WWE Wrestlemania 42 Night 2 4/19/2026
Night 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-wrestlemania-42-night-1-4182026.html
We are still in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are on commentary.
Last night was one of the worst shows WWE ever put on and tonight can't possibly be worse.
We see taped clips of wrestlers arriving and hanging out.
John Cena comes out to talk. He says they've made history and talks about Mania being on ESPN. He says we need to start with something big and welcomes us to the show. They then shoot off some fireworks.
Brock Lesnar vs Oba Femi
Oba gets big pops and a large chant. Brock has Paul Heyman with him. Paul takes the mic away from the ring announcer and does the intro for Brock.
They lock up and Brock shoves him off. Oba then shoves him off the lock up. Brock drives him in the corner and hits corner spears. Oba no sells it and shoves him down. Brock lariats him and Oba no sells it. Oba lariats Brock down. Brock goes out and looks frustrated.
Brock grabs the steps but puts them down. Oba grabs Brock by the hair then Oba's throat is pulled over the 2nd rope. Oba is rammed back first into the post. Oba is sent into the steps. Brock hits some germans. Oba hits back elbows then running euros him twice. Brock F-5's him.
Oba gets back up and chokeslams Brock. Oba pop-up sitout powerbombs Brock and pins him.
Thoughts: Oba basically squashed Brock here. It was a decision and definitely one of their options. I'm not sure if I would have done it though. The match didn't go very long which I expected and it wasn't quite as explosive as I hoped. I thought they buried Brock a little here. They had the right idea and it looks like it's all systems go on the Oba mega push.
Brock looks up at the sky and takes off his boots and gloves. Paul hugs Brock. Brock leaves with his stuff in the ring signifying he's done.
Thoughts: Well, credit to Brock for doing the job here if this is it. I'm not sure why they didn't push that this was Brock's retirement match, but maybe that's how he wanted it. Since it's not totally official, he could come back if he decides to. Brock had a really weird career. He left during his prime and I always thought him leaving when he did hurt his development. Because he was never around full-time, there were a lot of avenues they never really got to explore with him. In some cases that was good, and in some it wasn't. He kind of became a limited guy in his second WWE run but his star power, real life and look made up for it. I thought them giving him Taker's streak was a mistake as he's Brock Lesnar and he really didn't need it. Brock's mostly been a final boss type of guy over the last few years who would appear for big stuff when they needed him and then go away for a while. WWE's really going to miss him. WWE losing Cena, Brock and AJ all within a few months each other is a pretty tough hill to overcome. Those are going to be some hard guys to replace and I don't know if that can really happen in 2026. Brock was my favorite wrestler at various points in his career and I found him to be an inspiration. Him leaving is definitely an end to an era.
WWE Intercontinental Title - Ladder Match - Penta (c) vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Rusev vs. Rey Mysterio
JD, Lee and Rusev didn't get their entrances aired. Penta has a Shao Khan style entrance mask on with Mortal Kombat II logos.
JD clips Evans then stomps him. Penta jumps off a ladder and springboard plancha's Rusev. Penta superkicks JD. JD is triple teamed by the luchadores in the corner. Rusev pulls Rey out and sends him into the steps Rusev has a ladder slid into him. Rusev blocks dives with a ladder.
Evans suicide dives JD. Lee flying headscissors Evans off the apron onto JD. Rey and Lee trade shots. Lee is hurricanrana'd into the ropes. Lee superkicks Rey out. Rusev hits the others with a ladder. JD hits stiff shots on Rusev. JD is back body dropped onto the ladder.
Rusev and Penta climb a ladder then Penta pulls Rusev down. Penta is pushed out by JD. Evans and JD are pushed off a ladder. Evans lands on Penta but JD lands in the ring. Evans springboard lariats JD off the ladder. Rey sandwiches a ladder into Lee and Lee is 619'd with a ladder on him.
Evans and Rey fight on the ladder. Rey hangs off the ladder. Evans superkicks Penta. Penta suplexes Evans on the ladder. Lee top rope dropkicks a hanging Rey. Rusev uranages Lee. Rusev uranage's Evans on a bridged ladder.
