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WrestleMania XL
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PromotionWWE
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DateApril 6–7, 2024
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
VenueLincoln Financial Field
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WrestleMania XL is an ongoing 2024 professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It is the 40th annual WrestleMania and takes place as a two-night event on April 6 and 7, 2024, at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The event is airing via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and is being held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This is the second WrestleMania to be held in both the city of Philadelphia and state of Pennsylvania, after WrestleMania XV in 1999.

This is the first WrestleMania held after the company was sold to Endeavor. The sale was finalized in September 2023, with WWE and Endeavor's other subsidiary, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), merging to become divisions of a new entity called TKO Group Holdings. This subsequently marks the first WrestleMania under the TKO banner and with WWE not under McMahon family control. This is also the final WrestleMania event to livestream on the standalone WWE Network that is still available in most countries outside the United States, as beginning in January 2025, the service in those countries will shut down, with WWE content moving to Netflix.

Production

Background

The event is being held at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

WrestleMania is WWE'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 WWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the WWE Network in February 2014. It is the longest-running professional wrestling event in history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April.[1] 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",[2][3] and it will feature wrestlers from WWE's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.[4] WrestleMania is ranked the sixth-most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes,[5] and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.[6] Much like the Super Bowl, cities bid for the right to host the year's edition of WrestleMania.[7] The official theme song for the event is "Gasoline" by The Weeknd, which marks the fifth consecutive year that a Weeknd song has been used for WrestleMania.[8]

On July 27, 2022, it was announced that Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania would host WrestleMania 40 on April 6 and 7, 2024.[4] Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney welcomed WWE to the city, noting the economic boost from visiting fans.[9] The event's 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.[10][11] Tickets for the event went on sale on August 18, 2023.[12] 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.[13]

From January 2023, there had been speculation that WWE had been placed up for sale.[14] Hours before WrestleMania 39 Night 2 began, CNBC reported via multiple sources that a deal between WWE and Endeavor, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) via Zuffa, was imminent. The deal involved a merger of WWE with the UFC into a new publicly traded company, with Endeavor holding a 51% stake.[15] The sale was confirmed the next day on April 3, 2023,[16] and was finalized on September 12, with WWE merging with the UFC to become divisions of TKO Group Holdings. WrestleMania XL is in turn the first WrestleMania held in which WWE was not owned and controlled by the McMahon family, and subsequently the first WrestleMania under TKO.[17]

Broadcast outlets

WrestleMania XL is being broadcast live on traditional pay-per-view worldwide. Additionally, it is available to livestream on Peacock in the United States, Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Disney+ in the Philippines, Binge in Australia, Abema in Japan, SonyLIV in India, and the WWE Network in any other country. In January 2024, WWE announced that beginning in January 2025, for any country that still has the WWE Network, the service will shut down with all WWE content merging under Netflix. This makes WrestleMania XL the final WrestleMania to livestream on the WWE Network.[18]

Other WrestleMania week events

As part of the WrestleMania festivities, WWE is holding a number of events throughout the week. WWE Hall of Famer The Undertaker presented his 1 deadMAN Show on Thursday, April 4 at The Fillmore Philadelphia.[19] Beginning that same day and running through April 8 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, there is a fan convention called WWE World at WrestleMania. In partnership with Fanatics Events, the five-day event includes interview panel sessions with WWE wrestlers, a WWE 2K24 gaming tournament, live podcast recordings, meet-and-greets with wrestlers, and a large merchandise store with various memorabilia honoring WrestleMania's 40-year history.[20] WWE World replaced the WrestleMania Fan Axxess event that had been held at each year's WrestleMania prior to WrestleMania 36 in 2020.[21] WWE commentator Pat McAfee also hosted a live edition of his eponymous ESPN afternoon show at WWE World on Friday, April 5.[22]

The night before WrestleMania XL on April 5, WWE kicked off WrestleMania Weekend with a special "WrestleMania Edition" of Friday Night SmackDown, which featured the André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal, won by Bronson Reed.[23] Immediately after SmackDown, the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony commenced. The afternoon of WrestleMania Saturday, WWE's NXT brand held its annual WrestleMania Week event, Stand & Deliver. WrestleMania Week will conclude with the post-WrestleMania edition of Monday Night Raw on April 8. These events will be held live at the nearby Wells Fargo Center.[24]

Celebrities

As is tradition at WrestleMania, celebrities from outside of wrestling are participating at the event in various capacities. Grammy Award winning singer Coco Jones performed The Star-Spangled Banner for Night 1 of WrestleMania XL.[25] Grammy winning rapper Lil Wayne will debut his latest single during the event.[26] Rapper and Philadelphia native Meek Mill narrated the cold open for the event.[27]

Storylines

The event includes matches that resulted from scripted storylines. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[28][29] while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[30]

Main event matches

Cody Rhodes (left) won the 2024 men's Royal Rumble match and challenged Roman Reigns for SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event of WrestleMania XL Night 2, a rematch from the previous year's WrestleMania. With The Rock's involvement, Rhodes and Raw's World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins (right) were scheduled to face The Bloodline (Reigns and Rock) in the main event of Night 1, with Rollins also defending his title against Drew McIntyre on Night 2.

