In the main event segment of tonight’s SmackDown in London, it was revealed that Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins will main event WrestleMania 41 (most likely Night 1).
With this match, The OTC will make history by becoming the first man in WWE history to have 10 WrestleMania main event matches.
Also, this is going to be CM Punk’s first WrestleMania main event, which made him emotional during this segment, as he thanked the fans. Roman said Punk should be thanking him for making this happen. Roman told Punk to thank him and Punk did. But in the end, Punk said this wasn’t the favor he’s owed. SmackDown ended with Roman being confused and Paul Heyman regretting that Punk brought it up.
As of this writing, below is the list of wrestlers with the most WrestleMania main events in history:
1. Roman Reigns (9)
2. Hulk Hogan (8)
3. Triple H (7)
4. The Undertaker, The Rock, John Cena, Shawn Michaels & Brock Lesnar (5)
5. Stone Cold Steve Austin (4)
Below is the list of Roman Reigns’ WrestleMania main event matches so far:
WrestleMania 31 – lost the Triple Threat Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar (Rollins cashed-in the Money In The Bank contract during Lesnar vs. Reigns)
WrestleMania 32 – defeated Triple H to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
WrestleMania 33 – defeated The Undertaker in a No Holds Barred match
WrestleMania 34 – lost to Brock Lesnar in a Universal Championship match
WrestleMania 37 – defeated Edge and Daniel Bryan in a Triple Threat Match to retain the Universal Championship
WrestleMania 38 – defeated Brock Lesnar to win the WWE Championship and unified it with the Universal Title to become the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion
WrestleMania 39 – defeated Cody Rhodes to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
WrestleMania 40 (Night 1) – teamed up with The Rock to defeat Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins
WrestleMania 40 (Night 2) – lost the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship to Cody Rhodes in a Bloodline Rules match, thus ending his 1,316-day title reign
