Wrestlemania XL Discussion and News thread

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Dates: Sat, 6 Apr 2024 – Sun, 7 Apr 2024
Location: Lincoln Financial Field
Brand(s): Raw; SmackDown
City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Card:

Night 1:

The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" Rollins
If Rhodes and Rollins win, all members of The Bloodline will be barred from ringside during the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match on Night 2. If Rock and Reigns win, the championship match on Night 2 will be held under Bloodline Rules.

World Women's Championship
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch

Intercontinental Championship
Gunther (c) vs. Sami Zayn

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Ladder match
"Six Pack" Ladder Match
Damian Priest & Finn Balor (c) vs. DIY vs. New Day vs. Miz & R-Truth vs. New Catch Republic vs. A-Town Down Under

Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair & Naomi vs. WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Asuka & Kairi Sane & Dakota Kai.

Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio & Santos Escobar

Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso



Night 2:

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
Stipulation to be determined by the result of Night 1's main event.

World Heavyweight Championship
Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
(Guest announcer for match is CM Punk)

WWE Women's Championship
Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley

United States Championship
Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

Philadelphia Street Fight
Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits vs. Karrion Kross & The Authors of Pain.



Weather for Mania:

The current expected weather for Wrestlemania 40 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia:

Night 1: Saturday 4/6
- 10% chance of rain. Temperature High - 53 degrees. Low - 38 degrees.

Night 2: Sunday 4/7
- Zero chance of rain. Temperature High - 61 degrees. Low - 41 degrees.

For up to the minute weather around the stadium, click here.

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The Rock showed up on RAW last Monday, 25th March and interrupted Cody Rhodes opening segment and then at the end of RAW beat the hell out of Rhodes.

[CENTER]The Rock leaves Cody Rhodes shocked with a secret (Dull Rhodes and Rock segment)

The Rock leaves Cody Rhodes bloody in parking lot attack

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Women's champion Rhea Ripley (W/ Dom Dom) went face to face with her opponent at Wrestlemania Becky Lynch on this weeks Monday night RAW. Full segment below.

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I would love to see Austin come out and screw over The Rock's tag team match for old school sake lol Won't happen but would be awesome. lol

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Road to WrestleMania XL
Logan Paul vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

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News:

Steve Austin, Undertaker and John Cena Eyed for Potential WM 40 Appearances.

According to this week’s Wrestling Observer newsletter, this year will be no exception. WWE sources say the company is looking to have John Cena, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Undertaker at WrestleMania 40.

“Cena is free but depending on what acting stuff he has and how quick after he’s filming would determine how much he can or can’t do for insurance reasons,” Dave Meltzer wrote. “Austin and Undertaker would be based on willingness that they have.”

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News:

The Rock and Universal champion Roman Reigns will be on RAW next week.

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If Rhodes and Rollins beat The Rock and Reigns on Night 1, then (so The Rock says) it will be a fair fight between Rhodes and Reigns on Night 2. I just can not believe The Rock will leave it at that, especially now he is calling himself "The final boss." Maybe The Rock will interfere somehow on Night 2 since technically he a WWE boss and can do whatever he wants lol, maybe someone could come to Rhodes aid. There have been rumors his brother Dusty may make a appearance and return to WWE. It will be interesting to see how all this plays out.

Even if Rock and Reigns win on Night 1, someone or some people could come to Rhodes aid also.

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If Rhodes and Rollins beat The Rock and Reigns on Night 1, then (so The Rock says) it will be a fair fight between Rhodes and Reigns on Night 2. I just can not believe The Rock will leave it at that, especially now he is calling himself "The final boss." Maybe The Rock will interfere somehow on Night 2 since technically he a WWE boss and can do whatever he wants lol, maybe someone could come to Rhodes aid. There have been rumors his brother Dusty may make a appearance and return to WWE. It will be interesting to see how all this plays out.

Even if Rock and Reigns win on Night 1, someone or some people could come to Rhodes aid also.

I can see that happening.

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If The Rock / WWE wants to start a feud with Reigns, Mania would be the perfect oppoirtunity. One way is Reigns loses and Rock says he is not good enough to be head of the table or another way is Rock just feels he should be head of the table as he now calls himself 'The final boss.'

