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WOL: WWE WrestleMania and Las Vegas are not a good match

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Today’s WOL focus is on the fact WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas hasn’t sold out, and likely won’t be. It’s more of an indictment of Las Vegas than WWE. Las Vegas is a terrible city for WrestleMania: it’s expensive, it’s difficult to navigate between venues around the area, and high rollers don’t want to watch WWE at the current ticket prices.

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WWE confirms WrestleMania 41 Saturday and Sunday lineups

Posted on by Ethan Renner

WWE has confirmed which matches will take place on which nights of the two-night WrestleMania 41 event.

Night one on Saturday, April 19 currently has seven matches set, with Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins already announced for the main event slot.

Six matches are currently slated for night two on Sunday, April 20, with Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE title against John Cena already announced as the main event.

Four title matches will take place on WrestleMania Saturday, with the World Heavyweight, WWE Women’s, United States, and World Tag Team title bouts announced for night one.

Night two also has four title matches listed, with the Undisputed WWE, Women’s World, Intercontinental, and Women’s Tag titles on the line on WrestleMania Sunday.

The lineups are listed below.

WWE WrestleMania 41 —

Night one, Saturday, April 19, 7 p.m. Eastern time —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) defend against The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  • Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano

Night two, Sunday, April 20, 7 p.m. Eastern time —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair & Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio in a four-way
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against Bayley & Lyra Valkyria
  • Sin City street fight: Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul

Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest WWE WrestleMania 41 stipulation added

Posted on by Ethan Renner

A new stipulation has been added to the Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest bout set for WWE WrestleMania 41.

After a heated face-to-face segment broke down into a brawl on Friday’s SmackDown episode, WWE officially added a Sin City street fight stipulation to McIntyre vs. Priest for their WrestleMania 41 encounter.

Priest and McIntyre have a year’s worth of story building to their match, including Priest cashing in his Money in the Bank contract against McIntyre to win the World Heavyweight Championship at last year’s WrestleMania with an assist from CM Punk.

Priest later eliminated McIntyre from the 2025 Royal Rumble, and also slammed him on a car windshield on a recent SmackDown.

WWE also confirmed with matches will take place on which nights of the two-night WrestleMania 41 set for Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20 during Friday’s episode. McIntyre vs. Priest will take place on night two on Sunday.

Our full SmackDown report is here. The current WrestleMania 41 lineup is below.

WWE WrestleMania 41 —

Night one, Saturday, April 19, 7 p.m. Eastern time —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) defend against The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  • Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano

Night two, Sunday, April 20, 7 p.m. Eastern time —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair & Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio in a four-way
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against Bayley & Lyra Valkyria
  • Sin City street fight: Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul

WWE WrestleMania 41 Women’s Tag title match set

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Bayley and Lyra Valkyria are on their way to WWE WrestleMania 41.

Valkyria and Bayley won the gauntlet match on Friday’s WWE SmackDown to advance to the Women’s Tag Team Championship currently slated for night two of WresteMania on Sunday, April 20. They will challenge current champs Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the titles.

Both teams had a staredown in the ring on Friday’s show while posing in the sightline of the WrestleMania 41 sign hanging in the rafters.

The expected WrestleMania 41 lineup is listed below.

WWE WrestleMania 41

Night one (Saturday, April 19) —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) defend against New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)
  • Jade Cargill vs. Naomi

Night two (Sunday, April 20) —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way match
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against Bayley & Lyra Valkyria
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Randy Orton vs. ?

Tag Team title match official for WWE WrestleMania 41

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Another new match is officially on the books for WrestleMania 41.

WWE confirmed this afternoon that The War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) will defend their World Tag Team titles against New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) at WrestleMania in Las Vegas. The match was expected to be added to the Mania card after their title bout on Raw earlier this week ended with New Day winning by disqualification. It was made official via a social media announcement from Raw general manager Adam Pearce.

During their match on Raw, Woods introduced a chair into the ring but had it wrestled away from him by Ivar. The referee then called for a DQ after Ivar struck Woods with the chair. New Day launched a post-match steel chair attack on The War Raiders until officials broke things up.

