WWE WrestleMania 39 Night 1
April 1, 2023
SoFi Stadium
Inglewood, CA
Official WrestleMania 39 Night 1 Card:
- United States Championship: Austin Theory (c) vs. John Cena
- SmackDown Women’s Championship: Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
- Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships: The Usos (c) vs. Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens
- Becky Lynch, Lita & Trish Stratus vs. Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky)
- Seth Rollins vs. Logan Paul
- Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio
- Braun Strowman & Ricochet vs. Street Profits vs. Alpha Academy vs. Viking Raiders
Austin Theory (Champion) vs John Cena
Theory had a sleeper on Cena. Cena broke it when he backed him in the corner. Cena gave Theory two running shoulder tackles and hit the five knuckle shuffle. Cena lifted Theory up for the Attitude Adjustment, but Theory held on to the ropes. When Theory broke free, his legs hit the referee who got knocked out. Cena got Theory in the STF and Theory tapped out, but the referee was still knocked out. Theory gave Cena a low blow. Theory gave Cena the A-Town Down, the referee recovered, and counted three on Cena.
Winner: Austin Theory
#AustinTheory delivers a low blow and pins #JohnCena to retain the #WWE United States Championship at #WrestleMania 39 pic.twitter.com/7VBj5zf7rw
— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match: Braun Strowman & Ricochet vs The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) vs Alpha Academy (Chad Gable & Otis) vs The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) (w/ Valhalla)
Ricochet hit a reverse moonsault over the top rope on Dawkins and Erik. Ricochet threw Dawkins in the ring and came off with a reverse moonsault, but Dawkins lifted his knees up. Ford came off the top rope and landed on Ricochet. Dawkins rolled up Ricochet and pinned him.
Winners: The Street Profits
Logan Paul vs Seth “Freakin” Rollins
Logan came out with a person wearing a Prime Energy Drink costume. Rollins hit a curb stomp on Logan’s hand on the ring steps. Logan hit the knockout punch with his injured hand on Rollins, but Rollins kicked out on the count of two. The guy in the Prime Energy outfit pulled Logan out of the ring and revealed himself to be KSI. Logan threw Rollins into the ring post. Paul and KSI put Rollins on the announce table. Logan was set to come off the top rope with KSI recording it on his phone. As Logan came off the top rope, Rollins got off the table and pulled KSI on it. Logan splashed on to KSI through the table.
#LoganPaul frog splashes #KSI through a table at #WWE #WrestleMania 😂
pic.twitter.com/CQpXdoDYTo— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
Rollins threw Logan in the ring and gave him a pedigree. Rollins gave him a rolling elbow to the back of the neck. Rollins tried for the Curb Stomp, but Logan picked up Rollins and gave him a Go To Sleep. Paul came off the top rope with a splash on Rollins. Logan tried for the coast to coast but was met with a boot to the face. Rollins hit the Curb Stomp on Logan and pinned him
Winner: Seth Rollins
#SethRollins curb stomps #LoganPaul at #WrestleMania to hand Logan his first loss in #WWE 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/Ct40i7ZGSQ
— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
Trish Stratus, Lita & Becky Lynch vs Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, & IYO SKY)
Lita hit a Twist of Fate on SKY. Trish hit the Chick Kick on Kai. Lita hit a Litasault on both Kai & SKY. Bayley tried to hit a Bayley to Belly on Lynch from the second rope, but Lynch blocked it and gave her a Manhandle Slam from the second rope and pinned her.
Winners: Becky Lynch, Lita, & Trish Stratus
Rey Mysterio vs Dominik Mysterio
Damian Priest and Finn Balor made their way to the ring. Rey hit the 619. Rey went to the top rope, but Balor got up on the other side of the ring. The referee tried to stop him from coming in. With the ref distracted, Priest pulled Rey off the top rope. Dominik hit Rey in the back of the head. Rey and Dominik went over the top rope. Legado Del Fantasma came down to combat Judgment Day. Dominik hit the 619 on Rey and then hit the frog splash. Dominik took the top turnbuckle off. He grabbed a chain out of Priest’s jacket, but Bad Bunny took it away. Rey dropkicked Dominik and gave him a 619. Rey then gave him a frog splash off the top rope and pinned him.
Winner: Rey Mysterio
#ReyMysterio defeats his son #DominikMysterio after an assist from the new #LWO and #BadBunny at #WWE #WrestleMania 👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/d8jWs7NZzi
— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
PRISON DOM HAS ARRIVED! #DominikMysterio enters the ring to face his father #ReyMysterio with a police escort straight from prison at #WWE #WrestleMania! 😂 pic.twitter.com/0axZd6oIms
— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship Match
Charlotte Flair (Champion) vs Rhea Ripley
Ripley and Flair were battling on the top rope. Flair tried to toss Ripley back into the ring, but Ripley slammed Flair’s face into the top of the steel post. With Flair knocked out from this, Ripley mounted the ropes and gave Flair a Riptide off the middle rope and pinned her to become the new Smackdown Women’s Champion.
Winner: Rhea Ripley (New Champion)
IT’S MAMI-MANIA! #RheaRipley defeats #CharlotteFlair to win her first #WWE #Smackdown Women’s Championship at #WrestleMania 💜🖤👏🏼 pic.twitter.com/v2PpjkaC5A
— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
Austin Theory said he said it, he did it, and he made John Cena believe.
The Miz announced the attendance tonight is 80,497. The Miz said he is the toughest person in this arena. Pat McAfee came down to the ring. McAfee challenged The Miz to a match right now. The Miz said he’s the host of WrestleMania and he can’t make matches official. McAfee led the chant of tiny balls. He said somebody here should be able to make this match happen. Snoop Dog said he is the Dogfather and host of WrestleMania, so he’s going to make this match happen. The bell rang.
Pat McAfee vs The Miz
McAfee got the better of The Miz and left the ring and was about to walk away. He saw George Kittle, the tight end for the San Francisco Giants, at ringside and pushed him. Kittle hopped the guardrail and clothesline Miz. McAfee got on the top of the ring post and dove on to The Miz. McAfee and Kittle threw Miz back in the ring. McAfee hit Miz with a punt to his face and pinned him.
Winner: Pat McAfee
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match
The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) (Champions) vs Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
The Usos gave Owens a double Superkick. They were setting up Owens for a move off the top rope, but Sami pulled Jimmy out of the ring. Owens gave Jey a corkscrew powerbomb off the rope. Owens made the tag to Sami. Sami gave Jey 2 Helluva Kicks. Jimmy tried to attack Sami, but Owens gave him a Stunner. Sami gave Jey another Helluva Kick and pinned him to win the match:
Winners: Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens (New Champions)
THEY DID IT!@FightOwensFight and @SamiZayn are your NEW Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions at #WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/CXzg5KYDcc
— WWE (@WWE) April 2, 2023
NEW CHAMPIONS ‼️ #SamiZayn and #KevinOwens dethrone #TheUsos to become the NEW #WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions at #WrestleMania 👏🏼🥲🏆 pic.twitter.com/kx9GZqvnal
— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
THE PERFECT ENDING! 🏆 #SamiZayn and #KevinOwens end The Uso’s 622 day reign as the #WWE Undisputed Tag Team Champions at #WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/I2epyfopdM
— WrestlingRadar.com (@WrestlingRadar) April 2, 2023
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