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TNA Champion Joe Hendry answers Randy Orton’s WWE WrestleMania 41 challenge

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TNA World Champion Joe Hendry was in action at WrestleMania 41 night two, answering Randy Orton’s open challenge.

Hendry made his surprise WrestleMania debut in a loss to Orton at Sunday night’s event in Las Vegas. Though Hendry entered with his TNA World Championship belt, it was not on the line in this impromptu matchup. They wrestled for three minutes until Orton got the win with an RKO out of nowhere as Hendry was posing.

After the match, Orton showed respect to Hendry and gave him a moment in front of the crowd — before dropping him with another RKO.

It was originally supposed to be Orton vs. Kevin Owens tonight, but Owens had to be pulled from the WrestleMania card due to injury. Owens announced on SmackDown earlier this month that he’s been dealing with a neck injury and needs to undergo surgery.

Insisting that he still wanted a WrestleMania match, Orton issued an open challenge for anyone to face him. WWE kept his opponent a surprise until Hendry’s music hit.

Hendry’s popularity has grown over the past year with his “I Believe in Joe Hendry” theme song going viral on social media. With the partnership that exists between WWE and TNA, Hendry made several NXT appearances in 2024 and was later a surprise entrant in the 2025 Royal Rumble.

Hendry became TNA World Champion this January — and his next title defense will be at TNA’s Rebellion pay-per-view next Sunday (April 27) in a three-way match against Frankie Kazarian and NXT wrestler Ethan Page.

IYO SKY retains Women’s World title at WWE WrestleMania 41

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IYO SKY is still Women’s World Champion after surviving two challengers at WrestleMania 41.

Night two of WrestleMania opened with SKY defeating Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a triple threat match to retain her title. Dubbed an instant classic by the commentary team, the match was a 14-minute fast-paced sprint with the three competitors going back and forth until SKY pinned Belair.

The finishing sequence included Belair striking Ripley with her braid and then landing a KOD. It looked like Belair had the victory, but SKY broke up the pin with a moonsault and then got the three count on Belair to retain.

Belair had a 4-0 career WrestleMania record before taking the loss here. She was booed by the Las Vegas crowd tonight in this all-babyface matchup.

This is SKY’s first WrestleMania win. Her reign as champion began last month when she defeated Ripley. The story was that Belair — who had already secured a Women’s World Championship shot at Mania — got involved in that match leading to Ripley’s loss. With Ripley blaming Belair for costing her the title, a triple threat was eventually made for WrestleMania.

Paul “Triple H” Levesque praised the SKY vs. Belair vs. Ripley match, calling it “F’N incredible.”

WWE WrestleMania 41 notes: Celebrities, announced attendance, Rey Fenix

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Here are some news and notes from Saturday’s night one of WWE WrestleMania 41.

Celebrities in the house

As expected, a who’s who of celebrities were at the first night including NFL star George Kittle of the San Francisco 49ers, musicians Jelly Roll and Lil Yachty, UFC head Dana White (who was booed the second time he was shown on camera), actor Stephen Amell, podcaster Bill Simmons, former UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya, magician Criss Angel, music producer Rick Rubin, and TKO executives.

WrestleMania 41 attendance

Shawn Michaels announced night one was attendance was a sellout of 61,467. At 9 AM Saturday morning, WrestleTix estimated a distributed number of just under 56,000 with a setup for just over 57,000.

The announced number is shy of the 63,969 for the 2024 Vegas Kickoff Classic between USC and LSU and a few hundred behind the 61,629 for that same year’s Super Bowl.

WrestleMania in-ring debuts

A year ago, Rey Fenix was readying for his return to the AEW ring after dealing with injuries to his back and hip — ones he called the worst of his career.

Fast forward to Saturday night and Fenix came in as an injury replacement for Rey Mysterio who tore his groin in a trios match on Friday’s SmackDown, making his WrestleMania debut in the process. He still fell in defeat to El Grande Americano who continues his war with his, ahem, fellow luchadores.

Fenix wasn’t the only one to make their WrestleMania debuts Saturday as WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton picked up a successful title defense against Charlotte Flair. Stratton competed in a dark match on the SmackDown before WrestleMania just over a year ago.

Jacob Fatu made his first WrestleMania a big one as he defeated LA Knight for the WWE United States title — his first singles belt in WWE.

Seth Rollins wins WWE WrestleMania 41 night one main event, aligns with Paul Heyman

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WWE WrestleMania 41 night one is officially in the books and Seth Rollins left the three-way main event with Roman Reigns and CM Punk as the winner and also with someone new in his corner: Paul Heyman.

