It's a process, not a moment. There might be a moment where we thought something was happening, but it is things over time. Everyone saw somethign different with Jey in the Bloodline story.
Sometimes I see people talk about Jey and they say the yeet guy doing his yeet thing. What he is doing is he sees something that is him that resonated with people and caught on.
I know him, I see him and how he is with fans. When he is out there, he is vibing with those people. They believe in him, he believes in them. You would have to not pay attention at all to see that happening and not run with it.
04:26
Triple H: 'Any little thing that happens changes things'
It's impossible to tell anyone the process because there are so many cogs in it. As you begin to put this event together, any little thing that happens changes things.
This build was a lot longer so it was a different kind of build. Individual matches are like an individual song. The songs are great, but you hear bands talk about the album. Each match comes together to make an album and there are a lot of factors that go into making the album.
It is about crafting an album start to finish and eveything has a reason why it's there. And them some have a reason why they are not there. Two minutes after the air, someone is going to hand me Monday night RAW. If you don't have a plan for the other side of WrestleMania, you have really messed up. You have to have things for the other side.
It's hard to put into words. That's the most important thing. My parents are there, my kids, Seph, my friends, then I am sat in a room of 200 talent that almost all of them I have some type of really emotional connection to. I have watched them grow.
To see them all sat in a crowd, have them there... I heard from so many sending me congratulations. It feels all like family, it is one of the things I love about what we do. WrestleMania is like a big family, 61,000 people here to love to product.
04:14
Triple H: 'They are three of the best in the world'
The main event, I don't know where to start. If you are CM Punk and you wait your whole life to be in the main event, that made that wait worth while. It was through and through an main event with three of the best in the world. They are the absolute best, trying to show that.
I thought we had a fantastic show. The pacing was great, the stage was incredible. We are all about engagement with fans so having them as a part of it felt right to me.
New Day solidified themselves as one of the greatest tag teams of all time. Rey Fenix did a phenomenal job of putting him on the map. El Grande Americano, whoever he is, is incredible. Jade and Naomi, I love seeing people figure out the situation on the fly. New character for Naomi, she's very excited about it.
LA Knight so popular and Jacob Fatu is right there with him and a monster and that is going to go a long way. Gunther Jey was everything it needed to be. Funny that I judge a lot of how people perform differently in wins and losses - the pros to me perform the best sometimes in a loss. In that loss, sometimes you come out in a better place, Gunther showed why he is one of the best in the world and Jey Uso, when you have that many people going crazy like that, it's an impressive thing. Toffany-Charlotte was a helluva fight, I hope they are both OK.
Bayley was seemingly hurt earlier today. In storyline - she's not injured. But it looks as though Lyra Valkyria will have a new opponent tomorrow night. Becky Lynch, anyone?
Elsewhere, Kevin Owens was supposed to be facing Randy Orton, but he will go for neck surgery. So Orton will instead issue an open challenge.
I don't want to get emotional but she was my dream opponent and feud. The story wrote itself. It hasn't set in yet. My face is a little beat up - but I feel amazing and I am going to make this title reign the best of my life.
We are looking like a broken down barbie write now. I feel beat up emotionally and physcially. It is hard for me to feel emotion after matches but I am coming down now and I feel like I went through the fight of my life.
WWE bombshell and women's champion Tiffany Stratton suffered a gruesome injury during her WrestleMania match against Charlotte Flair on Saturday night inside Allegiant Stadium.
03:37
Cargill: 'My husband helped me deal with stellar moments'
It feels great. I got my revenge. I have been out for a while. I was nervous - but you have to go out and do it. And I did it.
I have never been in front of a crowd so alive. How late is it? I had nerves coming out, but hearing the crowd and going out there wakes you up and makes you want to put on the best match.
The crown wears heavy for all of us. If you can't go out there and do your job, it isn't for you. My husband helped me deal with stellar moments. No one out there is going to tell me who I am or what I am about.
My turn. Ain't nothing sunk in. When I got the strap, I said I was good. I wanted to take some time off, but it's all good. It was a long week, made it to Saturday, beat Gunther. Trying to be present like Christmas.
Internet, soak it in, because this is it right here. Two-time world shocker. I didn't know Jimmy was going to be there. But he should have dressed up a little bit more.
