WWE WrestleMania 41: Night 2 (2025)

After what was admittedly a very up and down first night on the so-called 'grandest stage of them all', I was still extremely hyped up for the Sunday edition, particularly because of its exciting looking matchcard. It definitely looked like the stronger of the two nights on people. You never know quite how things will turn out, but either way, I thought that this second night of WrestleMania looked like it could be a massive one for the WWE.

Opened by the Women's World Championship triple-threat match, with Iyo Sky defending her title against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley. The match started very strong with a fast-paced and well-executed opening. I am a huge fan of all three of these women, as characters and wrestlers. All 3 are comfortably in the top 10 women's wrestlers in the world right now, and boy did they prove that tonight. I found this match thrilling. It was just excellent from start to finish and never slowed down for a minute. It was over twenty minutes of brilliance, and was the perfect start to the night with the perfect winner.

With the tough task of following that incredible opener was Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest's Sin City street fight. It was always gonna be a tall order to compete with it, but these two men went hell for leather to try. There were some great spots, particularly involving the tables, which looked brutal. This was a chaotic street fight and more than worth it's place on the card. I had worried that this might be a little disappointing, but I am happy to admit that I was wrong. This was a great match.

This was followed by one of my most anticipated matches of the either night; the fatal-4-way Intercontinental Championship match, featuring champion Bron Breakker, Judgement Day's Finn Bálor and Dominic Mysterio, and the recently signed legendary luchador Penta. I thought this could truly steal the show if it was done right. This was as frenetic as they come and full of physical moves and shenanigans. I loved how quickly it devolved into chaos, and it allowed for a truly epic shock finish, which I was a genuinely huge fan of.

Randy Orton was due to face Kevin Owens at WrestleMania, but Owens had to pull out due to injury, leaving Orton's opponent a mystery. Boy, did I not expect who the surprise opponent would end up being, but man was I happy. It was random, it was surreal, but it was great. It was a very short match, and very much supposed to be a bit of fun, and it certainly was that. I had a huge smile on my face the whole time, and it gave Randy a special moment on his twentieth appearance at WrestleMania.

This was followed by a match I was, in truth, a little worried about. It saw AJ Styles take on the controversial YouTuber turned wrestler Logan Paul. The reason I was worried was less about the match quality than it was the winner. The match itself was okay - it actually underwhelmed me a bit, to be honest. There were cool moves, but it felt a little discordant and patchy. I liked the appearance of Karrion Kross, but how the match ended was not to my liking. It annoyed me, if anything.

The WWE Women's Tag Team Championships were on the line next, with Judgement Day's Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez defending against Women's Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria and a mystery teammate replacing the supposedly injured Bayley. The reveal for who Lyra's teammate was ended up being very cool, and an appropriately huge name to fit the grand stage. The match was fine, a little scrappy here and there, but it's result provided two really cool moments for those involved.

At last, it was time for night two's main event; the Undisputed WWE Championship match between the champion Cody Rhodes and the challenger, the iconic John Cena, in his last WrestleMania match. The atmosphere was akin to the legendary Rock versus Hogan WrestleMania match from years gone by. The crowd were hugely invested, to no one's surprise, and the stakes could not have been higher. I wouldn't say it was the best match, from an in-ring perspective, but it certainly had drama. The crowd were weirdly on Cena's side, despite the story and despite how every other crowd had been to this point, which made for an odd atmosphere. The end was very surreal, and involved a random appearance from Travis Scott, who also randomly appeared at Elimination Chamber. I understand the story being told with this match, but I really hope it goes somewhere interesting, because the way it all ended just felt a little off.

Overall, this was a strange night of wrestling to end a strange weekend for WWE's main roster. This second night started off incredibly well, but as it progressed, the wrestling got steadily worse match by match, and the bizarre finish to the main event left me feeling very conflicted. I liked a lot of what happened throughout the event, but there were some odd happenings that didn't quite work perhaps just for me personally, but time will tell. I'm certain things will progress in a very watchable direction, but the execution tonight threw me off regardless.