WrestleMania 41 General Discussion Thread - Saturday April 19th & Sunday April 20th 2025

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Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens​

Randy Orton and Kevin Owens will collide at WrestleMania in a historic grudge match.

Owens has been insistent that all his former friends have turned their backs on him, as he has mounted a crusade against The Viper, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and former best friend Sami Zayn.

After Owens attacked The American Nightmare in a backstage assault, Orton sided with Rhodes, sparking anger in Owens. The two were set to square off at WWE Crown Jewel, but the match never started due to the two engaging in a wild pre-match brawl.

On the November 8, 2024, episode of SmackDown, KO further ignited the rivalry by taking out Orton with the banned Piledriver. This attack left The Viper out of action for three months before his return at WWE Elimination Chamber.

Since then, Orton has been coiled and ready to strike Owens at a moment’s notice, with the two engaging in increasingly barbaric attacks.

In previous battles, The Legend Killer is 4-1 against The Prizefighter, with Orton being the victor in their most recent encounter in August of 2020.

These two Superstars are much changed since their last clash five years ago, with their contempt for each other increasing.

Which Superstar will claim a hard-earned win at The Showcase of the Immortals?



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Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins - Triple Threat Match​

Las Vegas will play host to one of the biggest Triple Threat Matches in WWE history as Roman Reigns, CM Punk and Seth Rollins will battle at The Showcase of the Immortals.

Since returning to WWE, Punk has drawn ire from The Visionary, which has already led to several legendary battles.

After teaming with The Original Bloodline at Survivor Series WarGames, Punk eliminated Reigns and Rollins simultaneously from the 2025 Royal Rumble, incurring the wrath of Rollins, who assaulted The Original Tribal Chief and The Second City Saint.

When Punk and Rollins battled in Madison Square Garden inside of a Steel Cage, Reigns made his shocking return and pulled Rollins out of the cage before obliterating both Superstars.

All three Superstars met in Bologna, Italy, to discuss their differences, and it led to more chaos, forcing the need for an epic Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania 41.
 

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The last time John Cena won a singles match at WrestleMania Roman Reigns had never been WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes was wrestling as Stardust, Daniel Bryan had not yet retired for the first time, The Bella Twins were on the card, The Usos had yet to wrestle on the main card at a WrestleMania, at least seven wrestlers on the card have since retired and two have died.
 

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The last time John Cena won a singles match at WrestleMania Roman Reigns had never been WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes was wrestling as Stardust, Daniel Bryan had not yet retired for the first time, The Bella Twins were on the card, The Usos had yet to wrestle on the main card at a WrestleMania, at least seven wrestlers on the card have since retired and two have died.
That's 31, right?
 

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That’s a weird statistic lol. But he didn’t complete at 32, 35, 37, 38 and 40

33 he won a tag match
34 he lost to Undertaker
36 he lost to Bray Wyatt
39 he lost to Austin Theory
 

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So, this whole thing of CM Punk main eventing WrestleMania because he's never done it before. Well, you know who else has never main evented WrestleMania before, Sheamus, AJ Styles, Rey Mysterio. And the only time Seth Rollins main evented was when he cashed in Money in the Bank. He wasn't supposed to be in the main event. He wasn't advertised for the main event. And some matchups that would not have been the main event this year: CM Punk vs Seth Rollins, CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre, CM Punk vs Seth Rollins vs Drew McIntyre, CM Punk vs Seth Rollins vs virtually anyone who isn't Roman Reigns. It's all about Roman.
 

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So, this whole thing of CM Punk main eventing WrestleMania because he's never done it before. Well, you know who else has never main evented WrestleMania before, Sheamus, AJ Styles, Rey Mysterio. And the only time Seth Rollins main evented was when he cashed in Money in the Bank. He wasn't supposed to be in the main event. He wasn't advertised for the main event. And some matchups that would not have been the main event this year: CM Punk vs Seth Rollins, CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre, CM Punk vs Seth Rollins vs Drew McIntyre, CM Punk vs Seth Rollins vs virtually anyone who isn't Roman Reigns. It's all about Roman.

Seth also main evented night one last year.


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I think Punk main eventing this year is part of the storyline though. Seth even said he rather not main eventing WM than have Punk main event. Punk also telling Heyman “this isn’t the favor you owe me”
 

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Seth also main evented night one last year.


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I forgot he was in that tag team match.
 

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I really like Roman's involvement myself and his part in the "Punk main eventing finally" part of the angle (which is just one layer, another reason I've enjoyed the 3 way aspect) has been great, just gloating that this guys dream is something Roman has done a million times and couldn't even do without Roman now.

If it was just Punk vs Seth finally happening, I obviously wouldn't complain but that just feels like "another good feud" when they have a few of those rn, not this huge match it is now with Roman.
 
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Want to feel old? This year marks the same number of years from the time John Cena won his first WWE Championship until now as it was from WrestleMania I until when John Cena won his first WWE Championship.
 
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AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul​

WrestleMania 41 will play host to The Phenomenal One going toe-to-toe with The Maverick in what is sure to be an unforgettable match on The Grandest Stage of Them All.

Since returning from injury, AJ Styles has not taken kindly to Logan Paul, leading to tense interactions between the high-level Superstars.

Paul loves being part of viral moments, but he was on the wrong side of a huge one when Styles got the last laugh alongside comedian Andrew Schulz.

After weeks of mockery and sneak attacks, the bitterness between Styles and Paul will culminate in a can’t-miss matchup at WrestleMania 41.​