WrestleMania is BACK for Sunday, and Greg DeMarco is back with his reactions and results!

👏👏👏👏#WrestleMania @TripleH pic.twitter.com/9SeJ9kyhZR

— WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2022

We kick things off with Triple H! Wearing a suit, but carrying a water bottle. Now that he’s done in the ring, and we haven’t seen any of Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville this weekend, I do wonder if we are getting The Authority back in some form.

Let’s give this the same treatment…

• Nice embrace with the Daughters Helmsley before he gets in the ring.
• The man truly deserved one last WrestleMania match, in which he knows it’s his last match.
• Props to the guy in the crowd with the old school WCW Monday Nitro shirt on.
• I love this, but in the back of my head I really really really hope New Day vs. Sheamus & Ridge Holland w/Butch doesn’t get bumped again.
• No mic yet, I wonder if he’s gonna even talk.
• Ok -he has his boots, and a mic.
• He simply wants to say thank you, and welcomes everyone to WrestleMania.
• Leaves the boots–because THAT is how you retire.

Winner: I don’t know about you, but I feel good.

One of the greatest of all time, in front of the camera, and behind the scenes.

And we get another Gable Steveson intro, not sure why. He seems to use the same beard guy as Drew McIntyre.

WWE RAW Tag Team Championships
RK Bro (Randy Orton & Matt Riddle, champions) vs. The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) vs. Alpha Academy (Otis & Chad Gable)

Jimmy Smith said it best: The team who wasn’t supposed to last is defending their titles at WrestleMania.  Really happy for Chad Gable, too.

• We kicked off both nights with a tag team title match. This one, however, is bigger.
• I really hope it rains solo cups for The Street Profits.
• And it (briefly) rains solo cups!
• Tonight’s first ref…was last night’s last ref.
• Sadly, no walking promo for Chad Gable tonight.
• ‘Tez with a Will Smith slap to Gable!
• So we toss everyone out, and then we all fight? OKAY!
• Montez Ford dives over the ring post–and lands ON HIS FEET.
• Also a big moonsault from Chad Gable.
• Montez took that monkey flip HARD on the knees
• Love Tez’s gold shoes–Dawkins needs a matching pair.
• “No friends in there.” Well, except your tag team partner.
• I am a big Bro 2 Sleep fan.
• VINTAGE RANDY ORTON!
• Stereo draping DDTs, and and Orton is still the man.
• DOOMSDAY BULLDOG!
• DOOMSDAY BLOCKBUSTER!
• We really need to finish this with a Doomsday RKO.
• Springboard RKO by Riddle to Ford, from the top!
• Gable dives–RKO–and we’re outta here.
• Post match toast, including Gable Steveson, interrupted by Chad Gable.
• Gable gets the overhead Belly-To-Belly for his efforts, and now we know why Gable Steveson was intro’d.

Winners, and STILL Raw Tag Team Champions: RK Bro (Orton pin on Gable)

Fantastic opener, hit all the high spots, fans were totally into it. Great way to kick off WrestleMania Sunday.

OMOS vs. Bobby “Bob” Lashley

In a match just set up last week, The Almighty is back, as a babyface, against the undefeated giant. Can Bobby slay this dragon?

• LOVE the babyface entrance for Bob. Just a few changes, but it’s perfect.
• T-BAR mention on commentary, and I really hope he can catch on this year.
• Omos keeps knocking Lashley down, but he keeps getting up.
• I wonder who is working with Omos, he is progressing so well as a giant.
• Lashley’s head HAMMERED that ring post.
• That’s a WrestleMania suplex right there, a great part of the story of the match.
• Spear, spear, and LASHLEY WINS?!?!?

Winner: Bobby Lashley (pinfall)

Bob won??? Shocked, but very happy. Lashley always worries me, in that WWE could stop his push at any time. Maybe this is the opening for Omos to join up with MVP? I guess we’ll find out tomorrow…on RAWAfterMania! (Cheap pop!)

Anything Goes: Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville

Starting with the build to the Royal Rumble, Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn continues to WrestleMania with a great spot going to Sami.

