The Rock. Roman Reigns. Cody Rhodes. Becky Lynch.
The WWE’s mostsignificant stars will take the ring on Saturday night in Philadelphia, as WrestleMania 40 starts with Night 1 at Lincoln Financial Field. Three champion titles will be put on the line, and the primary occasion will figureout an critical terms for Reigns vs. Rhodes on Sunday.
For The Rock, it’s a return to WWE’s mostsignificant phase for his veryfirst genuine WrestleMania match because2013 But the mostsignificant concern is whether Cody Rhodes can surface his story and dethrone Reigns.
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We’ll have all the results from Night 1 as they occur.
Women’s World Championship match: Rhea Ripley beats Becky Lynch
Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch kicked off the night in Philadelphia, and though Lynch was able to target and damage Ripley’s hurt left arm, Mami held on and endedup Lynch with a double Riptide to continue her year-long reign as champ.
#RheaRipley guidelines at #WrestleMania XL!
The Women’s World Championship stays strongly in the grasp of MAMI. pic.twitter.com/E47EiA90Am
— WWE (@WWE) April 6, 2024
A-Town Down Under wins SmackDown Tag Championship, Awesome Truth wins Raw Tag Championship
The six-pack ladder match for the tag titles was an intriguing twist. Each set of titles were swinging high above the ring, and even after one of the champions was declared, the match would continue upuntil both sets were declared – opening up the possibility that one group might endupbeing indisputable champs.
In a match created to emphasize high-risk minute after high-risk minute, A-Town Down Under’s Austin Theory and Grayson Waller declared the SmackDown belts, while R-Truth scored his veryfirst ever WrestleMania triumph, declaring the Raw tag titles for himself and The Miz.
THEY DID IT!!!@RonKillings & @mikethemiz simply endedupbeing the NEW #WWERaw Tag Team Champions in an AWESOME #WrestleMania minute! pic.twitter.com/aZz5KMsqkc
— WWE (@WWE) April 7, 2024
This extraordinary Tommaso Ciampa relocation from the leading of the ladder was the genuine emphasize of the match:
CIAMPA, YOU MADMAN!!!! 😲😲😲😲😲😲#WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/hF7zR8FUcL
— WWE (@WWE) April 7, 2024
Rey Mysterio and Andrade defeat Santos Escobar and Dominik Mysterio with assistance from Jason Kelce
Just as Dominik Mysterio was about to hit his father with a chair, he was stopped by a set of giant males in Eagles-green masks. That permitted Rey Mysterio to hit his signature 619 on both of his challengers an