Wrestlemania 41 - live: Updates and results from night two in Vegas as John Cena beats Cody Rhodes
John Cena cheated to beat Cody Rhodes and win a record 17th world title on night two in Las Vegas
The second night of WrestleMania 41 is reaching its conclusion, after night one saw plenty of twists and title changes.
On Saturday at Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium, Paul Heyman betrayed CM Punk and Roman Reigns in their main-event triple threat, siding with Seth Rollins and ensuring him victory. Elsewhere, Jey Uso finally won a world title by submitting Gunther, Jacob Fatu dethroned US Champion LA Knight, and Tiffany Stratton retained her world championship against rival Charlotte.
There were other fun matches and results, too, before Sunday opened with Iyo Sky’s successful world-title defence in a thrilling triple threat, as she overcame Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley. Drew McIntyre then beat rival Damian Priest, before Dom Mysterio won the Intercontinental Title and Randy Orton beat surprise opponent Joe Hendry.
Becky Lynch returned to become a tag-team champion after Logan Paul defeated AJ Styles, before Stone Cold Steve Austin emerged to deafening cheers.
All that was left was the main event, as the villainous John Cena cheated to beat Cody Rhodes and win a record 17th world title – with the help of rapper Travis Scott, in a bizarre scene. You can re-live WrestleMania 41 below:
WrestleMania 41: Intercontinental Title fatal four-way
Now Mysterio gets some momentum, but he’s thwarted by Balor.
More back and forth action, and Mysterio frogsplashes Balor... and pins him!
Mysterio, heavily booed for most of his career and even at the start of this match, gets massive cheers! What a moment.
And NEW Intercontinental champion!
“Dirty... Dirty Dom!” the crowd sings to the tune of Daddy Cool, ahahah.
WrestleMania 41: Intercontinental Title fatal four-way
There’s the moment many expected! Mysterio turns against Balor, drop-kicking him into the ropes and trying his father’s 619!
But Balor catches his legs and proceeds to berate Mysterio, before dragging him onto the canvas and stomping on him.
Penta grabs Balor and hits a driver, but Breakker breaks up the pin. Carlito starts interfering now, as Mysterio gets closer to being pinned by Penta.
One of the spots of the weekend! Carlito is stood on one announce table, and Breakker climbs the other, running across it and leaping to spear Carlito through the apparatus! Ouch!
WrestleMania 41: Intercontinental Title fatal four-way
The match begins with lots of high-flying action from Penta, some teamwork from Dom and Finn, and some great athleticism from Breakker.
Case and point, he runs around the outside of the ring and leaps over one downed opponent to crash into Penta!
Back in the ring, Penta jumps off the top rope but is caught with a hard spear from Breakker, who then hits another. Lots of momentum for the champ right now.
WrestleMania 41: Intercontinental Title fatal four-way
Next up, Bron Breakker defends his Intercontinental Title against Penta and Judgement Day teammates Finn Balor and Dominik Mysterio.
We have a feeling Balor and Mysterio (son of the legend Rey) may not be friends by the end of this one...
Big cheers for Penta, lots of boos for Dom Mysterio, and a mixed reaction for Balor. Champion Breakker is out last, with fans barking in support of him, ha!
WrestleMania 41: Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest clash in street fight
Another table spot, but this time the other way: Priest tries to pay tribute to the Undertaker, walking along the top rope with the intention of jumping down on Drew...
But the Scot pushes Priest off the rope and to the outside, where he crashes through two tables next to each other!
Back in the ring, Drew sets up a chair in the corner, places Priest’s head against it, and runs at him for a Claymore kick! Bam.
1, 2, 3: Drew wins!
WrestleMania 41: Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest clash in street fight
Chekhov’s table: it’s there, so someone must go through it...
And they do! Razor’s Edge from Priest, launching Drew through the wood from the top turnbuckle.
1, 2, kickout! Role reversal now: Drew DDTs Priest on the steps, but the American kicks out!
“This is awesome,” chants the crowd.
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WrestleMania 41: Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest clash in street fight
Expect a proper brawl here. McIntyre attacks Priest before the first bell, and they soon take to the outside.
There, Drew suplexes Priest on the entrance ramp, before grabbing the steel stairs. He’s unable to use them, as Priest stops him in his tracks... before grabbing a table, to the delight of the crowd!
But now it’s Drew who prevents Priest from using a weapon. And then McIntyre hammers Priest in the skull with the stairs!
McIntyre grabs a phone from someone in the front row (with a ‘McIntyre’ jersey on) and tweets a selfie of himself and a laid-out Priest! Similar to something he did last year.
Wow, I don’t think we’ve ever seen this from Drew before! With Priest on the outside, he runs across the ring and frontflips over the top rope, landing on his rival! The fans love that.
WrestleMania 41: Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest clash in street fight
Next up, it’s a grudge match between McIntyre and Priest – a ‘Sin City Street Fight’, no less.
In other words, there will be no disqualifications, no countouts, and probably plenty of weapons!
The root of this feud was WrestleMania 40, where Priest cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase to take the World Heavyweight Title from McIntyre... five minutes after the Scot had won the belt!
WrestleMania 41: Iyo Sky wins thrilling triple threat with Belair and Ripley
Iyo Sky retains!
A brilliant final sequence sees Belair hit a finisher on Ripley, but Sky moonsaults off the top rope to break up the pin!
She then covers Belair and retains the gold!
Big chants of “Iyo” from the Vegas crowd.
A fantastic opener, and arguably the match of the weekend so far – although last night’s Rollins vs Reigns vs Punk match was terrific, too.
WrestleMania 41: Iyo Sky vs Rhea Ripley vs Bianca Belair
The pace quickens now, with lots of big moves – including one from the top turnbuckle that sees Ripley and Belair fall hard as Sky flips and lands on her feet!
The crowd roars in support of Sky, who is hyped, but the momentum swings and Belair hits a 450 splash on Sky! Kickout! Ripley with her finisher on Belair, kickout!
The end is near, you’d have to think, with the way this one is building.
Ripley tries her finisher on Sky from the top rope, but Sky reverses athletically! Sky tries a moonsault but lands nastily on Ripley’s raised legs (good reversal!).
Belair capitalises with a finisher on Sky, but Ripley JUST about breaks up the pin! The crowd is fired up. This is already one of the best matches of the weekend.
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