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WWE WrestleMania 41 is scheduled for April 19, 2025 and April 20, 2025 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (Paradise, Nevada). Follow along here for spoilers and information on the event's card, lineup of matches and news regarding the pay-per-view.

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WWE has yet to announce any official matches for this card.

PREDICTED MATCHES (as of 12/20/2024)

Time for some over-analysis!

With rumors of CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns, that would indicate that WWE either thinks The Rock isn't doing anything at all, or that they want to go with The Rock against Cody Rhodes. The whole jigsaw puzzle fits differently if The Rock is on the card, and if he fights one of those two or the other.

For instance, if it's Punk/Reigns, then The Rock HAS to fight Cody or not be wrestling. There are no other options for The Rock. And if it's Punk/Reigns, and The Rock is not wrestling, then Cody's opponent will absolutely be either Randy Orton or John Cena.

Likewise, if that's the case, whoever doesn't fight Cody is then in search of another match. If it's Cody/Randy (which I think is more likely), then we have to look at who Cena can fight, and I'd have to assume it's either Logan Paul or Gunther. But if it's Cody/Cena, surprisingly, then that means Randy Orton is going to have another match with Kevin Owens or just not be on the card.

I know some people think CM Punk against John Cena is a match to put on here, but I think that's happening later in the year. I'd imagine Cena's only possible opponents are Gunther, Logan Paul, or Cody.

Also, if it is Punk and Reigns, then is that somehow for a title? If it is, how do they get there and does Cody or Gunther lose their belt, and when? And if it isn't for a title, is it still a main event of one of the nights? If so, do you bump Gunther, meaning he's not fighting Cena? And in that case, do you bump Cena from what would be a WrestleMania main event regardless of who he fights? Or does that mean Gunther is defending the title either against Cena or someone else and it's not being treated as a big deal, because Cena in any position might not want the pressure of the main event even if he's in a title match, and Gunther just might be seen as the champion that could open the show or something as an alternative sub-main?

Meanwhile, someone completely lost in the shuffle in all of this is Seth Rollins, who seems to be have been given the shaft now that he and Punk are fighting on January 6th. There's no scenario I can think of that leads to Seth being in the main event of either night like what would have originally happened at XL.

Unless...of course...the plan is a Triple Threat with Punk, Reigns, and Rollins. But even then, is it for a title or not, and if so, how, and is it a main event or not, and if so, what do you cut from that spot? And that scenario doesn't even rule out Rock fighting Cody! See how it all goes all over the place?

And are we really just not going to get anything with The Bloodline? People like Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Jimmy and Jey Uso, Sami Zayn...none of them having any noteworthy match?

At least before the Netflix debut of Raw on January 6th, here's what I'm thinking the card for WrestleMania 41 might look like:

• Cody Rhodes vs. The Rock - WWE Championship
• CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns
• Gunther vs. Seth Rollins - World Heavyweight Championship
  
• Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
  
• John Cena vs. Logan Paul
  
• Tiffany Stratton vs. Charlotte Flair - WWE Women's Championship
• Rhea Ripley vs. Becky Lynch - Women's World Championship
• Bianca Belair vs. Jade Cargill
  
• Bron Breakker defends the intercontinental title against multiple people. Participants or possible contenders depend on the brand trade transfers.
  
• I think Shinsuke Nakamura will have dropped the United States title by this point, but if not, he'll be in a multi-man match for sure, as that's even more likely in that scenario than Breakker. Who could dethrone or even challenge him is all resting on who is on what roster.
• There's always a good chance a multi-person match isn't for the midcard titles, but for the men's or women's tag team titles.
• It's hard to tell if they're going to prioritize the women's midcard titles in any way, as there typically aren't THAT many women's matches on Mania weekend. I could see at least one of them only being defended on the SmackDown or Raw prior/after or something, though.
• I'd hope they'd bring back the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal for the actual pay-per-view, but they didn't for 40, so that's not a good sign that even this regime cares about it. They might keep it on SmackDown, put it on Netflix/Raw, or get rid of it entirely just the same.
  
• Some people I can't think of something for yet are Damian Priest, Drew McIntyre, Dominik Mysterio, Rey Mysterio, LA Knight, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn, Solo Sikoa & Bloodline, Carmelo Hayes, Sheamus, Finn Balor and The Judgment Day...a surprising amount.
  
• I no longer think The Wyatt Sicks will be given a spot on the card against The Judgment Day, as TJD might not even survive until that point and The Wyatt Sicks have lost a lot of steam.
  

Maybe I'm dead wrong. I'll update this soon, I'm sure.

PREDICTED MATCHES (as of 9/26/2024)

• I really hope WWE doesn't want to do Cody Rhodes against The Rock for the WWE Championship, pushing Roman Reigns against Solo Sikoa here, and then, dragging a whole year until Roman Reigns vs The Rock at WrestleMania 42. I'd much rather it be Cody defending the title against Randy Orton, Roman against Rock in a non-title match, and Solo Sikoa involved in something else—maybe against Jacob Fatu?
• John Cena will have a match here. Will it be against Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship? I think there's a very good chance that happens. As it stands, the only other person I could imagine facing Gunther would be Brock Lesnar, but that requires a lot of moving parts with Vince McMahon's lawsuit. If it is Gunther/Lesnar, then I think Cena fights either Logan Paul, Orton (if he's not busy with Cody), or 
• CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins feels like a lock.
  
• I don't think Jey Uso will still be holding the Intercontinental Championship. My long shot prediction is that he'll drop it to Dominik Mysterio, who will drop it to Damian Priest, who will by this point be fighting Bron Breakker on this show.
  
• I like the idea of Drew McIntyre vs. Wade Barrett, but I can't put a lot of stock in it happening. I could see WWE going back to the idea of Drew against Sami Zayn just to get them both on the card.
  
• Do we get Dominik Mysterio against Rey Mysterio in some fashion again? Hair and mustache versus mask?
  
• Charlotte Flair vs. Tiffany Stratton feels like it will happen after Stratton cashes in her Money in the Bank contract on Nia Jax
  
• Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill either defend the Women's Tag Team Championship in a multi-team match, or they fight each other. I think a good portion of that split potential is whether or not midcard titles are created for the women's division by this point.
  
• Rhea Ripley defends the Women's World Championship against who? No one seems important or big enough. I don't think a rematch with Becky Lynch (if she were to resign) would be the best idea, no one on Raw is at Ripley's level, and no one on SmackDown makes sense, either. I'm very stuck on this one. Some people say Iyo Sky. I think that's bland as hell. Iyo's great, but she's lost so much momentum that I don't picture her being an interesting enough challenger.
  
• United States Championship could be any combination of people that include LA Knight, Carmelo Hayes, Andrade, AJ Styles, Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Grayson Waller, Austin Theory, Shinsuke Nakamura, Santos Escobar, and Kevin Owens. I don't think anyone else would be in contention.
  
• WWE Tag Team Championship pretty much has to be Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa against The Usos, right?
  
• World Tag Team Championship could maybe be The Judgment Day against The Wyatt Sicks?
• I really hope we get an Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, and I'm always going to pitch that there should be a Chyna Memorial Battle Royal for the women, too. My guess is we just get the ATGMBR on the SmackDown prior like has been happening for a few years, unless the deal with USA/Netflix changes that up.
  

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