WrestleMania 39 Night One Results (4/1): The Usos Face Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn, John Cena In Action
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Tonight will see several major matches take place on the Grandest Stage Of Them All with Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens having the opportunity to become WWE Tag Team Champions for the first time since joining the company. They will be challenging The Usos as "KO" looks to take out his frustrations on the brothers, while Zayn aims for revenge after the brothers chose to be in The Bloodline over his friendship.
Rey Mysterio will also finally get his hands on his son, Dominik Mysterio, who has been pushing his buttons and trying to get his father to fight him since Clash At The Castle. His fellow Judgment Day star Rhea Ripley will also be in action tonight as she challenges Charlotte Flair for the "WWE SmackDown" Women's Championship, while John Cena tries to win the United States Championship when he faces Austin Theory.
Announced card for the main show:
- Austin Theory (c) vs. John Cena (United States Championship Match)
- Braun Strowman & Ricochet vs. The Viking Raiders vs. The Street Profits vs. Alpha Academy (WrestleMania Showcase)
- Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio
- Damage CTRL vs. Trish Stratus, Lita, & Becky Lynch
- Seth Rollins vs. Logan Paul
- Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley (WWE SmackDown Women's Championship Match)
- The Usos (c) vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match)
Austin Theory (c) vs. John Cena (United States Championship Match)
The Miz and WWE Hall Of Famer Snoop Dogg open up tonight's WrestleMania hyping up the show and what matches will be taking place.
John Cena wastes no time taking down Austin Theory with a big shoulder tackle and he follows it up with another one, but Theory takes control by biting Cena's ear when the official's view is blocked. As the veteran speaks to the official the champion comes from behind to attack him again, following it with a suplex. Cena fires back with several punches, but he runs into an elbow in the corner and Theory then rolls through and takes Cena out with a jumping blockbuster which gains him a near fall.
After a bit of posing Theory then rolls back into the ring to leap into a dropkick, but Cena continues to kick out of the pinfall attempts. Theory tries the move again and Cena swats it away which leads to Cena locking in the STF, but Theory gets out of it by biting Cena's hand and he then drops the multi-time World Champion with a clothesline. Theory connects with a couple of big shots and he then jumps up and stomps back down on him several times.
However, Theory goes to the well too many times again and Cena counters and sets up the AA, but Theory wriggles out and drops him with a DDT to regain dominance. Theory misses with a splash in the corner and the two then exchange blows in the middle of the ring until Theory locks in the sleeper hold, but he backs Theory into the corner and follows with his running shoulder tackles.
He drops the champion into position and connects with the Five Knuckle Shuffle, but as he goes for the AA Theory's legs knock down the official. Cena doesn't know and he locks in the STF which leads to Theory tapping out but there is nobody to count it and he then walks into a low blow from Theory who connects with the A-Town Down to retain.
Winner (and still United States Champion): Austin Theory
The Viking Raiders vs. Braun Strowman & Ricochet vs. The Street Profits vs. Alpha Academy
Ricochet and Chad Gable start things out as Gable slows down the pace with a kick to the gut, and Otis then comes in and simply runs through Ricochet. Gable comes back in and takes down Ricochet but he shooshes Braun Strowman and that leads to Ricochet leaping over Gable to tag in Strowman, but then everyone gets in and the brawl begins. The Viking Raiders take control with Ivar hitting a spinning heel kick as they then lift Montez Ford as Ivar springboards to clothesline him and then drop Ford with Ragnarok.
However, while they pose they end up being taken down by Strowman who just runs through them. Gable comes back and tries to suplex Strowman and while it doesn't work at first he then hits a rolling German suplex into a bridge which almost gets the win. However, he misses wildly with a Frog Splash as Dawkins tags in, but Ivar does the same. He pushes Dawkins from the top rope, but then misses with a moonsault.
Strowman then heads to the top turnbuckle and he hits a major Frong Splash to Ivar but everybody breaks it up! Otis drops Strowman with a World's Strongest Slam, but Ford boots him down only to be met with Alpha Academy and Viking Raiders who set up a huge electric chair but Ricochet leaps from the top turnbuckle and crossbody's Ford who is being suplexed at the same time.
Strowman then heads out with the express and starts charging through everyone in sight until Dawkins pounces and wipes him out, but Ricochet then springboards with a shooting star press to him and Erik. Inside the ring, he aims for a Moonsault but Dawkins has his knees up and he holds him in position as Ford connects a Frog Splash which allows Dawkins to roll him up.