As Rollins, Punk and Reigns were laid out in exhaustion in the match’s closing stages, Heyman grabbed a chair and couldn’t figure out who to slide it toward, Reigns or Punk, eventually giving it to Punk. He then got in the ring behind Punk to guide him and low blowed him instead, groveling in anguish at his decision afterward. Reigns then waffled Punk with the chair before turning his attention to Rollins at Heyman’s instruction.

As Reigns loaded up, Heyman gave him a low blow and handed Rollins the chair who then hit Reigns with it followed by a curb stomp, pinning Reigns as Heyman looked on in approval. The two then left together to close the show.

The match itself was competitive between all three men, spilling to the outside of the ring early on with Rollins and Punk using chairs and trash cans before Reigns flew out of nowhere over the barricade to take both men out.

Rollins looked to have had the match won at one point, countering a spear into a pedigree and hitting a curb stomp for a close nearfall. Later, Punk hit a GTS on Reigns after he accidentally took out Rollins with a spear for his own nearfall.

Rollins attempted to align with his former Shield teammate Reigns to take Punk out, but then took Rollins out with a punch and power bombed Punk through an announce table, followed by Rollins through another table. He then tossed Rollins in the ring, hit a spear, and got his own close nearfall.

Punk reversed a Reigns guillotine into the anaconda vice until Rollins got in and ensnared Punk into a sharpshooter. Reigns recovered and got a guillotine choke on Rollins which Rollins countered into a suplex, leading to a Punk curb stomp, GTS and another nearfall.

That was all before the final sequence listed above.

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There was no title on the line, Reigns’ first WrestleMania since the 35th edition in 2019 where he didn’t come in with a championship to defend. For Punk, it was his first WrestleMania main event and first WrestleMania match since 2013’s 29th edition against The Undertaker.

For the first time in years, Punk was accompanied by Heyman (much like he was at 29) as a favor Punk was owed going back to last November’s Survivor Series WarGames match. Rollins, of course, had his issues with both men from in-ring feuds to past alliances.

Now, things have changed for all four men again.

Tiffany Stratton retains over Charlotte Flair at WWE WrestleMania 41

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The WWE Women’s Championship remains with Tiffany Stratton.

Stratton defeated Charlotte Flair in the semi-main event of Saturday’s night one of WWE WrestleMania 41, retaining the Women’s title over the 14-tim former Women’s champ. After a Prettiest Moonsault Ever, Stratton pinned Flair to retain the title at Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium.

The champ did not emerge from the match unscathed, as Stratton appeared to have chipped her front teeth in the bout, and also had a welt on her forehead.

The story of the match focused on Flair targeting Stratton’s legs to set her up for a potential Figure Eight, but not being able to bridge into the move after Stratton attacked Flair’s heavily braced left knee. Flair missed more than a year of ring time after suffering a torn ACL in a December 2023 match.

Stratton’s title defense was the third of her current reign as WWE Women’s Champion, and her first in over two months. Stratton cashed in her Money in the Bank contract on Nia Jax on the January 3 SmackDown to win the gold for the first time.

Flair’s WrestleMania record drops to 4-4 after the loss, while Stratton’s victory came in her WrestleMania debut.

Our ongoing live coverage of WWE WrestleMania 41 is here.

El Hijo del Vikingo gets involved at WWE WrestleMania 41

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On the day it was announced that WWE has acquired Lucha Libre AAA, one of their top stars briefly got involved in the action at WrestleMania 41.

El Hijo del Vikingo was in the front row for Rey Fenix vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable) at night one of WrestleMania in Las Vegas on Saturday. Before the bell rang, there was a spot where Vikingo kicked Americano after being shoved by him at ringside. Vikingo was identified as a former AAA Champion.

During the match, Americano inserted a metal plate into his face mask and proceeded to use it as a weapon, getting the victory with a diving headbutt to Fenix. Vikingo entered the ring to check on Fenix after the match and help him to his feet.

AAA representatives Marisela Pena and Dorian Roldan were also shown on camera at WrestleMania, with Michael Cole saying WWE’s acquisition of AAA will change the landscape of lucha libre. Cole plugged the AAA & NXT Worlds Collide event that will be held in Los Angeles this June.

The announcement of the AAA acquisition was made by Paul “Triple H” Levesque during tonight’s pre-show with Vikingo, Pena, and Roldan among the personnel appearing alongside him.

Vikingo is a one-time AAA Mega Champion. In the United States, he made frequent appearances for AEW from 2023-2024. Vikingo has also competed for TNA Wrestling — and he’ll be in action at TNA’s Rebellion pay-per-view later this month.

