WrestleMania 40 Guide: Match Card, Predictions
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- Three more matches have been added to what is now an almost complete WrestleMania 40 card.
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UPDATE: 2024/03/23 07:53 EST BY JOSH COULSON
Three more matches have been added to what is now an almost complete WrestleMania 40 card.
The biggest show on the wrestling calendar returns for the 40th time. WrestleMania, an event that debuted all the way back in 1985 and has taken place live every single year since for 40 years in a row. Quite the achievement, and even a pandemic hitting weeks before the show couldn't even break that streak in 2020. The tenth-anniversary WrestleManias tend to be some of the biggest, and WWE will want WrestleMania 40 to live up to that hype. Below is your definitive guide to the two-night show, from every match announced to how you can watch along live once the weekend is finally upon us. It'll be here sooner than you think.
All betting odds listed below come from Betonline.ag
When Is WrestleMania 40?
Even though its date has shifted slightly over the years, the general time of year at which WrestleMania takes place has always remained the same. Right there at the end of March/beginning of April. Booking up the first full weekend of April this year, the two-night WrestleMania will begin on April 6 and conclude 24 hours later on April 7, the main card starting at 7 pm EST on each night. The festivities that go with it will continue before and after, of course, including the Hall of Fame ceremony and the Raw After WrestleMania.
CM Punk Says He'll Miss WrestleMania With Torn Triceps
CM Punk opened Monday Night Raw and noted that his torn triceps injury will keep him off of the WrestleMania 40 card.How Can I Watch WrestleMania 40?
No longer a part of the PPV structure it once relied on, WWE pivoted to its Network years ago, airing all of its major shows on its own platform instead. That remains the case in most parts of the world and will be where you can watch WrestleMania 40 live, or on-demand once it's over. In the US, WWE programming resides on Peacock, so that's the service you'll need if you want to watch WrestleMania 40 live or on-demand after the fact.
Country | Cable Channel & Streaming Service |
|---|---|
United States | Peacock |
Canada | Sportsnet Plus |
United Kingdom | WWE Network |
Where Is WrestleMania 40 Taking Place?
Most of the time, unless it's coming to your hometown, where a WWE PLE is going down doesn't really matter. WrestleMania is the exception to that. Which city gets to host WrestleMania is a big deal each year, and Philadelphia has been picked to showcase WrestleMania 40. Taking place at the Eagles' Lincoln Field, if the show is a sell-out, we could see as many as 70,000 fans packed into the stadium each night.
Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes For The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Betting Odds: Cody Rhodes -700, Roman Reigns +400
Just when you thought this match wasn't going to happen, apparently it actually is going to happen, and we may never know if that was due to fan reaction or if this was the plan all along. Cody Rhodes will face Roman Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania for the second year in a row, The Tribal Chief's Undisputed WWE Title on the line.
If this match goes ahead as planned, Rhodes has to win. WWE can't have him lose again and convince everyone it'll be fine, he can try again next year. Barring a change to who will be in this match, Rhodes absolutely must win it as it stands.
Roman Reigns And The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes And Seth Rollins
Betting Odds: Roman Reigns And The Rock -500, Cody Rhodes And Seth Rollins +300
24 hours before Reigns and Rhodes have their rematch, the two will team with The Rock and Seth Rollins to compete in a tag match that will likely main event night one of WrestleMania 40. You wait months for a Tribal Chief match and then two come along at once, just like buses. Typical.
If Rhodes and Rollins win this, The Bloodline will be banned from ringside in the Undisputed Title match on night two. That might make it seem as if that's the direction WWE is going, but I'm not so sure. My guess is Reigns and Rock win this one, stacking the odds against The American Nightmare for his match the following night.
Iyo Sky vs. Bayley For The WWE Women's Championship
Betting Odds: Bayley -1250, Iyo Sky +550
If only Iyo Sky had been able to keep her disdain for Bayley under wraps, the former Damage CTRL leader would have won the Royal Rumble and gone on to face Rhea Ripley at WrestleMania. Instead, Bayley was wound up to the point that she turned on the rest of the group and cashed in her WrestleMania opportunity on Sky.
