The epic weekend reaches its conclusion in Philadelphia with plenty of wild action set for Lincoln Financial Field on Sunday
After a chaotic finish to Night 1 of WrestleMania 40, the stage is now set for Night 2 and things don’t look great for Cody Rhodes. Rhodes is set to face undisputed WWE universal champion Roman Reigns in the main event, with the match being contested under “Bloodline Rules.”
That stipulation was cemented for the bout between Rhodes and Reigns when Reigns and The Rock defeated Rhodes and Seth Rollins in the Night 1 main event. Now, as Rhodes challenges Reigns, the deck is stacked against the challenger with no disqualification rules in place as he hopes to avoid a repeat of his failure to defeat Reigns at WrestleMania 39.
Rollins will also be in action as he puts his world heavyweight championship on the line against Drew McIntyre. CM Punk will be on commentary for the match and given his rivalry with both Rollins and McIntyre will no doubt play a factor in the outcome.
There’s plenty more action set for a stacked Night 2 of WrestleMania 40 and CBS Sports will be with you as the action goes down from Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia starting at 7 p.m. ET following a kickoff show that starts two hours prior. CBS Sports will be with you the whole way through the event with live updates and highlights as the action goes down.
WWE WrestleMania 40 card, Night 2 matches
- Undisputed WWE Universal Championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes (Bloodline Rules)
- WWE Women’s Championship — Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley
- United States Championship — Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
- LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
- The Final Testament (Karrion Kross & Authors of Pain) vs. Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (Philadelphia Street Fight)
- World Heavyweight Championship — Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
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LA Knight vs. AJ Styles: Styles went after Knight’s knee from the early moments of the match, grounding him and slowing things down. Knight quickly turned things around with some clotheslines and kicks before a superplex was countered, allowing Styles to take things back over. Knight hit a German suplex from the top rope but shortly after, Styles was back in control, again working over Knight’s knee, including wrapping it around the ring post. After Knight fought back, he removed some of the ringside padding but Styles reversed a piledriver into a backdrop and nearly won by countout. Knight countered a springboard 450 by getting his knees up, Styles countered a BFT, nearly hitting a Styles Clash but Knight had a counter of his own. Moments later, Knight countered Styles again, this time setting up the match-winning BFT. The match was nothing special but was, at the same time, perfectly fine as a wrestling match. Knight was the right guy to get the win since he needed the boost and Styles is in the club of WWE’s “made guys.” LA Knight def. AJ Styles via pinfall. Grade: B-
The Final Testament (Karrion Kross & Authors of Pain) vs. Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (Philadelphia Street Fight): Final Testament quickly took out The Street Profits allowing them to triple team Lashley with kendo sticks. Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins tried to get back in the action only to take their own beatings from the AOP. After B-Fab and Scarlett both got involved, The Pride made their comeback with Lashley eventually locking in the Hurt Lock on Kross only for Scarlett to interfere again to make the save. Kross drove Lashley into a chair with a DDT but only got a two-count from special guest referee Bubba Ray Dudley, leading Kross to shove Dudley. Kross was then speared by Lashley. Dudley then instructed Lashley and the Profits on how to finish off the match, eventually leading to them getting tables — the first of which broke as soon as Kross was placed on it — and a Ford frogsplash to put Kross through the second finished things off. The match was a mess, and not in a fun way. Snoop Dogg on commentary was an active distraction and everything was clunky and did not work at all. Bobby Lashley & The Street Profits def. The Final Testament via pinfall. Grade: D
World Heavyweight Championship — Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Damian Priest: After the match, McIntyre went to the commentary desk and celebrated while jawing at CM Punk. After some back and forth, Punk swept McIntyre’s legs out, causing him to fall on the desk. Punk took off the brace on his arm and smashed McIntyre in the face with it. This brought Priest running out from the back with his Money in the Bank briefcase. After smashing the briefcase on McIntyre’s head, Priest cashed in, hit the South of Heaven chokeslam and pinned McIntyre to win the championship. Not much of a match to “grade” here, but the way this will fuel McIntyre’s issues with Punk is certainly intriguing. Damian Priest def. Drew McIntyre via pinfall to win the title. Grade: B
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