WrestleMania night one is in the books and a shock heel turn decided a star-studded main event while three brand new champions were crowned elsewhere on the night
The Hall of Fame class of 2025 take to the stage and Triple H is out last. He shakes everyone else's hand before doing his famous water spray and launching a lidless bottle into the crowd. Someone just got wet.
We have one match left and it's the main event! Rollins. Reigns. Punk.
Hard to call - the main storyline is Paul Heyman. Reigns' wiseman, but in Punk's corner. But who does he align with tonight?
For all the talk of this being a certain outcome. Stratton not being ready. Flair being inevitable. These two put on a show tonight.
It was the prettiest moonsault ever that got the job done, but it didn't come without pain. Stratton wasn't bleeding, but had a huge mark on her head and her teeth were a bit mashed up.
A big win for her. And the first retainment tonight. A good match.
How good is Alicia Taylor, by the way? I thought we would miss Samantha Irvin, but Taylor has done a sensational job of stepping up.
Very personal, this one. I mentioned the realtionship stuff earlier.
As this one breaks out into a proper scrap, allow me to share this chat Alex had with Charlotte a couple of weeks ago. It was before the divorce jibe, but after that awkward promo battle. Click here or below to read it.
If Charlotte Flair retired tomorrow, she'd have a legitimate claim of being the greatest female wrestler of all-time. Now, off the back of a terrible injury, she's out to prove she's still the best
A very cool entrance from Stratton. She uses a Proto Hologram stunt - the first time Proto has been used at a WWE event.
Proto is the original hologram communications and AI spatial compute platform in use in finance, healthcare, education, retail, entertainment and sports. The technology allows people to 'beam' anywhere in the world - and Stratton does just that, with the aim to create confusion over which box was truly her.
A few combat sports have used Proto in the past - such as when UFC CEO Dana White made an AI Hologram of himself for Noche UFC at Sphere, Las Vegas.
A few woos before Charlotte arrives - she pulls up in a Rolly Royce in a mammoth gown.
Shawn Michaels, who was at the Hall of Fame last night and then ran NXT's Stand and Deliver earleir, announces there are 61,467 fans at WrestleMania tonight.
Tiffany Stratton defends the WWE women's championship against Charlotte Flair next. Only two matches left now! But they should be two big ones.
If you're not up to date with the El Grande Americano story, it's a unique one. It's Chad Gable in a mask, basically - he went away to learn the art of lucha libre and came back like *this*.
He was, of course, meant to face Rey Mysterio - the greatest luchador of all time, but Rey Fenix, who only recently joined the company, has stepped in after Mysterio suffered an injury.
A classical entrance for Americano in Vegas. Lots of masks, violins and guitars.
Rey Mysterio announced on the WrestleMania pre-show that he is not competing at the WWE's biggest show of the year, with the icon revealing why he pulled out hours before it begins.
Fatu is the truth - trust me on that. He will be a WrestleMania main eventer and everything we’ve heard from those inside WWE is that they’re staggered with not only how good he is, but just how fast he’s connected with the fans.
Solo Sikoa joins Fatu for his entrance, with the latter wearing a pretty freaky warewolf mask.
LA Knight is then driven to the stage in a very nice car. I don't really know my four-wheelers unless it has a spoiler and whips round a track, but Wade Barrett tells us it's a Maserati.
Another hard one to predict, this. WWE either pull the trigger on Fatu or go in a different direction in terms of storyline. But excited for it either way.
A few strings to this, but two of my favourite stars here.
The build has been a bit short perhaps. But I don't care. LA Knight is one of the biggest entertainers and best talkers in the promotion, and Jacob Fatu is a generational talent just getting started.
It'll be a good match between two fan-favourites. Others could get involved, but I am all in on this. Can't wait.
Things start off with Jade pouncing on Naomi and trying to smash her face in. Naomi goes for the eyes.
I always thought the absence of Bianca Belair in this was a bit odd, considering she was part of the team, saw Cargill smash her friend's face in and then entered the title picture. Could she have been involved in the match? Maybe.
Some good wrestling going on here, with Jade showing off some impressive strength to catch Naomi and turn it into a jackhammer.
A powerbob comes from the electric chair, and finishes with Jaded! A good showing from Cargill, if not for some clunky moments here and there.
Naomi is first out and there's then a bit of a weird entrance for Jade, which starts with a green screen weather report saying a storm is coming - of course Jade's theme.
Anyway, this one is underway.
A nice post from Triple H on X following Uso's title win, too.