After Cody Rhodes made his return to WWE at WrestleMania 38 in April 2022, he declared he would finish his story by winning the WWE Championship, a title his father Dusty Rhodes never held.[31] Also at WrestleMania 38, Roman Reigns became the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion by retaining the WWE Universal Championship and winning the WWE Championship.[32] After Rhodes won the 2023 Royal Rumble match but failed to defeat Reigns for the undisputed title at WrestleMania 39,[33] Rhodes again won the Royal Rumble match in 2024.[34] With the introduction of the World Heavyweight Championship after WrestleMania 39,[35] Rhodes, who won the Royal Rumble as a member of the Raw roster, in turn received a choice of which world title to challenge for at WrestleMania XL.[34] During the Royal Rumble post-event press conference, Rhodes stated that he wanted to face Reigns again for SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship,[36] but on the January 29 episode of Raw, Seth "Freakin" Rollins argued that Rhodes should instead challenge him for Raw's World Heavyweight Championship.[37] On that week's SmackDown, Rhodes announced that he would not challenge Reigns at WrestleMania and said that one of the individuals he took counsel from in making his decision knew Reigns very well. This brought out The Rock, who came face-to-face with Reigns.[38]

The Rock will wrestle his first professional wrestling match at the event since WrestleMania 32 in 2016.

Prior to the Royal Rumble at Raw: Day 1 on January 1, The Rock made a surprise appearance and seemingly called out Reigns by asking if he should sit at the "head of the table", a reference to their relationship through the Anoaʻi family as for over three years, Reigns had claimed he was the Head of the Table and Tribal Chief of The Bloodline, a faction of wrestlers from the family that includes Reigns and his cousins Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa, managed by Paul Heyman.[39] After Rock and Reigns came face-to-face on the February 2 episode of SmackDown, a WrestleMania XL Kickoff media event was held on February 8 where the two declared that they would face each other for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in the main event of WrestleMania XL. However, Rhodes appeared and asserted that since he won the Royal Rumble, he earned the right to decide the main event and announced that he had reversed his decision and would challenge Reigns for the title at WrestleMania. After bringing up each other's families, Rock claimed that he and Rhodes now had issues and he slapped Rhodes in the face with Rollins backing Rhodes.[40]

All under the same reign that began in August 2020, WrestleMania XL will mark Roman Reigns' fourth consecutive defense of the WWE Universal Championship at the annual event, and subsequently the second as Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, as he won the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 38 in April 2022 to become undisputed champion. In main eventing both nights of WrestleMania XL, this also marks his eighth and ninth overall WrestleMania main events, breaking Hulk Hogan's record for most.

On the following SmackDown, WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H affirmed that the main event of WrestleMania XL Night 2 would be Reigns defending the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Rhodes.[41] After Rhodes had initially declared that he would not challenge Reigns at WrestleMania and with Rock seemingly challenging Reigns instead, this drew intense fan backlash with #WeWantCody trending on social media prior to the Kickoff event.[42] On the February 12 episode of Raw, Rhodes claimed that it was because of the fans that he reversed his decision and decided to challenge Reigns. Rollins interrupted and stated that he understood Rhodes's decision and offered to be his backup due to Reigns always having his family in his corner.[43] In response on that week's SmackDown, The Rock turned heel, officially joined The Bloodline, and vowed that he would do everything in his power to ensure Rhodes did not finish his story.[44]

At Elimination Chamber: Perth on February 24, Rhodes challenged Rock to a one-on-one match at any time, and Rollins again asserted that he would be in Rhodes's corner in facing The Bloodline.[45] On the following SmackDown, Rock rejected Rhodes's challenge and instead offered a counter: a tag team match featuring Rhodes and Rollins against Rock and Reigns in the main event of WrestleMania XL Night 1 with an added stipulation that if Rhodes and Rollins won, then The Bloodline would be barred from ringside during the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match on Night 2, however, if Rock and Reigns won, then the championship match would be contested under The Bloodline's rules in which anything goes.[46] Rhodes and Rollins appeared on the next week's episode where they accepted the challenge. Additionally, due to Rock's position on the TKO board of directors, he claimed that the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match would be a last chance match where if Rhodes did not win, he would never be able to challenge for the title again. He also threatened that he would make Rollins's World Heavyweight Championship disappear. These claims, however, have not been officiated by WWE.[47]

Undercard matches

Bayley (left) won the 2024 women's Royal Rumble match and challenged former Damage CTRL teammate, Iyo Sky (right), for SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship.

