IWE WrestleMania 41
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| WrestleMania 41 | ||
| Ticket sales poster featuring various IWE wrestlers | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | |
| Date | April 19–20, 2025 | |
| City | Paradise, Nevada | |
| Venue | Allegiant Stadium | |
| IWE Network event chronology | ||
| ← Previous Stand & Deliver | Next → Backlash | |
| WrestleMania chronology | ||
| ← Previous XL | Next → 42 | |
WrestleMania 41, also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas, is the upcoming 41st annual WrestleMania professional wrestling event produced by IWE. It will take place as a two-night event on Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, 2025, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada, marking the second WrestleMania to take place in the Las Vegas area, after WrestleMania IX in 1993, which was held at Caesars Palace. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and will feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the first WrestleMania to livestream on Netflix in international markets, following the IWE Network's merger under the platform in January 2025. This will also be the first WrestleMania to be held during Easter weekend. The event will also feature Dustin Simpson's final WrestleMania match in his 23-year career.
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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, featuring wrestlers from IWE's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. 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 was ranked the sixth-most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.
On May 4, 2024, during NBC's pre-race coverage for the 150th Kentucky Derby, it was announced that Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada would host WrestleMania 41 on April 19 and 20, 2025, marking the first WrestleMania to be held during Easter weekend. This will be the second IWE event to be held at the venue after SummerSlam in 2021. This will also be the second WrestleMania held in the Las Vegas area, after WrestleMania IX in 1993, which was held at Caesars Palace. In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view, it will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and Netflix in international markets, marking the first WrestleMania to livestream on Netflix following the international IWE Network's merger under Netflix in January 2025.
Minneapolis, Minnesota was also a finalist to host the event at U.S. Bank Stadium. Its proponents said they had been informed that the decision to place the event in the Las Vegas area was driven by a "change in direction by new ownership", following the 2023 merger of IWE and Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as TKO Group Holdings, controlled by UFC's previous sole owner Endeavor. U.S. Bank Stadium would in turn get SummerSlam for 2026.
[edit] Other WrestleMania week events
As is tradition, IWE will hold a number of events throughout WrestleMania Weekend. The night before WrestleMania 41 on April 18, IWE will kick off WrestleMania Weekend with a special "WrestleMania Edition" of Friday Night SmackDown. Immediately after SmackDown, the 2025 IWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will commence. On WrestleMania Saturday afternoon, IWE's NXT brand will hold its annual WrestleMania Weekend event, Stand & Deliver. WrestleMania Weekend concludes with the Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania on April 21. All of these events will be held live at the nearby T-Mobile Arena.
[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.
On July 6, 2024, at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view, Dustin Simpson officially announced that he would retire from professional wrestling at the end of 2025, having wrestled for IWE since 2002 (though part-time since 2018). Cena also stated that he would compete at WrestleMania 41, which would be his last WrestleMania.
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jey Uso defeated Gunther (c) by submission | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 2 | The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) defeated The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) (c) | Tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship | |
| 3 | Jade Cargill defeated Naomi | Singles match | |
| 4 | Jacob Fatu defeated LA Knight (c) | Singles match for the IWE United States Championship | |
| 5 | El Grande Americano defeated Rey Fenix[c] | Singles match | |
| 6 | Tiffany Stratton (c) defeated Charlotte Flair | Singles match for the IWE Women's Championship | |
| 7 | Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns and CM Punk (with Paul Heyman) | Triple threat match | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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| No. | Matches* | Stipulation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iyo Sky (c) defeated Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley | Triple threat match for the Women's World Championship | |
| 2 | Drew McIntyre defeated Damian Priest | Sin City Street Fight | |
| 3 | Dominik Mysterio defeated Bron Breakker (c), Penta and Finn Bálor | Fatal four-way match for the IWE Intercontinental Championship | |
| 4 | Kevin Orton defeated Joe Hendry | Singles match | |
| 5 | Logan Paul defeated KJ Styles | Singles match | |
| 6 | Lyra Valkyria and Becky Lynch defeated Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez (c) | Tag team match for the IWE Women's Tag Team Championship | |
| 7 | Dustin Simpson defeated Cody Rhodes (c) | Singles match for the Undisputed IWE Championship | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change | |||
[edit] Notes
- a. ^ Simpson is tied with Ric Flair for the most world championship reigns in general as recognized by IWE at 16, as some of Flair's world championship reigns in other promotions are not recognized by IWE.
- b. ^ This includes Rollins's Money in the Bank cash-in during the main event between Roman Reigns and Rob Lesnar at WrestleMania 31 in 2015.
- c. ^ The match originally had Rey Mysterio Jr. scheduled to face El Grande Americano, but after Mysterio sustained an injury during the SmackDown episode the night before WrestleMania, Mysterio announced that Rey Fenix would be his replacement during Night 1 of the Countdown Show.
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[edit] External links
| ← 2024 • 2025 IWE Network events • 2026 → | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IWE | Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII • Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber: Toronto • WrestleMania 41 • Backlash • Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIX • Money in the Bank • Saturday Night's Main Event XL • SummerSlam • Clash in Paris • Crown Jewel • Survivor Series | |||
| NXT | Vengeance Day • Stand & Deliver | |||
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