• So Greg ran downstairs to get some food, and missed the entrances and who knows what else.
• Love Sami’s gear for this match.
• Pat McAfee is the perfect commentator for this match, given his reactions to Knoxville.
• Side note: I typically use “Anything Goes” over “No Disqualification”
• “That rat bastard Austin Theory better be watching this.”
• Actually, kinda surprised Pat is on commentary still.
• EXPLODER TO KNOXVILLE THROUGH THE TABLE!
• “You’re in my world, Jackass!”
• The crowd is NOT into this. Probably because they’ve seen a mousetrap table, and it hasn’t been used.
• I don’t know who Party Boy is, but I hate him.
• WEE MAN! Now the crowd is into it.
• After Sami basically Tornado DDTs himself, the crowd bites it on the near fall.
• Sami just kicked the holy hell out of Wee Man and Dallas hates him for it.
• Bowling Ball to the Balls!
• Fake Leg Groin Kick!
• (I can’t believe I just typed that.)
• And now we have a tazer.
• This has overstayed it’s welcome, time to go home.
• Sami goes through the Mousetrap Table, and now we have a GIANT mousetrap in the ring.
• Sami gets trapped, and we get the 1-2-3/

Winner : Johnny Knoxville (pinfall)

That match was way too long, but the fans did get into it in the end. It did what it was supposed to do, and I can’t complain about that. Now we can get on with the rest of the show.

Fatal 4-Way Match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships
Naomi & Sasha Banks vs. Natalya & Shayna Baszler vs. Rhea Ripley & Liv Morgan vs. Queen Zelina Vega & Carmella (champions)

BOSS x GLOW#WrestleMania @SashaBanksWWE @NaomiWWE pic.twitter.com/2RPxA8eAJk

— WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2022

• Great tandem entrance for Sasha and Naomi.
• Liv and Rhea would win on matching gear alone.
• If the titles change hands here, it’ll be the only tag titles to change hands tonight.
• I appreciate that we can get Shayna Baszler on the card, but she needs a 1 on 1 match here.
• Double Tower of Doom spots!
• Corey Graves is brilliant.
• Sasha and Naomi win, and the finish was the most over part of the match.

Winners, and NEW WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Sasha Banks & Naomi (Sasha pinfall on Carmella)

Went long, but I can’t complain when the women get time. You could see on her face how much it meant for Sasha Banks to get a WrestleMania win.

AJ Styles vs. Edge

A dream match, only elevated by the reinvention of Edge. Can’t wait for this one.

• WrestleMania white gear for AJ Styles.
• What an AMAZING entrance for Edge, combining the Mountain Of Omnipotence and The Brood.
• Thank GOD Edge came back from retirement.
• Just like I told you last night, Jessika Carr gets assigned to this match.
• AJ Styles’ shoulder LOOKS messed up
•  Poor AJ, he enters the match already bleeding, and messes up his shoulder.
• I am not typing a lot in this match–I know. It’s fantastic, and I am watching for enjoyment. I hope you are too.
• I am not alone–the crowd is as well, you can tell as they are engrossed in everything, then reacting. They are being taken on a great ride.
• Amazing near fall after the Styles Clash.
• DAMIAN PRIEST!
• I mean, I kinda told you so.
• Springboard into a Spear, and we’re home.

Winner: Edge (pinfall)

Classic match, classic storytelling, definitely in the conversation for my favorite match of the weekend.

Sheamus & Ridge Holland (w/Pete “Butch” Dunne) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston & “King” Xavier Woods)

This should have been a six man tag team match, and this should have been last night. But here we finally are, and I have a feeling this will deliver.

• Kofi & Woods wearing Big E gear? I’m not crying, you’re crying!
• Woods should stick with the singlet.
• Well, that wasn’t much of anything!
• Butch is hilarious, though.

Winners: Sheamus & Ridge Holland (Ridge pin on Woods)

Reportedly, this was never gong to be a long match. Tonight has seemed a little bit rushed, but I am glad they got to work.