A stipulation for War Raiders vs. New Day has not been announced, but Dave Meltzer reported earlier today that it’s possible one could be added. Meltzer wrote that the bout is expected to be part of the card for night one of WrestleMania.

Ivar & Erik have been World Tag Team Champions since winning the belts from Judgment Day’s Finn Balor & JD McDonagh in December.

As things stand, the matches set for WrestleMania are expected to happen on the following nights:

Night one (Saturday, April 19) —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)
  • United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
  • World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) defend against New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso

Night two (Sunday, April 20) —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD (challengers will be decided in a gauntlet match on SmackDown this Friday)
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • Randy Orton vs. ?
  • Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way match
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match

Fight Game: Early WWE WrestleMania 41 predictions

Posted on by Garrett Gonzales

John LaRocca and I are back to talk about the major topics in the world of wrestling on this week’s Fight Game Podcast — our last podcast together before WrestleMania 41 as I will be in Las Vegas for the F4W convention.

However, that doesn’t mean we won’t have an episode next week. In fact, we hope to have two episodes from Las Vegas next week and hope to also livestream them on YouTube, so make sure you’re subscribed to the F4WOnline YouTube channel.

We kicked off this show by giving out our Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down winners and losers of the week before going into our Top Five topics which included:

  • Early WWE WrestleMania 41 predictions
  • NXT Stand and Deliver
  • The Young Bucks’ return to AEW
  • Kenny Omega’s unserious promo to start AEW Dynasty
  • Dark Side of the Ring episode on Big Van Vader

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WWE WrestleMania 41 Saturday Card: Night 1

Posted on by Jake Skudder

WWE WrestleMania 41 Night 1 is set to take place on Saturday, April 19 2025, and we now know what the card for night 1 should be. Writing in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, F4W’s own Dave Meltzer confirmed how the two nights will be breaking down.

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WWE WrestleMania 41 Night 1 Card

Here is how the card for Night 1 of WrestleMania 41 is expected to go:

  • World Heavyweight Championship Match: Gunther vs. Jey Uso
  • WWE Tag Team Championship Match: War Raiders vs. New Day
  • Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
  • United States Championship Match: LA Knight vs. Jacob Fatu
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano
  • WWE Women’s Championship Match: Tiffany Stratton vs. Charlotte Flair
  • Main Event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins

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WrestleMania 41 Main Event

The main event of Night 2 will be Cody Rhodes vs John Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship. With CM Punk vs Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns already confirmed to be a main event on one of the nights, it makes sense that it would be headlining Night 1.

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WWE WrestleMania 41 card updates

Posted on by F4W Staff

In the newly released edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer gave an update on where things currently stand with the WrestleMania 41 card.

Meltzer confirms that there are currently seven matches slated for each night, including a War Raiders vs. New Day match for the World Tag Team titles on night one that has yet to be publicly announced. Another tag title bout — WWE Tag Team Champions The Street Profits vs. Motor City Machine Guns — could potentially be added to either night or could take place on the SmackDown before WrestleMania.

A new opponent for Randy Orton has not been made official yet after Kevin Owens had to withdraw from the show due to needing neck surgery. Orton is still listed for the card internally.

WrestleMania is taking place at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas and is now just over a week away. Here is what the card currently looks like (unconfirmed if this is the match order):

Night one (Saturday, April 19) —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)
  • United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
  • World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) defend against New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) — likely to have a stipulation added after their most recent match ended in a DQ
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso

Night two (Sunday, April 20) —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD (challengers will be decided in a gauntlet match on SmackDown this Friday)
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • Randy Orton vs. ?
  • Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre
  • Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way match
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match

“Peacock was listing both shows from 4 p.m. Eastern to 1 a.m. Eastern,” Meltzer wrote. “Now that includes a three-hour pre-game show which means six hours for the rest. If the post-show is one hour, that would mean a five hour show. It’s pretty clear they will be going well over four hours for the wrestling show.”

Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest official for WWE WrestleMania 41

Posted on by Joseph Currier

A long-expected WrestleMania 41 match has now been officially booked.

