WrestleMania 42 match card: Every confirmed bout for two-night WWE showpiece

WrestleMania has rolled around once again, as WWE prepares to host its biggest event of the year.

And in an incredibly rare move, WrestleMania 42 will take place in the same city as its previous edition, as WWE returns to Las Vegas’s Allegiant Stadium.

That decision, which was announced last year, has proved unpopular with fans – as have ticket prices – especially after the initial declaration that New Orleans would host ‘Mania 42.

Still, for any and all criticism around this year’s “Showcase of the Immortals”, excitement is starting to increase, with many big-name wrestlers due to feature, as well as numerous celebrities.

Here’s all you need to know.

Night 1

Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso and LA Knight vs Logan Paul, Austin Theory and IShowSpeed

Drew McIntyre vs Jacob Fatu (Unsanctioned Match)

Lash Legend and Nia Jax (Women’s World Tag-Team Champions) vs Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs Nikki Bella and Brie Bella

AJ Lee (Women’s Intercontinental Champion) vs Becky Lee

Seth Rollins vs Gunther

Stephanie Vaquer (Women’s World Champion) vs Liv Morgan

Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion) vs Randy Orton

Night 2

Penta (Intercontinental Champion) vs Rey Mysterio vs JD McDonagh vs Rusev vs Je’Von Evans vs Dragon Lee (Ladder Match)

Brock Lesnar vs Oba Femi

Sami Zayn (United States Champion) vs Trick Williams

Jade Cargill (Women’s WWE Champion) vs Rhea Ripley

Finn Balor vs Dominik Mysterio

CM Punk (World Heavyweight Champion) vs Roman Reigns

WrestleMania became a two-night event in 2020, and this year it will take place on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 April at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. In the US, each evening of action will begin at 4pm PT / 5pm CT / 6pm ET. In the UK, that works out to 11pm BST.

WrestleMania 42 will stream live on Netflix in the UK and most territories worldwide, as part of subscribers’ existing plans (at no additional cost, in other words). In the US, however, the event will air live on ESPN.

YouTubers Logan Paul and IShowSpeed will compete, even teaming up together, while music star Jelly Roll will also feature in some capacity. The same applies to rapper Lil Yachty, while wrestler-turned-actor John Cena will act as the host of WrestleMania. NFL kicker-turned-sports analyst Pat McAfee is also expected to feature.

The specifics of WWE contracts have long been hard to ascertain. However, WWE star-turned-executive Triple H (real name Paul Levesque) told The Athletic in 2022 that $250,000 is the minimum base salary for wrestlers in the company. That figure might have risen since, of course, and it reportedly only applied to members of the Smackdown and Raw rosters – not wrestlers on NXT, which is WWE’s developmental show.

However, wrestlers’ wages are boosted by merchandise sales and, it is believed, by cuts of pay-per-view sales as well. Of course, merchandise sales are likely to be significant on a WrestleMania weekend, as well as pay-per-view sales, so 18 and 19 April could be the most lucrative days of the year for most WWE wrestlers.

In 2023, The Mirror reported some of the highest WWE wages as these: Roman Reigns $5m per year; Randy Orton $5m per year; Seth Rollins $3.5m per year; Cody Rhodes $3m per year; Logan Paul $2m per year. These figures reportedly don’t include bonuses.