Rey Mysterio was originally scheduled to be Americano’s WrestleMania opponent, but Fenix replaced him in the match after Mysterio suffered an injury on SmackDown last night. Dave Meltzer reports that Mysterio’s injury is a torn groin.

New Day win World Tag Team titles at WWE WrestleMania 41

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The New Day are once again Tag Team Champions in WWE.

The New Day duo of Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods defeated Erik and Ivar of The War Raiders at WrestleMania 41 on Saturday night in Las Vegas to become the new World Tag Team Champions.

The victory marks the first Tag title reign for New Day since their December 2024 heel turn, and their thirteenth overall Tag Team title reign in WWE, including 12 reigns with various iterations of the titles on the main roster, plus an NXT Tag title reign.

Woods pinned Ivar for the finish of the bout, with Kingston holding Ivar’s leg down out of sight of the referee in a variation of the finish to the Rick Rude vs. Ultimate Warrior WrestleMania 5 bout.

The New Day vs. The War Raiders went on second on night one of WrestleMania 41 on Saturday, and featured the second title change in as many bouts, as Jey Uso defeated Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship in the opener.

Our ongoing live coverage of WWE WrestleMania 41 is here.

Jey Uso taps out Gunther to win WWE World Heavyweight Championship

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Fifteen years into his WWE career, Jey Uso is finally World Champion.

Night one of WrestleMania 41 opened with Uso defeating Gunther to become the new World Heavyweight Champion. After surviving a belt shot and a barrage of offense from Gunther, Uso took control at the end of the match — which culminated with him tapping out Gunther with a sleeper.

Uso got momentum on his side when he slipped out of a powerbomb and then hit one of his own. He followed up with a superkick, a spear, and three top rope splashes. Uso then used the sleeper — one of Gunther’s signature moves — for the submission victory.

This is the first singles World Championship reign of Uso’s career. His only other singles title was a run with the Intercontinental title in 2024.

After the match, Uso celebrated in the ring with his twin brother Jimmy, who had been bloodied by Gunther and choked out with a sleeper in an angle during the build to WrestleMania.

Uso earned this title shot by winning the 2025 men’s Royal Rumble match. He had fallen short against Gunther at Saturday Night’s Main Event in January before winning the Rumble to get another crack at the World Heavyweight Championship.

Gunther’s reign as champion lasted more than eight months after winning the belt from Damian Priest at SummerSlam last year.

Backstage after defeating Gunther, Uso posed for a photo with Paul “Triple H” Levesque:

Cody Rhodes lays out John Cena in final segment before WWE WrestleMania 41

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Cody Rhodes has the storyline upper hand over John Cena going into their WWE WrestleMania 41 main event.

In the final segment of the final SmackDown before their WrestleMania 41 encounter on Sunday, Rhodes and Cena went head-to-head on the microphone, then in the ring, with the Undisputed WWE Champion standing tall at the end.

After a promo where Cena called Rhodes a “kid,” and chided him for connecting with fans, Rhodes fired back by saying that Cena had “neck like a stack of dimes,” “chicken legs,” and was “paler than Sting at Starrcade 1997.”

Cena went for an Attitude Adjustment on Rhodes, but Rhodes countered into Cross Rhodes and left his challenger laying in the last bit of storyline WWE programming ahead of this weekend’s two-night WrestleMania in Las Vegas.

Our full report from Friday’s go-home SmackDown is here.

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

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
  • Randy Orton open challenge

Randy Orton WWE WrestleMania 41 open challenge set

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Randy Orton’s WWE WrestleMania 41 opponent will be revealed in an open challenge segment on night two of the event on Sunday, April 20.

Orton took to the ring on Friday’s SmackDown go-home show to announce that he will hold an open challenge at WrestleMania.

Insisting that he was not going to miss what will be his twentieth WrestleMania, Orton issued a blanket challenge to any wrestler in Las Vegas for WrestleMania week to step up and face him.

Orton’s originally scheduled opponent Kevin Owens had to withdraw from Mania after suffering a neck injury, leaving Orton without a match.

Potential bouts with Solo Sikoa and SmackDown GM Nick Aldis have been teased in recent weeks, but Friday’s segment did not suggest that either will face Orton on Sunday.

The updated WWE WrestleMania 41 lineup is listed below. The shows will stream on Peacock in the US and on Netflix in most of the rest of the world. The pre-shows begin at 4 p.m. Eastern on Saturday and Sunday, with the main cards on both nights beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern time.

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

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
  • Randy Orton open challenge

Steve Austin ‘not looking to get back in the ring anytime soon’

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Despite what many hope, WWE Hall of Famer and pop culture icon “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s in-ring days are behind him.

