WWE WrestleMania 39 Highlights: Roman Reigns beats Cody Rhodes in thrilling main event; Bianca, Edge, Gunther, Brock win

Cody Rhodes was on his method to a fourth Cross Rhodes earlier than Paul Heyman had the referee distracted, permitting Solo Sikoa to sneak again in and hit Cody with the Samoan spike. Reigns then hits the spear to select up the win and prolong his record-breaking title reign. Thankyou for becoming a member of everybody. It was an honour to witness such a foremost occasion and convey all of the motion to you. Till subsequent time, it is a goodbye. And do not forget to acknowledge your TRIBAL CHIEF at the moment.

Incredibel scenes. Simply as The Usos double crew in opposition to Cody, out come Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Reigns will get hit with the stunner and the Helluva Kick however Reigns nonetheless will not keep down. Because the referee involves his conciousness, Roman getshis shoulder up and the main-event continues. This spectacle remains to be on.

Reigns trapped Cody in his submisison however Cody finds a method to beat it, the primary particular person to ever do it. In the meantime, the referee will get knocked out and it permits The Usos to intervene. 

Cody didn’t see that coming. He tried to make use of momentum in opposition to Reigns however runs proper right into a vicious spear from Reigns. However wait, it is nonetheless not over. Cody will get his shoulder up and Roman is in utter disbelief.

One other kick out! Reigns goes for a Superman punch however cody counters it right into a Pedigree. Simply when the referee’s hand was about to return down for the three, Roman bought his shoulder up. Nevertheless, Reigns connects with a secind time round and this time Cody stays alive.

Solo Sikoa slapped Cody Rhodes along with his personal belt however the referee heard the noise and ejected him out of the sector. An alert Cody hits Roman with the Cross-Rhodes however Reigns will get his shoulder up as the group within the area exploded. What a second, what a spot

Roman Reigns tries to powerbomb Cody Rhodes however the American Nightmare reverse it and backdrops Reigns by the announce desk. That provides Cody some much-needed momentum as he capitalises on it and hits Roman with a Cody cutter. Then delivers a suicide dive to have Reigns surprised.

Roman could also be with out The Usos however of their absence, he’s making Solo Sikoa do his soiled work. Solo sheepishly struck Cody on his ribs with a metal chair and Roman provides to the distress by going after the injured space. Solo interrupts not as soon as however twice, with Michael Cole calling it ‘ridiculous’

Cody might muster solely a few offences earlier than Reigns asserts his supremacy and crops him with a bone-jarring powerbomb. Cody then catches Roman off guard and throws him outdoors the ring earlier than making a mistake that enables Reigns to money in. The motion now spills outdoors the ring the place Roman inflicts a beat down in Rhodes.

After a heavy intriduction of each Reigns and Cody, we’re underway. Roman gloats in entrance of WrestleMania, instructing the followers to ‘ACKNOWLEDGE HIM’. The bell rings and the motion begins with a collar and elbow tie up. Cody dops to the mat, rocking Reigns with a punch forcing The Tribal Chief to retrive and get some air.

For 945 days, Roman Reigns has held the WWE Championship. He enters his third Wrestlemania to defend the identical championship. He has overwhelmed all of them – Cena, Goldberg, Lesnar – however maybe nobody stands a greater probability to dethrone him from the desk than ‘The American Nightmare’ Cody Rhodes. You’ll be able to reduce the strain with a knife. Do be aware that The Usos – who misplaced the tag-team championships final yr – will not be right here. It is simply Solo Sikoa and the wiseman Paul Heyman. 

Cody Rhodes walks out to an enthralling reception. Ever since returning to the WWE eventually yr’s WrestleMania, he has finished every part proper. His tridecta of wins in opposition to Seth Rollins put him on the limelight, and that breakout second of wrestling with a torn pec escalated him to superstardom. After being out as a result of harm, Cody returned on the Royal Rumble the place he outclassed 29 different males to win a title shot at WrestleMania. And at the moment, right here we’re. ‘CAN HE FINISH THE STORY?’

An epic ending to an epic rivalry. Balor kicks out after a spear however Edge is aware of what he has to do. Going for poetic justice, he locations Balor on a chair and brings out one other chair to land The Demon with a ConChairTo, the identical transfer which put his spouse and WWE Corridor of Famer Beth Phoenex out of motion all these months in the past final yr. 1, 2 and three. EDGE WINS!