A non-title women's matc his up next - which is really imporant.
Jade Cargill takes on Naomi. These two were team-mates last year, but now enemies.
It turns out that Naomi attacked Jade and they have been at each other's throats ever since. Jade is the up-and-coming talent, but Naomi is the experienced head. She has been fantastic in this new role.
I expect Jade will win, but it could well go either way.
00:05
Breaking:The New Day are 13-time tag team champions
The New Day's challenge for the world tag titles is underway.
Things have quietened down a bit. There was some debate over whether this bout should have been on the card, given the other tag titles didn't make it an arguably had more of a build.
Anyway, it is, and I do expect The New Day to win here. Unless Big E costs them, for whatever reason.
Criss Angel and George Kittle are in the crowd. Cool.
The tag title match is up next. A bad, baaaaad New Day.
If you aren't up to date with it, The New Day used to be a three-person team, before Big E legit broke his neck. They stayed as a three for a long time - 10 years overall, to be exact - until Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods turned on E.
Now they are bad guys. I spoke to Kingston about the ordeal a couple of weeks back. Link here or below to read!
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LEWIS BROWNING: they have been booed out of arenas by fans wherever they go. It's the first time Kingston has been a heel - or 'bad guy' - in pretty much a decade.
23:42
'You can’t deny 60,000 people yeeting their hearts out'
Whatever the internet seems to think about Uso and his credentials as a world champion, the reaction in the stadium was very strong and you can’t deny 60,000 people yeeting their hearts out.
The crowd’s joy at Jey embracing his brother Jimmy - whom he faced at the same event just one year earlier - really tied together Jey’s journey nicely.
Once Uso was picked to win the Rumble and challenge Gunther, a win was the only thing that would have made it all worth it. It’s a great moment, it’s on WWE and Jey to make sure it’s more than that.
Jey Uso goes from tag team specialist to world champion. There will be a lot of proud family members right now.
Not the greatest in ring, but one of the most over stars there are right now. It's just the second legit singles loss Gunther has faced on the main roster - the other at last year's WrestleMania.
It was the sleeper - Gunther's usual move - that did for the Ring General.
If you're going to back popularity - that's what it looks like.
Jimmy Uso, Jey's brother, is in the ring too. Crying. Emotional!
Jey leaves via the crowd, Jimmy alongside him. A feel-good start to the show.
A slow start to this one, as expected. Gunther is a very good technical wrestler. Jey isn't quite as good, but he's also quite slow in terms of style and the underdog here, so much of the match will focus on him taking a beating and trying to rally.
A spear from Jey early! Gunther kicks out.
It really is a hard one to call. Jey is 0-6 in world title matches and 0-3 against Gunther - a storyline they are playing on.
A bit of a comedown for Gunther's entrance. The Ring General. A real clash of personalities, let's say.
As this match gets underway, I will plug my chat with the Austrian in the early days of the build to this match. I got the feel that he genuinely did not want to face Jey.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY LEWIS BROWNING: Fans want the best version of Gunther. The man who burst onto the scene, stole the intercontinental title, enjoyed a reign lasting well over a year.
Jey Uso is first out, and there are 60,000 fans yeeting. If you don't know wrestling, you will have absolutely no idea what that means.
There are cheerleaders from and NFL side - I won't lie, I didn't catch which one, but Eric tells me they are from Las Vegas Raiders. The NFL team that play in the stadium, which would make absolute sense. The Raiderettes, they are called.
There are also a lot of flags reading 'yeet' and Pat McAfee is on the table. Uso is kitted out in blue and gold and making his entrance through the crowd.
Monstrous ovation for CM Punk arriving as the cameras show all three of the main eventers entering the Allegiant Stadium. Flanked by Paul Heyman, of course.
The only thing louder than that ovation was the boos that followed for Charlotte Flair!
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY ALEX MCCARTHY: Uso is one of the most popular stars in WWE, coming out of the shadows of being Roman Reigns' right hand man and a tag teamer with brother Jimmy.
Michael Cole introduces us to the show, while we see arrivals from the likes of Reigns, Seth Rollins and Punk.
Triple H - one of the latest Hall of Famers and WWE boss - narrates the opening pictures and then enters the stadium, greeting more than 60,000 fans inside the stadium.
'Vegas is about to find out how real this s*** can get,' he says.
