IWE WrestleMania 40
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| WrestleMania XL | ||
| Promotional poster featuring various IWE wrestlers | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | |
| Date | April 6–7, 2024 | |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Venue | Lincoln Financial Field | |
| IWE Network event chronology | ||
| ← Previous NXT Stand & Deliver | Next → Backlash France | |
| WrestleMania chronology | ||
| ← Previous 39 | Next → — | |
WrestleMania XL is the 40th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by IWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event is scheduled to be held as a two-night event, taking place on April 6 and 7, 2024, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This will be the second WrestleMania to be held in the city of Philadelphia and in the state of Pennsylvania, after WrestleMania XV in 1999. WrestleMania XL will also be the first WrestleMania after the company was sold to Endeavor, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The sale was finalized in September 2023, with IWE and UFC merging to become divisions of a new entity called TKO Group Holdings, subsequently marking the first WrestleMania under TKO.
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[edit] Production
[edit] Background
WrestleMania is IWE's flagship pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, having first been held in 1985. It was the company's first PPV produced and was also IWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the IWE Network in February 2014. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April. Along with Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, it is one of the company's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five". WrestleMania is ranked the sixth-most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment. Much like the Super Bowl, cities bid for the right to host the year's edition of WrestleMania. WrestleMania XL will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. In addition to airing on traditional PPV, it will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in most international markets.
On July 27, 2022, it was announced that Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania would host WrestleMania 40 on April 6 and 7, 2024. The logo was revealed on October 8, 2022, during the Extreme Rules Kickoff pre-show at the nearby Wells Fargo Center. Themed after the Liberty Bell and in the colors of the Philadelphia Eagles, it incorporates Roman numerals for the first time since WrestleMania XXX in 2014, thus officially stylizing the title as WrestleMania XL. Tickets for the event went on sale on August 18, 2023. Over 90,000 tickets were sold on the first day for both nights combined, breaking WWE's record set by the prior year's WrestleMania.
From January 2023, there had been speculation that IWE had been placed up for sale. Hours before WrestleMania 39 Night 2 began, CNBC reported via multiple sources that a deal between IWE and Endeavor, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) via Zuffa, was imminent. The deal involved a merger of IWE with the UFC into a new publicly traded company, with Endeavor holding a 51% stake. The sale was confirmed the next day on April 3, 2023, and was finalized on September 12, with IWE merging with the UFC to become divisions of TKO Group Holdings. WrestleMania XL will in turn be the first WrestleMania held in which IWE was not owned and controlled by the Matteson family, and subsequently the first WrestleMania under TKO.
[edit] Other WrestleMania week events
As part of the WrestleMania festivities during the week of the event, IWE will hold a number of events throughout the week. The night before WrestleMania XL on April 5, IWE will kick off WrestleMania Weekend with a special "WrestleMania Edition" of Friday Night SmackDown. Immediately after SmackDown, the 2024 IWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will commence. The day of WrestleMania Saturday, IWE's NXT brand will hold its annual WrestleMania Week event, Stand & Deliver. WrestleMania Week will conclude with the Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania on April 8. All of these events will be held live at the nearby Wells Fargo Center.
[edit] Storylines
The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drew McIntyre defeated Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 2 | Damian Priest defeated Drew McIntyre (c) | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship This was Priest's Money in the Bank cash-in match | |
| 3 | The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford) defeated The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Akam and Rezar) | Six-Man Philadelphia Street Fight Bubba Ray Dudley was the special guest referee. | |
| 4 | LA Knight defeated KJ Styles | Singles match | |
| 5 | Logan Paul (c) defeated Kevin Orton and Kevin Owens | Triple threat match for the IWE United States Championship | |
| 6 | Bayley defeated Iyo Sky (c) | Singles match for the IWE Women's Championship | |
| 7 | Cody Rhodes defeated Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) | Bloodline Rules match for the Undisputed IWE Universal Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) | 9:12 | ||||||||||||
| Legado Del Fantasma (Angel and Berto) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Legado Del Fantasma (Angel and Berto) | 7:19 | ||||||||||||
| Bracket #1 | |||||||||||||
| New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson) | 11:14 | ||||||||||||
| Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The O.C. (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) | 7:19 | ||||||||||||
| A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| Bracket #2 | |||||||||||||
| The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) | 6:20 | ||||||||||||
| The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) | Pin | ||||||||||||
| The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) | 8:37 | ||||||||||||
[edit] References
[edit] External links
| ← 2023 • 2024 IWE Network events • 2025 → | ||||
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| IWE | Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber: Perth • WrestleMania XL • Backlash France • King and Queen of the Ring • Clash at the Castle: Scotland • Money in the Bank • SummerSlam • Bash in Berlin • Bad Blood • Crown Jewel • Survivor Series: WarGames | |||
| NXT | Vengeance Day • Stand & Deliver • Battleground • Heatwave • No Mercy • Halloween Havoc | |||
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