Wrestlelamia provides live coverage of the second night of WWE WrestleMania 40!
Refresh the page throughout the evening as Wrestlelamia provides live, ongoing coverage of night two of WWE WrestleMania 40, live from the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The full card is listed below:
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Bloodline Rules: Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes
World Heavyweight Championship: Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre
WWE Women’s Championship: IYO SKY vs. Bayley
WWE United States Championship: Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton
Philadelphia Street Fight: The Final Testament (Karrion Kross and The AOP (Akam and Rezar)) vs. The Pride (Bobby Lashley and The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford))
AJ Styles vs. LA Knight
War And Treaty performed God Bless America at the top of the show.
Stephanie McMahon made a surprise appearance, hyping up this being the start of the Paul Levesque Era.
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Starting off hot with an immediate Claymore from Drew McIntyre, ‘The Scottish Warrior’ decimated a weakened Seth Rollins for the duration of the match, giving up only a smattering of offence from the defending champion, including a gnarly Curb Stomp atop the announce table. Ultimately, it would take a further Claymores from Drew McIntyre to grant the Scotsman his third WWE World Championship, all while he rubbed it in CM Punk’s face on commentary. Seth Rollins’ reign ends at 316 days.
Drew McIntyre was attacked post-match by CM Punk, who removed his arm brace to use as a weapon. Damian Priest cashed in the 2023 men’s Money in the Bank briefcase.
Hitting only a South of Heaven in the ring after laying Drew out at ringside, Damian Priest secured his first-ever World Championship. Drew McIntyre’s reign ends at less than a day.
WWE Hall of Famers Snoop Dogg and Bubba Ray Dudley were introduced as special guest commentator and referee, respectively, for the next match.
With an ECW icon in Bubba Ray Dudley serving as the special guest referee, The Pride and The Final Testament wasted no time in going to the extreme, with kendo sticks and tables among the hardware on offer. The Pride’s B-FAB, The Final Testament’s Scarlett and Paul Ellering, and Bubba Ray Dudley found themselves involved in the action which concluded - following a Dudley Boyz Wassup tribute - with Montez Ford Frog Splashing Karrion Kross through a table.
LA Knight pulled up to Lincoln Financial Field in the Slim Jim car.
Despite the live audience seemingly more concerned about lighting issues within the stadium, LA Knight and AJ Styles produced a stellar match that focused primarily on Styles’ targeted assault of LA’s left knee. Countering attempts at a Styles Clash, a Calf Crusher, and a springboard 450 Splash, ‘The Megastar’ managed to put away Styles with a BFT to secure his maiden WrestleMania victory.
WWE announced their return to Saudi Arabia on Friday, May 24 and Saturday, May 25 for SmackDown, and King and Queen of the Ring.
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Samantha Irvin introduced the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2024.
New WWE Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn greeted Kevin Owens backstage ahead of Owens’ United States Championship challenge.
Though Kevin Owens and Randy Orton ganged up on Logan Paul to begin with, an inadvertent collision led to their temporary alliance dissolving, allowing Logan to take over with the use of his trusty brass knuckles. A Punt Kick attempt from Orton to ‘The Maverick’ was thwarted as popular streamer IShowSpeed - dressed in a blue Prime bottle - yanked Paul from the ring. An RKO on the announce table left him lying, but the distraction was enough for Logan to Frog Splash Owens and secure his second victory on ‘The Grandest Stage of Them All’. Logan Paul’s reign continues at 156 days.
Wrestling a highly emotional affair over the WWE Women’s Championship, former Damage CTRL allies Bayley and IYO SKY traded hard-hitting blows and slams, with IYO focusing her attendance on the leg of ‘The Role Model’, while the challenger attempted to keep the high-flying IYO SKY grounded. A unique Rose Plant counter had ‘The Genius of the Sky’ front flip out of the impact before a Bayley to Belly, top-rope Elbow Drop, and subsequent Rose Plant put down IYO SKY to grant Bayley her first championship since 2020. IYO SKY’s reign ends at 247 days.
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Michael Che, The War and Treaty, George Kittle, T-Pain, and Vanessa Hudgens were shown in the crowd.
WWE Hall of Famer Snoop Dogg, flanked by the cheerleaders for the Philadelphia Eagles, announced the night two attendance as 72,755 and the WrestleMania 40 overall attendance as 145,298.
Featuring run-ins from The Bloodline’s Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa, and The Rock, plus John Cena, The Undertaker, Seth Rollins, and Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns’ story-ending showdown was every bit special as expected, with a trio of Cross Rhodes cementing ‘The American Nightmare’ as the new kingpin atop the WWE kingdom. Cody Rhodes was joined in his celebrations by a gaggle of Superstars who’d been screwed over by The Bloodline, as well as his wife Brandi, his mother, stepfather, Brodie Lee, Jr., and other family members. Rhodes also invited Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque and Bruce Prichard to the ring, while the show went off-air with him and WWE President Nick Khan sharing a hug. Roman Reigns’ reign ends at 1,316 days.