WrestleMania 40 Night time 2: Outcomes and evaluation

PHILADELPHIA — The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns in the primary occasion of WrestleMania 40 to win the Undisputed WWE Common Championship.

“For the primary time ever, a Rhodes can name himself WWE champion,” stated announcer Michael Cole, in reference to the truth that Cody had completed one thing his father Dusty Rhodes, the late WWE Corridor of Famer, had by no means completed — and one thing Cody had vowed to do since returning to WWE.

Rhodes delivered three Cross-Rhodes on Reigns earlier than scoring the pin in a marathon match.

The match was held underneath “Bloodline Guidelines” after Rhodes and Seth Rollins misplaced to Reigns and The Rock in a tag-team match on Night time 1 of WrestleMania 40.

With no disqualifications, the primary occasion featured a sequence of run-ins and interference after 20 minutes of unimaginable particular person motion between Reigns and Rhodes. The Bloodline’s Jimmy Uso’s interference was countered by his brother Jey Uso. The Bloodline’s Solo Sikoa was countered by John Cena, whose return made the group roar. That introduced out The Rock, who teamed with Reigns towards Rhodes and Rollins in the primary occasion of Night time 1. That introduced out Rollins, in his outdated “The Defend” gear, solely to be taken out by Reigns.

Within the night time’s most surprising second, retired celebrity The Undertaker appeared within the ring to chokeslam The Rock and neutralize “The Ultimate Boss.”

Quickly after, Rhodes was the Undisputed WWE Common Championship, celebrating within the ring with “faces” like Cena, Sami Zayn and Randy Orton, in addition to his mom, spouse, household and ultimately WWE govt Paul “Triple H” Levesque.

The remainder of the night time was simply as wild, beginning with two world title modifications within the opening match.

Challenger Drew McIntyre defeated World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins after a sequence of Claymore kicks. Rollins offered the results of the earlier night time’s fundamental occasion tag-team match with Rhodes, Reigns and The Rock, clutching his knee all through.

However after McIntyre celebrated, he took the championship over to taunt particular visitor announcer CM Punk, whom McIntyre injured throughout the Royal Rumble. With McIntyre standing on the announce desk, Punk swiped his leg out from underneath him and beat him along with his arm brace. That left McIntyre hobbled sufficient that Damian Priest of The Judgement Day ran out to money in his Cash within the Financial institution briefcase and win his first world title — and within the course of, sending the Punk and McIntyre feud to new heights.

Bobby Lashley and The Road Earnings defeated The Ultimate Testomony (Karrion Kross and The Authors of Ache) after Montez Ford’s frog splash despatched Kross by a desk. The match featured a number of references to ECW legends The Dudley Boys, as Bubba Ray Dudley was the visitor referee.

In fan favourite LA Knight’s first WrestleMania match, the 41-year-old star defeated AJ Types along with his BFT finisher in a hard-hitting match.

Logan Paul retained his United States Championship in a Triple Menace match towards Kevin Owens and Randy Orton. Owens tried his Pop-Up Energy Bomb, however Orton reversed it into an RKO. However Paul, ever the opportunist, tossed Orton out of the ring and hit a top-rope frog splash for the win.

Bayley gained the WWE ladies’s championship — and a measure of revenge towards her former faction, Injury CTRL — by defeating IYO SKY, thanks partly to a top-rope elbow drop. It was a long-awaited WrestleMania second for Bayley, who by no means had a singles match on the occasion beforehand.

The second night time attendance for WrestleMania was 72,755, placing the two-day complete inside Lincoln Monetary Subject at 145,420. The following scheduled WWE premium reside occasion is Backlash France on Could 4.