At SummerSlam in July 2022, Bayley made her return from injury alongside Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky with the trio dubbing themselves Damage CTRL.[48] Kairi Sane, who returned to WWE in November 2023 and who had previous issues with Bayley before her departure, forgave Bayley and joined with Damage CTRL, followed by Asuka joining the group, subsequently reuniting The Kabuki Warriors in the process.[49] The group would attain success on SmackDown, including multiple WWE Women's Tag Team Championship reigns, as well as Sky winning the WWE Women's Championship. Bayley then won the 2024 women's Royal Rumble match, thus earning a women's championship match of her choice at WrestleMania XL.[34] Bayley had previously said she would be going after Raw's women's championship so that Damage CTRL would hold all the women's titles of Raw and SmackDown;[50] however, on the February 2 episode of SmackDown, after Bayley overheard Sky, Asuka, and Sane talking behind her back, Bayley revealed she understood Japanese and how they made fun of her. Bayley was then kicked out of Damage CTRL after Asuka and Sane attacked her, turning face for the first time since 2019. After fighting off the rest of Damage CTRL, Bayley decided that she would challenge Sky for the WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania XL.[38] Kai was absent when Sky, Asuka, and Sane turned on Bayley and although she seemingly sided with Bayley the next week,[41] Kai also turned on her on the March 1 episode.[46] On April 1, the WWE Women's Championship match was confirmed for Night 2.[51]

Concurrent to their feud with Bayley, Damage CTRL (Iyo Sky, Dakota Kai, Asuka, and Kairi Sane) were also feuding with Naomi and Bianca Belair. On the March 29 episode of SmackDown, following Belair's win over Kai, Damage CTRL engaged in a beatdown of Belair and Naomi. Jade Cargill, who was making her debut as an official roster member of the brand that night, made the save after weeks of teasing a feud with the faction. Later, it was announced that Cargill, Naomi, and Belair would face Damage CTRL (Kai, Asuka, and Sane) in a six-woman tag team match at WrestleMania XL Night 1.[52][51]

As a result of both the men's and women's Royal Rumble match winners choosing to challenge for SmackDown's respective men's and women's world championships at WrestleMania XL, the challengers for Raw's respective men's and women's world championships at the event were decided by Elimination Chamber matches at Elimination Chamber: Perth.[53][41] Raw's Becky Lynch won the women's eponymous match to face Rhea Ripley for the Women's World Championship, while Raw's Drew McIntyre won the men's to face Seth "Freakin" Rollins for the World Heavyweight Championship.[45] The Women's World Championship match was scheduled for Night 1,[51] with the World Heavyweight Championship match set for Night 2.[54] On the March 25 episode of Raw, it was announced that CM Punk, who had issues with both Rollins and McIntyre but had gotten legitimately injured at the Royal Rumble, would serve as a special guest commentator for the World Heavyweight Championship match.[55]

After several wrestlers declared their intentions to challenge Gunther for Raw's Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania XL, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce announced that a gauntlet match would be held on the March 11 episode of Raw with the winner facing Gunther for the title at WrestleMania.[56] The gauntlet match was won by Sami Zayn,[57] and the Intercontinental Championship match was later confirmed for Night 1.[51]

On the March 11 episode of Raw, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announced that at WrestleMania XL, The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) would defend the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder match. Qualifying matches for the five vacant spots—three teams from Raw and two from SmackDown—occurred over the subsequent episodes of Raw and SmackDown.[57] The three teams from Raw were determined by qualifier matches on the March 18 episode of Raw, which were won by #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth), and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods).[58] The two teams from SmackDown were determined by two tournament brackets, which were won by A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) and New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) on the March 29 episode of SmackDown.[52] On April 1, the match was confirmed for Night 1,[51] and it was also clarified that both sets of titles under the Undisputed Championship banner (the Raw and SmackDown tag titles) had to be retrieved for the match to end which has lead to speculation that those titles may be split during the match.[59]

On the December 15, 2023, episode of SmackDown, AJ Styles made a return from injury and helped LA Knight in fending off The Bloodline, but then turned on Knight and attacked him with a steel chair.[60] Styles later explained that he attacked Knight for taking his spot in a tag team match at Fastlane in October 2023, saying he "stepped over his dead body" to get ahead.[61] Both then participated in a fatal four-way match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble in January 2024, but were unsuccessful.[34] Knight then qualified for the men's Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber: Perth the following month, but Styles did not. During the match itself, Styles snuck into the chamber and attacked Knight with a steel chair, causing Knight to be eliminated.[45] After more weeks of feuding, Knight challenged Styles to a match at WrestleMania XL and Styles accepted,[62] which was later confirmed for Night 2.[51]

Jimmy Uso (left) turned on his brother Jey (right), which set up a match at WrestleMania XL.

