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&#8211; IYO SKY (c) def. Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a Triple Threat Match to retain the Women&#8217;s World Championship
&#8211; Drew McIntyre def. Damian Priest in a Sin City Street Fight
&#8211; Dominik Mysterio def. Finn Balor, Penta, &amp; Bron Breakker (c) in a Fatal 4-Way match to win the Intercontinental Championship
&#8211; Randy Orton def. TNA World Champion Joe Hendry in his 20th WrestleMania match
&#8211; Logan Paul def. AJ Styles
&#8211; Becky Lynch &amp; Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria def. Liv Morgan &amp; Raquel Rodriguez (c) to win the WWE Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championship
&#8211; John Cena def. Cody Rhodes (c) to win the Undisputed WWE Championship and become a 17-time World Champion
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CROSS RHODES to TRAVIS SCOTT! 😲<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WrestleMania</a> <a href="https://t.co/sqdMmJYkpS">pic.twitter.com/sqdMmJYkpS</a>
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John Cena wins the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 41<a href="https://t.co/DO86trBePN">pic.twitter.com/DO86trBePN</a>
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WrestleMania 41 (Night 2) Results – John Cena Becomes 17-Time World Champion

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&#8211; Jey Uso def. Gunther (c) via Submission to win the World Heavyweight Championship
&#8211; The New Day def. The War Raiders (c) to win the World Tag Team Championship
&#8211; Jade Cargill def. Naomi
&#8211; Jacob Fatu def. LA Knight (c) to win the United States Championship
Haku congratulated Fatu after the match.
&#8211; El Grande Americano (Chad Gable under a mask) def. Rey Fenix
&#8211; Tiffany Stratton (c) def. Charlotte Flair to retain the WWE Women&#8217;s Championship
&#8211; Seth Rollins def. Roman Reigns and CM Punk in a Triple Threat Match
Paul Heyman turned heel on both Punk and Reigns in this match. You can watch it below:
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Paul Heyman turns heel on Roman Reigns too!<a href="https://t.co/GHXr5Y4QVl">pic.twitter.com/GHXr5Y4QVl</a>
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WrestleMania 41 (Night 1) Results

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On the WrestleMania 41 countdown show, Triple H announced that WWE has acquired AAA.
NXT and AAA will present ‘WORLDS COLLIDE’ on Saturday, June 7th 2025.
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Triple H tweeted the following about it:
&#8220;A partnership that will benefit the entire world of sports-entertainment. 
@luchalibreaaa has been a cultural mainstay in Mexico and the home to many WWE Superstars. This partnership will guarantee that AAA remains the premier destination for wrestling in Mexico.
A special thank you as well to Patrick Dooley &amp; Kevin Rohnke from @TKOGrp for helping to make this possible.
Get ready for these two worlds to collide soon…
The future flies here.&#8221;

WWE Buys AAA

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During an interview with Bill Apter, Lex Luger talked about his WWE Hall of Fame induction, which takes place next Friday. Below are the highlights:
Wanting DDP and Sting to induct him:
“They were asking me about who could induct me and I said, obviously, DDP has been working with me so much in the past and I’d love for him to be out there. But I go, ‘Have you ever had two guys out there for somebody?’
They can spot me, so if I try walking and I start to fall, I can have my two best buddies spot me on my shoulders. There is your money shot. Sting on one side, Dallas on the other making sure I don’t fall.
I’m a pretty brief speaker, so I’ll only be up there a few minutes, speaking from the heart with gratitude and thanks.”
No response from WWE yet:
“I ran it by WWE guys, Triple H’s right-hand man, ‘Oh, I know what you’re going to ask. I’ll have to run that up the flag pole. I don’t know.’ I haven’t had an answer back.”
Hoping Tony Khan gives Sting the permission to induct him:
“I mean, I just think it would be a classy thing to allow him up there. Now, WWE may allow [Sting], but he’d also need permission from Tony Khan and AEW. So there are a lot of moving parts there. But ideally, I’d love to have both those guys up there with me. That would be huge for me, and I think it would be special for the fans too.”
<h3>Tony Khan&#8217;s Response To The Lex Luger &#8211; Sting Situation</h3>
Tony Khan has addressed the possibility of Sting, who is under contract with AEW, inducting Lex Luger into the WWE Hall of Fame during WrestleMania 41 weekend.
During the AEW Dynasty media call, Alex Hunt asked Khan about his potential reaction to such a request, Khan stated he was unsure. He revealed that he had spoken with Sting shortly before AEW Revolution, but this topic did not arise.
Tony said he&#8217;ll have a conversation with Sting about it.
RELATED: <a href="https://wwfoldschool.com/lex-luger-gets-married/">Lex Luger Got Married Recently</a>