On social media this afternoon, WWE confirmed that Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest will take place at WrestleMania. The announcement comes in advance of a face-to-face confrontation between Mcintyre and Priest that’s set for SmackDown this Friday night.

WWE has not announced which night of WrestleMania the match will be happening on. The two-night event is being held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20.

This is technically a rematch from WrestleMania 40, where Priest cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and quickly defeated McIntyre to win the World Heavyweight Championship. McIntyre had retained the title against Seth Rollins right before Priest’s cash-in.

Their issues picked up earlier this year when Priest eliminated McIntyre in the Royal Rumble. A recent episode of SmackDown saw Priest chokeslam McIntyre onto a car windshield. Since legitimately getting glass in his eye during that spot, McIntyre has been wearing an eye patch.

With this addition, there are now 12 matches officially announced for WrestleMania 41.

WrestleMania 41 night one (Saturday, April 19) —

  • Triple threat match: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso

WrestleMania 41 night two (Sunday, April 20) —

  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena
  • Triple threat match: Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley

Night to be announced —

  • United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • Four-way match: Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio
  • Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD
  • Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest

Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano added to WWE WrestleMania 41

Posted on by Ethan Renner

El Grande Americano will make his WrestleMania debut against Rey Mysterio.

The new match for WrestleMania 41 was announced during Monday’s Raw following a six-man tag team match. Americano, Brutus Creed, and Julius Creed defeated Mysterio’s LWO teammates Dragon Lee, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro on Raw.

Americano used a steel plate in his mask to hit headbutts on Mysterio, who was ringside for the contest, and Lee, leading to the win for American Made.

Later, Mysterio demanded a WrestleMania match against Americano, with Raw GM Adam Pearce agreeing to the contest.

The current lineup for the two-night WrestleMania set for Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas:

WWE WrestleMania 41 night one, Saturday, April 19 —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins

WWE WrestleMania 41 night two, Sunday, April 20 —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena

WWE WrestleMania 41, Saturday, April 19 & Sunday, April 20 —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
  • WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way
  • Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD

Intercontinental title four-way set for WWE WrestleMania 41

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The WWE Intercontinental Championship will be on the line in a four-way at WrestleMania 41.

Raw general manager Adam Pearce announced in a social media post on Monday that Bron Breakker will put his IC title on the line in Las Vegas against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way match.

The announcement was followed up on Monday’s WWE Raw with a backstage interaction between The Judgment Day’s Balor and Mysterio, continuing to tease dissension between the supposed allies as they go after Breakker’s title at WrestleMania.

The current lineup for the two-night WWE WrestleMania 41 PLE:

WWE WrestleMania 41 night one, Saturday, April 19 —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins

WWE WrestleMania 41 night two, Sunday, April 20 —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena

WWE WrestleMania 41, Saturday, April 19 & Sunday, April 20 —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
  • WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way
  • Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD

Women’s World title match at WWE WrestleMania 41 now a three-way

Posted on by Ethan Renner

As expected, the Women’s World title match at WWE WrestleMania will indeed be a triple threat bout.

WWE Raw general manager Adam Pearce announced in Raw’s opening segment that IYO SKY will defend her Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania 41 against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley.

Belair earned the World title shot by winning the women’s Elimination Chamber match at the EC PLE in March, while Ripley forced her way into the title picture by simply declaring for the match.

A SKY vs. Ripley title match on last week’s Raw with Belair as guest referee was meant to settle the matter, but the bout ended in a no contest, so Pearce made the originally scheduled SKY vs. Belair match a triple threat also involving Ripley.

The updated WWE WrestleMania 41 lineup:

WWE WrestleMania 41 night one, Saturday, April 19 —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins

WWE WrestleMania 41 night two, Sunday, April 20 —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena

WWE WrestleMania 41, Saturday, April 19 & Sunday, April 20 —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat
  • WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker defends against Penta, Finn Balor, and Dominik Mysterio in a four-way
  • Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD

Gauntlet match for WrestleMania title shot booked for next WWE SmackDown

Posted on by Ethan Renner

The road to WWE WrestleMania 41 continues on the Friday, April 11 SmackDown with a gauntlet match with Mania implications.

