WWE WrestleMania 42 Saturday live results: Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton
WWE WrestleMania 42 Saturday is tonight from Las Vegas.
The headlining match for night one this year features WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defending against Randy Orton. Orton will have Pat McAfee in his corner.
The Women’s World title is also on the line on Saturday as Stephanie Vaquer defends against Liv Morgan.
The full lineup for the show is below:
- Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Randy Orton (w/ Pat McAfee)
- Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer defends against Liv Morgan
- Seth Rollins vs. Gunther
- Women’s Intercontinental Champion AJ Lee defends against Becky Lynch
- Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Lash Legend defend against Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss, The Bella Twins, and Bayley & Lyra Valkyria
- Unsanctioned match: Drew McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu (ESPN2)
- Logan Paul, Austin Theory & IShowSpeed vs. The Usos & LA Knight (ESPN2)
Our live coverage begins with the Countdown show at 3 p.m. Eastern.
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Show Recap —
NIGHT ONE – COUNTDOWN SHOW
The pre-show is three hours on both nights. Stay tuned for updates, but due to the length, I’ll keep it to the most noteworthy stuff.
Joe Tessitore welcomed us to Las Vegas. Wrestlers were shown arriving, and the very first talent mentioned by Tessitore, appropriately, was “One of the biggest social media influencers, IShowSpeed.”
There was a big WrestleMania video package where talent spoke about their favourite moments.
I think Tessitore casually mentioned that Bret Hart would be interviewed. I’ll update if that happens. (Update: he likely meant Shawn Michaels, who joined the panel later.)
AJ Lee told Jackie Redmond that tonight meant everything. Beating Becky Lynch (again) was her Mount Everest, and she planned on walking out as champion again.
There was a video of all the promotional media on ESPN and other networks over the past few weeks.
Sol Ruca spoke to Vic Joseph about Tuesday’s NXT and her goal to be on WrestleMania as early as next year.
Stephanie Vaquer told Redmond that she worked her whole life to get to WrestleMania as world champion, but sadly for Liv Morgan, it was all about the fame. Vaquer planned on beating her tonight.
There was a video package all about past WrestleMania stages, which included a line about it involving “artistic genius,” which is funny given how plain this year’s set is. Redmond and Peter Rosenberg made sure to remind us that they only had five days to build the stage, thanks to a Bruno Mars concert.
There was a long video package outlining the history of Hulk Hogan and WrestleMania, written and narrated by Michael Cole, who noted this would be the first Mania without Hogan. (They showed this when fans had yet to fill the arena.)
Drew McIntyre cut a promo on Jacob Fatu. McIntyre said he was in university studying criminology while Fatu was in jail. He learned that criminals eventually reoffend. Fatu stole his title and his Mania main event. McIntyre would take out Fatu for the benefit of the roster, the fans, and Fatu’s wife and children, because he would eventually reoffend and end up back in the joint. McIntyre wasn’t the hero people wanted, he was the hero they needed.
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