Winners: The Street Profits
Seth Rollins vs. Logan Paul
Logan Paul makes his entrance by being lifted into the air on a zipline as he is hooked up to a microphone to talk all the way down while he has a mascot with him as someone is dressed in a Prime bottle. Meanwhile, Seth Rollins has a conductor who gets the fans singing his song as he makes his way down.
The two men then start feeling each other out until Rollins drops Paul with a shoulder tackle and he goes for a Stomp early on but the YouTuber avoids it and the two face off. Paul then avoids Rollins several times with leapfrogs and then dumps him over the top rope just like he did at the Royal Rumble. Rollins charges back in and takes down Paul to hammer away at him, but he hangs Rollins up on the top rope and then hits the Maverick Lariat.
Paul then loads up his right hand and nails Rollins with several punches and Rollins then misses with a splash in the corner which leads to Paul hitting a springboard crossbody and then a standing moonsault, which gets him a near fall. Paul then hits a Russian leg sweep and locks in a seated Octopus submission, but Rollins manages to escape and they trade chops and elbow strikes on the mat.
Rollins misses wildly with a punch and it allows Paul to hit a gut-wrench. He then leaps directly to the top rope and hits a moonsault straight away but Rollins gets out of the way and then he starts to build some momentum. Rollins then dumps Paul out of the ring and the fans sing his song which he follows with a trio of suicide dives. Rollins then stamps on Paul's hand while it is on the steel stairs and then inside the ring, they exchange a series of pinfall attempts until Paul nails Rollins with his right-hand punch. However, due to it hurting Paul doesn't get the cover straight away, and that allows Rollins to kick out!
Rollins counters Paul's next move with a powerbomb, and this time it is Paul having to kick out. However, as Rollins looks for a Stomp, the Prime bottle pulls him out and it is revealed to be KSI. This allows Paul to slam him into the ring post as he then puts Rollins onto the announce table, but Paul takes too long and Rollins pulls KSI onto the table and Paul Frog Splash's him! Rollins immediately takes him into the ring to hit the Pedigree but Paul kicks out!
Rollins looks for another Stomp but Paul reverses and hits a GTS, following it with a Frog Splash, and this time it is Rollins just kicking out in time! Paul then heads to the top turnbuckle and looks to go Coast To Coast, but Rollins catches him in mid-air with a superkick which he follows with a Stomp!
Winner: Seth Rollins
Damage CTRL vs. Lita, Trish Stratus, & Bayley
The six women square off to start the match and brawl with the babyfaces getting the upper hand, dumping their opponents to the floor as Becky Lynch hits a baseball slide to Dakota Kai. She and Lynch then start things out but IYO SKY causes a distraction which allows Kai to hit a scorpion kick as Damage CTRl take advantage with frequent tags to dominate in their corner.
Lynch connects with a few kicks to SKY, but she turns things around with a springboard dropkick which sends Lynch flying across the ring. Damage CTRL then hit a triple-team move on Lynch as Kai then nails a running kick. Lynch responds with a boot of her own and she tries to tag Trish Stratus but Bayley pulls her away to stop it. Despite that Lynch fights back and takes out Kai and SKY, and in comes Lita.
She charges into SKY with several clotheslines and a hurricanrana, and she then flips up at the turnbuckles to throw SKY head-first into the turnbuckle. Lita then plants SKY with Vertigo, but she is able to kick out. Lita then drops SKY down again but Bayley provides a distraction and then Kai kicks her down from the turnbuckles. Damage CTRL hit a triple team of kicks, but Lita manages to kick out.
Damage CTRL continues to control the pace but Lita hits a double DDT and Stratus tags in and she starts cleaning house. Kai eats a series of chops and then she manages to send both Kai and Bayley flying at the same time before hitting Kai with a neck breaker. Kai hits an elbow strike and Damage CTRL pulls her to the floor as Lynch and Lita take down her opponents before lifting Stratus up to grab Kai by the legs as she launches her down to her partners.
Stratus and Lita hit Poetry In Motion before Lynch drops in with a leg drop and then sets in the Dis-Arm-Her but Bayley makes the save. Lynch then slaps Lynch and connects with a running clothesline to the back of her head, and she hits the Roseplant but Lita breaks it up. Lita throws out SKY but gets kicked in the face by Kai who is then nailed with Stratisfaction, only for the legend to be hit with a Bayley To Belly.
Lynch and Bayley then spill to the floor and SKY heads to the top turnbuckle and moonsaults down to the floor, wiping everyone out. All the women then hit the ring and brawl as Kai and Sky get taken down by a Chick Kick and a Twist Of Fate which is followed by a Litasault to both. Meanwhile Bayley is taken out with a Manhandle Slam from the second rope!
