Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair are set to collide in the final match while the main event itself will see Kevin Owens welcome 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin for an ...
A physical confrontation? But it’s unclear exactly what that means - a match? Charlotte Flair faces Ronda Rousey on night one of WrestleMania 38.
Night 1 -- Saturday · KO Show: Kevin Owens with guest "Stone Cold" Steve Austin · SmackDown Women's Championship: Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda Rousey · Raw ...
* Raw Tag Team Championship: RK-Bro (c) vs. Liv for Brutality vs. Street Profits vs.
WrestleMania 38 Night 1 Match Card · Stone Cold Steve Austin on the KO Show. · SmackDown Women's Championship: Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda Rousey. · Seth Rollins ...
* Women's Tag Team Championship: Queen Zelina and Carmella (c) vs. * Raw Tag Team Championship: RK-Bro (c) vs. The Street Profits vs. But the stakes are high, as both Reigns' Universal Championship and Lesnar's WWE Championship are on the line. While Lesnar and Reigns will headline Night 2 of the show, Night 1 looks to be main-evented not by a match but by a segment. WWE is marketing the clash as the biggest WrestleMania match of all time.
Seven matches, highlighted by the biggest names in the women's division and a mystery competitor, will kick off WWE's two-night event.
WrestleMania 38 will also be aired on the big screen. Night one of WrestleMania 38 will be held on Saturday, April 2. In February, he left the company after his contract wasn't renewed. Similar to Owens, Rollins did not have a match for WrestleMania, but had been attempting weekly to get one. It can be live-streamed through Peacock, but you must have their premium or premium-plus subscription. The event, taking place at Texas' AT&T Stadium, will also continue the tradition that began at WrestleMania 36 in 2020 with the show on two consecutive nights, with a total of 14 matches split between the two nights.
Everything you need to know ahead of the WWE WrestleMania Night 1 pay-per-view this Saturday.
Pick: Ronda Rousey wins the title -- Brookhouse Pick: Ronda Rousey wins the title Between E's injury, the sloppy inclusion of Butch, and the New Day reunion angle, all signs point to a fan-friendly victory for Kingston and Woods. Pick: The New Day wins -- Mahjouri It also wouldn't hurt Lynch to leave TV for a bit and retool her on-screen character because she's lost a lot of the magic that had made her such a force in the past. The only surprise here would be if Rollins' mystery opponent is not a returning Cody Rhodes. It will be, though, and with that in mind, there should be no mystery on the winner. There is no reality in the sprawling multiverse cruel enough to subject WWE fans to a Logan Paul victory at WrestleMania. Rey Mysterio is one of pro-wrestling and sports entertainment's most enduring good guys. Those two factors should be enough to say "The Mysterios get the win." It'd be easy to say the presence of Butch at ringside will tilt the scales the direction of Sheamus and Holland. But WrestleMania is generally about feel-good moments and putting the fan-favorite team over in an otherwise meaningless midcard match is a good play to continue that tradition. The Usos have been a fundamental component of SmackDown as record-setting SmackDown Tag Team champions alongside record-setting Universal champion Roman Reigns. Based on recent booking, the WWE seems to believe in Boogs (despite the team's presentation as somewhat of a comedy act). Nakamura is also coming off a recent Intercontinental title run and could be seen as a viable tag team champion. Nakamura and Boogs are an act WWE seems to like but it's hard to ignore that Nakamura had a recent 182-day run with the intercontinental championship and only defended the belt once between winning and losing the title. A feud with Corbin and Madcap Moss that has stretched on for months is, of course, a large step back from previous WrestleManias for McIntyre. Still, it's obvious WWE still sees him as a guy who belongs in the main event, so the Corbin rivalry has been a way to keep the Scot on television until it's time to be elevated again. The entire build to McIntyre vs.
WWE is billing Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns as “the biggest WrestleMania match in history” and that doesn't even seem like much of an exaggeration.
With Styles signing with WWE in 2016 and Edge coming out of retirement in ’20, the two will meet in a one-on-one match for the first time. Reigns is the focal point of WWE right now and is going to main event WrestleMania every year for the foreseeable future. The issues between Zayn and Knoxville began when Zayn took exception to Knoxville being an entrant in this year’s Royal Rumble match. The purpose of this match is just to get more people on the WrestleMania card. Following his appearance in the Royal Rumble, this will be Knoxville’s second-ever match. A finish where Heyman interferes, gets laid out with an F5 by Lesnar, and the distraction causes Reigns to win would make sense. As the babyface, Lesnar vanquishing Reigns and finally getting payback on Heyman is what would traditionally be the most logical outcome. It’s the two biggest stars in WWE right now facing off in a winner-take-all match to unify the WWE championship and universal championship. He defeated both Daniel Bryan and Edge in the main event of WrestleMania last year, stacking them on top of each other and pinning them at the same time. A pair of celebrities will also be in action on Night 2. The current babyface, cowboy hat-wearing version of Lesnar has been so much fun to watch, and Reigns and Paul Heyman are fantastic villains to oppose him. Lesnar and Reigns have been built up so strongly that it’s hard to see where either character goes if they lose this feud.