Prior to the summer of 2023, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) were a unit of their family's stable, The Bloodline, on SmackDown. However, due to the manipulations of its leader, Roman Reigns, The Usos left the group which eventually led to a "Bloodline Civil War" tag team match at Money in the Bank against Reigns and Solo Sikoa, in which The Usos won.[63][64] Jey then faced Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam that August, but Jimmy interfered and cost his brother the match.[65] On the following SmackDown, Jimmy explained that he cost Jey the match to keep him from gaining power and becoming corrupted like Reigns. Jey subsequently attacked Jimmy and "quit" WWE,[66] but was later reinstated as a member of the Raw roster.[67] Despite being on different shows, Jimmy, who rejoined The Bloodline, would often appear on Raw and attack Jey or cost him matches. The two would also face off in the men's Royal Rumble match in January 2024 as the first two entrants.[34] Jimmy then cost Jey a match for the Intercontinental Championship the following month.[68] On the March 11 episode of Raw, fed up with his brother's actions, Jey challenged Jimmy to a match at WrestleMania XL,[57] which Jimmy accepted on that week's SmackDown.[62] The match was later confirmed for Night 1.[51]

At the Royal Rumble, Logan Paul defeated Kevin Owens by disqualification to retain SmackDown's United States Championship. Paul had attempted to use his signature brass knuckles, but Owens instead used them and was caught, thus was disqualified.[34] The following month at Elimination Chamber: Perth, Paul, Owens, and Randy Orton were participants in the men's Elimination Chamber match. Orton eliminated both Owens and Paul, who in turn caused Orton to be eliminated by punching him with the brass knuckles.[45] On the March 8 episode of SmackDown, Paul and his business partner KSI announced that their energy drink company, Prime, would be an official WWE sponsor with the Prime logo placed in the center of the ring mat for PPV and livestreaming events, in turn becoming WWE's first center ring mat sponsor. Orton interrupted and attempted an RKO on Paul, but Paul escaped with KSI instead receiving the RKO.[47] The following week, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announced that Paul would defend the United States Championship against Owens and Orton in a triple threat match at WrestleMania XL,[62] which was later confirmed for Night 2.[51]

At Crown Jewel in November 2023, Rey Mysterio lost the United States Championship to Logan Paul after his Latino World Order (LWO) stablemate, Santos Escobar, left Paul's signature brass knuckles on the ring apron, allowing Paul to hit Rey with them and win the title.[69] On the following episode of SmackDown, fellow LWO member Carlito accused Escobar of intentionally leaving the brass knuckles on the ring apron. Later that night, Escobar attacked Rey as he was checking on Carlito, injuring Rey's left knee and striking it with steel steps, turning heel and defecting from the LWO.[49] After a three-month hiatus, Rey returned on the March 1 episode of SmackDown to help Carlito defeat Escobar in a street fight.[46] Three weeks later, Escobar defeated Rey after interference from the latter's son, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, who had turned on his father at Clash at the Castle in September 2022 to join The Judgment Day.[70] One week later, Escobar and his Legado Del Fantasma stablemates thanked Dominik for his actions. Rey interrupted, introduced Dragon Lee as the newest member of the LWO, and Rey and Lee subsequently challenged Escobar and Dominik to a tag team match at WrestleMania XL, which was made official for Night 1.[52][51] The following week, however, Lee was attacked backstage, rendering him unable to compete at WrestleMania. Andrade, who assisted Rey in fending off Escobar and Dominik earlier that night and reunited with LWO's Zelina Vega, was named Lee's replacement.[23]

At SmackDown: New Year's Revolution on January 5, Karrion Kross, accompanied by Scarlett, attacked The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford) with help from the returning Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar), accompanied by Paul Ellering, with Kross, Scarlett, Authors of Pain, and Ellering forming a faction called The Final Testament.[71] The two groups would continue feuding over the next couple of months and on the March 29 episode of SmackDown, The Final Testament attacked Lashley and B-Fab backstage, causing a distraction that cost The Street Profits (Dawkins and Ford) their tournament final match to qualify for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match at WrestleMania XL.[52] On April 1, a six-man tag team Philadelphia Street Fight pitting The Final Testament against The Pride was confirmed for WrestleMania XL Night 2.[51]