Winners: Becky Lynch, Lita, & Trish Stratus
Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio
Footage of Dominik Mysterio inside prison and he then enters the arena inside of a correction van, and tonight he is wearing a Mysterio mask! Meanwhile, Rey Mysterio comes out to Eddie Guerrero's music in the car with Snoop Dogg before his own song hits as he makes his way down to the ring.
Dominik shoves his father to start things off, but Rey uses his speed to avoid his son which leads to Dominik going out of the ring. He comes back in and still can't catch the veteran who sends Dominik flying across the ring with a hurricanrana. Dominik responds with a slap to the face but he is then sent crashing into the second turnbuckle, and Rey gets his belt and spanks his son.
Dominik then goes and talks trash to his mother and sister, grabbing his sister's drink which he throws in her face. Rey comes over and Dominik takes advantage, launching Rey into the ring post. Back inside the ring Dominik takes control, stretching out the Hall Of Famer and he follows it with a deep arm drag and a Michinoku Driver. He then hangs Rey onto the top rope and yanks him out in front of his mother, but she slaps him in the face and that allows Rey to push him into the ring post.
Back inside the ring, Rey hits a springboard crossbody which gets a near fall as he then plants Dom down once again. Finn Balor and Damian Priest then turn up at ringside, and Dominik then launches Rey who goes face-first into the bottom turnbuckle. Dominik then channels a little Eddie Guerrero and looks for Three Amigos but Rey stops it and hits 619! However, Balor then distracts the official which allows Priest to pull him off the top turnbuckle as Dominik attacks Rey.
Rey is then sent face-first into the turnbuckles, but Rey responds by sending Dominik out of the ring. However, the new Latino World Order then arrives to level things up and start brawling with Balor and Priest as Priest gets driven into Bad Bunny who is on Spanish commentary. Yet back inside the ring Dominik hits Rey with a 619 and then a Frog Splash, but Rey kicks out!
Dominik exposes a turnbuckle which distracts an official, but while he fixes it Dom grabs a chain only for Bad Bunny to pull it off him. This allows Rey to hit a 619 and a Frog Splash to score the win!
Winner: Rey Mysterio
Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Rhea Ripley (WWE SmackDown Women's Championship Match)
Rhea Ripley gets the best of Charlotte Flair to start with a big shoulder tackle, but the champion responds with one of her own before clotheslining the challenger out of the ring. Flair then hits a big boot and a crossbody from the top turnbuckle, following up with an enziguri in the corner. However, Ripley responds by dropping Flair head-first onto the top turnbuckle as she then stomps away on Flair.
Flair fires back with some stiff forearms, but the challenger shuts that down by launching Flair into the turnbuckle. Ripley then nails a couple of big forearm strikes to the spine which eventually drops Flair to her knees. Ripley connects with a release German suplex, but Flair then fires back with a spinning back elbow before bouncing Ripley across her leg and then into the turnbuckle which she follows with several clotheslines.
Flair then hammers down her classic chops to Ripley in the corner as she then focuses on chopping down the legs of Ripley. Flair heads to the top rope and hits a crossbody but Ripley rolls through and powers her up, but Flair counters the Riptide into a DDT which gets a near fall. They quickly get back to action and have the same idea of hitting big boots which leads to them both dropping down to the mat.
The two then go back and forth with strikes, but Flair comes out on top with a fallaway slam and she then heads to the top turnbuckle but Riley immediately meets her there and throws the Queen across the ring as she plants face-first, but Flair kicks out! Flair responds with a chop block and Natural Selection, but Ripley then rolls out and she avoids Flair's charge as the champion slams into the stairs before being planted face-first onto the mat and yet again Flair kicks out.
Flair then German suplexes Ripley, but as she goes for another the challenger responds with several elbows, and Ripley suplexes Flair who lands face-first to the mat. She responds straight away with a big boot, but it isn't enough to get the win so she hits another that sends Ripley to the floor. Flair then heads to the top turnbuckle to connect with a moonsault to the outside, but in the ring Flair can't set in the Figure Four. She then aims for a Spear but Ripley moves and Flair almost collides with the official, but turns around into a headbutt and the Riptide, yet Flair kicks out!
Ripley then puts the Cloverleaf on Flair, but she grabs the ropes and then responds with a Spear, and this time it is Ripley kicking out! The women then go back and forth with big forearm strikes and punches, but Flair drops Ripley with a big boot, yet she grabs the ropes before the Figure Four can be set properly. Flair sends Ripley into the ring post as they then climb to the second turnbuckle, but Ripley slams her face-first onto the ring post and Ripley then climbs to the top rope and hits a Riptide!