Rey is popped up and he la silla's Rusev through a bridged ladder. Rey hurricanrana's Penta into the ladder. Rey 619's Penta. Rey and Lee fight on the ladder. Rey boots Lee off the ladder. Rey's headscissors off the ladder is caught and he is hit with a style's clash. JD spanish flies Lee off the ladder.
JD and Penta fight on the ladder. Penta canadian destroyers JD onto a bridged ladder. Evans grabs the title but Rusev pushes the ladder over. Evans is then pulled down and thrown out. Rusev climbs a ladder. Evans top rope diving cutters him off the ladder. Penta jumps off the ladder and canadian destroyers Evans. Penta then climbs the ladder and retrieves the title to win.
Thoughts: It was a bit rushed early on like due to being on ESPN. I felt they gave us enough here but a few more minutes would have made the pace a little better. Penta and Rey were the favorites here and Penta pulled it off. It was an entertaining bout with some cool spots and they didn't overdo it or do anything too wildly dangerous. This was good.
WWE United States Title - Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams
Lil' Yachty does an intro for Trick. Trick is on a rotating box. Trick has a super long jacket that extends the whole ramp and looks like toilet paper.
They trade shots to start. Sami running lariats him and gets booed. Sami hits mounted corner punches. Sami lariats Trick over the top. Trick hits lariats and a leg lariat on Sami. Trick backhands him and jumping neckbreakers him.
Trick uranage's him for 2. Sami facekicks him and blue thunders him for 2. Sami stomps him in the corner then hits mounted shots. Trick is on the ropes and Sami stomps away. Yachty then gets hit from behind by Sami. Yachty is sent into the rails.
Trick is pushed into the post and Sami bangs Trick's head off of it. Sami brainbusters Trick on the apron and Trick lands hard. Sami running helluva kicks him outside. Trick comes in and gets stomped. Yachty grabs Sami and pulls his throat over the top rope. Trick spinning facekicks Sami. Sami rolls up Trick for 2. Sami exploders Trick into the buckles. Trick hits a trick shot knee and wins.
Thoughts: It wasn't exactly the stand out performance Trick needed. Trick got whooped for a lot of this as Sami acted like a heel grizzled vet. It was just average to so-so with Trick winning as expected. I don't know why WWE wants Sami to be heel so bad but it's working and not for the better.
Street Fight - Finn Balor vs Dominik Mysterio
Dom came out on a throne with a bunch of people in Rey Mysterio Sr. masks. Finn came out as The Demon with a fake heart and black and red lights and streamers. He also had pink smoke and a stick with a sharp pointy ball on it. Dom looks scared before the match.
Finn crawls in the ring. Finn takes him down and pounds on him. Finn double chops him down. Finn trips him and stomps him. Finn lariats Dom on the apron. Dom's head is banged off the commentary table. Finn hits Dom with a kendo stick. Finn goes to grab a table and Dom topes him. Dom hits him with a kendo stick.
Dom hits Finn in the gut and back with the chair top. Dom slingshot swantons him. Dom stomps on Finn. Dom is dropped gut first on chairs and takes a slingblade. Dom superkicks Finn. Finn is dropkicked into the ropes and is 619'd. Dom top rope frogsplashes Finn for 1.
Finn final cuts him then shotgun dropkicks him in the corner twice. Finn misses a top rope double stomp and Dom rams a chair into his head for 2. Finn slingblades Dom. Dom superkicks him. Finn is sent into a table in the corner. Dom chairs Finn in the back. Dom 619's a chair into Finn's face. Dom top rope frogsplashes Finn for 2.
Dom chairs Finn. Another slim jim table is brought in. Finn lariats Dom then chairs him. Finn puts a chair around Dom's head and shotgun dropkicks him into the buckles. Dom is put on a table and Finn top rope double stomps him through it. Finn then pins him.
