Viva Wrestlemania! WrestleMania 41 heads to Las Vegas 4/19/25 & 4/20/25 thread

[ahomeplateslugger]

day 2 was so much better than day 1.

-iyo, bianca and ripley was easily the best match from mania.

-i figured cody would lose after the promo on smackdown but to lose in that fashion was lackluster. it would've been better if rock or seth came out and a new faction with paul, seth, cena and rock was formed.

 

[VegetasHairline]

Cena should announce his retirement tonight and leave with the belt.

 

[Rayzah]

WrestleMania Night 2 Review (From the Arena)





Alright, here’s my take from being there live — overall, this was a super fun Mania and the energy in the arena was way higher than night one, The show flew by.

Aside from AJ vs Logan and the women’s tag (which didn’t really hit with the crowd), pretty much everything else landed exactly how fans wanted. People popped for Becky but I just didn’t care for that match


Honestly, most folks showed up for one reason: to see Cena win #17. They didn’t care how it happened — they just wanted that moment, and they got it.

As for The Rock… yeah, people weren’t even that mad about him not showing up. But you’re right — bringing out Travis Scott instead was not the move. They had to know that wasn’t going to go over well. The rock was on some bullshyt for that one. No excuse. Even if he shows up tonight it won’t be the same.


Now, I can’t give this a perfect score, and that’s 100% because of the group sitting near us both nights. Constantly getting up to pee or jerk each other off or whatever. The shyt was annoying.


Back to the show though — I know some of y’all love dunking on “casuals,” but let’s be real: these people spent thousands on tickets, travel, and merch. That’s not casual behavior. They were just as hype (if not more) than a lot of so-called hardcore fans. We can’t throw the whole show away because cena isn’t great in the ring because we already knew that that’s one of the reason we never liked him. Or because the rock didn’t show up most of the matches were still good and IMO the right person won and his post press conference was perfect


Dom was super over — even at the post-Mania show. It’s time for him to kick off that feud with Finn and boot him from the Judgement Day already.


Also — I know some folks are upset Joe Hendry got squashed or whatever, but come on. He had a WrestleMania moment and he’s not even on the roster. That’s a win. Way bigger deal than a 10-minute match.

 

[Love Sosa]

Diabolical Dwayne making marks angry no matter what he does Breh really is the nucleus of this era

 

[Versa]

Naomi should have won. Coulda protected Jade by having Naomi win by cheating. Calling Lash Legend and Jakera up from NXT would've been a perfect way to write her gooning/scheming her way to victory.

Really weird booking choice considering how hard she was pushed once turning heel

 

[Heelish]

Diabolical Dwayne making marks angry no matter what he does Breh really is the nucleus of this era

Crazy how this WM’s overall weak buildup is solely placed on Rotten Rocky by the people

 

[TOAD99]

There’s something there brewing with Kross

Good promo

 

[The Entity]

How do we know the rock just didn't show up? If you go back to meltzy saying something was going on a month ago (I understand it's a shaky premise), whose to say HHH didn't make a ruckus about him being part of the storyline and pushed him out. Sure, the rock outranks him but it could be one of those you don't want me around then I won't be around situations. It felt like the overall consensus was the rock didn't need to be a part of the storyline. I thought a corporate champion for the guy who was a corporate champion himself really worked.

 

[O.Red]

What's funny about this is I don't know a single person that's not every time Kross pops up on some "Why the fukk is this nikka on my TV every week" shyt

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Taking from Steve Austin's ECW promo.

 

[Da_Eggman]

Evil cena joking around like usual babyface cena with Pat

 

[Rayzah]

How do we know the rock just didn't show up? If you go back to meltzy saying something was going on a month ago (I understand it's a shaky premise), whose to say HHH didn't make a ruckus about him being part of the storyline and pushed him out. Sure, the rock outranks him but it could be one of those you don't want me around then I won't be around situations. It felt like the overall consensus was the rock didn't need to be a part of the storyline. I thought a corporate champion for the guy who was a corporate champion himself really worked.

Why do y’all insist there is tension between rock and hhh? Where is this notion coming from and why are so many people repeating it?

The rock not showing up is most likely do to his other projects. It doens excuse it but let’s stop making up drama

 

[jadillac]

Vicious double axe handles

Gorilla: "double ax handle, right between the eyes"

 

[RammerJammer]

Naomi should have won. Coulda protected Jade by having Naomi win by cheating. Calling Lash Legend and Jakera up from NXT would've been a perfect way to write her gooning/scheming her way to victory.

Really weird booking choice considering how hard she was pushed once turning heel

I don’t think the feud is over, I think they’re gonna reinsert Bianca into it as well, leading to her heel turn

 

[jadillac]

Dude has always been gold on the mic. His matches tho, he gets gassed super early and then it's a chore.

Or at least that's how he was previously. I definitely think he's a HHH fav. As soon Vince was out HHH brought him back