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WrestleMania 40 Night time 2 preview: Cody Rhodes clashes with Roman Reigns for WWE Undisputed Common Title

WrestleMania Night 2 is on deck after an electrifying Night time 1.

It was epic to say the least. Roman Reigns and The Rock had been the big winners of Night 1, scoring a victory over Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins.

Reigns will set the document for many WrestleMania important occasions in historical past. However it will likely be removed from the one main match on the cardboard.

Right here’s what followers can anticipate on Night time 2.

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Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes

Roman Reigns and The Rock win

Apr 6, 2024; Philadelphia, PA, USA; The Rock & Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes &; Seth Rollins throughout Wrestlemania XL Saturday at Lincoln Monetary Subject. (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports activities)

It’s Bloodline Guidelines.

After The Rock and Roman Reigns topped Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins on Night time 1, the WWE Undisputed Common Championship match will probably be underneath Bloodline Guidelines.

It was removed from a simple match. The 4 opponents had been in a slobberknocker all-out combat. Rhodes put The Rock via the announce desk. Reigns speared Rollins and injured his knee throughout the match. Scars had been left.

It gained’t be simple for Reigns or Rhodes. Each had been overwhelmed and battered. Reigns can have The Bloodline in his nook whereas Rhodes may need to seek out somebody who isn’t bruised to assist preserve Reigns’ household at bay come Sunday evening.

Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre

Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre

Seth Rollins talks to Drew McIntyre throughout WWE Monday Night time RAW at Toyota Heart on March 11, 2024 in Houston, Texas.  (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Photos)

Seth Rollins will already be coming off of a grueling tag-team match with Rhodes towards Reigns and The Rock. He’s a bit bit extra damage than he would have appreciated to be going up towards a behemoth like Drew McIntyre. Rollins tweaked his knee throughout his loss towards Reigns and The Rock.

McIntyre has been on Rollins’ case for weeks. With some assist, he got here via to win the Elimination Chamber to get a shot at Rollins’ World Heavyweight Championship, which “The Visionary” has held because it was revealed to be Uncooked’s prime crown.

With CM Punk more likely to be at ringside to name the match, McIntyre’s focus might be elsewhere.

WWE gold has eluded McIntyre since he misplaced to Reigns at Conflict on the Citadel in 2022 after which the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 39. Might he depart Philly with Rollins’ title on Sunday?

Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley

Bayley celebrates

Jan 27, 2024; St. Petersburg, FL, USA; Bayley celebrates after profitable the ladies’s Royal Rumble match throughout the Royal Rumble at Tropicana Subject.  (Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports activities)

Bayley based Injury CTRL and helped Iyo Sky money in her Cash within the Financial institution briefcase at SummerSlam to win the title from Bianca Belair. Sky has been the champion ever since. However after Bayley gained the Royal Rumble match, every thing modified.

Sky, Asuka and Kairi Sane turned on Bayley. Simply when Bayley thought she had a good friend in Dakota Kai, she turned on her too. Bayley appears to be on her personal as she goes up towards Sky within the greatest match of her profession.

Bayley might grow to be a three-time SmackDown Girls’s Champion if she manages to defeat Sky.

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Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

Logan Paul in 2023

Logan Paul reacts throughout the WWE Royal Rumble on the Alamodome on January 28, 2023 in San Antonio, Texas.  (Alex Bierens de Haan/Getty Photos)

At WrestleMania 39, Logan Paul misplaced to Rollins to place an finish to their feud. Kevin Owens gained the Undisputed Tag Workforce Championship with Sami Zayn over The Usos. Randy Orton was nonetheless recovering from a critical again harm.

So much has modified.

Paul defeated Rey Mysterio to win the U.S. title and practically earned a shot at Rollins’ title within the Elimination Chamber again in February. He ended up costing Orton an opportunity on the belt. On the Royal Rumble, Paul cheated to defeat Owens to retain his title, inflicting a transparent grievance with him as effectively.

SmackDown normal supervisor Nick Aldis pit the three up towards one another in a three-way match for the title. It is going to be one of many extra attention-grabbing matches on the cardboard between the 2 nights.

LA Knight vs. A.J. Types

AJ Styles in Tokyo

AJ Types enters the ring throughout the WWE Stay Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokugikan on June 29, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Photos)

LA Knight has a summer time emergence. Behind a wave of fan help, he turned a feud towards The Miz and set his sights on Reigns and the WWE Undisputed Common Championship. If it wasn’t for The Bloodline, he might have been in the primary occasion at this yr’s ‘Mania.

Instead, he found himself the target of a revenge plot by Styles. The “Phenomenal One” attacked Knight for taking his spot in a tag-team match at Fastlane which saw Knight and John Cena take out Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa. The Bloodline had put Styles on the shelf.

Styles came back in December and immediately had it out for Knight. The two participated in a fatal four way for the Undisputed Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble but Reigns retained. Styles then cost Knight a title shot in the Elimination Chamber match.

Knight and Styles were also in an angle in which they brawled on Styles’ entrance garden.

This all led to the match on Sunday.

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The Delight vs. The Closing Testomony

The Pride in Brooklyn

Bobby Lashley at WWE Smackdown held at Barclays Heart on December 1, 2023 in Brooklyn, New York. (Cora Veltman/Sportico by way of Getty Photos)

One of many remaining matches set on the WrestleMania card was a 6-man tag-team Philadelphia avenue combat match between The Delight, consisting of Bobby Lashley, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins towards The Closing Testomony, consisting of Karrion Kross, Akam and Rezer. 

Akam and Rezer, generally known as the Authors of Ache, returned WWE at the start of the yr and backed Kross in his campaign towards The Delight. The 2 teams have feuded since then with The Closing Testomony attacking Bobby Lashley and his valet B-Fab whereas Ford and Dawkins had been making an attempt to earn a shot on the 6-pack ladder match.

Grayson Waller and Austin Idea took benefit and defeated Ford and Dawkins.

The road combat was introduced quickly after.

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