WWE WrestleMania XLI

WrestleMania XLI is the 41st edition of the annual WrestleMania event which is scheduled to be held on two nights starting from Saturday, April 19, 2025, to Sunday, April 20, 2025. The event will take place at the Allegiant Stadium near Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. The Allegiant Stadium holds a capacity of around 65,000 spectators and it is fine to assume that the stadium will be sold out on both nights.

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Where is WrestleMania 41?

WrestleMania XLI will take place live from the Allegiant Stadium near Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada. It will take place on April 19 and April 20, 2025. This is only the second WrestleMania after WrestleMania IX to take place near the Las Vegas suburb.

When is WrestleMania 41?

WrestleMania 41 will take place on April 19 and April 20, 2025. While WrestleMania has traditionally been held in the first week of April, the event is pushed a few days further for the 2025 event. This falls in line with the postponement of Royal Rumble from a late January event to early February.

Where to buy WrestleMania 41 tickets?

The tickets for WrestleMania 41 will go on sale on October 25, 2024. Tune in to Sportskeeda to find out the ticket prices for WrestleMania.

WrestleMania 41 Match Card

So far, no match has been officiated for WrestleMania 41. However, it has been announced that 16-time World Champion John Cena will compete at WrestleMania and that it will be his last match at the Grandest Stage of Them All. His opponent for the match is, however, not revealed as of moment.

Where to watch WrestleMania 41?

WrestleMania 41 can be streamed via traditional pay-per-view in international markets. Besides PPV, it can be streamed on Peacock TV in the USA and on Netflix elsewhere. It will be the first WrestleMania to stream on Netflix after the WWE Network merger with Netflix in January 2025.

Will WrestleMania 41 be on Netflix?

Yes, WrestleMania 41 will be on Netflix for International markets. For fans in the USA, Peacock TV will be their go-to destination to watch the Grandest Stage of Them All.

WrestleMania 41 Timings

WrestleMania 41 is to take place from 4 PM PT in Las Vegas or 7 PM ET. For the fans in the crowd, the two nights will finish rather early than the other PPV events due to the early start time. This will allow fans to engage in after-parties. The start timings of the show in different countries is as follows:

• USA - 7 PM ET (April 19 and 20)
• USA & Canada - 4 PM PT
• United Kingdom - 12 AM (April 20 and 21)
• Saudi Arabia - 2 AM
• India - 4:30 AM
• Japan - 8 AM
• Australia - 9 AM

Each night of the event is expected to last around four hours, excluding the pre-show matches, if any.

What is WrestleMania?

WrestleMania is considered to be the biggest event in all of pro wrestling and is often dubbed "The Superbowl of Sports Entertainment" and "The Grandest Stage of Them All". It is the first ever PPV ever produced by the company. It was first organized in 1985 and is currently the longest-running pro-wrestling PPV in history. On May 4, 2024, it was announced that the 41st edition of WrestleMania will take place live from the Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada on April 19 and 20, 2025.

WrestleMania XL Results

WrestleMania XL Night One Results:

WrestleMania XL Night Two Results:

Wrestlemania 40 Match Card

WrestleMania 40 Night One Match

Women's World Championship Match - Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch

Rhea Ripley won the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble and then went on to beat Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania 39 to become the Women's World Champion. She would go on to hold the belt until the next WrestleMania as well. The winner of 2024 Royal Rumble winner, Bayley, went after Iyo Sky at the Grandest Stage of Them All and thus a Women's Elimination Chamber match was announced for the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event to find the challenger for Rhea Ripley. Becky Lynch won the match to become the title contender. The same night, Ripley defended her title against Nia Jax. At WrestleMania, Ripley defeated Lynch in the opening match of the night.

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match - Six-Pack Ladder Match

On March 11, 2024, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis and RAW General Manager Adam Pearce announced that the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Judgment Day (Finn Balor and Damian Priest) will defend their titles in a Six-Pack ladder match at WrestleMania. In the following weeks, #DIY (Johnny Gargano & Tomasso Ciampa), The Awesome Truth (Miz and R-Truth) and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) and New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) earned themselves a spot in the match. At the event, Austin Theory and Grayson Waller held on to the SmackDown Tag Team Championships while the Awesome Truth got their hands on the RAW Tag Team Championships, effectively ending the unification of the two belts.