This all comes dlown to whether he even plans to wrestle again after Mania, for all we know this was part of his contract with TKO lol. Plus The Rock is a very busy man getting very close to be being a billionaire. lol Last I heard he is worth around $800 million.

Although, TKO payed Rock in stock also, so if he going on WWE makes stock price go up and him even richer .. who knows what the future could bring. I do not see him getting out of shape any time soon. Way to many variables to even try to work this scenario out after Mania anyway. lol

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After this weeks Smackdown, this is the new updated Wrestlemania card:

Card:

Night 1:

The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" Rollins
If Rhodes and Rollins win, all members of The Bloodline will be barred from ringside during the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match on Night 2. If Rock and Reigns win, the championship match on Night 2 will be held under Bloodline Rules.


Night 2:

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
Stipulation to be determined by the result of Night 1's main event.

World Heavyweight Championship
Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
(Guest announcer for match is CM Punk)



Other matches (Not sure what night these are on

WWE Women's Championship
Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley

World Women's Championship
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch

Intercontinental Championship
Gunther (c) vs. Sami Zayn

United States Championship
Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Ladder match
"Six Pack" Ladder Match
Damian Priest & Finn Balor (c) vs. DIY vs. New Day vs. Miz & R-Truth vs. New Catch Republic vs. A-Town Down Under

Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair & Naomi vs. WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Asuka & Kairi Sane & Dakota Kai.

Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio & Santos Escobar

LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso

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The go home show for Wrestlemania 40 on Smackodwn next week:

*Solo Sikoa vs. Jey Uso.

*The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

*The KO Show with Special Guest Randy Orton.

*Zelina Vega vs. Elektra Lopez.

*The New Catch Republic vs. A-Town Down Under.

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Next Friday, April 5th in Philadelphia, outside of Wells Fargo Center at 5 PM EST, there will be a WrestleMania Kickoff event streaming online.

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WWE Superstars predict Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth “Freakin” Rollins at WrestleMania XL

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So weird seeing Cody Rhodes getting so much attention at the top where all I can think of is him in WWE is Stardust etc from back in the day. lol

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The card for each night of Wrestlemania was announced on RAW this week:

Night 1:[/B]

The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" Rollins
If Rhodes and Rollins win, all members of The Bloodline will be barred from ringside during the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match on Night 2. If Rock and Reigns win, the championship match on Night 2 will be held under Bloodline Rules.

World Women's Championship
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch

Intercontinental Championship
Gunther (c) vs. Sami Zayn

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Ladder match
"Six Pack" Ladder Match
Damian Priest & Finn Balor (c) vs. DIY vs. New Day vs. Miz & R-Truth vs. New Catch Republic vs. A-Town Down Under

Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair & Naomi vs. WWE Women's Tag Team Champion Asuka & Kairi Sane & Dakota Kai.

Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio & Santos Escobar

Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso



Night 2:

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes
Stipulation to be determined by the result of Night 1's main event.

World Heavyweight Championship
Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
(Guest announcer for match is CM Punk)

WWE Women's Championship
Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley

United States Championship
Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

Philadelphia Street Fight
Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits vs. Karrion Kross & The Authors of Pain.

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Hip hop star 'Lil Wayne appeared on RAW this week to reveal he will be appearing next weekend at Wrestlemania 40.

Jey Uso invites Lil Wayne to WrestleMania XL

Also reports are that WWE expects Drew Barrymore to also be in attendance at Wrestlemania. New Day has appeared on her talk show on numerous occasions.

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I wonder if Bo Dallas will return at Wrestlemania this weekend. His father is being inducted with Barry Windham as The U.S. Express and not to mention the Bray Wyatt doco was just released on April 1, which is great by the way. At the end of the doco they gave a little tease that you can see in the X below. Dallas is still under contract with WWE, since 2022.

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Wonder if he will come back as Uncle Howdy.

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Weather news for Mania:

The current expected weather for Wrestlemania 40 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia:

Saturday 4/6 - 10% chance of rain. Temperature High - 53 degrees. Low - 38 degrees.

Sunday 4/7 - Zero chance of rain. Temperature High - 61 degrees. Low - 41 degrees.

For up to the minute weather around the stadium, click here.

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A early shot of Wrestlemaniz XL being set up