WWE WrestleMania 39 Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns surpassed Cody Rhodes to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion title in the main event of WrestleMania 39 on Sunday night. However, Reigns' ...

Seconds later, Reigns pinned him to the the count of three and won the match. In a video tweet, The Tribal Chief asked his fans to acknowledge him. Roman Reigns surpassed Cody Rhodes to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion title in the main event of WrestleMania 39 on Sunday night.

It feels like the Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes WWE championship match at WrestleMania 39 had the wrong ending.

of all cities on a card with just six matches. 1 contender for the women’s tag team titles. Lashley, after his program with Bray Wyatt disappeared from WWE TV, had to settle for being acknowledged as the Andre The Giant battle royal winner and Knight was nowhere to be found in L.A. He and Balor – who needed to get staples in the ring to close up a huge gash in his head – put on a violent and fun spectacle. But instead of reestablishing The Demon in a big way, it felt more like a pageantry prop to warrant cool entrances for Balor and Edge. He retained the Intercontinental championship in the physical banger of a match we expected from him, Sheamus and Drew McIntyre. I get having Reigns beat him at Extreme Rules with a wonky finish, and I guess the babyface Edge needs to go over inside Hell in Cell to end their feud once and of all. It was almost as if the whole match and build – including have Reigns beat Sami Zayn at Elimination Chamber – was a giant troll job of the audience. It allowed Solo Sikoa – who had been tossed from ringside earlier – to come out of the crowd and give Rhodes the Samoan Spike and set up Reigns to deliver a spear to win. They finally had two babyfaces they could get behind and neither one of them was the one to beat Reigns. The match itself was everything you want from a WrestleMania main event with swing after swing of emotion, starting with seeing Rhodes’ family on screen in WWE for the first time – including his daughter Liberty giving him a hug during his entrance. He can scratch and claw his way back to Reigns again, maybe at SummerSlam or next year’s WrestleMania or WrestleMania 41 if WWE can get The Rock and Reigns in the ring either this summer or in Philadelphia in 2024.

Rhea Ripley defeated Charlotte Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship while Bianca Belair defeated Asuka to retain her Raw Women's Championship. Both ...

· Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler def. Shane McMahon returned after more than a year away from being on-screen and proceeded to tear his quad trying to leapfrog over The Miz. Now champion for a full calendar year, Belair delivered another exceptional match with one of the top talents in the world, in the form of Asuka. The damage was so severe that the referee had to temporarily stop the match to patch up Balor. It was a perfect crowning moment for night one of 'Mania. It was violent but also quite a bit of fun. Ripley should now be considered not just the greatest women’s wrestler in the world, but one of the overall greatest wrestlers on the planet, and her first championship reign beginning at WrestleMania cements that point. Zayn and Owens, both real-life and on-screen life-long friends, first worked on the independent scene together in and around Montreal over 20 years ago before setting out to conquer the wrestling world together. Night one of WrestleMania ended with a very proud moment for Canadian wrestling fans. Night two saw Belair and Asuka carve out their own WrestleMania moment with a match just as good as the previous evening, despite the expectations. The crowd was stunned when the referee's hand counted to three. Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles drew 161,892 fans over the course of two days.

A WWE fan was absolutely furious with WWE's decision to have Roman Reigns beat Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 39.

[BT Sport](https://sport.bt.com/btsportplayer/bt-sport-1-01363810201090) and in the US on the USA Network and FOX respectively. [WWE](https://www.givemesport.com/wwe) news and rumours right here. [Roman Reigns](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/roman-reigns/) beat Cody Rhodes in the main event of [WrestleMania](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/wrestlemania/) 39 night two last night, retaining his Undisputed [WWE](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/wwe/) Universal Championship in the process. [Triple H explains why Roman Reigns vs Cody Rhodes ended how it did at WWE WrestleMania 39](https://www.givemesport.com/triple-h-explains-why-roman-reigns-vs-cody-rhodes-ended-how-it-did-at-wwe-wrestlemania-39/) [Cody Rhodes](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/cody-rhodes/) to win, feeling that the time was right for Roman to lose his titles and for a new champion to be crowned. [Raw](https://www.givemesport.com/tag/wwe-raw/) tonight, but given that it's one of WWE'a biggest shows of the year, you have to think he will.

Cody Rhodes shockingly lost to Roman Reigns at WWE WrestleMania 39 in what felt like a booking decision made by Vince McMahon.

Not only can Rhodes deliver as an on-screen performer both in the ring and on the microphone, but he’s also a great public representative for WWE who can easily be positioned as its most marketable star. A quick scan at the rest of the roster makes it clear that Rhodes, despite minimal opposition to his massive push, was and is the one. Because even if Rhodes ultimately wins the title at some point, it won’t have near the impact that it would have had in the WrestleMania main event. But at WrestleMania 39, WWE made it clear that Reigns is still viewed as the guy. The fans wanted it, and he’s the ideal choice to do it. McIntyre was already solidifed as a top star, and all of the greatness from Reigns, Zayn and The Bloodline after Clash at the Castle like never would have occurred had Reigns already been dethroned. Now, Rhodes is left to regroup and try to dethrone Reigns once again. [WWE’s biggest draw](https://wrestlingheadlines.com/wwe-hall-of-famer-says-cody-rhodes-is-the-current-biggest-draw-for-wwe/) by Hall of Famer Mark Henry, Rhodes has—at the very least—entered that conversation. It needed someone new to be the face of WWE moving forward. But Rhodes, no matter how predictable of a choice to dethrone Reigns, was clearly the best one. An historically dominant leader of The Bloodline, Reigns won the Universal Championship all the way back on August 30, 2020 when he pinned Braun Strowman in a triple threat match at Payback. There was a lot of support for

WWE stuns fans in WrestleMania main event call as fairytale comes crashing down.

of all cities on a card with just six matches. 1 contender for the women’s tag team titles. He and Balor – who needed to get staples in the ring to close up a huge gash in his head – put on a violent and fun spectacle. Lashley, after his program with Bray Wyatt disappeared from WWE TV, had to settle for being acknowledged as the Andre The Giant battle royal winner, and Knight was nowhere to be found in L.A. But instead of reestablishing The Demon in a big way, it felt more like a pageantry prop to warrant cool entrances for Balor and Edge. It allowed Solo Sikoa – who had been tossed from ringside earlier – to come out of the crowd and give Rhodes the Samoan Spike and set up Reigns to deliver a spear to win. It was almost as if the whole match and build – including have Reigns beat Sami Zayn at Elimination Chamber – was a giant troll job of the audience. I get having Reigns beat him at Extreme Rules with a wonky finish, and I guess the babyface Edge needs to go over inside Hell in Cell to end their feud once and of all. The match itself was everything you want from a WrestleMania main event with swing after swing of emotion, starting with seeing Rhodes’ family on screen in WWE for the first time – including his daughter, Liberty, giving him a hug during his entrance. He can scratch and claw his way back to Reigns again, maybe at SummerSlam or next year’s WrestleMania or WrestleMania 41 if WWE can get The Rock and Reigns in the ring either this summer or in Philadelphia in 2024. He brought a tremendous family story and palpable buzz with him to Hollywood and it all, at least for now, has fizzled after a superb, emotional main event that many will feel had the wrong ending. Rhodes came in with considerable momentum after returning from a pec injury to win the Royal Rumble.