The most important wrestling present of the yr attracts close to. WrestleMania 40 takes place from Lincoln Monetary Area in Philadelphia on April 6 and seven.
After Royal Rumble winners Cody Rhodes and Bayley have referred to as their WrestleMania pictures and Elimination Chamber winners Becky Lynch and Drew McIntyre stuffed the opposite world title challenger roles, the cardboard is beginning to come collectively. After showing to decide on a match with world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins reasonably than “ending his story” in opposition to Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes did an about-face and used his Rumble win to name for a match with Reigns as an alternative. Rollins now will face McIntyre.
Equally, girls’s Royal Rumble winner Bayley initially steered she would go after girls’s world champion Rhea Ripley. As a substitute, Bayley will face her former Harm CTRL teammate Iyo Sky for the WWE girls’s championship. Ripley will tackle Lynch in an enormous WrestleMania title match.
Extra matches will get introduced within the coming weeks, however we will additionally have a look forward to matches we assume will happen at WrestleMania 40.
Let’s get to it and take a look at what we all know — and what we expect — will occur at WrestleMania 40, which streams reside on Peacock on April 6 and seven starting at 8 p.m. ET.
2024 WWE WrestleMania 40 matches
Undisputed WWE Common Championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes: For the second consecutive yr, it is Reigns vs. Rhodes at WrestleMania. After successful the Royal Rumble once more, Rhodes instantly made it clear he was coming for Reigns to “end the story.” That plan rapidly was sidelined when Rhodes appeared to step apart on SmackDown and hand the Reigns match over to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Fan backlash to the thought of Rhodes’ two-year-long story was sturdy and it seems that pushed WWE to pivot again to Rhodes getting his match with Reigns. On the WrestleMania 40 Kickoff, Reigns and Rock have been celebrating their upcoming match, with Rock instantly on good phrases with Reigns. Rhodes interrupted, stated he obtained to make the choice, not Reigns, and stated he was coming after Reigns. It is price keeping track of how The Rock components into issues as we transfer ahead.
World Heavyweight Championship — Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre: McIntyre has been on hearth of late, taking difficulty with anybody and everybody who questions his strategies. These strategies have concerned more and more opportunistic habits as he seems to be to grow to be a world champion as soon as once more. McIntyre took benefit of yet one more scenario when an already-eliminated Logan Paul knocked out Randy Orton with brass knuckles within the Elimination Chamber, permitting McIntyre to attain the pin and punch his ticket to a match with Rollins at WrestleMania.
WWE Ladies’s Championship — Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley: Bayley was the winner of this yr’s girls’s Royal Rumble. Now, she faces considered one of her former Harm CTRL teammates in Sky. Regardless of creating Harm CTRL, Bayley had been on the outs with the group for fairly a while. Whereas Bayley hinted at difficult Rhea Ripley for the ladies’s world title, Nia Jax stepped in and scared Bayley off, resulting in Bayley difficult Sky and combating off all of Harm CTRL.
Ladies’s World Championship — Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch: Lynch has been battling confidence points over the previous few months, developing quick in massive matches. That every one modified when Lynch received the Elimination Chamber to earn her title shot. Ripley needed to fend off a stiff problem from Nia Jax on the Chamber occasion however pulled off the win in her residence nation.
2024 WWE WrestleMania 40 predictions
Intercontinental Championship — Gunther (c) vs. Bron Breakker: It is nonetheless a great distance out from WrestleMania so these predictions are largely pictures at the hours of darkness at this level. Breakker is the final man to pin Gunther in a WWE ring, pulling off the feat in an NXT match, which makes this a pure match as Breakker is prepared for the primary roster. There have been additionally rumors of Gunther dealing with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, however Lesnar has been written out of WWE’s plans after his assumed involvement with the latest allegations in opposition to Vince McMahon. Breakker took Lesnar’s spot within the Royal Rumble, mainly doing every little thing Lesnar was set to do within the match. It makes sufficient sense that it is exhausting to see a greater path for Gunther.
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso: A match between the Uso twins has been a seemingly positive factor since Jey cut up from The Bloodline. The 2 have been the primary two males within the ring on the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania is a time for paying off massive tales. It will be straightforward to get to this match by having Jimmy value Jey the intercontinental title in a just lately teased Jey vs. Gunther match, permitting the 2 to grow to be entangled as The Rock and Roman Reigns amp up the household elements of The Bloodline story as soon as once more.
Undisputed WWE Tag Crew Championship — Judgment Day (c) vs. The Miz & R-Fact: After months of Fact believing he was a member of Judgment Day but in addition inadvertently serving to his former tag associate The Miz overcome Judgment Day foes, Fact lastly noticed the sunshine. It appears a positive factor the 2 groups will conflict at WrestleMania and followers can be fired as much as see Fact win a title on the large stage.
