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I dont know what happened with this years Mania everything to me didn't feel very Mania between the shorter matches, commercials, the sponsors everywhere, and what I believe to be a fumble of the Cody v. Randy night 1 Main Event especially given Night 2s Main Event.

Roman and Punk put on from the video package to the end Pyro what I believe to be a true Wrestlemania Main Event with everything it needed to feel like one without all the extras that the pervious years and night one Main had. They went out there as the stars they are put on a hell of match and had definitive Mania Main Event.

Which tells me that wwe still has the ability to make something feel special, but almost all of the show both nights just didn't have that feeling to me, but i felt it with Roman and Punk that was True Mania Main Event Caliber.

With the WrestleMania behind us, it's time for this weekend’s winners and losers. Here we go:

Winners

• Oba Femi: Biggest winner, is already insanely over and slayed the biggest beast in wrestling.
• Brock Lesnar: Ended his career in the most generous way possible, and got the send-off he deserved.
• CM Punk: His first and likely last Sunday WM Main Event was nothing short of spectacular, putting on an epic with Roman that only highlighted that he should’ve had 5+ of those.
• Jade Cargill: A trash build, but she showed up and shined in her biggest match of her career. She lost, but proved she belongs in the main event.
• Penta: Won over even the biggest haters with an incredible performance in the six-man ladder match, including two Mexican Destroyers that look like they murdered his opponent (without actually murdering them).

 

Losers

• ESPN: Between the commercials, thinking that Pat McAfee would sell tickets, and the high sub price, the company has become wrestling’s top heel. 
• Cody Rhodes: All you need to know—him getting punted in the head was the biggest pop of Saturday night. 
• Stephanie Vaquer: Her first main roster loss should’ve been a big deal. Instead, it was over in 7 minutes, her role little more than a supporting character to a Liv Morgan coronation. 
• Sami Zayn: Lost his title and all standing with the audience, as seemingly overnight he’s become one of the most detested men in the WWE.
• The Vision: Can we just end this already?

Did I miss anything? 

Reigns vs Punk at Mania 42 Night 2 is exactly why less is more.

No overbooking, no random run-ins, no “let’s set up five storylines at once” nonsense. Just two guys going out there and telling a story the way it’s supposed to be told.

Felt like those HBK vs Undertaker matches where the match itself is the whole point. The pacing, the selling, the way everything kept building instead of jumping from moment to moment. Crowd was locked in the whole time because it actually meant something.

Punk at 47 still doing this is crazy. Say whatever you want about him, but when it comes to in-ring storytelling and controlling a crowd, there aren’t many left who can touch him. This honestly felt like the final piece of his return. A real one on one Mania main event, no asterisk, and he delivered.

Roman was Roman. Presence, timing, making everything feel big. The guy just carries himself like the main event before anything even happens. And when he turns it on, it’s hard to argue against him being the guy of this generation.

What I liked most is they trusted the match. No Bloodline circus, no forced twists, just escalation and payoff.

One of the best Mania main events in a long time for me.

Curious where they go next. Roman back on top again, Punk with nothing left to prove. Wouldn’t mind him slowing it down a bit and working with younger guys now.

Respect to both.

This Roman reigns cm punk match was insane. My mouth was open the whole time. They destroyed each other. This is what wwe has been missing that larger than life big time feel. I hope to god they can properly follow this up. Also did anyone else see cm punk collapse just now as it went to commercial?? I hope that man was ok he put his heart into that shit and told a story through the wrestling.

The world title that was created to be the ‘fighting champions’ championship which would be defended at every given opportunity has now been put on the biggest part timer in the history of the WWE. Sorry??

Call me old fashioned but the champion should always be second/last out. Trick and Rhea night two coming out second kind of already hinting at the title change before the match even begins.

I decided to try something different for WrestleMania this year. Usually, I’m right there in the live threads, but for the last two days, I didn't read a single comment. I made a post earlier asking if I was "brainwashed" or if something was wrong with me, like being dumb, or maybe I was gay. because It was angry toxic comments.

Someone told me something that clicked: there is nothing wrong with me, but the WWE Reddit and PLE comments can be incredibly toxic.

I’ve realized I still enjoy reading comments for politics or TV shows because those threads actually provide more info and context. But for sports—especially after seeing how negativity the comments are. Staying away from the noise for just 48 hours made the show so much better. I actually enjoyed the wrestling instead of worrying about what thousands of strangers were complaining about. This has been so much better for my mental health... it's been 2 days.

Has anyone else had this "life-changing" realization where you finally just muted the crowd?