Welcome to Bleacher Report's coverage and recap of the first night of WrestleMania 38 . WWE has been calling this the most stupendous two-day WrestleMania ...
Two of the top matches taking places will be Charlotte Flair defending the SmackDown Women's Title against Ronda Rousey. Rousey won the Royal Rumble this year ...
Dominik fought his way out eventually, getting the hot tag to his father and getting the crowd on their feet. The Miz and Logan Paul Paul then hit a frog-splash from the top rope for another near-fall. The match probably went a bit lot longer than it needed to and the crowd weren't really into it until the last couple of minutes. Paul hit a nice running powerslam on Dominik, before hitting a picture-perfect blockbuster from the second-rope. Logan got into the match early, throwing a few body shots at Rey in the corner. Drew recovered again, hit the Future Shock DDT and a Claymore for the pinfall victory. After the match, Drew used his big sword and chopped the ropes in half. Corbin hit the End Of Days, which has been the finish of his matches fo his whole career - but McIntyre became the first man to kick out of it!!! The Usos took control quickly after and while Nakamura was able to kick out of the superkick/splash combination, he couldn't stop the 1D and the champs retained. Solid match, but probably not the right choice to open a WrestleMania. Boogs looks to be seriously injured, with doctors surrounding him after the match. After a hyped-up Mark Wahlberg gave us a spine-tingling WrestleMania intro and the Dallas Cowboys cheergirls kicked off proceedings, Rick Boogs opened things up with his trademark intro for Shinsuke Nakamura. Pat McAfee was fired up as always.
The time has finally come for "The Showcase of the Immortals." WWE will be hosting WrestleMania 38 from inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas from April 2 ...
* Carmella and Zelina Vega (c) vs. Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley vs. * Roman Reigns (c) vs. Sasha Banks and Naomi vs. * RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) (c) vs. Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis) for the Raw Tag Team Titles
Ronda Rousey faces Charlotte Flair, and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin returns. Follow live.
Saturday's festivities include three title matches, the return of an icon and the first match for a social media star. Also, in what is expected to be the main event of Night 1, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin will walk down the ramp for an appearance on the "KO Show," hosted by Kevin Owens. The assumption is that hands will be thrown, beer will be chugged and someone will be on the wrong end of a stunner. The biggest event in professional wrestling is ready to touch down at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. WrestleMania 38, a two-night affair at the home of the Dallas Cowboys, will spotlight the superstars of WWE with all of the promotion's titles on the line.
Rather than wait for his shot at regaining another world championship, Lesnar then went on to earn the WWE championship by winning the Elimination Chamber match ...
* Raw Tag Team Championship: RK-Bro (c) vs. Liv for Brutality vs. Street Profits vs.
The main event will be a Winner Takes All match between WWE Champion Brock Lesnar and Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Lesnar and Reigns have a lot of history ...
Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis) for the Raw Tag Team Titles Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley vs. Sasha Banks and Naomi vs. * Carmella and Zelina Vega (c) vs. Orton and Riddle retaining was the right call. Omos is still green in the ring and it showed. Solid comeback moment for the former champion. Gable interrupted and Stevenson landed a suplex on him. Omos towers over Lashley and the former starting pounding away. He slaps Omos and Omos gets mad and hurts Lashley more. Angelo Dawkins, Riddle, and Otis had a small exchange, with Riddle still in trouble. Night 1 of WrestleMania 38 has come and gone.
WWE Wrestlemania is in its third year of being a two-night event, and the opening night set a high bar for Sunday...
