WrestleMania has arrived!
WWE returns this evening, April 18, 2026, for night one of their two-night premium live event on “The Grandest Stage of Them All,” as WrestleMania 42 Saturday takes place from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV.
The usual show-starting ‘WWE Then. Now. Forever. Together.’ opening signature airs, narrated by Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque. We then shoot to the pre-show panel, where Joe Tessitore welcomes us to ‘Countdown to WrestleMania 42’ live from Las Vegas, NV.
Tessitore is joined by Big E., Wade Barrett and Corey Graves. After some initial back-and-forth banter and introductions, the four talk about some of the matches scheduled for tonight. We take a look at our first of many video packages telling the story leading up to matches on tonight’s show.
Now we return to the panel, where the gang give their thoughts on the iShowSpeed & The Vision vs. LA Knight & The Usos opening six-man tag-team bout. We then see the video package promoting AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch for the Women’s Intercontinental Title. Jackie Redmond briefly interviews AJ backstage live.
We see footage of the Liv Morgan “Trouble” music video, and some of the reactions to it on YouTube. The panelists talk about it and then we see Stephanie Vaquer, without any face-paint, walking in a dress as she arrives to the building. The Morgan-Vaquer video package airs after that.
Michael Cole checks in live and talks about the legacy of Hulk Hogan, and how he got to commentate his WrestleMania match against Vince McMahon years ago. We also have a live interview with Cathy Kelley talking to a nervous iShowSpeed ahead of his show-opening WWE in-ring debut.
A portion of Joe Tessitore’s lengthy one-on-one sit-down interview with Roman Reigns airs. Reigns talks about how things between he and CM Punk started off well many moons ago. He talks about how that changed over time. Shawn Michaels joins the pre-show panel live for two segments to talk about a bunch of topics.
As Michaels wraps up his analysis on the Punk-Reigns rivalry, which he compares to his own with Bret Hart in the past, he tags out on the pre-show panel. Tagging in for his spot alongside Tessitore, Barrett and Big E. is none other than new WWE Hall of Fame legend AJ Styles.
After Styles brings up the possibility of Randy Orton just using Pat McAfee before taking him out with an RKO after getting from him what he needs, he checks out from the pre-show panel. We see Joe Tessitore’s sit-down interview with Paul ‘Triple H’ Levesque.
The panel checks out and sends us down to the entrance stage. A full choir sings God Bless America to get the evening started. We then cut to the cold open video package narrated by Lin-Manuel Miranda for the premium live event portion of tonight’s event.
Host John Cena Kicks Off WrestleMania 42 Saturday
After the cold open wraps up, we shoot inside Allegiant Stadium where Michael Cole welcomes us to WrestleMania 42, presented by Snickers and 2K26. The familiar sounds of John Cena’s theme hits and out comes the host of this weekend’s two-night premium live event on “The Grandest Stage of Them All.”
Cena makes his way to the ring in a suit, looking as dapper as ever. He settles inside the ring to a big pop from the live crowd. He gets on the microphone and says he didn’t expect that. He mentions how there has been a lot of talk online and backstage about tonight. He welcomes us to the show and pyro explodes.
iShowSpeed, Logan Paul & Austin Theory vs. LA Knight, ‘Main Event’ Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso
The theme for ‘Main Event’ Jey Uso hits and out he comes alongside “Big” Jimmy Uso. The Usos make their “YEET”-tastic entrance through the crowd, stopping at ringside to slap fives with Michael Cole and Wade Barrett, who are on the call for tonight’s show.
The twin brother duo settle inside the squared circle and their music dies down. The radio screech hits and out in a big pickup truck comes LA Knight. The crowd give him a big pop coming out. “The Megastar” joins his teammates The Usos in the ring and his entrance tune wraps up.
Now the “Humble” theme hits. The Vision logo flashes on the entrance area and we see a front and back split-screen camera shot of Logan Paul and Austin Theory with the WWE World Tag-Team Championships, and their partner, streaming giant iShowSpeed, who is wearing a cape. The screen multiply, Zoom-style, as they walk to the ring.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our first match of the evening. LA Knight and iShowSpeed kick things off for their respective teams. Knight immediately goes to work on him. iShowSpeed hits a slam and over-celebrates. He notices Knight stalking and flees to the outside.
The two teams yell at each other as the bell rings. The Usos superkick Logan Paul and Austin Theory out of the ring, leaving a terrified iShowSpeed. LA Knight goes after Speed. Speed hooks a side headlock, but Knight stands up with the headlock applied, taking Speed off his feet.
Speed backflips through a back suplex and backflips off the top rope, landing on his feet. Knight clotheslines Speed down and punches Paul off the apron. Speed catches Knight with a scoop slam and celebrates like he won the match. Knight gets up, looking confused.
Speed blind tags Paul and gets out of the ring. Knight brings the Maverick in the hard way and bounces him off the top turnbuckle. Knight stomps Paul down, as the crowd shouts, “YEAH” with each stomp. “Main Event” Jey Uso tags in, and he climbs to the second rope for the ten punches.