There are seats on the elaborate stage hooked up by On Location believed to be worth in and around £50k a seat.
It’s a hell of a view and a matter of yards away from the talent when they come out - they’ll just have to dodge pyro on the upper tier!
22:58
WWE acquires AAA
By Lewis Browning
News coming out of WWE literal minutes before the star is that the company have aquired AAA.
If you haven't heard of it, AAA is a lucha libre wrestling promotion which was founded in Mexico in 1992. Now, it will be under the stewardship of the biggest wrestling company in the world.
Kofi Kingston an Xavier Woods are going for gold themselves at WrestleMania 41, but they had an ominous warning for Jey Uso if he too wins gold this weekend in Las Vegas
22:50
Big E: 'I am so bummed for Rey'
By Lewis Browning
Big E, WWE superstar:
I am so bummed about the news with Rey, but we have a really cool Rey to replace the other Rey.
He is such an incredible performer - a man I have been a fan of for a number of years now. We have a lot of moving parts, but it will be incredible.
22:46
The WrestleMania stage
By Lewis Browning
Stage reveals for WrestleMania are always a big thing, and I am liking the look of this year's.
The stages have been a little drawn-back under Triple H, but 'Mania is the time to go all out, and the big reveal was done last night after plenty of leaks from the building of it.
What a spectacle. I'm sure some pretty cool entrances will go with it tonight.
Rey Mysterio announced on the WrestleMania pre-show that he is not competing at the WWE's biggest show of the year, with the icon revealing why he pulled out hours before it begins.
Alex caught up with CM Punk recently to discuss all things WWE since his dramatic return that night at Survivor Series.
We all know about his relationship - or lack of - with previous leadership, but life appears good for him under Triple H. And tonight, he fulfils his lifelong dream of main eventing a WrestleMania.
He spoke about Reigns - one of his two opponents tonight - at length. Click here, or below, to read!
CM Punk is on the cusp on fulfilling a lifelong dream and main eventing WrestleMania for the first time but that didn't look likely to ever happen after his initial acrimonious departure from WWE
22:32
10 down - more to go?
By Lewis Browning
It is, Roman. And he did.
Roman Reigns, title or not, is arguably the biggest star WWE have right now. Cody Rhodes would like a word, sure, but Reigns' star power is mega. A future three-time Hall of Famer.
He main events WrestleMania for the 10th time tonight. The man who did it twice last year, and who is part of the biggest storyline going into tonight.
It's a shame he's not around more, but we are lucky to have him.
Now feels a good a time as any to share the first exclusive Alex has picked up in Vegas this week.
He spoke to Ludwig Kaiser - who doesn't have a match on the card, by the way - about his name coming up in a recent segment involving Tiffany Stratton and Charlotte Flair.
The promo battle descended into chaos when Stratton brought up Charlotte's real-life realtionship history, and her opponent for tonight responded by saying Kaiser - who is Stratton's boyfriend - is in her DMs. I know.
The man himself has now spoken to Alex to give his verdict on the saga. Read that by clicking here or below!
Ludwig Kaiser is one of the most promising stars in WWE today but he got caught in the crosshairs of the feud between Charlotte Flair and his girlfriend Tiffany Stratton ahead of WrestleMania
22:20
Tonight's card
By Lewis Browning
I'm here for the long haul tonight, so get comfy, let me know if you're enjoying any WrestleMania parties, what snacks are on the go, all that good stuff.
Alex McCarthy is our person on the ground in Vegas tonight, while Eric Blum is also here in our team of three to bring the best coverage of this weekend's event.
Here's the full card for tonight, in no particular order:
The War Raiders vs The New Day
Rey Fenix vs El Grande Americano
Gunther vs Jey Uso
LA Knight vs Jacob Fatu
Jade Cargill vs Naomi
Tiffany Stratton vs Charlotte Flair
Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns vs CM Punk
22:15
WrestleMania 41 is here!
By Lewis Browning
Goooooooooood evening one and all, and welcome to Mail Sport's live coverage of Night One of WrestleMania 41!
The nap is in the locker, the pizza is in the fridge and I am locked and loaded for the latest edition of the show of shows - I hope you are too.
The card gets underway in roughly 45 minutes at Allegiant Stadium, with seven matches booked and a number of surprises I'm sure to come.
How many championships change hands? Who walks out with who? And does CM Punk win his WrestleMania main event? All those questions will be answered tonight.
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