During an appearance on Friday’s Pat McAfee Show, Austin was asked whether he ever gets the itch to get back in the ring and still see if he can do it.

As he said several times over the past few years, Austin said that “the time right now is for the younger generation. I leave it to them,” adding, “I’m not looking to get back in the ring anytime in the future.”

The 60-year-old made his long-awaited return at 2022’s WWE WrestleMania 38, competing in a no holds barred match against Kevin Owens — his first in-ring action in 19 years. He underwent total knee replacement surgery in late-2024.

He said a WrestleMania 40 appearance was “close” and said at one point, that he hoped to be at the 41st edition if it made sense.

Austin said he still wonders if he didn’t have a little more to give Owens in that match, but isn’t thinking about returning again. There was talk last year that WWE was optimistic a potential bout against CM Punk was possible.

His WrestleMania 13 match with Bret Hart will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Friday night.

Austin was also asked about the John Cena heel turn and he approves it, later admitting to Michael Cole that his own attempt to turn heel “didn’t need to happen.”

Pat McAfee & Stephanie McMahon reveal WWE WrestleMania 41 set

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With the start of the show fast approaching, WWE has given fans a look at the WrestleMania 41 set.

Friday’s edition of The Pat McAfee Show opened with McAfee and Stephanie McMahon revealing the set for WrestleMania 41. The event is taking place at Allegiant Stadium this Saturday and Sunday, and the stage is modeled after a Las Vegas hotel/casino.

Vegas is hosting WrestleMania for the first time since 1993, when WrestleMania IX was held at Caesars Palace.

Saturday and Sunday’s cards both have a start time of 7 p.m. Eastern, airing live on Peacock in the United States and Netflix everywhere else. There will be a three-hour WrestleMania Countdown broadcast leading into each night.

Here are the matches scheduled:

Night one (Saturday, April 19) —

  • 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
  • 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)
  • Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
  • Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)

Night two (Sunday, April 20) —

  • 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
  • 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
  • Sin City Street Fight: Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre
  • AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul
  • Randy Orton vs. ?

Triple H: WWE is ‘up for the challenge’ of international WrestleMania

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Holding WrestleMania outside of North America would be difficult logistically, but Paul “Triple H” Levesque says WWE is up for the challenge.

WrestleMania has only taken place outside of the United States twice, with Canada hosting the event in both 1990 and 2002. But as WWE becomes a more global company, the prospect of other countries hosting WrestleMania looks more likely. London is one of the international cities that has expressed interest in hosting the event.

Levesque recently told the Daily Mail that his goal is to bring WWE where the fans are the best and where the company can do the most business. WrestleMania requires a much larger logistical effort than any other WWE show, but Levesque is open to navigating through that.

“To answer the WrestleMania question, that’s like the Super Bowl. So the process of that going other places, people don’t understand the logistics of what that takes,” Levesque said. “Just going to Las Vegas, I can’t tell you the logistical effort that takes.

“They’ll be in the market for weeks setting up the set, people on the ground running stuff. So when that becomes international, the logistics become even harder. That’s the challenge, but we’re up for the challenge.”

Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas is the venue for WrestleMania 41 this weekend, and WrestleMania 42 will be held at the Superdome in New Orleans in 2026. Indianapolis is guaranteed a future WrestleMania as part of a deal between the city and WWE, but the year for the event is not known yet. Past that, no other future WrestleMania locations have been confirmed.

Levesque also told the Daily Mail that WWE still has plans of launching an NXT Europe, saying that he still believes “in the expansion of what we’re doing.” NXT Europe was first announced in 2022 but has yet to come to fruition. Levesque named Japan, the Middle East, and Australia as other places where WWE has future expansion aspirations.

“The future of the business for us is going to Japan, the Middle East, Australia and all of these places where we can help support and grow a thriving industry,” he said.

WWE ranks 50 greatest matches in WrestleMania history

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WWE has concluded its countdown of the 50 greatest matches in WrestleMania history.

Leading into WrestleMania 41, WWE’s YouTube channel has been ranking the top 50 WrestleMania matches of all time with a new selection being revealed every day. The countdown concluded today with WWE selecting The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels from WrestleMania 25 for the top spot. The Undertaker vs. Michaels rematch from WrestleMania 26 also made the list, ranking 26th.

