WrestleMania 40 – live: Start time, match card, results and updates from night one

Last week’s episode of Raw was seen as one of the best in years, and it ended with The Rock beating the hell out of Cody Rhodes.

That assault followed a tense face-to-face between the pair, when The Rock whispered something in Rhodes’s ear…

WrestleMania 30 saw WWE pull out all the stops, with Hulk Hogan, The Rock and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin appearing together in one segment. While there have been controversies surrounding Hogan in recent years, some fans have speculated that the wrestling legend could feature at WrestleMania 40.

Meanwhile, John Cena has expressed a desire to be involved in some way, and as recently as WrestleMania 38 in 2022, Austin competed against Kevin Owens – in the icon’s first match since 2003. So, the “Rattlesnake” could yet appear in Philadelphia, whether in a match or simply on the microphone.

In fact, this week fans began to speculate that Cena and Austin could make surprise run-ins during the main event of night two. We shall see…

The Rock and Logan Paul won’t be the only celebrities involved at WrestleMania 40.

Rapper Lil Wayne confirmed his attendance while appearing on WWE Raw on Monday (1 April), and fellow rapper Meek Mill is reportedly opening this weekend’s event.

There have also been rumours that NFL stars Travis Kelce and brother Jason could appear, given their connection to the city as Philadelphia Eagles players. Jason retired in March, following the Eagles’ Super Bowl win in February.

Some wrestling fans have even speculated that pop star Taylor Swift, who is Travis Kelce’s girlfriend, may appear at WrestleMania.

In the US, WrestleMania 40 will air live on Peacock. In the UK, it will air live on TNT Sports Box Office. WrestleMania 40 will also stream live on the WWE Network in most countries globally.

WrestleMania 40 will take place at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia – the home of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles.

In the US, WrestleMania 40 is set to start at 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET on both nights. In the UK, that works out to 12am BST the following day in both cases (i.e. In the UK, Night 1 will air in the early hours of Sunday morning, and Night 2 will air in the early hours of Monday morning).

Here is the full card for WrestleMania 40 – not only tonight’s matches, but also night two’s contests:

The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins

Rhea Ripley (C) vs Becky Lynch – WWE Women’s World Championship

Gunther (C) vs Sami Zayn – WWE Intercontinental Championship

The Judgment Day (Finn Balor and Damian Priest) (C) vs #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) vs The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) vs The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) vs New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) – Undisputed WWE Tag-Team Championship ladder match

Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill and Naomi vs Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Asuka, and Kairi Sane) – Six-woman tag-team match

Latino World Order (Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee) vs Santos Escobar and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio – Tag-team match

Roman Reigns (C) vs Cody Rhodes – WWE Undisputed Universal Championship

Seth Rollins (C) vs Drew McIntyre – WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Iyo Sky (C) vs Bayley – WWE Women’s Championship

Logan Paul (C) vs Randy Orton vs Kevin Owens – United States Championship

The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford) vs The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Akam, and Rezar) – Six-man Philadelphia Street Fight

WrestleMania is an annual event that is put on by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). It is the biggest show of the year for the company, which in turn is the biggest in professional wrestling. Since 2020, WrestleMania has played out as a two-night event. The WWE tends to reserve its highest-profile match-ups – and in some cases, its highest-profile stars – for WrestleMania.

For example, WWE star-turned-actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will feature on Night 1 this year, in his first WWE match for eight years. His last match was a six-second win over Erick Rowan, as Johnson set a record for the shortest match in WrestleMania history. In the run-up to WrestleMania 40, The Rock has been heavily involved in the WWE’s weekly episodic television, for the first time since his rivalry with John Cena concluded at WrestleMania 29 in 2013.

The main event of night one sees Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson competing fully in WWE for the first time in 11 years, as he teams with his ‘cousin’ Roman Reigns to face Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. If The Rock and Reigns win, the latter’s Universal Championship defence against Rhodes – the main event of night two – will be ‘anything goes’, meaning plenty of weapons and interferences.

Elsewhere on night one, Rhea Ripley defends the Women’s World Championship against fellow megastar Becky Lynch, while record-breaking Intercontinental Champion Gunther puts his title on the line against Sami Zayn. There will also be a six-team ladder match for the Undisputed Tag-Team Titles, and brothers Jimmy and Jey Uso will go head to head in a match years in the making.

Follow along for all the build-up to the matches, followed by live updates and results.