Each punch gets a “YEET.” Jimmy Uso tags in, and the Usos send Paul into the ropes for a double-team back elbow/elbow drop combo. Jimmy picks up a two-count. Jimmy stands Paul up and chops his chest. Jimmy sends Paul into the ropes, but Paul holds on and boots him back.
Austin Theory blind tags in. Jimmy sends Paul over the top rope, and Theory hits him with a rolling thunder dropkick. Theory knocks Jey off the apron and punches away at Jimmy. Paul tags back in. The Vision hits Jimmy with a double-team vertical suplex before getting up and posing to loud boos.
Paul stomps Jimmy, and they point at iShowSpeed. Speed pumps himself up as he tags in. Moments later, we see the finishing sequence, which sees Knight hit the BFT on Speed for the pin. After the match, Paul bosses Speed around more, and it blows up in his face. Speed hits a top-of-the-ring-post splash to Paul through the table. Speed “YEET’s” with the winners.
Winners: LA Knight & The Usos
Unsanctioned Match
Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre
We shift gears and prepare for our second match of the evening. This, like the previous opening six-man bout, airs free on ESPN 2. After this, it’s ESPN Unlimited app only in North America. Jacob Fatu has Samoan fire dancers come out. He comes out behind them in a Samoan Werewolf costume.
He makes his bad-ass ring entrance and settles inside the squared circle, where his music dies down. The familiar sounds of Drew McIntyre’s entrance tune hits the house speakers inside Allegiant Stadium next. “The Scottish Warrior” emerges with a sword from a castle-looking set up, complete with a door dropping down.
As McIntyre is finishing up his ring entrance, before the match is officially started, Fatu bum-rushes him and gets things in this Unsanctioned Match off earlier than expected. Fatu beats down McIntyre at ringside and begins looking for some weapons. He pulls out a toolbox.
The commentators bring up CM Punk using the same style toolbox and its’ inside-goodies on McIntyre in their gruesome Hell In A Cell match in the past. They show McIntyre backing up in fear, as Cole and Barrett suggest he has PTSD. McIntyre ends up taking over, however, moments later.
McIntyre quickly kicks Fatu down and slams the back of his head into the steel scaffolding of the ring. McIntyre hits a guillotine catapult into the steel before setting a table up. McIntyre grabs a phone from his brother and does another WrestleMania tweet mid-match.
McIntyre gets Fatu in the ring and grabs a wrench. Fatu clotheslines him down before sending him into the ropes, but he lowers his head and eats a kick. Fatu fights back and takes McIntyre down with a clothesline before hitting a senton splash. Fatu headbutts away at him in the corner before hitting a running hip attack.
Fatu struts around the ring and gyrates a la Umaga. Fatu ducks a clothesline from McIntyre and hits a pop-up Samoan Drop for a two-count. Fatu grabs a steel chair, but McIntyre leaps toward him with a flying Glasgow Kiss. McIntyre wedges a chair in the corner of the ring. Fatu reverses a whip into the chair, but McIntyre avoids it.
McIntyre catapults him headfirst into the ring post before turning him inside out with an inverted German Suplex. Fatu rolls out of the ring and tries to get to his feet. McIntyre hits the ropes and takes out Fatu with a somersault senton! McIntyre quickly gets Fatu in the ring and starts to count down.
Fatu ducks a Claymore Kick. Fatu drives McIntyre headfirst into the chair wedged in the corner! Fatu immediately follows up with a Mighty Moonsault. McIntyre kicks out. McIntyre manages to grab a wrench and hits Fatu in the knee with it. McIntyre hits him on the head with the wrench and digs it into his forehead.
McIntyre smiles maniacally. McIntyre sets two chairs up seat-to-seat. McIntyre sends him through the chairs with a falcon arrow for a near fall. McIntyre threatens Dan Engler, a favorite target of his, for not counting fast enough. McIntyre pulls Engler’s belt from his pants and swings it around.
Fatu superkicks McIntyre before he can hit him with the belt. Fatu grabs a steel chair and smashes it on his back. Fatu grabs another chair and hits McIntyre with it. Fatu grabs the belt and whips McIntyre’s back with it six times! McIntyre groans in pain with each whip. Fatu nods and smiles.
Fatu grabs the toolbox, but McIntyre stuns him with a Claymore Kick. Fatu barely kicks out. McIntyre is furious with the referee and shoves him. They trade punches from their knees before getting to their feet and going back and forth. Fatu eventually takes McIntyre down with a flurry of headbutts.
Fatu grabs a table, which has some Slim Jim sponsorships on it, and sets it up in the ring. Fatu puts McIntyre on the table and headbutts him. Fatu smashes a chair across McIntyre’s front. Fatu climbs the top rope, but McIntyre throws a chair into his head before smashing it off his back. McIntyre then puts Fatu through a ringside table.
McIntyre rolls Fatu into the ring and sizes up the Samoan Werewolf. Fatu fights back with a pair of superkicks. Fatu grabs the toolbox and cracks McIntyre in the skull with it, knocking him onto the table! Fatu immediately hits a Mighty Moonsault for the victory. The crowd loved it.
