Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory set for WWE WrestleMania 38 night two
WWE has revealed which night of WrestleMania 38 Pat McAfee’s match will be taking place on.
McAfee vs. Austin Theory is set for WrestleMania 38 night two on Sunday, April 3. The two-night event is being held at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on April 2 and April 3.
The match was made official for WrestleMania 38 when Theory confronted McAfee on last Friday’s SmackDown. McAfee had accepted an offer to wrestle at WrestleMania during Vince McMahon’s appearance on the Pat McAfee Show last week.
In storyline, Theory is McMahon’s protege.
This will be McAfee’s first WWE main roster match. He previously wrestled for NXT twice.
McAfee has been a color commentator for SmackDown since April 2021.
Here’s the updated WrestleMania 38 lineup:
Night one (Saturday, April 2) —
- SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair defends against Ronda Rousey
- Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defends against Bianca Belair
- Rey & Dominik Mysterio vs. The Miz & Logan Paul
- Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin
Night two (Sunday, April 3) —
- Winner-take-all championship unification match: WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Universal Champion Roman Reigns
- Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory
- Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville
Night to be determined —
- AJ Styles vs. Edge
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Carmella & Zelina Vega defend against Sasha Banks & Naomi
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