Austin Theory vs. Pat McAfee

• Austin Theory gets the whole Vince McMahon Rub.
• How much you wanna bet Pat McAfee paid for the rights to this song himself?
• If Pat McAfee wins this, especially with Vince out there, then that tells me this program isn’t nearly over.
• Also, good for Austin Theory. Gave up on growing a beard, got hair plugs, and it’s paying off.
• McAfee’s sparkly but casual gear is spot on.
• Theory, to his credit, LOOKS like a star. Is he one? Time will tell.
• Pat McAfee loves the European soccer environment, and you can tell why he would want that song. Fans are still singing it during the match.
• Michael Cole’s relationship with Pat McAfee is well chronicled. Him being so impartial is perfect.
• Imagine if Adam Cole was still with the company, but hadn’t been called up to the main roster yet? Would be the perfect place to have him debut.
• McAfee with the same Superplex spot from NXT!
• Bryon Saxton is delivering in this match–and I fully expected Corey Graves.
• Crowd, by the way, is VERY into this match.
• A-Town Down–reversed into a rollup.
• MCAFEE WINS!

Winner: Pat McAfee (pinfall)

So, Vince McMahon isn’t happy as McAfee is celebrating, and apparently the result is… A MATCH?

Pat McAfee vs. Mr. (Vince) McMahon

I have no words.

• Vince starts off hot since Theory attacked McAfee from behind.
• McAfee won’t stay down, and is about to go one-on-one with the boss one, but Theory crotches him on the post.
• Vince threatens to punt a football, and eventually punts it into McAfee’s midsection

Winner: Mr. McMahon (pinfall)

Theory and McMahon celebrate, until GLASS SHATTERS and “Stone Cold” Steve Austin is out. Theory attacks, but eats a Stunner. Vince and Austin share beers, and McMahon of course eats a Stunner.

Pat McAfee enters to celebrate with Austin, but I have a bad feeling for him, too.

Beers shared, and STUNNER TO MCAFEE!

And I am sure Pat McAfee is in heaven. That was also one of the best Stunner sells ever.

A STUNNER FOR @PatMcAfeeShow!!! 🍻#WrestleMania @steveaustinBSR pic.twitter.com/omCC2cmvvl

— WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2022

Winner Takes All Unification Match
Roman Reigns (Universal Champion, w/Paul Heyman & The Usos) vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE Champion)

In a rivalry that dates back to 2015, seven years comes to a cross roads with the two most important prizes in the world of wrestling at stake. It’s go time!

• Roman Reigns enters for his sixth WrestleMania finale, and Michael Cole gives you the same list DWI Podcast tried to give you this weekend, Roman is the fifth longest reigning world champion in WWE/WWF/WWWF history.
• And Roman has a mic.
• Roman Reigns truly has grown into the company carrying superstar they believed he could be.
• The pop for Brock is monstrous, might be bigger than Austin’s. No question as to why these two are in this position, on this night.
• No flannel for Cowboy Brock, but a Hero’s Welcome.
• Roman and Brock stand across the ring for the opening bell, and they could easily pull off the Japanese stare at each other for 30 minutes spot.
• Thankfully, they do not.
• HUGE Spear through the barricade (I expected one through one of those barricade screens).
• Another one in ring, but we ain’t done yet (I mean, we haven’t seen an F5, silly).
• Crowd is going GONZO for everything Brock does. This is definitely a crowd that is majority casual (aka, typical WWE) fans.
• Spear into an F5, but Roman kicks out.
• Guy in the crowd has Drew McIntyre’s beard guy.
• (Roman, btw, has a good beard guy. As does Brock.)
• (Also, it could be a beard woman. I have one of those.)
• Ref bump, belt shot (callback to the Royal Rumble), kickout.
• Roman’s Spear to the back is….odd.
• Corey Graves on commentary was a good choice.
• It’s odd that they’d do a shoulder separation gimmick twice in one night, no?
• F5 reversed into a Spear, and we’re done.
• Given how they’re talking to each other, I think the separation was legit. We’ll see…
• Anyone else catch 2 seconds of Shield theme right  there?

Winner and STILL Universal Champion, and NEW WWE Champion: Roman Reigns 

One hell of a main event, and one hell of a WrestleMania. Hats off to everyone involved. The business is good. The talent is good.

And I don’t know about you, but I feel good.