Winner (and new SmackDown Women's Champion): Rhea Ripley
The Miz Has An Open Challenge
Austin Theory is interviewed backstage by Byron Saxton who says he has proven who he is.
The Miz appears and announces the attendance for tonight, and Snoop Dogg says the only thing that would be better than that is if The Miz had a match tonight. Miz agrees and he posted an open challenge everywhere on social media and nobody responded. He claims that people are scared of him, and everyone in the stadium knows he is the toughest man here because he's The Miz and he's Awesome! However, that is interuptted by...Pat McAfee!
McAfee says hello to Snoop Dogg and says he's the best. However, he has been on social media and nobody saw the alleged social media post, but he is wearing his WrestleMania tank top and he sees opportunity, so if Miz wants a match they can do it right here, right now. Miz says there's nothing he'd rather do than whoop him right now, but Miz says he can't make matches official. However, McAfee says Miz's tiny balls are showing and Snoop Dogg says he can make it happen and announces it.
The match is then made official as Snoop Dogg says he will be right back and McAfee starts unloading on The Miz. He drops Miz with a Spinebuster. The two head to the top turnbuckle and Miz pushes him off but McAfee flips and lands on his feet, and as Miz dives back to him he is hit with a superkick in mid-air. Miz then shoves George Kittle at ringside, and he jumps over and nails Miz with a clothesline. McAfee heads to the top rope and launches himself off to take out Miz on the floor. Back inside the ring McAfee hits his Punt Kick for the win.
Winner: Pat McAfee
The Usos (c) vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match)
Jimmy Uso tells his brother to handle Sami Zayn and he tags out and Jey Uso steps in and the two men lock up but Zayn takes down his former friend and begins beating him down. Jimmy then makes a blind tag and pulls down the rope that sends Zayn to the floor and outside the ring Jimmy nails a clothesline before launching him into the ring post. Jey then tags back in and launches himself outside the ring with a suicide dive.
Jey suplexes Zayn on the floor and inside the ring The Usos control Zayn as Jimmy nails Kevin Owens with a right hand for added measure. Zayn manages to fight back though, sending Jey to the floor and he gets the tag as KO then heads to the top turnbuckle to cannonball to the floor, wiping out both of The Usos. He follows with clotheslines for both of them and then a Frog Splash from the ring apron to Jimmy Uso on the floor.
Back inside the ring, KO hits another Frog Splash this time to Jey, but he is able to kick out. Jey regains control with a neck breaker, but Owens fights back from the top turnbuckle only for his Swanton Bomb to be met with Jey's knees and as soon as he lands Jimmy connects with an Uso Splash, but Owens kicks out. Jimmy tries to pay tribute to his father but Owens moves and superkicks him which allows him to cannonball Jimmy.
However, Jey Uso then stops him from hitting a top turnbuckle move yet Sami grabs Jey and hits a brainbuster onto the ring apron and Owens nails the Swanton but Jimmy kicks out. Zayn then tags in and raises the one to hit an Uso Splash himself, but yet again Jimmy kicks out of it. Jimmy superkicks Owens from the apron but gets hit with the Blue Thunder Bomb, yet Zayn doesn't see the blind tag, and Jey superkicks him in the face.
The Usos then nail several superkicks to Zayn including one at the same time, yet Owens breaks up the pinfall only to be attacked himself. The Usos then hit another tandem superkick which gets a near fall. They then look for a 1D but Owens pulls Jimmy out of the ring as Zayn almost gets the win via a roll-up. KO then gets double-teamed on the announce table and together they left and slam Owens through the table. Back inside the ring, The Usos hit 1D...and for the first time in history, Zayn kicks out of the double team finisher!
Jey then just slaps and attacks Zayn in the corner of the ring as he asks why he won't quit and give up and then he hits a Helluva Kick, but out of nowhere, Zayn nails an exploder, launching Jey into the corner. Owens tags in and hits both his opponents with Pop-Up Powerbombs while Zayn then hits Jimmy with a Helluva Kick and Owens drops Jey with a Stunner, but he kicks out!
The four men then face off inside the ring and an all-out brawl begins with Owens taking out both men with superkicks. However, The Usos respond with some of their own, and Zayn then eats some as well. The Usos then climb to the top turnbuckles and hit stereo Uso Splash, but KO kicks out! The Usos hit another double superkick and they then set Owens up to the top turnbuckle but Zayn pulls Jimmy out of the ring as Owens launches Jey to the mat. Zayn tags in and stares down Jey Uso before delivering a big Helluva Kick and then another. Owens then takes out Jimmy with a Stunner and Zayn hits a third big Helluva Kick and we have new champions!
Winners (and new Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions): Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens