WWE WrestleMania 41 Night 2: 5 Things That Must Happen On Sunday
WWE kicked off WrestleMania 41 on Saturday in memorable fashion with a show book ended by Jey Uso's first world title win and Seth Rollins' improbable heel turn.
More than 61,000 fans packed Allegiant Stadium on Saturday to witness an up-and-down show, with some underwhelming performances sprinkled in among unforgettable moments like Paul Heyman's betrayal of both Roman Reigns and CM Punk. Tonight, however, WWE gets a chance at a re-do after a largely lackluster Saturday show.
WWE has a loaded card on paper once again, with the headlining attraction of John Cena challenging Cody Rhodes as he attempts to win a record-breaking 17th world championship. In addition, Iyo Sky will defend the Women's World Championship against both Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair in the show-opener.
Check out the results and analysis of WrestleMania Saturday, and here is the full card for Night Two of WrestleMania 41:
After WWE crowned a few new champions, including Jacob Fatu, on Night One of WrestleMania 41, anticipation is high about whether Cena can dethrone Rhodes and which women's star will leave as the Women's World Champion. With the outcomes of tonight's event playing a huge role in the future direction of numerous top WWE stars, the creative team must effectively book the show on Sunday.
Here are five smart booking decisions WWE must make on Night Two of WrestleMania 41.
The beauty of a Fatal 4-Way match is that WWE can protect three stars and two of them in defeat.
The most likely, and best, option to take the pin at WrestleMania 41 is Finn Balor, whose main role these days is as a veteran who puts other stars over. Just as Balor is the ideal candidate to take the loss, current Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker is another star who shouldn't leave Las Vegas with a win.
Why? Because it's time for Breakker, one of WWE's brightest rising stars, to drop Raw's midcard title and move on to bigger and better things. Breakker, planned to be a staple of Raw on Netflix, should drop the IC title, ideally to either Dominik Mysterio, who's yet to win a singles title, or Penta, who has taken WWE by storm since debuting just a few months ago.
Breakker continues to produce highlight after highlight in segments and matches but has largely shied away from top stars like Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes. That needs to change, and Breakker needs to drop the Intercontinental Championship to do it.
Drew McIntyre, arguably WWE's best all-around performer, has been dissatisfied with his WrestleMania 41 role and rightfully so.
Quite frankly, McIntyre vs. Damian Priest, a match that's already happened numerous times, doesn't feel fresh or exciting. That's especially true given reports that WWE had at one point planned a major feud between McIntyre and Cody Rhodes. That, of course, would be a much bigger deal and more fitting rivalry for McIntyre, who had WWE's best feud of 2024 with CM Punk.
Even though Priest is a former World Heavyweight Champion, he remains a notch below stars like McIntyre and Rhodes on WWE's pecking order. Given how critical McIntyre was to Raw's success in 2025 and how badly his presence is needed in SmackDown's main event scene, McIntyre defeating Priest at WrestleMania 41 should be a no-brainer.
With the Sin City Street Fight stipulation, McIntyre can do so cheaply in order to keep Priest strong while also building up some post-WrestleMania momentum.
Logan Paul, despite his incredible in-ring performances, has lost five of his last six matches, which is more than it sounds like given his limited schedule.
Yes, Paul is a cheap heel who uses underhanded tactics to win, but at some point, he will lose all of his appeal if he cannot pick up some credible wins. Given the current layout of WWE's midcard and main event scene, there is arguably no better person for Paul to face and beat right now than AJ Styles, a former two-time world champion and one of the greatest in-ring performers ever.
Given the uncertainty surrounding Styles' contract status and the fact that he's a lot closer to the end of his career than the beginning, he should be losing to younger rising stars. Paul isn't without his fair share of haters in the pro wrestling space, but he's undoubtedly one of WWE's best villains.
In order to maintain that status, however, Paul needs to pick up a few notable wins, starting with Styles.
For all the talk that Bianca Belair is 'over-pushed,' it's actually been nearly two years since she's held a singles title. But it's time for that to change.
Rhea Ripley recently lost the Women's World Championship to Iyo Sky, who is entering her second consecutive WrestleMania as world champion. In other words, of the three women in this match, Belair has actually been pushed far less than the other two as a singles star for roughly two years.
Belair, however, remains arguably the most popular star in WWE's women's division and enters WrestleMania in dire need of a marquee singles win. Ripley has dominated the women's title picture for the past couple of years, and after her upset loss to Sky last month, it would be a step backward to put the title back on her.
No, with Belair remaining one of WWE's most tried and true acts and taking a backseat over the past couple of years, the time is now to heat her back up with another world title victory.
John Cena's pursuit of his record-breaking 17th world title became infinitely more interesting when he turned heel in epic fashion at Elimination Chamber, but the follow-up has been wildly disappointing.
The question now is whether WWE will take it to the next level and have the newly dark Cena defeat Cody Rhodes in arguably the biggest WrestleMania main event ever. As Cena fully embraces the villainous role for the first time in two decades and Rhodes nears one year as WWE Champion, the stage is perfectly set for a Cena title win.
Rhodes already 'finished his story' when he beat Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 and has had a strong run of more than 300 days as WWE Champion. The best way to maintain his momentum as a top babyface star is for him to lose his coveted WWE title and become the chaser once again.
After all, Rhodes remains as popular as ever while Cena is in the midst of his retirement tour. In other words, it's now or never for Cena. If he doesn't win the world title at WrestleMania 41, then when will he?
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