Lex Luger Gives An Update On His WWE Hall Of Fame Inductors

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During an episode of his Grilling JR podcast, WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross talked about Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock at WrestleMania 19 in 2003, which was Austin&#8217;s final match for 19 years (before he came out of retirement at WrestleMania 38).
The original plan for this match was to main event the show, but it got changed to Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship due to Austin spending the night before WrestleMania at the Hospital due to his health issues.
Here&#8217;s what Good Ol&#8217; JR had to say about why WWE decided to book a 3rd WrestleMania match between Austin &amp; Rock and how hard it was to call this match, knowing it was the last match of The Texas Rattlesnake:
<blockquote>“There was only one option. I guess it is a case where we’re overthinking it. In all due respect, Austin owed Rock a win, and he was hell-bent on delivering it. That’s old school way of looking at it.
Austin had won two WrestleMania matches with [The Rock], 15 and 17, and he felt like he owed Rock that return. Because number one, Steve’s health was deteriorating, as we all know, it is well documented. And you know, the night before that he had his health calamity.
So we were, there’s no other match that we thought about doing. What are you going to do with so and so? Well, we know that Rock is gonna wrestle Austin, period. And Rock is going to get put over, was going to be getting his hand raised finally.
So no, there was never any debate or discretion on who is going to be in that. The only tweak that was made based on Steve’s hospital stay the night before. You know, who’s gonna go on last?
Yeah, out of safety sake and precautions. We decided to put Kurt and Brock on last, because they seem to be the healthiest guys. And so yeah, it was Austin all the way. That’s what the audience wanted to see. You know, we could do Austin win three, could Rock win one, that story.
[Rock &amp; Austin] delivered a hell of a match and, and it was hard. It’s probably the hardest match I ever called because of my closeness with Steve and my friendship with him, to know that this was his last match. And he’s not one of those bullsh*t guys that’s gonna say, well, he’s gonna, I want to, I’m gonna unretire.
I just I don’t know, just he’s just a different guy. When he said it was his last match and he told me that, then it was troubling because I did want to see the company without him, without Steve, because he was so valuable to what we were doing and what we had done, what we had built.
There’s no way in the world in my opinion now, and I might be wrong. There’s no way that I would think that the WWE would have gone public with such fanfare and success if Stone Cold had not been Stone Cold.”</blockquote>

Original Plan For Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock At WrestleMania 19

During an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/therock/">Instagram</a> video in 2020, Old School WWF Legend The Rock talked about working with WWE Hall of Famer &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin, their three WrestleMania matches, and what he said to Austin after beating him at WrestleMania 19 (which took place on this day in 2003).
Below are the highlights:
His first meeting with Austin on WWF TV:
&#8220;We had a night, we had a first night to see if there was any heat or attraction between &#8216;Stone Cold&#8217; Steve Austin and myself.
We come out live on RAW, and we come out at the top of the ramp &#8230; we come out and Stone Cold basically says, &#8216;Bring it, I don&#8217;t give a sh*t who you are, what color you are, one of you, all four of you come on down to the ring and get some of this.&#8217;
We get to the back that night, I see Vince McMahon, Steve Austin, and some of the agents backstage. Everyone collectively felt like &#8230; there&#8217;s something special between [myself] and &#8216;Stone Cold&#8217; Steve Austin.&#8221;
Their WrestleMania 15 match:
&#8220;Steve had broken his neck and he&#8217;d come back from a broken neck, so he was very particular with who he wrestled with. He trusted me and there were only a handful of guys he trusted with at that time.&#8221;
Their WrestleMania 17 match:
&#8220;So much of our stuff had to be adlibbed because Steve was working with a broken neck. Every night was a different match.
We knew the finish, whether he would win or I would win, but we had to call everything out in the ring. Basically, based on how he would feel. We have a phenomenal match.
The night before we went out for a steak dinner, myself, Austin, Pat Patterson. We were talking about the match, it was a nice quiet before the storm because who knows what would happen the next day.&#8221;
What he said to Austin after beating him at WrestleMania 19:
&#8220;I hit him with three Rock Bottoms &#8211; I believe it was three Rock Bottoms &#8211; appropriately that&#8217;s what you need to beat &#8216;The Rattlesnake&#8217;.
I beat him in the middle of the ring, 1, 2, 3. That moment, in front of 55,000 people, you can actually see me&#8230; when you watch it back. I&#8217;m sitting up, and I sit next to him, and he&#8217;s laying there in front of everybody.
And I whispered to him, &#8216;I thank you so much for everything that you&#8217;ve done for me. And, I said &#8216;I love you.&#8217; He said &#8216;I love you too.&#8217; I hit him on the chest and I left, left him in the ring. That was it, he retired that night.&#8221;
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Passing the torch to John Cena in 2013:
&#8220;In New York is where I did for John what Steve did for me, which was do right by the business that we love — professional wrestling — and that&#8217;s the way you go out.
That&#8217;s the way you end your career, it doesn&#8217;t matter how big of a star you are, you go out on your shield and on your back: one, two, three.&#8221;
Also Read: <a href="https://wwfoldschool.com/original-plan-for-stone-cold-steve-austin-vs-the-rock-at-wrestlemania-19/">Original Plan For Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock At WrestleMania 19</a>

The Rock Reveals What He Said To Stone Cold Steve Austin After Beating Him 22 Years Ago Today At WrestleMania 19

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On this week&#8217;s RAW Recap, Jey Uso was asked who he&#8217;d like to see accompany him to the ring for his World Heavyweight Championship match against Gunther at <a href="https://wwfoldschool.com/wwe-reveals-the-biggest-wrestlemania-return-of-all-time/">WrestleMania</a> 41.
Here&#8217;s what the 2025 Men&#8217;s Royal Rumble winner said:
<blockquote>“I want a female though, a female rapper, Uce. Cardi B. We out there in New York. You know what I’m saying? Sexyy Red, you been down there a couple of times at NXT. You can YEET with me up here, too. Kendrick Lamar, shout out.”</blockquote>
Sexxy Red, who has made multiple appearances in NXT, accepted Jey&#8217;s offer by tweeting the following:
“Yal tell Jey Uso I’m there!”
Her tweet went viral and received over 2 million views.

WrestleMania 41 (Night 2) Results – John Cena Becomes 17-Time World Champion

WrestleMania 41 (Night 1) Results

WWE Buys AAA

Lex Luger Gives An Update On His WWE Hall Of Fame Inductors

Original Plan For Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock At WrestleMania 19

The Rock Reveals What He Said To Stone Cold Steve Austin After Beating Him 22 Years Ago Today At WrestleMania 19

Possible Special Guest Appearance At WrestleMania 41