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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania 42 Night 2 featuring CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship, Brock Lesnar’s retirement, and the debut of ADAM WEITSMAN.
Plus: The passing of Van Hammer, a Cody Rhodes injury update, and Café-member feedback to WrestleMania.
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WWE WrestleMania 42: Night 2
April 19, 2026
Allegiant Stadium
Las Vegas, Nevada
World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk © vs. Roman Reigns
WWE Women’s Championship: Jade Cargill © vs. Rhea Ripley
United States Championship: Sami Zayn © vs. Trick Williams
Finn Bálor vs. Dominik Mysterio
Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Penta © vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Rusev vs. Rey Mysterio
Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar (w/ Paul Heyman)
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John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE WrestleMania 42 Night 1 featuring Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
They also discuss ESPN reporter Andreas Hale being denied press access to WrestleMania.
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WWE WrestleMania 42: Night 1
April 18, 2026
Allegiant Stadium
Las Vegas, Nevada
Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes © vs. Randy Orton (w/ Pat McAfee)
Seth Rollins vs. Gunther
Women’s World Championship: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan
Women’s Intercontinental Championship: AJ Lee © vs. Becky Lynch
Women’s Tag Team Championship: Nia Jax & Lash Legend © vs. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria vs. Nikki & Brie Bella
Unsanctioned Match: Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre
Logan Paul, Austin Theory & IShowSpeed vs. The Usos & LA Knight
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Wai Ting and Neal Flanagan review the last WWE SmackDown before WrestleMania as champions Cody Rhodes and CM Punk share the stage before their title defences. Plus, Trick Williams calls out Sami Zayn, The Wyatt Sicks vs MFTs in a Street Fight, and the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
NOTE: No XL edition of the show tonight, but an ad-free edition will be available afterwards for all patrons. John & Wai will be back tomorrow at 1pm ET for our final Mania Week Bonus podcast. Check out this week’s bonus coverage: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1446721
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Friday: Daredevil Born Again Season 2, Ep. 5
Saturday: WM WEEK (Spring Break, Bloodsport)
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John Pollock and Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite: Spring BreakThru with MJF vs. Darby Allin for the AEW Championship, Willow Nightingale vs. Kamille, and Kevin Knight vs. Claudio Castagnoli.
XL: John & Wai discuss Gabe Kidd’s removal from Wrestling Dontaku, Forbidden Door’s date & location, ticket sales for Spring Break, and more notes from ‘Mania Week.
The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free and timestamped.
Gabe Kidd removed from Wrestling Dontaku
Forbidden Door set for San Jose
Highspots owner on Leon Slater’s removal from show
Brett Lauderdale on Spring Break X
NXT Revenge recap
SmackDown, Collision & UFC 327 ratings
Thursday’s WM Week Shows
POST Wrestling Café Schedule:
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John Pollock presents The History of WrestleMania, chronicling the highs and lows of each show from 1985–2025.
Pollock goes through each event with unique facts, records, Best & Worst matches, and slots each WrestleMania into the Upper, Mid, or Bottom tier.
A previous version of this special was released last year exclusively for Café members. It's updated now for public release as part of POST Wrestling’s WrestleMania Week.
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