The Rock & Roman Reigns face-off set for WWE WrestleMania 40 media event
Next Thursday (February 8), WWE is holding a WrestleMania 40 Kickoff event in Las Vegas.
The media event was announced following The Rock and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns’ confrontation on Friday night’s episode of SmackDown. The confrontation set the stage for Reigns vs. The Rock to headline WrestleMania 40.
WWE has confirmed that The Rock and Reigns will face off for another confrontation at the media event. We’ll hear from Rock, Reigns, and Paul “Triple H” Levesque.
“Fans and media will hear from both The Rock and Roman Reigns, as well as WWE Chief Content Officer Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque,” WWE wrote. “Onsite interview opportunities for media will immediately follow the event with both participants, Cody Rhodes, Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins, Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley.”
The media event is being held at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas and is open to the public at no charge. It begins at 7 p.m. Eastern time/4 p.m. Pacific and will stream live on Peacock as well as WWE’s social media channels.
Michael Cole and Pat McAfee are hosting the media event.
WrestleMania 40 is taking place from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Saturday, April 6 and Sunday, April 7. IYO SKY vs. Bayley for the WWE Women’s Championship is the first match that’s been made official for the show.
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