WWE WrestleMania 39 Night Two - Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns

 

The cold open sells WM night two as the bigger event, which is an interesting tact to take historically. Miz and Snoop are out again, which is good if you didn't buy tickets for both nights live. The giant ceiling tron being shaped like a weight belt is perfect for tonight. Brock and Omos staredown and they somehow never quite manage to shoot it like Andre and Hogan in '87.

Omos gets gutwrench thrown and lands a headbutt. LONG BEARHUGS. Brock vs. Omos is being booked like Brock vs. Big John Studd. Not the all-action match it needed to be. Omos misses a slow corner charge and eats a short German suplex city. F5, but his back goes out. F5 hits and he wins it. This was good when Brock was on offense, which wasn't long and bad when Omos was, which was often.

Women's showcase - weird to see Ronda in the second match. Not too much to this one. SHOTZI DIVES TO THE FLOOR and thankfully doesn't get hurt. Raquel tosses Liv to the floor and everyone catches her. Hart Attack by Shotzi and Nattie. Nattie gets her double sharpshooter in that Liv breaks up. Ronda taps Shotzi with the armbar after Shayna knees her and loses her boot.

Balor-Edge video goes through the history of the Judgment Day. I forgot how lame Dominik was pre-pegging partnership with Rhea. Lashley Andre battle royal hype video sets up Lashley coming out. Gunther vs. Drew vs. Sheamus video hypes up Gunther as the conductor of a symphony of pain. ALL of Sheamus' on-paper WWE accomplishments get run down to make him seem like an easy hall of famer down the road.

Drew gets as giant intro as does Sheamus. Kaiser does a fantastic job with his ring intros anyway, but he stands out even more doing it on this grand a stage. Shame to not use Symphony No. 9 in full for Mania, but he gets it for a few bars. Sheamo and Drew clubberin! Everyone just chops the shit out of each other constantly before Gunther boots Sheamus down. Sheamus and Drew do the beats with Drew alternating a chop in for each club.

Sheamus clubs Drew with almost 30 BEATS! Giant lariat from Gunther to Sheamus! Drew belly to belly suplexes Sheamus into Gunther before hitting him with Future Shock. Shotgun dropkick from Gunther leads to the powerbomb and it gets 2. AVALANCHE WHITE NOISE from Sheamus! CELTIC CROSS HITS FOR 2.9!

Sheamus hits the boot on Gunther, but DREW PULLS HIM OUT - which explains Gunther moving into position AFTER GETTING KICKED so it could happen. DREW FLIP DIVE TO SHEAMO! CLAYMORE ATTEMPT BUT DREW EATS A BROGUE FOR 2.9! CLAYMORE INTO A JACKNIFE PIN GETS 2.9999 FOR DREW! WOW! Gunther splash! GUNTHER POWERBOMBS SHEAMUS ONTO DREW AND THEN POWERBOMBS DREW TO WIN! Woah!

Asuka vs. Bianca is up and Bianca gets a killer intro with kids dancing and one going into an insane spine-bending position. Asuka gets a bunch of copies before coming out and just being amazing. Asuka lands a nice kick before eating a Ron Simmons-like spinebuster. LIGERBOMB ON THE FLOOR BY BIANCA GETS 2 WHEN SHE THROWS HER IN! INSANE! 

Ankle lock by Asuka! Shotgun dropkick by Asuka into the post on the apron! Deadlift superplex that was almost a brainbuster gets 2. This match has been a good video package match - rough in real-time. Bianca gets a sloppy tackle. Boy is this an off night for her. ASUKA HITS A CODEBREAKER BY GRABBING THE BRAID AND GETS 2! Bianca avoids the mist and Asuka turns a KOD into a cross armbar, which won earlier for Ronda. Bianca gets her up for the KOD and wins it.