A women’s tag team gauntlet match has been announced for next week’s show, with the winners advancing to WrestleMania 41 to challenge Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.

Katana Chance & Kayden Carter, Bayley & Lyra Valkyria, Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark, Michin & B-Fab, Piper Niven & Alba Fyre, and Natalya & Maxxine Dupri will be the six teams vying for a title shot in the gauntlet match.

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will also appear on next week’s SmackDown, as the champ continues to prepare for his WrestleMania 41 title defense against John Cena.

Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest will have a face-to-face confrontation on next week’s SmackDown in another new segment announced for the show. Priest challenged McIntyre to a WrestleMania 41 bout during this week’s episode, although the match has yet to be confirmed.

After making his WWE debut on this week’s SmackDown with a victory over NXT’s Nathan Frazer, Rey Fenix will again be in action on next Friday’s episode against Berto.

The announced lineup for the Friday, April 11 WWE SmackDown:

  • Gauntlet match for a WWE Women’s Tag Team title shot at WrestleMania 41: Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark vs. Michin & B-Fab vs. Piper Niven & Alba Fyre vs. Natalya & Maxxine Dupri
  • Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes returns to SmackDown
  • Drew McIntyre & Damian Priest face-to-face
  • Rey Fenix vs. Berto

Damian Priest challenges Drew McIntyre for WWE WrestleMania 41

Posted on by Ethan Renner

Another WWE WrestleMania 41 bout came one step closer to fruition on Friday’s SmackDown.

Damian Priest issued a challenge to Drew McIntyre for WrestleMania 41 in a vignette on Friday’s episode, although the match has yet to be made official for the April 19 and April 20 two-night event.

McIntyre vs. Priest has been heavily teased since this year’s Royal Rumble match where Priest eliminated McIntyre from the contest.

In an angle on last week’s SmackDown in London, Priest slammed McIntyre on a car windshield backstage, with McIntyre claiming that he legitimately got glass in his eye from the angle. McIntyre wore an eye patch for his backstage promo segment on this week’s SmackDown episode.

Priest and McIntyre in a face-to-face segment has also been announced for next week’s SmackDown.

With Priest vs. McIntyre not yet official, this is where the WrestleMania card currently stands:

WWE WrestleMania 41 night one, Saturday, April 19 —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins

WWE WrestleMania 41 night two, Sunday, April 20 —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena

WWE WrestleMania 41, Saturday, April 19 & Sunday, April 20 —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair
  • WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD

United States Championship match set for WWE WrestleMania 41

Posted on by Ethan Renner

LA Knight’s WWE WrestleMania 41 United States Championship challenger has been decided.

Jacob Fatu defeated Braun Strowman in a number one contender’s Last Man Standing match on Friday’s SmackDown to earn the number one contendership, with a title shot against Knight at WrestleMania 41 announced.

Fatu put Strowman through a table for the finish of the Last Man Standing bout on SmackDown to secure his championship shot at WrestleMania in Las Vegas set for Saturday, April 19 and Sunday, April 20.

Earlier in Friday’s show, Knight scored a victory over Fatu’s Bloodline teammate Tama Tonga in singles competition in a tune-up bout ahead of WrestleMania.

The main event for each night of WrestleMania is set, with several other matches announced but the night on which they will take place not yet confirmed. The current WWE WrestleMania 41 lineup:

WWE WrestleMania 41 night one, Saturday, April 19 —

  • Main event: Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk (w/Paul Heyman) vs. Seth Rollins

WWE WrestleMania 41 night two, Sunday, April 20 —

  • Main event: Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against John Cena

WWE WrestleMania 41, Saturday, April 19 & Sunday, April 20 —

  • World Heavyweight Champion Gunther defends against Jey Uso
  • WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton defends against Charlotte Flair
  • Women’s World Champion IYO SKY defends against Bianca Belair
  • WWE United States Champion LA Knight defends against Jacob Fatu
  • Naomi vs. Jade Cargill
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez defend against TBD