The Rock and Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins in a sensational main event on night one of WWE WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia on Sunday. The Rock, competing in WWE for the first time since WrestleMania 32 in 2016, made the final impact in a close match when he delivered the “People’s Elbow” to Rhodes for the victory. The victory means that Night 2’s main event match between Rhodes and Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship will now take place under the Bloodline Rules. The Bloodline is the name of a group led by Reigns and The Rock, which includes their family members Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa. The “Blood Rules” match will be a street fight – no disqualifications.

Seth Rollins will also appear on the WWE WrestleMania 40 Night 2 card, where he will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Drew McIntyre.

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Meanwhile, Sami Zayn ended Gunther’s 666-day reign as WWE Intercontinental Champion in one of the best matches of the night. It took Gunther nearly two years to become champion before Zayn performed well enough to win the WWE Intercontinental Championship for the fourth time in his career.

Night one of WrestleMania 40 kicked off with Rhea Ripley successfully defending her title against Becky Lynch. Ripley’s opening music was performed live by metalcore band Motionless in White, and despite being portrayed as the “villain” of the story, she received a standing ovation from fans, and her victory meant she has since Not suffered a single fall or failed submission. May 2022.

The show also welcomed two new champions, A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) and The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth), who won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship and Raw Tag Team Championship respectively. They competed in a six-pack tag team ladder match, with both tag team belts held by Judgment Day (Finn Balor and Damian Priest) being up for grabs.

In other results, Jey Uso defeated Jimmy Uso in a Brother vs. Brother feud match, while Rey Mysterio and Ang Andrade’s team defeated Santos Escobar and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio in a tag team match featuring Philadelphia Eagles legend Jay Jason Kelce is also involved. Former teammate Lane Johnson. Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill and Naomi also defeated Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Asuka and Kairi Sane).