WWE WrestleMania 41 LIVE: Night One card, start time, results and latest news as Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Tiffany Stratton headline star-studded event
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Jey Uso is world champion!
It happened! WWE pulled the trigger!
Jey Uso goes from tag team specialist to world champion. There will be a lot of proud family members right now.
Not the greatest in ring, but one of the most over stars there are right now. It’s just the second legit singles loss Gunther has faced on the main roster – the other at last year’s WrestleMania.
It was the sleeper – Gunther’s usual move – that did for the Ring General.
If you’re going to back popularity – that’s what it looks like.
Jimmy Uso, Jey’s brother, is in the ring too. Crying. Emotional!
Breaking:JEY USO BEATS GUNTHER
The duo exchange blows. Yeet. Boo. You know how it goes.
A powerbomb from Jey, thye a super kick… a frog splash is coming…
He gets two in. Then a sleeper! GUNTHER TAPS!!!! YEET!
Gunther uses a weapon!
Gunther is pulling out the big moves too, to be fair. A powerbob from him, but Jey kicks out at two.
A second spear – a frog spalsh… pin… kick out.
Gunther has taken his belt and wants to go. Funny.
Oh, he hits Jey with the belt! Splash! Kick out!
Sleeper now… we are near the end.
Uso pulling out the big moves early
A slow start to this one, as expected. Gunther is a very good technical wrestler. Jey isn’t quite as good, but he’s also quite slow in terms of style and the underdog here, so much of the match will focus on him taking a beating and trying to rally.
A spear from Jey early! Gunther kicks out.
It really is a hard one to call. Jey is 0-6 in world title matches and 0-3 against Gunther – a storyline they are playing on.
A bit of a comedown for Gunther’s entrance. The Ring General. A real clash of personalities, let’s say.
As this match gets underway, I will plug my chat with the Austrian in the early days of the build to this match. I got the feel that he genuinely did not want to face Jey.
Jey Uso is first out, and there are 60,000 fans yeeting. If you don’t know wrestling, you will have absolutely no idea what that means.
There are cheerleaders from and NFL side – I won’t lie, I didn’t catch which one, but Eric tells me they are from Las Vegas Raiders. The NFL team that play in the stadium, which would make absolute sense. The Raiderettes, they are called.
There are also a lot of flags reading ‘yeet’ and Pat McAfee is on the table. Uso is kitted out in blue and gold and making his entrance through the crowd.
‘Monstrous ovation for CM Punk’
Monstrous ovation for CM Punk arriving as the cameras show all three of the main eventers entering the Allegiant Stadium. Flanked by Paul Heyman, of course.
The only thing louder than that ovation was the boos that followed for Charlotte Flair!
Exclusive:Yeet
A realy interesting match first up.
Jey Uso was one of the most shocking Royal Rumble winners of all time at the start of the year, and fans were unsure if he was worthy of that spot.
For me, he was and is. I think the build up to his match with Gunther has been extremely underrated. And I can’t call the result, either.
Alex spoke to Jey about his Royal Rumble win – and his pitch to work with The Rock! Read it here or below.
WrestleMania is here!
Michael Cole introduces us to the show, while we see arrivals from the likes of Reigns, Seth Rollins and Punk.
Triple H – one of the latest Hall of Famers and WWE boss – narrates the opening pictures and then enters the stadium, greeting more than 60,000 fans inside the stadium.
‘Vegas is about to find out how real this s*** can get,’ he says.
Jey Uso vs Gunther is first up.
‘£50,000 a seat!
There are seats on the elaborate stage hooked up by On Location believed to be worth in and around £50k a seat.
It’s a hell of a view and a matter of yards away from the talent when they come out – they’ll just have to dodge pyro on the upper tier!
WWE acquires AAA
News coming out of WWE literal minutes before the star is that the company have aquired AAA.
If you haven’t heard of it, AAA is a lucha libre wrestling promotion which was founded in Mexico in 1992. Now, it will be under the stewardship of the biggest wrestling company in the world.
The commentators are just arriving inside the Allegiant Stadium – I would recognise that Pat McAfee theme anywhere.
Here’s a line based on three stars in action tonight: Jey Uso and The New Day.
Alex caught up with the latter yesterday to discuss Jey’s world title match tonight – which we believe will open the show.
The New Day and The Usos were once great rivals, and it seems they are somewhat again with the former’s new attitude. Click here or below to read!
Big E: ‘I am so bummed for Rey’
I am so bummed about the news with Rey, but we have a really cool Rey to replace the other Rey.
He is such an incredible performer – a man I have been a fan of for a number of years now. We have a lot of moving parts, but it will be incredible.
The WrestleMania stage
Stage reveals for WrestleMania are always a big thing, and I am liking the look of this year’s.
The stages have been a little drawn-back under Triple H, but ‘Mania is the time to go all out, and the big reveal was done last night after plenty of leaks from the building of it.
What a spectacle. I’m sure some pretty cool entrances will go with it tonight.
Rey Mysterio is, unfortunately, out of WrestleMania.
He was due to face El Grande Americano (Chad Gable to some), but has had to pull out after some unfortunate events last night.
He has revealed his replacement – and it makes things a little interesting.
Alex caught up with CM Punk recently to discuss all things WWE since his dramatic return that night at Survivor Series.
We all know about his relationship – or lack of – with previous leadership, but life appears good for him under Triple H. And tonight, he fulfils his lifelong dream of main eventing a WrestleMania.
He spoke about Reigns – one of his two opponents tonight – at length. Click here, or below, to read!
10 down – more to go?
It is, Roman. And he did.
Roman Reigns, title or not, is arguably the biggest star WWE have right now. Cody Rhodes would like a word, sure, but Reigns’ star power is mega. A future three-time Hall of Famer.
He main events WrestleMania for the 10th time tonight. The man who did it twice last year, and who is part of the biggest storyline going into tonight.
It’s a shame he’s not around more, but we are lucky to have him.
Now feels a good a time as any to share the first exclusive Alex has picked up in Vegas this week.
He spoke to Ludwig Kaiser – who doesn’t have a match on the card, by the way – about his name coming up in a recent segment involving Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair.
The promo battle descended into chaos when Stratton brought up Charlotte’s real-life realtionship history, and her opponent for tonight responded by saying Kaiser – who is Stratton’s boyfriend – is in her DMs. I know.
The man himself has now spoken to Alex to give his verdict on the saga. Read that by clicking here or below!
Tonight’s card
I’m here for the long haul tonight, so get comfy, let me know if you’re enjoying any WrestleMania parties, what snacks are on the go, all that good stuff.
Alex McCarthy is our person on the ground in Vegas tonight, while Eric Blum is also here in our team of three to bring the best coverage of this weekend’s event.
Here’s the full card for tonight, in no particular order:
The War Raiders vs The New Day
Rey Fenix vs El Grande Americano
Gunther vs Jey Uso
LA Knight vs Jacob Fatu
Jade Cargill vs Naomi
Tiffany Stratton vs Charlotte Flair
Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns vs CM Punk
WrestleMania 41 is here!
Goooooooooood evening one and all, and welcome to Mail Sport’s live coverage of Night One of WrestleMania 41!
The nap is in the locker, the pizza is in the fridge and I am locked and loaded for the latest edition of the show of shows – I hope you are too.
The card gets underway in roughly 45 minutes at Allegiant Stadium, with seven matches booked and a number of surprises I’m sure to come.
How many championships change hands? Who walks out with who? And does CM Punk win his WrestleMania main event? All those questions will be answered tonight.
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WWE WrestleMania 41 LIVE: Night One card, start time, results and latest news as Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Tiffany Stratton headline star-studded event