Winner: Jacob Fatu
WWE Women’s Tag-Team Championships
Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria vs. Brie Bella & Paige vs. The Irresistible Forces (c)
Now it’s time for a four-women’s tag-team title tilt. Out first in a goth outfit with massive wings, is Alexa Bliss. Charlotte Flair’s theme hits and out she comes with even bigger colorful wings. The two head to the ring. In matching outfits next comes Bayley and Lyra Valkyria.
From there, the reigning and defending WWE Women’s Tag-Team Champions The Irresistible Forces come out. Nia Jax and Lash Legend come out in all white, with masks on. The commentators point out they are a tribute to new WWE Hall of Fame inductees Demolition, who are shown watching at ringside.
The Bella Twins’ theme hits and the crowd pops as the duo of Nikki Bella and Brie Bella come out. Nikki is on a crutch and holding a microphone. Their music dies down. Nikki says she tried but couldn’t get medically cleared. She wasn’t going to ruin Brie’s WrestleMania moment.
She says with that in mind, to take her place, she called an old friend. The theme for Paige hits and the crowd goes ballistic. Out comes the former AEW star known as Saraya, once again as Paige in WWE. She and Brie, accompanied by Nikki, make their way to the ring as the pop grows.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. Brie Bella, Lash Legend, Bayley and Alexa Bliss kick things off at the onset. Legend runs over all of them before avalanching Bella. Nia Jax tags in. The Irresistible Forces hit Bayley with a Samaon Drop/big boot combo.
Bliss kicks Jax back and tags Charlotte Flair in. Flair hits a diving crossbody block on Jax and sends her out of the ring. Flair chops Bella before Bayley elbows her in the face. Lyra Valkyria tags in, but Flair goes for a Figure Four. Bella rolls Flair up for a two-count.
Bella uses Valkyria as a weapon against Flair. Bella starts hitting Flair and Valkyria with YES Kicks. Bella then points to Paige. Bella hits Valkyria with an enzuigiri. Flair rolls her up, but Bella kicks out. Jax pulls Bella out of the ring and sends her into the barricade. Lash Legend tags in and slams Bella on the apron.
Flair boots Jax off the apron before turning into a bicycle kick from Legend. Legend poses and taunts Bayley. Flair boots Legend and hits a backbreaker. Bliss tags in and hits a flying tornado DDT on Legend. Valkyria sends Bliss into the corner and forearms her. Bayley tags in and hits a running back elbow on Bliss.
Valkyria tags back in and hits a running corner clothesline. Bayley is back in. Valkyria hits a backbreaker before Bayley hits a flying elbow drop. 1… 2… Legend pulls Bayley off. Bella tries to tag Paige, but Legend slams her into her corner. Legend puts Bella on the top rope, but Valkyria attacks.
Valkyria climbs and attacks Bella. Bliss joins in. Bliss and Valkyria go for a double-team superplex. Legend runs up and powerbombs Valkyria and Bliss down. Bella then takes Legend out with a missile dropkick. Jax tags in, as does Flair. Flair boots Bayley and falls over. Jax headbutts Flair.
Paige, who was forced into an early retirement years ago, tags in for her first WWE match. Paige runs wild on everyone with clotheslines before hitting Bayley with a fisherman’s suplex. The crowd gives her a huge ovation. Legend puts Paige on the apron. The cameraman filming this falls over in an amazing WrestleMania moment.
Paige fights Legend off. Valkryia rolls through a crossbody from Paige and goes for Nightwing, but Paige slides off and hits a Paige Turner. Bayley breaks it up. Jax hits Bayley with a Samoan Drop before going for a powerbomb on Brie. Valkyria pushes Jax and Bella over the top rope.
Legend hits Valkyria with a Lash Extension, but Flair and Paige break it up. Paige and Flair hit Legend with a double-team clothesline over the top rope. Former teammates and rivals Paige and Flair square off to a nice ovation. They go back and forth with forearm shots before Flair chops her down.
Flair goes for a Figure Four, but Paige rolls her up for a two-count. Flair quickly hits Natural Selection and tags Bliss in. Nikki Bella pulls Flair out of the ring and smashes her with her crutch. Flair yells, “Oh shit!” Paige gets her knees up to counter Twisted Bliss. Paige hits the RamPaige. We have new champs. Paige gets emotional.
Winners and NEW WWE Women’s Tag-Team Champions: Paige & Brie Bella
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship
AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch
We see a second celebrity cameo count, with Cole and Barrett pointing out famous faces in the crowd. The Wonder Years are then introduced. They appear on stage and begin performing Becky Lynch’s theme song live. “The Man” emerges in a giant blue fur coat as pyro explodes.
AJ Lee makes her ring entrance next, coming out to a bunch of mini-AJ Lee’s, little kids dressed up like AJ Lee and skipping like she does. The real AJ Lee skips out with the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship and makes her way to the ring. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.
Winner and NEW WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion: Becky Lynch
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