Thoughts: It was an okay hardcore bout here. There was nothing too memorable but we got some table bumps and some athleticism before going home. I'm curious to see where things go for Dom here. They kind of have to try him in the main at some point and I'm wondering if this is it. This got enough time.
WWE Women's Title - Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley
They have a fan doing commentary for this as he bought an expensive travel package. That's so cheesy to do that at Mania.
Jade has some off entrance outfit on that looks like long hair or cloth curled up.
They lock up and Jade backs her up on the ropes. Jade shoves her and shoulders her over. Jade slams her. Rhea superkicks her in the gut and drops her chest first on the mat. Rhea baseball slides her out. Jader powerslams her for 2. Jade boots her in the corner and throws her out.
Rhea is thrown into the rails. Jade gets a 2 count on Rhea then crossfaces her. Rhea upkicks her. Rhea takes her down and they each hit mounted shots. They trade shots and Rhea flying knees her. Rhea electric chair drops her face first.
Jade hiptosses her then superkicks her. Jade spinebusters her for 2. Rhea rolls her up for 2. Rhea hurricanrana's her. Rhea sliding kicks her. Michin gets on the apron then B-Fab saves Jade from a razor's edge. Rhea misses a corner charge and goes into the post and buckles. Michin boots Rhea in the head. Jade hits an electric chair driver for 2.
Rhea is thrown out. Michin and Fab go for Rhea then Iyo Sky runs down to the ring. Iyo pushes the heels into each other. She shotei's Fab and Mich. Iyo asai moonsaults them outside. Jade is distracted. Rhea headbutts Jade. Jade pump kicks Rhea. Rhea hits riptide on Jade and wins.
Thoughts: It was average as expected. Jade doesn't have a lot of personality or spirit in the ring and along with her average work, it's not super exciting. Rhea won as expected here an Iyo go to make an appearance off of it.
John Cena comes out to talk. He says tonight's attendance is 55,255 and says they drew 106,072 over both nights. He says this concludes his duties as your host and wants to thank everyone.
The Miz interrupts with Kit Wilson. Miz says Cena left a hole in the fans' hearts that he had to fill. Miz says he's the locker room leader now. He says he didn't get his Mania moment last year and won't leave until he gets it tonight. Cena shakes his hand and asks who Kit is. Cena tells Miz to go and have his moment.
Miz goes to talk and Danhausen comes out with midgets in Danhasuen costumes. Dan comes out in a coffin car they call "The Danhausenmobile". The midgets dance in the ring. Dan says he has finally made it to Wrestlemaniahausen. He says he has something to say to Cena. He shakes Cena's hand and says he's a huge fan.
Miz says not to shake Cena's hand. Miz says Cena's turning Mania into a circus. He says if he wanted to see Wizard of Oz, he would have went down the street. Kit calls the midgets toxic and faceshoves one of them. Kit then gyrates. A midget punches Kit in the groin. The midgets then all attack Kit. Dan hits Miz in the crotch. Dan then does his own version of the five knuckle shuffle. Miz is then carried to the back by the midgets. Dan does the "you can't see me" taunt to Cena. He shoots off smoke then we see him crawl under the ring. Cena says the main event is next.
Thoughts: They didn't do much with the host concept here. Cena did two opening speeches and then this only.
World Heavyweight Championship - CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns
Roman gets an opera singer with a band for his entrance. He also has photos of his relatives on the tron. Punk's old misera theme played for his entrance. We saw him sitting on top of the stadium and saw photos of his career. Punk came out, his music cut off and he does his "it's clobberin' time" line. Punk's normal music then hit. Punk has a white jacket on with a Harley Race crown and the names of some people who had passed away.
They stare down and talk. Punk does some basic holds and shoves him. Punk side headlocks him then shoulders him over. They butt heads and shove each other. Punk side headlocks him. Roman back elbows him and they shove each other more. Punk slaps him and side headlocks him. Punk shoulders him over. Roman samoan drops him. Roman headbutts him then drops him with a punch. Punk's head is banged off the buckles.
Roman lariats him over the top. Punk's head is banged off the post. Roman's head is banged off the commentary table. Punk is sent into the rails. Roman punches Punk on the commentary table. Punk is thrown over the rails.
Punk hits punches on Roman and throw him over the rail into ringside. Punk flying lariats him off the rails. Punk gets on the commentary table and Roman throws him off. Roman tells him to mock him again in the ring and tells him it's not promo day. Roman hits punches and Punk fires back. They facekick each other and Punk goes down.
Punk is between the ropes and Roman chokes and punches him there. Roman hits corner lariats then flying lariats him for 2. Punk lariats him down. Punk top rope crossbodies him and hits mounted punches. Punk hits punches then leg lariats him. Punk step up knees him in the corner then bulldogs him.
Roman sends Punk into the post shoulder first. Roman superman punches Punk for 2. Roman does a pose and Punk step up knees him in the corner. Punk does it again then short arm lariats him. Punk neckbreakers him.
Punk lariats Roman over the top and topes him into the commentary table. Punk poses on him on the commentary table. Roman's head is banged off the commentary table and steps. Roman lays on the commentary table. Punk goes up top and Roman grabs him. They fight on the apron and elbow each other in the head. Punk hangs in tree of woe outside. Roman taunts him then hits punches. Roman superman punches him there three times.
Roman bangs the steps off of Punk's face. Punk is busted open. Roman punches Punk on the floor. Punk is powerbombed onto the commentary table. Punk hits a GTS in the ring or 2. Roman hits a big spear for 2. Roman bangs Punk's face off the mat. Roman does the go to sleep taunt to Punk. Roman hits some shots. Roman goes for the GTS but Punk blocks it. Punk high kicks him for 2. Punk then does Roman's locked and loaded taunt and he does a bad superman punch to Roman for 2.
Punk hits mounted punches. Punk grabs Roman's ulafala and then does his pose. Roman blocks Punk's spear and guillotine chokes him. Punk rolls him up for 2. Punk puts him in an anaconda vice. Roman guillotine chokes him and Punk gets out. Roman up kicks him and Punk falls into Roman's guillotine. Punk gets a 2 count on him. They both collide and go down.
They talk trash on their knees and trade shots as they get up. Punk pumping knees him then takes a flying knee. Punk headbutts him. Punk throws tape at him, the ref removes it and Punk low blows Roman. Punk then hits a GTS for 2.
Punk hits elbow drops. Roman is put on the commentary table. Punk then top rope elbow drops him through it. Punk hits a GTS inside. Roman falls into position for a 2nd one but Punk collapses. Roman spears him. Punk swings at him and misses. Roman hits another spear and wins.
Thoughts: It got a lot of time and was a slower match as expected. I wasn't expecting greatness of these two and I would just say it was okay only. There weren't a lot of huge highlights and I don't think there was a huge story here besides Punk trying to hang out as the underdog and them doing each other's moves. It was a mostly safe match. I'm not thrilled for another Roman title reign. He's not around much at a time when there's few stars and Roman is not great at helping others get over. It also guarantees us more Fatu Family Theater which I'm over.
Overall thoughts: Night 2 was a very different show from Night 1 and they thankfully seem like they were written by two different people. It was always going to be hard for Night 2 to be worse than Night 1 as that is my pick for the worst Wrestlemania ever. The card for Night 2 was also better than Night 1 with less women's matches and no Pat McAfee. Oba/Brock was a little short. Oba got put over hard and Brock appeared to retire after. It wasn't great but it served a purpose. The ladder match was good as expected. Sami/Trick was average. Finn/Dom was fine. Jade/Rhea was average. The main was just okay only. We didn't get many non-wrestling segments on either night and virtually no interviews or promos to add some last minute excitement. Cena was basically invisible as a host. The endless ads and waiting times between matches made it hard to get hyped and the show was just missing its magic. I'd give Night 2 a low 6 out of 10. I wouldn't recommend it and would just say it was okay only. I thought today's show would probably rank in the lower half of all the Mania's so far. I can't see any reason to ever really come back and watch this again.