The LWO vs. Santos Escobar and Dominik Mysterio

Rey Mysterio's reign as U.S. Champion ended at Crown Jewel thanks to a betrayal. Santos Escobar, a member of Mysterio's LWO group, left brass knuckles in the ring, which Logan Paul used to win the title. This sparked suspicion, and on SmackDown, Carlito, another LWO member, confronted Escobar. The tension escalated as Escobar injured Mysterio's knee and sided with his rival. After recovering, Mysterio returned to SmackDown to help Carlito defeat the traitorous Escobar. However, things went south again when Mysterio's son, Dominik, interfered in a later match, costing Rey the victory and aligning himself with Escobar's Legado Del Fantasma group. With a new member, Dragon Lee, joining the LWO, Mysterio seeks revenge. He challenged Escobar and Dominik to a tag team match at WrestleMania, and the fight was on! On WrestleMania SmackDown, Andrade replaced Dragon Lee as Mysterio's partner. At the event, Mysterio and Andrade scored the victory over the junior Mysterio and Santos Escobar.

The Usos Clash

At Money in the Bank 2023, The Usos defeated Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa where Reigns was pinned after more than three years. At SummerSlam, Jey Uso was just half a count away from becoming the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion when he was betrayed by his twin Jimmy Uso. Since then, the brothers have always been at clash with each other. Their feud got to real heat at Royal Rumble 2024 when Jey entered #1 and Jimmy entered #2. After already screwing Jey at SummerSlam, Jimmy cost him the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in late-2023 and the Intercontinental Championship in 2024. Their feud elevated on the Road to WrestleMania with The Main Event Jey Uso challenging his brother to a match at WrestleMania. On the March 15, 2024, episode of SmackDown, Jimmy accepted the challenge. Their match at WrestleMania ended with Jey Uso scoring the three fall.

Jade Cargill, Naomi and Bianca Belair vs. Damage CTRL

On the March 29 episode of SmackDown, Jade Cargill made an appearance on SmackDown where she assisted Bianca Belair and Naomi to fight off Kairi Sane, Asuka and Dakota Kai. The six superstars then faced in a six-woman tag team match at WrestleMania. There, the might of Cargill, Naomi and Belair was too much for the Damage CTRL to handle.

WWE Intercontinental Championship Match - Gunther vs Sami Zayn

Gunther broke the record for being the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion in WWE history. During the Road to WrestleMania, a number of superstars claimed to be the best contenders for his title. This lead to a gauntlet match to decide Gunther's opponent at WrestleMania. This gauntlet match took place on the March 11, 2024, episode of Monday Night RAW between Bronson Reed, Chad Gable, JD McDonagh, Ricochet, Sami Zayn, and Shinsuke Nakamura. Sami Zayn won the match by last eliminating Chad Gable to punch his ticket to WrestleMania. At the event, Zayn brought an end to Gunther's dominating reign.

The Rock and Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins

Cody Rhodes chose Roman Reigns as his opponent at WrestleMania XL. This invited the anger of The Rock who had been eyeing a match against Reigns. This was further fuelled after Rhodes let out a remark about his family. Thereafter, The Rock joined The Bloodline and started insulting Cody Rhodes, his family and his friend Seth 'Freakin' Rollins. In March, The Rock and Roman Reigns challenged Rhodes and Rollins to a tag team match at WrestleMania XL. They further stipulated that if The Bloodline wins that tag team match, the main event of Night Two will take place under Bloodline Rules. But if not, then all the members of the Bloodline will be barred from the ringside. At the event, The Rock pinned Cody Rhodes to ensure total brutality in the main event of the Night Two.