Finn Balor locations Edge on a desk and climbs up one other desk which he in some way positioned on the cell construction. He goes for Coup de Grace from the cell perched on the desk to the one contained in the ring, however Edge rolls out. Balor goes knee first into the desk and is now in bother. Edge unloads with a flurry of metal chair photographs. 

Edge throws a latter on Balor, busting him up within the course of. As he will get medical therapy, Edge arrange one other ladder within the nook and runs into it after Balor moved away and prevented a spear. The Demon then hit the Coup de Grace however Edge kicks out. Edge then will get the EDGECUTION off the highest of a ladder – which Balor set for an additional finieher – onto the ring. A two depend is all there may be to that. 

The Hell in a Cell match begins the best way it is anticipated to – with violence as each Edge and Balor attain out to beneath the ring for weapons. Kendo sticks, tables and ladders have been introduced out. Edge tries to stun Balor with hits however The Demon is unfazed. Traps Balor within the cell with the assistance on kendo sticks and unloads on him. After a short whereas, Balor recovers and fights again in opposition to the Rated-R Celebrity.

For the primary time since Excessive Guidelines 2021, Finn Balor has introduced again his ‘Demon’ persona. He has been pushed over the ‘edge’, by EDGE. He urged Balor to deliver essentially the most evil model of him, and Balor has obliged. A critical calm has decended upon the sector as each performers are locked contained in the viscious construction. 

Right here we go. The match up everybody was wanting ahead to as Edge battles Finn Balor inside Hell in a Cell. The OG cell is again. Gone is the purple color which wasn’t precisely a fan favorite to be trustworthy. That is Edge’s First Hell in a Cell match in 14 years having final confronted The Undertaker inside this construction again at Summerslam of 2008. 

Shane’s return would not final lengthy as he injures himself actually 5 seconds into the match. Needs to be changed by Snoop Dogg who punches The Miz and drops him with the… WAIT FOR IT… Individuals’s Elbow. He actually saved that phase there. Nonetheless, Shane McMahon legitimately has damage his knee.

The primary actual shock of this yr’s Wrestlemania as Shane McMahon returns for the primary time since final yr’s Royal Rumble. Shane O Mac was quietly let go after producing one of many worst Royal Rumbles in WWE historical past in 2022 that it got here to some extent the place there was no possibility however to launch him. In the meantime, The Miz isn’t impressed as Snoop Dogg places the A-Lister in one other impromptu match for a second night time in a row. 

Asuka went for the inexperienced mist however Bianca ducked proper within the nick of time. Went for the KOD however The Empress rolled over. She then put Bianca into the arm bar however such is the strenght of the champion that she managed a method to counter that and picked Asuka up on her shoulder and plant her with the KOD. Pinfall and the win. What a victory! And nonetheless your Uncooked Girls’s Champion… BIANCAAAA BEEEELAAAIIIRRRRRR!

Bianca nails Asuka with a working blockbuster after which a springboard moonsault however she will be able to’t get the pin over Asuka. Cannot consider it and rightly so. This was after she started the match aggressively and after back-and-forth motion, landed the Suplex.

Two years in the past at Wrestlemania 37, Bianca Belair received the Girls’s championship for the primary time. Final yr at Mania, she regained the Uncooked Girls’s title from Becky Lynch and has has held on to it for over a yr. Her reign has now been challenged by a returning Asuka, who has been much more evil, maniacal enroute to successful the Royal Rumble.

Nerve-racking moments within the closing levels of the match. With Sheamus going for a pin over McIntyre after hitting him with one other Brogue Kick, Gunther interrupts the depend by diving from the highest rope. The IC champ picks Sheamus up and powerbombs him on McIntyre earlier than doing the identical to Drew to select up the win. The 260-plus day reign continues as the complete area – together with the commentators – are on their toes.

These athletes are hitting one another with their finest strikes. Sheamus and Drew McIntyre landed the opposite with the perfect that they had – a Brogue Kick after which a Claymore Kick however each kick out. This was after McIntyre flies excessive on to Sheamus outdoors the ring. It is all between these 2 buddies turned enemies as Gunther has been negated – solely in the intervening time.  