Bayley deserves a big, bright spotlight for the work she has been doing in WWE over the last few years. No doubt this match will be fantastic, but it feels like the culmination of something. Hopefully it ends with Bayley finishing her own story and dethroning Sky as Women's Champion.
Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch For The Women's World Championship
Betting Odds: Rhea Ripley -400, Becky Lynch +250
With the women's Rumble winner opting for Iyo Sky, Rhea Ripley needed a WrestleMania challenger. WWE has decided the best way to determine that is via an Elimination Chamber match, and emerging victorious Down Under was Becky Lynch.
There were a couple of breakout performances in that Chamber courtesy of Liv Morgan and, most notably, Tiffany Stratton. Had either of them won, I'd pick them to win this match. However, since it'll be Lynch facing Ripley, I'm predicting the champ to retain and begin year two of her title reign.
Seth Rollins vs. Drew McIntyre For The World Heavyweight Championship
Betting Odds: Drew McIntyre -300, Seth Rollins +200
This match has likely changed a lot behind the scenes thanks to various injuries and plan changes. Drew McIntyre can thank his lucky stars for that. A dominant display from the Scot at Elimination Chamber, and one more chance to finally become World Champion again.
This absolutely has to be where Rollins loses the title. Not only because if McIntyre loses one more title match I think he might snap, but the current champ has admitted he needs to get his back fixed. Lose the title and take some much-needed time off, for goodness sake.
Gunther vs. Sami Zayn For The Intercontinental Championship
Betting Odds: Gunther -500, Sami Zayn +300
Gunther has already eclipsed the longest Intercontinental Title reign in WWE history behind his, and the next Superstar with the chance to put a stop to that run will be Sami Zayn. Going through five others in a gauntlet match to earn this opportunity, Zayn will try to avenge a prior loss to Gunther, the one time the two have faced off before.
There were people potentially lined up for this match that would have made me believe it could be where Gunther meets his demise. No offense to Zayn, but I don't think he's going to be the one. Gunther will go through him at WrestleMania and march on with his title reign intact.
Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso
Betting Odds: Jey Uso -300, Jimmy Uso +200
It's really happening. With Reigns and Rock handling outside threats to The Bloodline, Jimmy Uso's focus will be on his very own brother. A new addition to a historic collection of matches that have pitted siblings against one another, this one might have more bad blood fueling it than any that have come before.
I'm comfortable in my belief that this will be the best brother vs. brother match we've seen in WWE since Bret vs. Owen. As for a winner, it has to be Jey, and perhaps losing to his brother will be enough to make Jimmy see the light and leave The Bloodline to revive The Usos.
Logan Paul vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens For The United States Championship
Betting Odds: Logan Paul -500, Randy Orton +350, Kevin Owens +900
Logan Paul gets under people's skin. That's kind of what he does. Well, he may have bitten off more than he can chew getting under the skin of Randy Orton and Kevin Owens at the same time. Now both of them have the chance to take Paul's US Title from him at WrestleMania.
Unfortunately, I don't think that's how it will go down. This match will be a spectacle, potentially the match of the weekend, but at the end of it, it'll be Paul capitalizing on a move the other has done to pick up the win. An RKO on Owens and Paul dropping The Viper right after so he can get the cover.
LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
Betting Odds: LA Knight -1,000, AJ Styles +500
Two personalities as big as these trying to exist on the same show. It was never going to work, and not only have they been warring ever since realizing that, but LA Knight and AJ Styles have been trying to outdo each other when it comes to effort. Styles flew to Australia just to cost Knight a win, and Knight repaid the favor by attacking Styles in his own home.
The winner of this one may well dictate what WWE thinks of Knight now fan support for him is died down a little. I think there's still enough love there for Knight to pick up what would be a huge win here.
