with Over The Moonsault following Bianca hitting Rhea Ripley with the K.O.D.





Before the next match, Drew McIntyre poses on a statue with a sword and spiked shield based on the upcoming video game Doom: The Dark Ages, while Slayer Co-lead guitarist Kerry King plays Damian Priest to the ring.



Drew McIntyre beats Damian Priest in a Sin City Street Fight following a Claymore into a metal folding chair in the corner.



It is announced that WWE is coming to Australia in October, and that Cena will have his last match in the country as part of his retirement tour.



Detroit Lions player Jahmyr Gibbs, UFC commentator Daniel Cormier and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe are seen in the crowd.

Before the next match, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio shows up wearing one of the masks of Rey Mysterio Sr.

"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio beats Finn Balor, Bron Breakker and Penta after Finn Balor hits Bron Breakker with the Coup de Grace only for Dominik to hit Finn with a top rope frog splash and pin him - despite Finn trying to stop the splash moments earlier - for the win.







UFC welterweight champion Colby Covington, producer/songwriter Metro Boomin and actor Dean Norris are in the crowd.

Before the next match, Randy Orton proclaims that tonight marks his twentieth WrestleMania and that he is here, ready to go, like he said. He says that whoever steps into the ring for his open challenge will get a WrestleMania moment courtesy of the RKO. Randy Orton's open challenge is answered by none other than Joe Hendry.



Randy Orton beats Joe Hendry with the RKO after Hendry smiles at the camera following the Fallaway Slam. After the match, Orton helps Hendry up and raises his hand in a sign of respect, then hits him with another RKO and playfully mocks Hendry signature turn-around towards the camera.





Money in the Bank is live on Peacock and Netflix on June 7th after Worlds Collide!

Before the next match, Logan Paul records part of his entrance through a drone equipped with a camera before seeing his entrance through nine different angles simultaneously.

Logan Paul beats "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles. During the match, Jeff of Logan's Paul entourage tries to pass brass knuckles to Logan, but he is stopped by Karrion Kross. Styles tosses Jeff to the floor, and when Kross tells Styles to use the knuckles and punch Logan out, Styles tosses them away and punches Kross out only to run into a right hand followed by the Paulverizer back in the ring.



Actress/singer Vanessa Hudgens, Rana Daggubati, boxer Terence Crawford and rapper Quavo are seen in the crowd.

Lyra Valkyria's tag team partner is revealed to be Becky Lynch, who has not been in a match in almost a year since her steel cage match with Liv Morgan.



Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria beat Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to become the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, making Lyra a double champion much like Becky was at WrestleMania 35.



"Stone Cold" Steve Austin heads to the ring on an ATV, and crashes it into the barricade and knocks someone down because of it. After getting so many "What?" chants, Austin announces the two-day total of 124,693. He tells everyone to go home safely before tonight's main event and before having a few beers.



Before the next match, John Cena's entrance consists of nothing but the color black and the words "John Cena" in all white. "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes' entrance consists of BMX riders going up and down the ramps and Cody wearing a skull helmet that opens up.



John Cena beats "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes to become Undisputed WWE Champion and become a world champion for the seventeenth time, beating "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair's record of sixteen times. During the match, Cody inadvertently kicks Cena into the referee to break out of an STF attempt as the referee is standing in the corner. With no referee, John Cena expose a turnbuckle and slams Cody's head into it twice, then hits an Attitude Adjustment only for Cody to kick out. Cody hits the Cross Rhodes, but there is still no referee. Travis Scott suddenly shows up, and the referee comes to as Travis Scott heads to the ring. Cena has Travis slap Cody again, but Cody elbows out of Cena's grasp and dares Travis Scott to get in the ring. He gets in the ring, and swings at Cody only for Cody to hit him with the Cross Rhodes. After this, Cena has the Undipusted WWE Championship in his hands, and Cody takes it away from him after a tug of war only for Cena to beg him off. When Cody relents, Cena kicks him in the groin and hits him with the championship, then pushes the championship out of the ring and pins Cody to win the match, win the title and make history.









Here are the highlights from tonight's show!





Here is the recap for tonight's show!



Saturday, April 19, 2025

WrestleMania 41, Night One - The LIVE Results





We see Peter Rosenberg interview Triple H about various subjects, including Randy Orton.

We see Wade Barrett's interview with Charlotte Flair regarding her WrestleMania match.

It is announced that WWE has officially acquired Mexican professional wrestling orgazination AAA. AAA CEO and General Manager Dorian Peña, Fillip co-founder Alberto Fasja Cohen, AAA President Marisela Peña and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque are present for the announcement, as are numerous luchadors in WWE as well as AAA luchador El Hijo del Vikingo. Triple H then announces that Worlds Collide will happen on June 7th at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, California and will have a AAA/WWE/NXT cross-branding, with the 30th anniversary of When Worlds Collide as the basis.





Jackie Redmond interviews Rey Mysterio, who states that he is not medically cleared (which is due to an injury he suffered in his match on SmackDown last night). He announces that their will be a replacement and that lucha will be on the map, and that replacement will be Rey Fenix. Rey Mysterio also talks about what his fourteen-years-old self would think about this moment as well as how he got started in AAA, and states that WWE's acquisition of AAA brings his career full circle.



We see Jackie Redmond's interview with "Main Event" Jey Uso.

Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews The New Day. Woods says they are the greatest tag team in WWE history, and that they will tonight and win their thirteenth tag team championships. Kofi says that the last time they wrestled for the tag titles in Las Vegas, they won, and tonight will be a repeat.

In footage from earlier today, Lyra Valkyria finds out that Bayley has been injured. As Raw General Manager Adam Pearce and two members of the medical crew check on Bayley Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez make fun of the situation and state that they have nothing to do with this, but Pearce tells them that they still have a match. Lyra finds out that she has 24 hours to find a new tag team partner. (One of the members of the medical team is independent wrestler Nixi XS.)



We see the WrestleMania journey of deaf WWE fan Geo Head.

We see an introduction to the show narrated by Dana White.



Jelly Roll sings God Bless America.

WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque is in the ring. Triple H welcomes everyone to the show.



DJ Salvatore Gannaci shows up with advertising for Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves front and center before "Main Event" Jey Uso shows up for the next match. We are introduced to the Spanish announce team. Chairman of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia GEA Turki al-Sheikh is seen in the crowd.



"Main Event" Jey Uso beats Gunther to become the World Heavyweight Champion after using Gunther's own moves against him. He beats Gunther with a powerbomb, a Spear, three Uso Splashes and a sleeper hold, which Gunther submits to. After the match, Jimmy Uso shows up and celebrates with his brother Jey. Jimmy and Jey then celebrate in the crowd.





Nine-time Grammy winner Rick Rubin, magician and illusionist Criss Angel, San Francisco 49ers tight end and six-time Pro Bowler George Kittle are seen in the crowd.

The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) beat The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik) to become the World Tag Team Championships and become thirteen-time world tag team champions overall after Kofi grabs onto Ivar's foot to stop a potential kick-out after The New Day hit Daylight on Ivar. This is after Kofi trips Ivar up on the ropes and Woods rakes Erik in the eyes.



Actor and musician O'Shea Jackson Jr., actor Michael Che, singer-songwriter Jelly Roll are seen in the crowd.

Before Jade Cargill heads to the ring for the next match, The Weather Channel meteorologist and on-air personality Jim Cantore issues a WrestleMania weather report, announcing that a storm is coming.

Jade Cargill beats Naomi with a powerbomb out of the electric chair position followed by Jaded.



TV host, comedian and author Lilly Singh as well as rapper-singer Lil Yachty are seen in the crowd.

Before the next match, LA Knight shows up in a white Maserati MC20 Cielo.

Jacob Fatu beats LA Knight to become the WWE United States Champion! Haku is seen congratulating Jacob Fatu after the match.



Before the next match, El Grande Americano comes out to a mariachi band, with all the performers wearing El Grande Americano masks. His entrance is also in sepia tone and plays at 24 frames per second. It is clarified on commentary that he is billed as being from "The Gulf of Mexico" instead of "The Gulf of America." El Hijo del Vikingo and UFC CEO Dana White are seen in the crowd before the next match. El Grande Americano confronts El Hijo del Vikingo in the front row just before the bell, and gets smacked with an enzuigiri for his efforts.

El Grande Americano beats Rey Fenix after placing the metal plate into his mask to load it up, allowing him to cause Fenix to injure his right foot when he kicks him in the face and also to headbutt him out of mid-air before hitting the top rope diving headbutt for the win. After the match, El Hijo del Vikingo checks on Rey Fenix and helps him up.



AAA CEO and General Manager Dorian Peña, Fillip co-founder Alberto Fasja Cohen and AAA President Marisela Peña are seen in the front row.

Shawn Michaels shows up to announce that tonight's attendance is 61,467.



Actor Stephen Amell, UFC middleweight fighter Israel Adesanya and UFC CEO Dana White are seen in the front row.

Before the next match, Tiffany Stratton comes out to a Barbie-themed entrance, while Charlotte Flair shows up in a Rolls Royce.



Tiffany Stratton retains the WWE Women's Championship against Charlotte Flair.



Backlash is live on Peacock and Netflix on Saturday, May 10th!

The WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2025 and their families are seen on stage.



We see footage of Iyo Sky in the Goodyear Blimp.

Seth "Freakin'" Rollins fires off a flamethrower on the way to the ring for the next match. The lights go out, and when they come back on, Rollins goes from wearing all black to wearing all white. Members of the Anoa'i Family are seen on the LED boards at the sides of the ramp during Roman Reigns' entrance. CM Punk's entrance starts with a combination of past and present footage that draws back to Punk's introductory vignette from more than fifteen years ago where Punk says that tonight is his night and his main event. "This Fire Burns" by Killswitch Engage is heard during this pre-entrance video package. When CM Punk makes his entrance with Paul Heyman, he is played to the ring by Living Colour.







Seth "Freakin'" Rollins beats Roman Reigns and CM Punk in a Triple Threat Match. During the match, Heyman hands a metal folding chair to Punk, but as Punk is about to hit Roman with the chair, Heyman hits him with a low blow. He then hands the chair to Roman, and Roman smacks Punk with the chair until Heyman gets Roman focused on Rollins. As Roman is about to hit Rollins, Heyman also hits Roman with a low blow. He then hands the chair to Rollins, who smacks Roman in the back before hitting him with The Stomp to win.







Here are the highlights from tonight's show!







Here is the recap for tonight's show!