WrestleMania XL Night Two Matches

World Heavyweight Championship Match - Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre

The 2024 Men's Royal Rumble winner Cody Rhodes chose Roman Reigns as his WrestleMania opponent. Thus, an Elimination Chamber match was contested to decide the contender for Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship between Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, Bobby Lashley, LA Knight, Kevin Owens and Logan Paul. McIntyre won the match to set up a rematch with Rollins for the title after failing to win the gold at WWE RAW Day One. At the event

World Heavyweight Championship Match - Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre

Just minutes after Drew McIntyre won the World Heavyweight Champion, he got into a brief fight with CM Punk who was at the ringside. After Punk attacked McIntyre, Mr. Money in the Bank Damian Priest came marching to the ring and cashed in his briefcase to become the new World Heavyweight Champion.

The Pride vs. The Final Testament

The six-man tag team Philadelphia Street Fight will see The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Scarlett, Authors of Pain) collide with The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford). This grudge match has been brewing for months, and both sides are sure to come out swinging in this anything-goes Philadelphia Street Fight! At the event, Lashley and The Street Profits walked out with the victory.

LA Knight vs. AJ Styles

At Royal Rumble 2024, Roman Reigns defended his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Randy Orton, LA Knight and AJ Styles in a fatal four way match. Throughout the match, the excess animosity between Styles and Knight was evident as they seemed more focused on bringing hell to each other than actually winning the match. In the weeks leading to Elimination Chamber 2024, Styles failed to qualify for the match after Knight interfered in his qualifying match. At the event in Perth, Styles sneaked inside the Elimination Chamber with a steel chair to cost Knight in the hellish structure. After a few more weeks of tension, their match for WrestleMania was officiated on the March 15 episode of SmackDown. The Megastar defeated The Phenomenal One at the event.

WWE United States Championship Match - Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

At Royal Rumble 2024, United States Champion Logan Paul's friend sneaked a brass knuckle in the ring which was picked by his opponent Kevin Owens. He used it to hit Paul and then get the cover. However, the knuckles were noticed by the referee who awarded the win to Paul via DQ. The feud between Paul and Owens only got heated thereafter.

At Elimination Chamber 2024, both Paul and Owens entered the Elimination Chamber match to get a chance at Seth Rollins' World Heavyweight Championship. They both were eliminated by Randy Orton. However, Paul hit Orton with brass knuckles which caused the Viper's elimination. In the coming days, Orton attacked Paul's friend KSI. On March 15, 2024, Nick Aldis announced a triple threat match for WrestleMania for the United States Championship between Logan Paul, Randy Orton and Kevin Owens. At the event, Logan Paul pinned Kevin Owens to carry out the only successful title defense of the night and the was only male champion to retain their belt at WrestleMania XL.

WWE Women's Championship Match - Bayley vs. Iyo Sky

Bayley won the 2024 Women's Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Liv Morgan. She had stated that she would go after RAW's Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley to bring all the gold to Damage CTRL. On the February 2 episode of SmackDown, she heard Kairi Sane, Iyo Sky and Asuka talk to each other in Japanese. Bayley then revealed that she knew Japanese and knew that the other three wrestlers were making fun of her. The three superstars then went on to attack Bayley and kick her out of the faction. Thus, a match between Bayley and WWE Women's Champion Iyo Sky was made official for WrestleMania XL. Bayley defeated Iyo Sky to become the new WWE Women's Champion.

Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match - Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes

At the Royal Rumble 2024, Cody Rhodes eliminated CM Punk to punch his ticket to the main event of WrestleMania in a world title match. He had two options - either to go after World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins or after the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. On the SmackDown after Royal Rumble, Rhodes said that he won't go after Reigns at WrestleMania and instead introduced The Rock as a potential opponent.

However, In the WrestleMania XL Kickoff press conference on February 8, 2024, he chose Roman Reigns as his opponent and the match was then officiated by Triple H. At WrestleMania XL Night One, The Rock and Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins, making the main event of second night a Bloodline Rules match. At WrestleMania XL Nigh Two, Jimmy Uso, Solo Sikoa, and The Rock came out to assist Reigns while Jey Uso, Seth Rollins, John Cena and The Undertaker evened the battleground. Eventually, Rhodes won the match to finish the story.