Welcome to the darkish facet of historical past, as in one of the polarizing finishes in WWE WrestleMania historical past, John Cena pinned Cody Rhodes to grow to be WWE Champion for the seventeenth time—breaking Ric Aptitude’s long-standing file. However this wasn’t the feel-good second some anticipated. Cena didn’t do it with hustle, loyalty, and respect. He did it with a low blow, a stolen title belt, and a well timed help from Travis Scott. From the second Cena walked out with a chilly stare and none of his traditional theatrics, the vibe was totally different. No towel toss, no salute. Simply enterprise. Cody, in the meantime, rolled in with filth bikes, a cranium helmet, and his complete household entrance row. And so they went residence dissatisfied.
Early on, Cena performed thoughts video games. He was smug, gradual, dismissive. And when Cody started to mount a comeback, Cena upped the depth, dropping him with a number of AAs and locking in a unfastened STFU. Nonetheless, Rhodes wouldn’t keep down. He saved coming. Then got here the chaos.
Following a purple bump, Travis Scott got here out — presumably The Rock was too busy on trip in Hawaii to show up — Cena feigned a handshake. Cody fought again and hit CrossRhodes, however the referee was nonetheless out. When the ref lastly returned, Scott pulled him from the ring. Cody took out Scott with one other CrossRhodes, however the distraction was sufficient.
Cena grabbed the title belt, appeared Cody useless within the eyes… and cracked him with it after a low blow. The ref staggered again in simply in time to rely the three. And similar to that, John Cena grew to become a 17-time world champion, and did it like by no means earlier than. Michael Cole summed it up greatest: “Whether or not you prefer it or not, and also you most likely don’t prefer it… John Cena has finished it.”
And after the present, Cena addressed the media, calling them clickbait retailers and poor journalists, earlier than advising them to tune in to Uncooked on Netflix tonight to learn how he’s going to “destroy wrestling” in his last months earlier than retirement. Oh boy.
WrestleMania 41 Night time Two: Fast Outcomes
Iyo Sky def. Bianca Belair & Rhea Ripley – Girls’s World Championship
In a fast-paced, hard-hitting thriller, Sky pinned Belair after hitting Over the Moonsault on each girls. On the spot basic, this was probably match of the weekend.
Drew McIntyre def. Damian Priest – Sin Metropolis Avenue Struggle
In a brutal, violent match that lived as much as its identify, McIntyre put Priest away with a devastating Claymore Kick in opposition to a wedged chair.
Dominik Mysterio def. Finn Balor, Bron Breakker & Penta – Intercontinental Championship
With Carlito’s interference and a slick Frog Splash on Balor, Dominik grew to become the brand new IC champ in a four-way banger. Sensible stuff.
Randy Orton def. Joe Hendry
A shock WrestleMania look for the TNA World Champ. Orton received with an RKO—then gave Hendry a second one post-match for good measure. The gang LOVED this.
Becky Lynch & Lyra Valkyria def. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez – Girls’s Tag Titles
Lynch returned in high kind, scoring the pin after a Manhandle Slam. Lyra Two Belts is formally actual.
Logan Paul def. AJ Kinds
Due to an help from Karrion Kross, Paul walked away with one other large win. Kinds fought valiantly, however the numbers recreation did him in.
WrestleMania 41 is streaming on demand on Peacock within the US and Netflix internationally.
