Below are some top WrestleMania 40 news stories of the day.
• Drew McIntyre won the World Heavyweight Championship in front of fans at WrestleMania 40.
However, he lost the title to Damian Priest a few moments later.
With this win, McIntyre joins The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, John Cena and Seth Rollins in an elite list of wrestlers who have become World Champion at WrestleMania with 2 or more different World Titles.
Prior to this World Heavyweight Title win, McIntyre won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36 in 2020.
• Triple H had the following to say about Seth Rollins’ World Heavyweight Title reign ending at WrestleMania XL:
“How do you make steel and leather become a most sought after possession? How do you get men to give their blood, sweat and tears to attain it? How do you make it mean the absolute most? Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins.”
• New World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest has signed a new contract with WWE. Here’s what he said:
“This has been already a great year for me. New contract. New title. New theme song, voiced by yours truly. Judgment Day’s on fire.”
• 2-Time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair, who currently works for AEW, wrote the following about WrestleMania 40:
“I Would Say I Think It’s Safe To Assume This, Not Taking Away From The Great Athletes That Competed This Weekend At WrestleMania.
Ladies And Gentlemen, Let’s Face It – Everything The Rock Touches Turns To Gold. He Is That SPECIAL!
Thank You To The Rock For Continuing To Make Wrestling The Most Popular Form Of Sports Entertainment In The World. WOOOOO!”
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