Details On Planned WrestleMania Night 1 Main Event
Added 2023-03-17 23:14:10 +0000 UTCWrestleMania night one still doesn't officially have a main event, but Fightful has learned more behind it.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair for the Smackdown Women's Championship was slated to main event. If that's the case, several people who would typically be in the know, and many talent associated have not been informed that to be the case. The report stated that there were political reasons behind the decision, which we were told simply were the fact that there wasn't a women's main event on the 2022 WrestleMania card that closed the show
We can confirm that as of one point, The Usos vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn was slated to be the main event of the show, and there have been several in the company pushing for it to be.
Seth Rollins vs. Logan Paul is also set for night one. We have not heard that the remaining world title match, Bianca Belair vs. Asuka, has been considered for a main event slot at all.
Comments
You do realize this is WWE we're talking about, right?
CSDX
2023-03-18 04:46:27 +0000 UTCI’m sorry no disrespect to Charlotte & Rhea but neither are as over or as hot as Zayn Owens & The USOs. Hopefully the tag titles go on last Sami especially deserves to headline mania after the work he put in the last nine months becoming the biggest thing in wrestling
Matt Hennessy
2023-03-18 03:59:15 +0000 UTCThey should go with the hot hand and put the Usos vs KO/Sami as the main event however I understand the political situation they put themselves in.
DiscoDinomite
2023-03-18 02:46:21 +0000 UTCConsidering the Bloodline vs Cody, Sami, and KO has been opening and closing RAW and SmackDown recentely, no doubt they are the main event for both nights. Could also set up a 6-man tag team match at Backlash.
AKIRO
2023-03-18 00:22:51 +0000 UTCWhat a way to reward the people that has been carrying the company the past year by not putting them on the mainevent on the biggest ppv
Tim Kim
2023-03-17 23:58:11 +0000 UTCHAS NOT
Troy A Palek
2023-03-17 23:41:43 +0000 UTCThe prospect of a tag title match has cooled off a lot since Montreal. Took forever for Jey to make a decision and we don’t actually have a team on paper for the Usos to face.
Kevin D
2023-03-17 23:25:21 +0000 UTCExactly - tag title match the hottest match of the show besides the main event - and I’m not sure that it isn’t hotter than Cody/Roman.
Chris Kessler
2023-03-17 23:19:20 +0000 UTCBloodline story deserves to main event both nights. Like why are WWE making it harder than it is
Geo
2023-03-17 23:17:58 +0000 UTCAbsolutely. Rhea should still beat Charlotte regardless of where it’s placed and this is no knock on either of them. The Sami Zayn/Bloodline story has more juice behind it
Magan Yusuf
2023-03-17 23:17:03 +0000 UTCTag title match SHOULD be the main event of night1
Chris Kessler
2023-03-17 23:15:42 +0000 UTC
