 "The Undertaker (behind) and The Rock (front) faced off at WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia. Image: WWE")
The Rock headlined the annual WrestleMania event, easily the biggest event in wrestling entertainment, this weekend in Philadelphia, where over 70,000 fans were speculated to attend each night to pack the NFL stadium that is home to the Eagles.
On Saturday night, Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins lost to The Rock and Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40, with Rhodes getting pinned by The Rock. Sunday was about payback for Rhodes who faced plenty of ridicule in the aftermath.
That revenge was needed in the Bloodline Rules match between Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns. Despite the loss on the opening night, crowd remained well and truly behind Rhodes.
As the match went on, and the Usos got involved, only to put each through a table, the intensity increased. Both Rhodes and Reigns survived near pinfalls before John Cena ran down to aid Rhodes. Cue The Rock.
Cena and The Rock faced off in a rewind of WrestleMania 29 and 30. Cena and Rock gave each other a typical stare-off in the ring. Rock then delivered the Rock-Bottom to Cena.
The Shield then tried to make their presence count as Seth Rollins hit the ring with a Steel Chair and immediately took a Superman Punch from Reigns.
Impact Shorts
More ShortsJust when the match appeared headed in Reigns’ direction, with The Rock for support, the dong hit. The lights turned off and it became pitch dark in the arena. The trope used a lot of times by the WWE over the years/decades, had been used again but the fans didn’t mind. The Undertaker appeared out of nowhere.
The Undertaker stood behind The Rock and chokeslammed the Hollywood star!
Meanwhile, Reigns used a steel chair and struck Rollins in the back. With focus away from him, Cody sprang back to life and dropped Reigns with multiple Cross Rhodes’ before picking up the win via pinfall.
Worth reminding that The Rock, whose real name is Dwayne Johnson, joined the board of directors for TKO Group Holdings, the company consisting of the merged WWE and UFC. In January the company announced it was partnering with Netflix, which will become the exclusive home of “WWE Raw” in 2025.
WrestleMania 2024 Results
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match
Cody Rhodes def. Roman Reigns to win the Undisputed WWE Universial Championship
WWE Women’s Championship Match
Bayley def. IYO SKY to win the WWE Women’s Women Title
United States Championship Triple Threat Match
Logan Paul (c) def. Randy Orton and Kevin Owens
LA Knight def. AJ Styles
Six-Man Tag Team Philadelphia Street Fight
Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits def. Final Testament
Money in the Bank cash in
Damian Priest def. Drew McIntyre to win the World Heavyweight Championship
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Drew McIntyre def. Seth “Freakin” Rollins (c) to capture the World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania 2024 Night 1 Results:
Match to determine Bloodline banned or Bloodline Rules
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson & Roman Reigns def. Cody Rhodes & Seth “Freakin” Rollins
Intercontinental Championship Match
Sami Zayn def. Gunther to capture the Intercontinental Title
Six-Woman Tag Team Match
Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill & Naomi def. Damage CTRL
Jey Uso def. Jimmy Uso
Rey Mysterio & Andrade def. Santos Escobar & “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder Match
The Awesome Truth and A-Town Down Under def. The Judgment Day, #DIY, The New Day and New Catch Republic in a Six-Pack Ladder Match to split the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship
Women’s World Championship Match
Rhea Ripley (c) def. Becky Lynch