WWE WrestleMania 42 Results, Winners And Grades On Night 2 (April 19, 2026)

Match Grade: B

Roman Reigns defeated CM Punk in the WrestleMania 42 main event.

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The Demon Finn Balor Def. Dominik Mysterio

• Dominik Mysterio’s amazing entrance featured several masked luchadors carrying him on a throne. Dirty Dom also donned a lucha mask. Dom removed the mask with no problem and dove onto the luchadors, who caught him. The luchadors stood at attention as Dom walked down the ramp. They followed him with Mexican flags. A truly spectacular entrance for one of WWE’s future pillars.
• Not to be outdone (though he was, but barely) Finn Balor returned as the Demon. There was a familiar sound of a heartbeat as Balor walked through a sea of smoke and touched an artificial heart. Balor grabbed a spiked helmet on a stick and walked down the aisle menacingly. Given how short the matches have been this WrestleMania weekend, these great entrances alone might be better than the match itself.
• Fans popped as the bell rang. The Demon crawled toward an apprehensive Finn Balor. Balor bumped Dirty Dom to the outside and grabbed a table. Mysterio pounced, armed with a kendo stick, and denied Allegiant Stadium a table for now.
• Balor flattened Dominik with a front suplex onto two chairs, but Dirty Dom fired back with a 619. The Demon kicked out at one. Balor went for the Coup de Grace but missed as Dom hit a drive-by chairshot.
• Dom went for the ladder an the heel actually slid it into the ring. Dom set the table up in the corner. Dom put Finn through the table and pummeled him with a steel chair. Dom messed up while setting up the chair, and Allegiant Stadium broke into a chorus of loud boos. Dom soaked them in.
• The Demon rose to his feet and pillmanized Mysterio’s neck with a running dropkick. Demon hit a Coup de Grace through the table for the win.

Match Grade: B+

Rhea Ripley Def. Jade Cargill

• Jade Cargill had a storm-themed entrance as she walked out in an immaculate, layered dress. Rhea came out to a great reaction and got the fans hyped in Vegas. Jade Cargill was unbothered in the ring. Rhea was cheered just as loudly as Jade was booed during the ring introductions.
• Jade hit an early shoulder tackle followed by a bodyslam for the heat. Rhea answered with an inverted back suplex. Jade hit another shoulder tackle as Rhea bounced off the ropes and walked into a powerslam. Jade worked over Rhea on the outside as she took control of the match.
• Cargill hit an impressive spinout power bomb for a nearfall. Rhea battled out of a rest hold but Jade rained down with elbows. Rhea stunned Jade with a dropkick as the two struggled to their feet.
• The match degenerated into a a brawl as Jade and Rhea took turns on top, then exchanged kneeling strikes. Rhea won the exchange with a one-legged dropkick. Ripley hit an electric chair slam for a nearfall.
• Rhea went for a powerbomb, but Michin distracted the ref. B-Fab saved Jade before Ripley knocked her off the apron. Michin ran in with a driveby kick on Rhea.
• Jade hit a One-Winged angel for a nearfall, then tossed Rhea out of the ring. Cargill soaked in the boos, but then Iyo Sky’s music hit as the most talented wrestler not on this card ran down to the ring and cleaned house.
• Jade went for Jaded, but Rhea slipped out of it and hit a Riptide for the win. A great match that got the time it deserved.

Danhausen Gets A WrestleMania Moment With The Miz And John Cena

• John Cena announced a two-night attendance of 106,72. He was interrupted by The Miz and Kit Wilson who wanted their WrestleMania moment. John Cena asked who Kit Wilson was, and fans actually booed in support of Wilson.
• Danhausen interrupted with mini-hausens. One of the minis punched Kit Wilson in the groin and Danhausen did the John Cena comeback on The Miz. This was a campy, silly segment that the miserable IWC will whine about, but Allegiant Stadium ate it up.
• Cena announced the main event as the entire stadium exploded in cheers. To this point, WrestleMania 42 Night 2 has been a stark improvement over Night 1, and it’s one great main event from being a great WrestleMania.

Match Grade: B+

Roman Reigns Def. CM Punk

• Roman Reigns received pianos, drums and a singer as WWE aired an Anoa’i legacy photo album. Reigns made his slow walk to the ring and was given an impressive pyro display.

• CM Punk received his vintage Miseria Cantare entrance as a callback to his ROH days. The music ended, and CM Punk led Allegiant Stadium in an “it’s clobbering time!” battlecry before “Cult of Personality” aired.

• This felt like a main event from the moment the bell rang with dueling chants for Punk and Roman. The two faced off and talked trash to one another. They didn’t touch for at least a minute. Fans broke into applause before they locked up.

• Punk and Reigns went back and forth before Reigns stuck Punk with a Samoan drop. Fans chanted for Roman Reigns as he took control of the match. The action spilled to the outside as Reigns tossed Punk into the barricade.

• Reigns stood triumphantly on the table and threw up the one. Punk fought back on the outside and got the better of Reigns. Punk stood on the table and mocked Roman Reigns by throwing up a one of his own.

• Back inside the ring, Reigns exploded on offense with 10 strikes in the corner followed by a flying clothesline for the nearfall. Punk battled back with a running knee in the corner followed by a bulldog. Reigns answered with a Superman punch for another nearfall.

• Reigns went for a spear, but Punk countered and hit another running knee. Punk clotheslined Reigns to the outside and posed over Reigns on the table. Punk teased an elbow through the table, but Reigns recovered. Punk and Reigns exchanged strikes on the apron.

• Reigns tied up Punk in a Tree of Woe and bludgeoned the champion with three Superman Punches. Punk bled from the mouth as he lay trapped upside down. Reigns smashed Punk with the steel step as as some fans began to turn on Reigns.

• Reigns hit a running powerbomb on Punk through the table. Back in the ring, Reigns went for a spear, but Punk caught him in the GTS for a nearfall. There was a light “this is awesome" chant following the spot.

• Reigns fought out of a second GTS attempt and hit a spear for a two count. Reigns couldn’t believe it. Reigns went for a GTS, but Punk countered and hit a roundhouse kick for a nearfall.

• Punk teased the Superman punch and scored with Reigns’s signature move. Punk donned the Ula Falla to immense heat. He trapped Reigns in an Anaconda Vice. Reigns battled out of it and the two legends hit a double clothesline. The crowd was smoldering with heat with loud dueling chants for Reigns and Punk.

• Reigns and Punk went back and forth with strikes as Allegiant stadium was losing its collective mind. Punk threw his tape at reigns. The referee went to grab the tape, and Punk hit a low blow followed by a GTS for the best nearfall of the match. Punk brawled to the outside and set Reigns up on the table. Punk a flying elbow as fans chanted “holy s—t!” Now the entire stadium was chanting “this is awesome!”

• Punk hit a third GTS and tried a fourth, but both men crumbled as the white-hot main event was dead even. Reigns ran in with a spear. The two talked trash. Reigns ran back and forth agains the ropes and hit a spear for the win. An amazing main event.

Match Grade: A

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