WWE WrestleMania 39 is all set to finish up tonight (Sun., April 2, 2023) from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California at 8:00 pm ET, live on Peaco*ck in the United States and on the WWE Network elsewhere. You should also be able to watch this on pay-per-view (PPV) if your cable provider is carrying the event. You can play in a $25,000 free pool at DraftKings Sportsbook.
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WWE WRESTLEMANIA 39 QUICK RESULTS
- WWE Universal Championship: Roman Reigns (c) def. Cody Rhodes
- Hell in a Cell: Edge def. Finn Balor
- Snoop Dogg def. Miz in a match ostensibly against Shane McMahon? I don’t know. The wheels are off the wagon, y’all.
- Raw Women’s Championship: Bianca Belair (c) def. Asuka
- Intercontinental Championship: GUNTHER (c) def. Drew McIntyre and Sheamus
- Fatal 4-Way: Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan, Shotzi & Natalya, and Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville
- Brock Lesnar def. Omos
WWE WRESTLEMANIA 39 LIVE BLOG & MATCH COVERAGE
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The main show kicks off with Jimmie Allen singing America the Beautiful.
A Kevin Hart video package follows.
Once again, Miz and Snoop Dogg are in the ring to host the show. The A-Lister says last night was full of surprises and runs through the list of title changes and surprises.
Brock Lesnar vs. Omos
Lesnar in with a double leg but Omos shrugs him off and slings him away! Big shoulder blocks from Brock, the Nigerian Giant stands firm, go-behind, big man with a back elbow and a headbutt and the Beast is staggered! Scoop and a slam, another one, Omos well in charge and Montel Vontavious Porter is urging him on!
Elbow to the kidneys, clubbing blows, he’s got Brock in the bear hug, I can hardly bear it! Scoop and a slam, Lesnar gasping, and he goes right back to the bear hug! Overhead elbows break free, off the ropes and Omos catches him with a chokeslam for two!
Hammer whip, sidestep the charge and Brock gets his first German suplex of the match off! A second German, a third! Lesnar a gasping purple-faced god of war, he lets a roar out and gets the Nigerian Giant up but his back gives out! Omos goes for the chokebomb, float over, get under him... F-5 ON THE NIGERIAN GIANT! IT’S OVER!
Brock Lesnar wins by pinfall with the F-5.
Chelsea Green & Sonya Deville vs. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez vs. Natalya & Shotzi Blackheart vs. Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler
Morgan and Deville to start, trading hard hits, Liv up and over, catches Sonya with a Codebreaker but she breaks away and tags Natalya in! Slingshot Atomic Drop, basem*nt dropkick, off the ropes, tijeras sends Neidhart into the corner, tag to Rodriguez.
Working Nattie over, she gets away and tags Green in, a dropkick gets shrugged off by Raquel! Blackheart in, senton to Chelsea but Baszler breaks it up for some reason! Tossing Shotzi to the floor, Rousey stands over her, heels form a temporary alliance and clear the babyfaces!
Blackheart off the top, diving crossbody takes Deville and Green out! Clobber Shayna, pass Sonya out to the floor, suicide dive through Neidhart’s legs! Chelsea with a diving crossbody, Raquel and Liv work up a dive and Rodriguez powerbombs her into the crush!
Raquel gets Shotzi up for the powerbomb, Deville tags in, double-team DDT tags Rodriguez down! Chelsea sends her packing with a big boot, they taunt but Nattie and Shotzi are behind them! Assisted double Asai DDT! Hart Attack connects but Green breaks it up!
Neidhart slams Chelsea into Sonya... DOUBLE SHARPSHOOTER! LIV BREAKS IT UP WITH A DIVING CODEBREAKER! Blackheart hits a Tiger Suplex on her, strike rush, Morgan hits the Codebreaker, Oblivion connects but Baszler got the blind tag!
Rousey tags in...
Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler win by submission with the armbar from Rousey on Shotzi Blackheart.
We get a recap of Bobby Lashley winning this year’s Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal in Memory of Andre the Giant.
Bob makes his entrance carrying the trophy and poses.
On the set of Up Up Down Down, Xavier Woods gives us the simulation breakdown for our next match.
Drew McIntyre vs. GUNTHER (c) vs. Sheamus (WWE Intercontinental Championship)
Titus O’Neil is on commentary for this one.
GUNTHER tries to step aside and let the Celts brawl but McIntyre blasts him with a dropkick! Drew and Sheamus get to trading haymakers, corner lariat, uppercuts, Irish Curse, GUNTHER back in, he fights out of a fireman’s carry and clubs the Celtic Warrior to the mat!
McIntyre up on the apron, the Ring General whips him into the post and goes after Sheamus with a boot to the face! Celtic Warrior throwing hands in return, GUNTHER gets a back suplex backbreaker and follows it with a Boston Crab! Drew tries to break it up but it takes two tries to get the champion to let the hold go!
Trading blows, violent chops cracking out across the arena, McIntyre backs him into the corner with a chest made of hamburger meat! Sheamus back in the fight, blood blisters all over him, three way chop fight! Sheamus gets Drew in the Beats of the Bodhran for almost thirty hits!
GUNTHER goes after Sheamus, demanding he rise and clobbering him with a lariat... NOT ENOUGH! McIntyre back in with some lariats and he belly-to-belly suplexes Sheamus into GUNTHER! Future Shock connects, kip-up, the Ring General gets him up for a powerbomb but Drew kicks out!
Champion up top, Sheamus joins him with chops, gets under him... AVALANCHE WHITE NOISE! He gets GUNTHER up, Celtic Cross... SO CLOSE! Cloverleaf applied, GUNTHER grabs the ropes but they do nothing! Drew slides back in and puts a reverse chinlock on the Celtic Warrior, making him break his grip on the champion!
Sheamus fights out, blocks Future Shock, off the ropes, rising knee! One for GUNTHER, too! Calling for it, he hits the Brogue Kick but Drew pulls him of the cover! Trading punches, McIntyre with a back elbow on the apron, off the ropes... BIG MAN TOPE CON GIRO!
Drew counts down... SHEAMUS CLOCKS HIM WITH THE BROGUE BUT MCINTYRE KICKS OUT WITH TIME TO SPARE! Celts back on their feet, headbutt for knee, Claymore connects... BUT SHEAMUS WILL NOT STAY DOWN! Trading right hands from their knees and to their feet, Frye/Takayama punches into short, heavy lariats!
Off the ropes, the Brogue Kick connects! Slow to capitalize... GUNTHER BREAKS IT UP WITH A SPLASH OFF THE TOP! HE POWERBOMBS SHEAMUS INTO DREW! ANOTHER...
GUNTHER wins by pinfall with a Tenryu Powerbomb on Drew McIntyre, retaining the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Asuka vs. Bianca Belair (c) (WWE Raw Women’s Championship)
Belair with dropkicks, kip-up, shoulder blocks into the corner, whip reversed, up and over, another dropkick! Bianca with mounted punches, cut off with a roundhouse kick in the corner! Asuka in with chest kicks, shove into the corner, boot up, jockeying for position up top, the Empress slides under but the champion does a backflip up and over!
EST with a spinebuster for two, handspring gets caught into a triangle choke! Bianca rolls through but Asuka gets the Asuka Lock! To the floor, Belair gets her up and plants her with a powerbomb on the floor! Back inside, Asuka manages to post her and crawls over to capitalize.
Bianca shoves her off, elevated chickenwings, Asuka reverses to an ankle lock! Back suplex connects, back to the ankle lock! Rolling through Belair’s attempts to escape, turning one into a missile dropkick and a nearfall! Pass Asuka to the apron, sidestep, hard kick to the champion’s chest!
More kicks, the EST catches one and clobbers her with a forearm! Putting her challenger into the post, jockeying for position... DEADLIFT SUPERPLEX! Trading punches, Bianca cuts her off, trading victory roll pins to no avail! Back and forth, running blockbuster, Belair follows it up, handspring moonsault... SO CLOSE!
Alarm Clock, off the ropes, Bianca gets the spear and both women are down and out! Champion in the corner, challenger with a Shotei, climbing up, Belair gets under her but Asuka blocks! Braid in hand, Codebreaker connects, cover... NOPE! Bianca with the chickenwings, Glam Slam into the turnbuckles!
Backbreaker rack, Asuka clings to the top rope to block, referee Aja Perera almost gets clobbered and Bianca ducks the mist! Belair gets her up, Asuka reverses and rolls through! FLYING ARMBAR! BIANCA’S GOT NOWHERE TO GO! She rolls through, Asuka hangs on, swatting at her head, Belair hosses her up...
Bianca Belair wins by pinfall with KOD to retain the WWE Raw Women’s Championship.
We get a recap of last night’s main event.
Miz informs us tonight’s attendance is 81,395, making for a total between both nights of 161,892. The A-Lister says he has something he wants to get off his chest and takes Snoop Dogg to task for putting him in an impromptu match against Pat McAfee.
Snoop asks if he wants to do it again and Miz says no and whines about the match last night ruining his suit and embarrassing him. Dogg writes it off with a “my bad” and the A-Lister says that’s not good enough. He says this is his ring and his city, but Snoop disagrees and says when he said “my bad”, he meant “my bad”
Shane McMahon makes his entrance?
He gets on the mic and is grateful for the warm reception he got. Snoop asks him to take care of this and I guess we have a match?
Shane McMahon vs. the Miz
Shane with his terrible punches in the corner, he runs the ropes and trips and I think seriously injures his ankle, but Snoop slides in and punches Miz in the mouth. Dogg vamps and punches him in the mouth again.
Miz wins by referee stoppage? Or disqualification? Or it’s a no contest?
Snoop improvises and hits a People’s Elbow and covers Miz for three?
Snoop Dogg wins by pinfall with a People’s Elbow.
Edge vs. Finn Balor (Hell in a Cell Match)
Edge with a right hand, Balor is unmoved! Throat thrust, Edge shrugs it off and they circle before breaking off to go get plunder from under the ring! Edge with a Toru Yano red chair, Finn has a purple kendo stick and Balor wins the exchange, hammering him with the kendo stick!
Clothesline to the floor, whipping Edge into the steel, throwing him back inside, where the Rated R Superstar meets him with a double leg and punches! Off the ropes, blasting Balor off the apron and into the steel wall! Edge goes under the ring and comes up with an armload of red and purple kendo sticks and uses two of them to trap Finn in the corner of the cage!
Dropkick off the apron! Edge goes and gets a table and leans it in the corner. Pulling Balor clear, Finn unloads with Bati-Bati palm strikes and whips Edge hard into the steel steps! Back in the ring, back and forth, Edge gets the Impaler and lies in wait! Charging in... SLING BLADE!
Back to the floor, Finn dropkicks Edge through the table in the corner! Boot to the face, back inside, Edge hits the Killswitch! Balor with a small package, only two, Edge-o-Matic for one! Back under the ring, the Rated R Superstar comes up with a ladder this time and slides it in the ring!
Throwing it into Finn, referee Shaun Bennett calls for a medic because Balor is busted open, apparently. Back to the action, ladder in the corner, Edge goes for a powerbomb, double leg into to the double stomp, inverted headlock elbow drop! Nobody home on the Coup de Grace, spear, and a sidestep puts Edge into the ladder!
Both men down and out, Balor recovers, off the top... EDGE KICKS OUT OF COUP DE GRACE! Finn climbs up the ladder, but Edge comes screaming in with a wide kendo stick shot to stun him! IMPALER OFF THE LADDER CAN’T PUT THE DEMON DOWN! The Rated R Superstar gets another table out from under the ring!
Finn with kendo stick shots, setting him on the table, whacking him with the red chair! Balor climbs up the cage and lights on a little platform, he dives... COUP DE GRACE THROUGH THE TABLE BUT EDGE ROLLED AWAY! Spear connects... NOT ENOUGH! Edge with chairs... CON-CHAIR-TO!
Rolling Finn over...
Edge wins by pinfall with the Con-Chair-To.
We get a hype reel of all the WrestleMania Goes Hollywood parodies.
Kayla Braxton is on the stage in her sweet watercolor blazer to interview Bianca Belair.
She says defending her title felt amazing and she can’t put it into words. She’s had the opportunity to fight amazing women and Asuka took her to her limit. This is her dream, and she’s done it once, twice, threepeat, and she’s gonna keep doing it.
They bring her entrance dancers up with her to chant “EST” and dance.
A hype reel for Backlash follows.
We get a recap of this year’s Hall of Fame ceremony, and the Hall of Fame Class of 2023 comes out to the stage.
A hype reel for WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia next year follows.
A recap of Seth Rollins vs. Logan Paul follows.
“American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns (c) (WWE Undisputed Universal Championship)
Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman are at ringside for this one.
Before the bell, Roman Reigns demands that WrestleMania acknowledge him.
Reigns has a smile on his face, circling, jawing at the crowd, collar and elbow, Rhodes with a side headlock, switch to a hammerlock, Roman gets the ropes and waves him off with a jaunty finger. Back to the lockup, back suplex attempt, Cody hangs in there and turns it into a headlock takeover!
Wrenching it in, Reigns posts to his feet, shot off, slide under, front kick, drop down slap stuns Roman so bad he has to go to the floor for a breather! Heyman gives him a pep talk, back inside, waistlock, Reigns with a back elbow! Whip across, another back elbow!
Corner lariats follow, off the ropes, Rhodes sidesteps and nails him with a dropkick, cover for one and right into an armbar! Arm wringer, side headlock, punch to the nose, Beautiful Disaster caught and reversed into a powerbomb... NOPE!
Kicks and punches, Roman confident in control again, choking Cody in the ropes until referee Dan Engler warns him off! Front chancery, straight suplex, cover for one! Whip across, Cody skins the cat and dumps Reigns to the floor! Penalty Kick caught and reversed into a trip on the apron!
Throwing Rhodes up the ramp, drawing him up, scoop and a slam on the hardened surface of the ramp! Breaking Engler’s count, Reigns waves Solo Sikoa over and goes for another slam but Cody floats over and returns the favor with a slam of his own! Walking him around ringside with right hands, Roman fires back but gets his face smashed in the apron!
Rhodes breaks the count and goes back outside, punching away, staring daggers at Sikoa, throwing the champion back inside. Solo with a cheap shot with a steel chair to the ribs while Dan is occupied! Drive-By connects! Throwing Cody back inside, cover for two!
Cravate applied, grounding Rhodes, Cody struggling to fire up, posting to his feet, fighting out with body blows. Elbow to the face, off the ropes, Solo trips him up and Reigns cracks him with a big slicing right! Roman all smiles while Rhodes struggles to his feet, into the corner, whip across hard into the turnbuckles!
Throwing Cody to the floor, following after him, clearing the announce desks and smashing his face into them before rolling in to break the count and threaten referee Dan Engler with violence while he’s at it. Standing on the table, Reigns calls for it but Cody blocks... BACK BODY DROP THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE DESK!
Rhodes throws him back inside but Roman wakes up immediately with a forearm! Cody with a front kick, drop down slap, up and over, snap scoop powerslam connects and the American Nightmare is fired up! Cody Cutter... SO CLOSE! Rhodes full of determination, looking to the sky, a little Garvin Stomp to keep the champion off-balance and Roman rolls to the floor.
Cody off the ropes, suicide dive clean into the barricade! Back inside... SOLO SIKOA WHIPS CODY WITH HIS OWN WEIGHT BELT BUT DAN ENGLER CAUGHT HIM AND EJECTS HIM! SOLO SIKOA IS OUTTA HERE! ROMAN REIGNS HAS TO STAND ON HIS OWN TWO FEET NOW!
Reigns has the belt and goes back inside with it, but Dan Engler demands he give it up! Cody with a superkick, inverted facelock... CROSS RHODES CAN’T KEEP ROMAN REIGNS DOWN! Roman down and out and turtled up as Rhodes gets back to his feet, drawing him up, Reigns with a jawbreaker for separation!
Headbutt, sending Cody to the apron, skin the cat, Reigns catches him, Rhodes slips out, Roman hits a Rock Bottom... NOT ENOUGH! Champion and challenger both trying to collect themselves, Reigns calling for it, Superman Punch countered... PEDIGREE CAN’T GET IT DONE EITHER!
Cody fired up, feeling it, shaking, drawing the champion up, shove off the ropes, springboard... SUPERMAN PUNCH CUTS HIM OUT OF MIDAIR BUT CODY KICKS OUT! ROMAN IS BESIDE HIMSELF! Shaking in disbelief while Rhodes collects himself, Paul with the pep talk, Roman roars, Cody leaps the spear, sunset flip for two!
Pick the leg, spinning toehold into the figure four leglock just like the American Dream! Engler on the spot to count pins, forcing Reigns to keep his shoulders off the mat, trying to roll over and reverse the pressure... AND HE DOES! CODY GETS THE ROPES!
Rhodes pulling himself up the apron, trading punches over the ropes, Cody snaps his neck over the top and goes up top, nobody home, off the ropes... SPEAR! ROMAN HIT THE SPEAR BUT THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE WILL NOT STAY DOWN! Reigns with mounted punches, raining them down, taking a moment to survey the crowd and circle the ring.
Guillotine choke applied, Cody fading almost immediately, down to a knee, referee Dan Engler raises his hand and it stays up! Roman applies the bodyscissors, Rhodes in a bad way, Reigns cinching it in but Cody breaks the hold and hammers him with punches on punches!
Dan Engler takes a wayward kick when Roman sidesteps, off the ropes, lariat, both men down and out and no referee! Rhodes slow to rise, trying to catch his breath, yelling at Reigns to get up, inverted facelock... THE USOS ARE HERE WITH THE SUPERKICK PARTY! 1D ON CODY!
They wake Roman up... KEVIN OWENS AND SAMI ZAYN ARE HERE TO EVEN THE ODDS! THEY SEND THE USOS PACKING! STUNNER ON ROMAN! HELLUVA KICK! Jimmy Uso back in, Jey too, brawling with Kev and Sami on the floor and out into the crowd! Referee Dan Engler crawls back in the ring, Cody with one arm on the champion... ROMAN KICKS OUT!
Rhodes pulling himself back together, trading punches on their knees, Roman mixing headbutts in there, to their feet, staggered with every blow, trying to find that last reserve, Cody blocks the Superman Punch and throws a little Flip, Flop, & Fly! Drop down slap, inverted headlock... CROSS RHODES!
HE HOLDS ON! ANOTHER CROSS RHODES! HEYMAN ARGUING WITH DAN ENGLER AND SOLO SIKOA SLIPS IN AND HITS THE SAMOAN SPIKE! Roman off the ropes...
Roman Reigns wins by pinfall with the spear to retain the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship.
Post-match, Heyman presents Roman with his titles again and the Tribal Chief poses on the ramp while Cody sits in the ring contemplative.
That’s the show, folks.
