The 39th edition of Wrestlemania took place on the weekend in SoFi Stadium in Hollywood over 2 nights, with over 70k in attendance on both nights.
The early reviews from wrasslin' fans are overwhelmingly positive. This could go down as one of the greatest Manias of all time.
Seamus Dunne picked out the biggest moments from this years Wrestling Extravaganza.
Rey Mysterio & Snoop Dogg on a low rider️
A entrance befitting of Wrestlemania, WWE hall of famer Rey Mysterio on a low rider with LA's very own Snoop Dogg with Eddie Guerrero's "Lie Cheat Steal" theme song playing in the background, just before Rey fought his real life son Dominik in the ring, and defeated him. What better place to sort out a family feud!
Snoop Dogg and Rey Mysterio make their entrance to #WrestleMania 39 with a tribute to Eddie Guerrero 👏 pic.twitter.com/NHfj2ebi2m
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 2, 2023
Who’s Your Daddy?#WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/A0WszfiBiP
— ♛Rey Mysterio❔ (@reymysterio) April 2, 2023
Logan Paul Accidentally puts KSI through a table️
At Wrestlemania anything can happen. KSI the famous youtuber/boxer getting put through a table accidentally, whilst dressed as a bottle of Prime Energy Drink, is not a surprise. Logan again impressed with his athleticism but Seth Rollins picked up the W.
Finally beat KSI @PrimeHydrate pic.twitter.com/2KdCKtytrm
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) April 2, 2023
Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns️
The main event of Night 2 will split opinion.
Roman Reigns retained in an entertaining contest to continue his 900 plus day reign as Universal Champion. It looked all set for Cody Rhodes, who joined from AEW last year, to finally win the big one. The belt his father 'The American Dream' Dusty Rhodes never won.
What often happens in WWE is outside interference/shenanigans, and that's what cost Cody, with Solo Sikoa (son of Rikishi) getting involved to cost the favourite the victory. It no doubt caused many a meltdown among the never-toxic wrestling community on Twitter.
Rate Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes on a scale of 1-5.#WWE #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/EB7af1jYQB
— Sportskeeda Wrestling (@SKWrestling_) April 3, 2023
Brock Lesnar beats 7 foot 3 Omos️
Brock Lesnar opened night 2 vs Nigerian giant Omos. The match lasted all of 5 minutes. It provided great images of the freak that is Lesnar being completely dwarfed by the towering Omos. Brock eventually got the big man up for an F-5 and that was all she wrote.
Brock Lesnar F5’s the 7’3 Omos! pic.twitter.com/Zyw7zt6ZYP
— Dark Puroresu Flowsion (@PuroresuFlow) April 3, 2023
Becky Lynch teams with 2 WWE Legends️
Dublin's Becky Lynch arrived in LA fresh from a recent interview with Tommy Tiernan that caused a bit of a stir. She was teamed up with the Legendary Lita & Trish Stratus on the grandest stage of them all.
They defeated Damage CTRL in an entertaining match. Becky continues to impress at the top of the industry and does Ireland proud.
Becky Lynch, Lita & Trish Stratus defeat Damage CTRL, great stuff.
All six women put on a very fun/entertaining match, bravo. 👏 #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/jy9vy2G9C0— PW Chronicle (@_PWChronicle) April 2, 2023
WrestleMania's wholesome entrances ️
John Cena returned for the opening match of Wrestlemania Night 1 and despite losing his match against young upstart Austin Theory, his entrance was very memorable. Cena walked out to the match with Make a Wish kids, giving them a precious moment they will never forget. (Yes he lost after that)
The power of @JohnCena's #WrestleMania entrance alongside these @MakeAWish kids is a dream come true. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/05ZLCIrj0b
— WWE (@WWE) April 2, 2023
Before her defence of her Raw women's title, Bianca Belair had the Divas of Compton perform a dance routine for her entrance. Very wholesome and very entertaining, as Bianca went on to defeat Asuka.
just when we thought we didn’t have a grand entrance here comes Bianca Belair COME AWN pic.twitter.com/z4dyxVKuVM
— rob | president of the ESTate (@robbelair) April 3, 2023
Banger after Banger after Banger! ️
This Wrestlemania had several great matches over the two nights including, to name two, Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley, and Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens vs The Usos. (Which headlined night 1)
Irish WWE legend Sheamus was also going for the title that he has never won - the Intercontinental title - in a triple threat with champion Gunther and Drew McIntyre. Unfortunately he came up short, with Gunther retaining, but in Sheamus's own words this was an "absolute banger". The lads chopped the absolute hell out of each other in arguably the match of the weekend.
MATCH OF THE YEAR CONTENDER. HOLY SHIT GUNTHER,MCINTYRE AND SHEAMUS TAKE A BOW #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/f5wO2mCh4I
— P H A R A O H ★★★★★ (@ZackSabreSenior) April 3, 2023
Shane McMahon returns, blows out his knee, Snopp Dogg hilariously fills in ️
In live sports entertainment, things can go wrong! The Miz was set for another impromptu match on Night 2 against the returning Shane Mcmahon. Shane blew out his knee almost immediately, Snoop Dogg called a brilliant audible, hit Miz with two haymakers and performed the worst peoples elbow of all time before pinning The Miz. (it doesn't have to make sense) Snoop definitely earned his fee for the weekend! (Weed ain't cheap)
OH MY GOD, Shane McMahon just blew his leg out, and Snoop Dogg came in and improvised an great #WrestleMania moment. pic.twitter.com/jHUAOANBKw
— Italo Santana (@BulletClubIta) April 3, 2023
Bray's Finn Balor enters Hell In A Cell ️
Finn Balor in his demon persona wandered into Hell In A Cell to battle WWE Legend Edge.
If you told a young Wicklow wrestling fan he would grow up to face Edge at the showcase of the immortals in a Hell in a Cell match, he would surely find it hard to believe!
.@Popes_Exorcist star @RussellCrowe sets the stage as @EdgeRatedR and Demon @FinnBalor prepare to wage war inside of Hell in a Cell at #WrestleMania!
Check out #ThePopesExorcist, exclusively in theaters April 14th. pic.twitter.com/B7QGcRERfS— WWE (@WWE) April 3, 2023
This Hell in a Cell Match between @EdgeRated & @FinnBalor is a #WrestleMania spectacle! pic.twitter.com/p3dqJAV4Zy
— WWE (@WWE) April 3, 2023
WWE Set to be sold ️
On Sunday evening huge news broke that World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. reportedly is nearing a deal to be sold to Endeavor Group Holdings Inc, which owns the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
How much for WWE you ask? Apparently they are holding out for close to $9 billion!
According to publications stateside, as part of the deal, Endeavor’s UFC business and WWE will form a separate publicly traded entity. The Endeavor shareholders would hold 51% and WWE shareholders would retain 49%.
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