The full list can be seen below:

  1. The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania 25)
  2. Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart no DQ submission match (WrestleMania 13)
  3. The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania 18)
  4. Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat (WrestleMania 3)
  5. The Rock vs. Steve Austin no DQ match (WrestleMania 17)
  6. Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes Bloodline Rules match (WrestleMania 40)
  7. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardyz vs. Edge & Christian TLC match (WrestleMania 17)
  8. Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant (WrestleMania 3)
  9. Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage retirement match (WrestleMania 7)
  10. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (WrestleMania 35)
  11. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (WrestleMania 10)
  12. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels ladder match (WrestleMania 10)
  13. Steve Austin vs. The Rock (WrestleMania 19)
  14. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels Iron Man match (WrestleMania 12)
  15. Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (WrestleMania 6)
  16. Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley (WrestleMania 39)
  17. Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 19)
  18. The Undertaker vs. Triple H Hell in a Cell match (WrestleMania 28)
  19. Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair (WrestleMania 37)
  20. Roman Reigns & The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 40)
  21. Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H (WrestleMania 34)
  22. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania 21)
  23. The Undertaker vs. CM Punk (WrestleMania 29)
  24. Steve Austin vs. Kevin Owens no holds barred match (WrestleMania 38)
  25. Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart (WrestleMania 8)
  26. The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels no DQ match (WrestleMania 26)
  27. Randy Savage vs. Hulk Hogan (WrestleMania 5)
  28. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H (WrestleMania 30)
  29. Edge vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 24)
  30. The Usos vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (WrestleMania 39)
  31. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks (WrestleMania 32)
  32. Randy Orton vs. Daniel Bryan vs. Batista (WrestleMania 30)
  33. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (WrestleMania 8)
  34. Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair (WrestleMania 24)
  35. Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston (WrestleMania 35)
  36. Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair (WrestleMania 38)
  37. Triple H vs. The Undertaker no holds barred match (WrestleMania 27)
  38. Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle (WrestleMania 20)
  39. Gunther vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus (WrestleMania 39)
  40. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 31)
  41. The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles Boneyard match (WrestleMania 36)
  42. Mick Foley vs. Edge hardcore match (WrestleMania 22)
  43. John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania 23)
  44. Seth Rollins vs. Triple H unsanctioned match (WrestleMania 33)
  45. Batista vs. The Undertaker (WrestleMania 23)
  46. Hulk Hogan & Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff (WrestleMania 1)
  47. Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 33)
  48. The Rock vs. John Cena (WrestleMania 28)
  49. Sting vs. Triple H no DQ match (WrestleMania 31)
  50. Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 38)

Though it ranked just short of number one, Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart from WrestleMania 13 will be the first match ever inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. It’s being honored with the inaugural WWE Immortal Moment Award at the 2025 Hall of Fame ceremony in Las Vegas this Friday night. Both Austin and Hart will be in attendance at the ceremony.

WWE uploaded the complete Undertaker vs. Michaels WrestleMania 25 match to YouTube today:

Seth Rollins names his favorite WWE WrestleMania venue

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SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California is Seth Rollins’ favorite WrestleMania venue to perform at.

Rollins is just a few days away from main-eventing night one of WrestleMania 41. To promote the show, he was a guest on Not Just Football with NFL player Cam Heyward, who asked if Rollins has a favorite WrestleMania stadium where he’s wrestled. Rollins named SoFi Stadium (the host of WrestleMania 39 in 2023) because of the Los Angeles weather and its half indoor, half outdoor vibe.

“That’s a great question. You know what, I love SoFi. I thought SoFi was a really great venue for WrestleMania,” Rollins said. “It’s like kind of hybrid half indoor, outdoor. The weather is perfect in LA in April, about that time. You get the feeling of being outside in LA without obviously the risk of the rain. I like the outdoor Manias, but some of them — we did San Francisco in 2015 and that was very cool, Levi’s Stadium. But it was so hot in the middle of the day and it was on the West Coast and the sun was just beating down. And there’s only a couple of matches that got to go at night. So that wasn’t fun. We had the same vibe in LA, but it was a little cooler, it was just a little bit nicer.

“You know, the East Coast ones are tough. We did Philly last year, and [the weather was] so cold. It was freezing night one. I think it like ruined the experience for a lot of people, because night two it was 20 degrees warmer and the crowd was so much more lively from start to finish. And… the show was kind of comparable as far as quality is concerned.”

Rollins said the Super Dome in New Orleans, which hosted two previous WrestleManias and is getting the show again next year, is also “pretty cool” — but SoFi Stadium is still first on his list. SoFi opened in 2020 and is home to the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers.

At WrestleMania 39, Rollins was victorious in his match against Logan Paul.

Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium is the venue for WrestleMania 41 this Saturday and Sunday. Rollins vs. CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns will headline night one.