So close to and but thus far. Sheamus had the match received after hitting Gunther with a Brogue Kick however simply when the referee’s hand was coming down for 3, McIntyre pulled Sheamus out of the ring. GOOSEBUMPS! 

Sheamus struck the ring common with a White Noise off the highest rope after which touchdown the Celtic Cross acriss the ring. It appeared as if Sheamus had it however Gunther kicks out at 2. Sheamus then locks within the Cloverleaf however McIntyre will get a sleeper on him whereas the submission transfer remains to be locked in.

Sheamus unloads on Gunther, grabbing him by the ropes and unleashing the ten Beats of the Bodhran – albeit with a brand new variation. Whereas The Celtic Warrior get his punches spot on, McIntyre joined in. The affiliation lasts just for some time although as Sheamus then turns his consideration to McIntyre and pummels him with 20 Beats himself.

McIntyre kicks Gunther to take the IC champ out of the rig – momentarily – as he and Sheamus start with a slugfest. Sheamus’ chest is already purple and we aren’t even 5 minutes into the match. Gunther will get again into the ring and it has been him ever since. As McIntyre recovers outdoors the ring, Gunther lays him with a flurry of chops.

One other colossal title match as Gunther defends his Intercontinental championshio in opposition to the hard-hitting Sheamus and Drew McIntyre. It was final Seeptember at Conflict on the Fortress that Sheamus and Gunther placed on a present, and we are actually all set for Spherical 2. The IC title is the one championship Sheamus is but to win, however it will not be straightforward. McIntyre, who single-handedly led the WWE throughout the pandemic period is one other ‘bodily’ addition to the match.

Though Bobby Lashley, who was set for a match with Bray Wyatt at Wrestlemania couldn’t get his spot on the cardboard with an harm to The Eater of Worlds, he had a night to recollect this previous Friday, when he received the Andre The Big Battle Royal at SmackDown. All HAIL THE ALMIGHTY!

ALL OVER! Rousey wastes no time in placing Shotzi into the armbar and will get a faucet out victory straightaway. Positioned second on the cardboard will not be thought pickings for the previous Girls’s champion however it’s a Wrestlemania win for her nonetheless.

Paying homage to the WWE Corridor of Famer, Natalya places not one, however two girls – Chelesea Inexperienced and Liv Morgan into the Sharpshooter as the group comes unglued. Dwell and Shotzi are authorized as the previous SD champion hits the Codebreaker. Ronda Rousey will get the tag and goes proper after Shotzi.

Prefer it was the case final night, a girls’s Wrestlemania showcase tag crew match followes the opener. After The Avenue Earnings picked up the win yesterday, we transfer to this 8-women extravaganza which options Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez vs Natalya and Shotzi vs Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler vs Chelsea Inexperienced and Sonya Deville.

Lesnar goes for the F5 however his again can’t bear the burden on Omos. Because the Nigerian gaint goes for an additional chokeleslam, Lesnar escapes the maintain and eventually manages to elevate Omos and swirl him round for the F5. 1, 2, 3. Lesnar victorious. THE BEAST slays THE GIANT.

And right here we go. Lesnar grabs Omos from the again and welcome to Suplex Metropolis. Three on the row

The one-sidedness of the match continues as Omos drills Lesnar with a Chokeslam. We do not keep in mind the final time Lesnar was manhandled like this. Perhaps in opposition to Samoa Joe on the Nice Balls of Hearth PPV in 2016. Omos for the pin. Will this be one other shocker? Not but as Lesnar will get his shoulder up at 2.

Alright then! We have now a collosal match beginning the night. Yesterday it was John Cena, at the moment it is Brock Lesnar, who tries to slay The Nigerinan Big Omos. Nevertheless, he has been surprised early on as Omos just about manhandles The Beast with a number of physique slams and bear hugs. Lesnar is clearly overwhelmed.

After an thrilling Day 1 of WrestleMania the place 2 new champions have been topped, it is over to Day 2, the place issues are about get uncontrolled even additional. We kick issues off with a bang with Brock Lesnar taking over Omos. Hell in a Cell returns at WrestleMania for the primary time since 2016 with Edge and Finn Balor lastly setting the file straight contained in the violent construction. After which there may be the principle occasion the place Cody Rhodes appears to be like to ‘FINISH THE STORY’ by successful the WWE Undisputed Common Championship in opposition to Roman Reigns.