While it initially felt like a foregone conclusion that Austin would emerge victoriously, there was more than enough back-and-forth to keep it interesting.The finish was also strong, as Austin kicked out of Owens' Stunner, dodged a chair shot that ricocheted off the ropes and hit Owens in the face and delivered his own "Stone Cold" Stunner for the in-ring win.The crowd exploded again after the match as Austin celebrated in the ring. It was likely a little bit of both, but the energy during the Rhonda Rousey and Charlotte Flair match was lacking.It wasn't a bad match, as Rousey and Flair traded big blows and submission attempts. By the end, it truly felt like Belair had overcome the odds, and the crowd erupted in ovation.The match of Wrestlemania thus far, this one was a joy to watch from start to finish.Before the match, a video package showcased Seth Rollins' return to Wrestlemania. He was granted a match by Vince McMahon but with the stipulation that his opponent wouldn't be known until Rollins was in the ring.Many fans anticipated that the surprise entrant would be Cody Rhodes following his departure from AEW. Therefore, his "surprise" return after six years wasn't all that shocking. Rousey switched between strikes and attempts to lock in her patented armbar—and Rousey worked a far cleaner match than she has at times in the past.Both women came out looking strong, and it felt the entire time that it could go either way. Booking deserves credit for not taking too much away from Rousey in her defeat.There wasn't a ton of build-up to this match, other than Kevin Owens trash-talking both Steve Austin and the state of Texas. However, the WWE set up enough animosity for it to make sense when Austin accepted Owens' challenge of a no-holds-barred match to cap opening night.Austin was supposed to simply make an appearance on the Kevin Owens Show to follow the Main Event, but when he came to the ring in his wrestling attire (complete with knee braces) fans knew they were in for a treat.This was no technical masterpiece, which wasn't a surprise seeing as how Austin is 57 years old. The finish was the saving grace of this one.The referee was knocked down by Flair's spear and was unaware of her tapping to Rousey's armbar. They also displayed a fine bit of ring psychology by countering each others' moves and showing that they are indeed familiar foes.Rhodes outlasted Rollins, winning with a Bionic Elbow and a third Cross Rhodes. It was a great return for Rhodes, who appears poised for an instant push to the top of the company." WWE WrestleMania 38 Results: Star Ratings for All Matches from Saturday's CardWWE WrestleMania 38 Results: Star Ratings for All Matches from Saturday's CardWWE Wrestlemania is in its third year of being a two-night event, and the opening night set a high bar for Sunday. As is usually the case with a WWE production, the night wasn't all highlights—and fans of the New Day were disappointed as their match with Sheamus and Ridge Holland was pushed to Sunday. It was an entertaining night overall, though, with its fair share of twists and turns throughout.As opening nights go, the WWE could have done far, far worse.Below, you'll find a look at all seven of Saturday's matches, with star ratings for each—based on factors lie in-ring performances, storytelling, crowd response and overall impact. This probably won't be the last we see of him in the ring.The highlight of Saturday came midway through the card, as Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair put on an absolute clinic.The crowd was into this one quickly, as both women were given spectacular entrances—Lynch getting a Marvel-inspired video package and Belair coming with the Texas Southern University marching band.The action got off to a fast start too, with Lynch looking to put Belair away early with a flurry of offense. Nakamura and the Usos were able to salvage the match, but Boogs' unfortunate injury left this one underwhelming.This felt like the culmination of a lengthy feud between Drew McIntyre and Happy Corbin, who was accompanied to the ring by Madcap Moss. While fans have seen several matches between these two, Corbin has done a tremendous job of painting himself as an unlikable heel, which kept the crowd invested here.The match itself was fairly run-of-the-mill, with McIntyre and Corbin trading big moves and momentum swings. The match sagged a bit in the middle, but it featured a strong finish. How the match was supposed to end is unknown, but it feels unlikely that Nakamura and Boogs were meant to go over.
Burning question over so-called 'biggest WWE match of all-time': WrestleMania 38 live.
This time it’s in what WWE calls ‘the biggest WrestleMania match of all-time’. Winner Takes All match to unify the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar (c, WWE) v Roman Reigns (c, Universal) For the sixth time in eight years, Universal champion Roman Reigns main events the company’s biggest show, and for the third time is up against WWE champion Brock Lesnar in said main event.
Roman Reigns decisively defeats Brock Lesnar, and Vince McMahon wrestles an impromptu match.
Grabbing a microphone, he said he wanted to thank the crowd and welcomed them to WrestleMania. From there it was all teams hitting huge tandem offense on each other, including a crazy Blockbuster from the Street Profits. Orton tried to RKO Dawkins, but Dawkins pushed him off into the ropes and then planted Orton with a spinebuster. Austin hit a huge Stunner on Austin Theory, and it was just McMahon and Austin in the ring. Edge's entrance was awesome, rising to the stage in a throne with flames engulfing the background. The New Day hit a nice flurry of offense on Ridge Holland, then Xavier blasted Sheamus to the outside. Theory tried to do a Superplex, but in an impressive athletic display McAfee backflipped off the top rope and landed on his feet. McMahon then hit a few weak clotheslines on McMahon and threw him into the turnbuckle. After Theory got some heat on McAfee, McAfee bumped Theory to the outside, strapped on the announcer's headphones and did some commentating as he beat Theory about. It's hard to say this wasn't a disappointment, literally billed as the biggest WrestleMania match of all time but it was far from even being the best match between Reigns and Lesnar. Now that Reigns has beaten Lesnar clean in the middle of the ring, the question is what's next? With the ref down, Reigns hit Lesnar with a low blow and then got the title from Heyman and smashed Lesnar with it, a callback to their finish at Crown Jewel last year. Reigns Speared Lesnar from the back -- which actually looked like a botch -- then hit him with another Spear, but Lesnar countered it into a Kimura Lock. Reigns did a great job selling it. The big surprise from the show was an impromptu wrestling match pitting Vince McMahon against Pat McAfee. It was grim, but lead to a great segment involving Stone Cold Steve Austin doing his thing.