WrestleMania XL | grades

The following are the official results and my grades for WrestleMania XL.

Night 1

Rhea Ripley (c)

def. Becky Lynch

- WWE Women's World Championship

GRADE: A-

Austin Theory, Grayson Waller

(A-Town Down Under)

(won SmackDown Tag Team Championships)

& R-Truth, The MIz

(Awesome Truth)

(won RAW Tag Team Championships)

def. Finn Balor (c), Damian Priest (c)

(The Judgment Day),

Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa

(#DIY),

Kofi Kingston, Xaver Woods

(The New Day) &

Tyler Bate, Pete Dunne

(New Catch Republic)

- Undisputed Tag Team Championships

(Six-pack Tag Team Ladder match)

(to win, both sets of Tag Team Championships would have to be retrieved)

GRADE: B

Rey Mysterio

Andrade

(w/ Zelina Vega,

Carlito,

Cruz Del Toro, Joaquin Wilde)

(LWO)

def. Santos Escobar

"Dirty" Dominik Mysterio

(w/ Angel,

Berto & Elektra Lopez)

(Legado Del Fantasma)

- Tag Team match

GRADE: B-

Jey Uso

def. Jimmy Uso

- Singles match

GRADE: C

Jade Cargill,

Bianca Belair,

Naomi

def. Dakota Kai,

Asuka,

Kairi Sane

(Damage CTRL)

- Six-Woman Tag Team match

(this was the WWE in-ring debut for Jade Cargill)

GRADE: C

Sami Zayn

def. Gunther (c)

- Intercontinental Championship

(with Sami Zayn's win, this ended the 666-day reign of Gunther

- which is recognized as the longest Intercontinental Championship in WWE history)

GRADE: A

The Rock,

Roman Reigns

(w/ Paul Heyman)

(The Bloodline)

def. Cody Rhodes,

Seth "Freakin" Rollins

- Tag Team match

(Since The Bloodline won, the match between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes on Night 2 for the Undisputed WWE Championship became contested under "Bloodline Rules")

GRADE: A

Night 2

Drew McIntyre

def. Seth "Freakin" Rollins (c)

- World Heavyweight Championship

GRADE: A

Damian Priest

def. Drew McIntyre (c)

- World Heavyweight Championship

via Money in the Bank cash-in from Damian Priest

GRADE: A

Bobby Lashley,

Angelo Dawkins,

Montez Ford

(The Pride)

(w/ B-Fab)

def. Karrion Kross,

Akam,

Rezar

(The Final Testament)

(w/ Scarlett & Paul Ellering)

- Philadelphia Street Fight

(w/ Bubba Ray Dudley as Special Guest Referee)

GRADE: C

LA Knight

def. AJ Styles

- Singles match

GRADE: B

Logan Paul (c)

(w/ iShowSpeed)

def. Kevin Owens,

Randy Orton

- United States Championship

(Triple Threat match)

GRADE: A

Bayley

def. Iyo Sky (c)

- WWE Women's Championship

(Singles match)

GRADE: A

Cody Rhodes

def. Roman Reigns (c)

- Undisputed WWE Championship

(Bloodline Rules match)

(with Cody Rhodes' win, this ended the 1,316 Undisputed Championship reign of Roman Reigns

- which is recognized as the 4th longest Championship reign in WWE history)

GRADE: A

Thoughts -

All in all, WrestleMania XL is one of the best WrestleMania events in the history of the company. Particular praise goes towards the WWE Women's World Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, WWE Women's Championship, Rock & Reigns vs Rhodes & Rollins and Undisputed WWE Championship matches and the Money in the Bank cash-in segment. I'm also giving praise towards the performances of The Rock and Seth "Freakin" Rollins over the course of the two-night event.

I enjoyed all of those matches I mentioned, with the finale of the Undisputed WWE Championship Bloodline Rules match being of the absolute best finishes to any Pay-per-view WWE has ever produced. I liked how they used the "nostalgia" acts during the finale of the Reigns/Cody match. I am a bit disappointed that Stone Cold Steve Austin didn't show up, which would have been one of the biggest moments of the weekend. Nonetheless, the appearances of John Cena and The Undertaker were both amazing and very well done.

Cody Rhodes winning the Undisputed Championship will go down as one of the greatest moments in wrestling history. He deserves it and we can finally put an end to this whole 'Finish the Story' narrative. It was growing very tiring, haha. I'm expecting bigger and better things for both Rhodes and Reigns following this match. I'm sad to see the most iconic title reign of all time come to an end, but this all needed to happen the way it did. Fits well with the overall story.

Congrats to Cody Rhodes and thank you to Roman Reigns for giving us the most legendary World Championship reign of all time. Nothing will EVER top that reign. Period.

SHOW GRADE: A

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