Canceled matches

Brock Lesnar, who last appeared at SummerSlam in August 2023, was planned to return at the Royal Rumble and be featured in a match at WrestleMania XL, reportedly against Gunther. However, due to Lesnar being referenced in a sex trafficking lawsuit against Vince McMahon, Lesnar was pulled from the Royal Rumble and all planned storylines for him leading into WrestleMania were scrapped.[72]

CM Punk, who after nearly 10 years made his return to WWE at Survivor Series: WarGames in November 2023, legitimately tore his right tricep during the men's Royal Rumble match. It was reported that his planned WrestleMania XL match was to challenge Seth "Freakin" Rollins for Raw's World Heavyweight Championship, but due to his injury, plans were changed.[73]

Event

Night 1

Other on-screen personnel – Saturday
Role Name
English commentators Michael Cole
Corey Graves
Pat McAfee
Spanish commentators Marcelo Rodriguez
Jerry Soto
Ring announcer Samantha Irvin
Referees Danilo Anfibio
Jason Ayers
Shawn Bennett
Jessika Carr
Daphne Lashaunn
Rod Zapata
Interviewers Kayla Braxton
Cathy Kelley
Jackie Redmond
Byron Saxton
Pre-show panel Michael Cole (Hour 1)
Jackie Redmond (Hour 2)
Pat McAfee (Hour 1)
CM Punk (Hours 1 & 2)
Big E (Hours 1 & 2)
Wade Barrett (Hour 2)
Pre-show correspondents Megan Morant
Tom Rinaldi

Preliminary matches

Main event

Results

Night 1[51]
No.Matches*StipulationsTimes[81]
1Rhea Ripley (c) defeated Becky Lynch by pinfallSingles match for the Women's World Championship[74]17:05
2A-Town Down Under (Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) and The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) defeated The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) (c), #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa), The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), and New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) by retrieving the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship and WWE Raw Tag Team Championship, respectivelySix-Pack Tag Team Ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship[75][a]17:25
3Rey Mysterio and Andrade (with Carlito, Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde, and Zelina Vega) defeated Santos Escobar and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio (with Angel, Berto, and Elektra Lopez) by pinfallTag team match[76]11:05
4Jey Uso defeated Jimmy Uso by pinfallSingles match[77]11:05
5Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, and Naomi defeated Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Asuka, and Kairi Sane) by pinfallSix-woman tag team match[78]8:05
6Gunther (c) vs. Sami ZaynSingles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[79]—
7The Bloodline (The Rock and Roman Reigns) vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth "Freakin" RollinsTag team match[80]
If Rhodes and Rollins win, all members of The Bloodline will be barred from ringside during the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match on Night 2.
If Rock and Reigns win, the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match will be held under Bloodline Rules.		—
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change
Night 2[51]
No.Matches*Stipulations
1Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyreSingles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[82]
2The Pride (Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins, and Montez Ford) (with B-Fab) vs. The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Akam, and Rezar) (with Scarlett and Paul Ellering)Six-man Tag Team Philadelphia Street Fight[83]
3LA Knight vs. AJ StylesSingles match[84]
4Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin OwensTriple threat match for the WWE United States Championship[85]
5Iyo Sky (c) vs. BayleySingles match for the WWE Women's Championship[86]
6Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody RhodesTBD match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship[87]
Stipulation to be determined by the result of Night 1's main event.
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

Six-Pack Tag Team Ladder Match SmackDown Qualifier Tournament (2024)

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First round
SmackDown
(March 15) 		Final
SmackDown
(March 29)
    
Latino World Order
(Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro) 		9:12[88]
Legado Del Fantasma
(Angel and Berto) 		Pin
Legado Del Fantasma
(Angel and Berto) 		7:19[89]
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[88]
First round
SmackDown
(March 22) 		Final
SmackDown
(March 29)
    
A-Town Down Under
(Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) 		Pin
The O.C.
(Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) 		7:19[90]
A-Town Down Under
(Austin Theory and Grayson Waller) 		Pin
Bracket #2
The Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) 		6:20[89]
The Street Profits
(Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) 		Pin
The Authors of Pain
(Akam and Rezar) 		8:37[90]

Notes

  1. ^ Both sets of titles had to be retrieved for the match to end, which made it possible for two winners. A-Town Down Under won the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship and The Awesome Truth won the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship

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