Miz and Snoop fill some time - THEY GOT OVER 81,000...but last night they said they sold out, so how it that possible? Miz complains to Snoop about last night and Snoop asks if he wants another match. Snoop brings Shane out. Miz vs Shane at Mania? Again!? WITHOUT MIZ DAD!? 

Shane cuts a short promo and should get a Warrior award for being blown up already. Shane slugs him and then Snoop slugs him!  Shane hits a leapfrog and blows his knee out. Snoop slugs Miz again! People's elbow by Snoop and Snoop pins Miz in Miz vs.Shane. I think. Okay, so Shane apparently blew his knee out. Snoop throwing Terry Funk working punches saved it! Epic Edge vs. Demon video. 

THE MOST EPIC CELL LOWER EVER happens. Goofy silver getup for Edge. No Gangrel or Brood theme! Finn Balor busting out the Demon for a blow-off makes sense. The Demon equaling goofy interpretive dance bullshit doesn't. The cell is silver but we get RED PROPS with a red chair and then a purple kendo stick. 

Impaler and killswitch get 2. Edge tosses a ladder at Balor and the medical staff works on him with Cole ranting about "the medical staff is working with the Demon!" Slingblade sets up the coup de grace that misses, as does an Edge spear into the ladder. Schoolboy gets 2 and a double-down. COUP DE GRACE hits for 2. IMPALER OFF THE LADDER GETS 2.

Thank God they put that platform on the cell for some reason. Coup de Grace "off the cell" misses! Edge spear gets 2.9! COLOR-CODED CONCHAIRTO WINS IT! Long Hollywood parody video with outtakes. Kayla chats with Bianca and the divas. Hall of Fame stuff - cool to Rey with Muta. Philly hype. Seth-Paul recap. 

Reigns vs. Cody is finally hyped up! IT'S FINALLY TIME FOR THIS SHOW TO END! Cody gets the Codyvactor and brings his daughter out of Brandi's arms before giving the weight belt to Brodie Jr! Roman gets a big piano intro! Slow burn to start the match leads to a disaster kick meeting a powerbomb by Roman. Cody skins the cat and tosses Roman out before a PK has him eat the apron. 

Solo hits Cody in the ribs on the floor. Within SIX MONTHS, Solo has gone from NXT guy to main event-level act and he feels natural in that role. This Bloodline angle has elevated so many. Glacial Roman offense. Let the record show that Nick Aldis vs. Cody Rhodes for the NWA World Tile at ALL IN was better than Cody vs. Roman in the main event of the biggest WrestleMania in history. Cody backdrops Roman through an announce table. Cody runs in to break the count.

Snap powerslam hits! Cody cutter gets 2.5. Suicide dive by Cody! Solo hits Cody with the weight belt and the ref hears it - so he ejects Solo! Roman goes to hit him with it and he gets kicked and hit with a Cross Rhodes for 2. It took the three Cross Rhodes chain to beat Seth - it should take a half-dozen to end this reign. Skin the cat is countered into a powerslam-turned-Uranage for 2! Superman punch is met with a Pedigree for 2!

Disaster kick is met with a Superman punch for 2.9! SUNSET FLIP COUNTER TO THE SPEAR GETS 2! Figure four! Roman taps...the mat to move movement, which doesn't count as a tap somehow. Back and forth apron punches before Cody jumps into a spear! 2.99999999! Massive! Guillotine choke is locked on!  Cody escapes! Pump kick by Cody, but the ref is hit! Usos save Roman and hit superkicks and a 1D on Cody!

KO and Sami save! Sami, KO and Cody get to celebrate at Mania together! Roman kicks out of the stunner/helluva kick! WWE is really making smart use out of the two-day format of Mania here - night one leads to night two being better in real-time and in video packages. CHAIN OF CROSS RHODES! Solo runs back when Heyman distracts the ref and SOLO SPIKES HIM AND ROMAN SPEARS HIM TO WIN!

Welp, they'd better have a Cody Coach bus tour ready. That's...wow.