WWE seemingly confirms WrestleMania 42 main events
WrestleMania 42 is about a month away — and it looks like we now know the main events for each night.
On WWE’s official ticketing website, it’s indicated that Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton’s WWE Championship match will be taking place on night one of WrestleMania 42 on Saturday, April 18. A graphic for that match is used for night one of Mania on the WWE.com schedule. Subsequently, CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship is the graphic displayed for night two on Sunday, April 19.
These would be the expected main events for both nights of WrestleMania, though WWE has not officially announced the match order yet.
Punk vs. Reigns was confirmed for WrestleMania shortly after Reigns’ Royal Rumble victory. During the build, issues between the two have been heightened with Punk bringing up Reigns’ late father Sika Anoa’i. That then led to a confrontation between Punk and The Usos taking place on Raw last week.
The Rhodes vs. Orton match was confirmed when Rhodes defeated Drew McIntyre on the March 6 episode of SmackDown to regain the WWE Championship. Orton had already earned a WrestleMania title shot through his win at Elimination Chamber — and he turned heel last Friday by bloodying Rhodes ahead of Mania.
WrestleMania 42 is being held at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. On the WrestleMania page of WWE’s website, the graphics for Punk vs. Reigns and Jade Cargill vs. Rhea Ripley both have a blue color scheme. The Rhodes vs. Orton and Stepanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan graphics have an orange color scheme. It’s not known if that means those matches will be taking place on the same night.
There are five matches officially announced as of now:
WWE WrestleMania 42 card —
- World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defends against Roman Reigns
- Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Randy Orton
- WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill defends against Rhea Ripley
- Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer defends against Liv Morgan
- Brock Lesnar open challenge (opponent TBA)
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