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WWE WRESTLEMANIA 42 NIGHT 2 RESULTS
APRIL 19, 2026
LAS VEGAS, NEV. AT ALLEGIENT STADIUM
STREAMING LIVE ON ESPN APP (U.S.) AND NETFLIX (INTERNATIONALLY)
Commentators: Michael Cole, Wade Barrett
Ring Announcer: Alicia Taylor
Attendance: WrestleTix reported as showtime that 50,386 tickets were distributed. Available seats totalled 68,703. Last year’s Night 1 in the same stadium drew 60,151 without mass marketing of discounts.
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[HOUR ONE – SIMULCAST ON ESPN]
-Michael Cole introduced the show as they showed an aerial view of Las Vegas and the stadium including huge poster images of the men’s world title main events each night. They showed Trick William Lil Yachty, Rhea Ripley, Jade Cargill, and C.M. Punk in the arena backstage areas.
-An introductory video aired with clips from last night’s WrestleMania and a teaser for tonight.
-John Cena, the host of WrestleMania weekend, came out. He entered the ring and said last night they made history with an incredicle night one of WrestleMania. Tepid response with scattered boos. He said they would make history tonight. Some cheers, but pretty tepid still overall. He said WrestleMania was live on ESPN for the first time in history. An eruption of brief boos. He said that means they have to start with something big.
(Keller’s Analysis: As much as John Cena looks up to Vince McMahon, getting to wear a suit and hairstyle like McMahon and introduced WrestleMania like Vince did for so many years might be a top five moment in his life.)
(1) OBA FEMI vs. BROCK LESNAR (w/Paul Heyman)
Femi made his entrance first. Then Lesnar with Heyman. During ring introductions
The bell rang 12 minutes into the hour. They opened with a collar and elbow hook up and it was stalemate. Lesnar then lifted and powered Femi into the corner. He drove his shoulder into him several times. Femi no-sold it and shoved Lesnar down and roared. Lesnar threw two clotheslines and Femi didn’t go down. Then Femi clotheslined Lesnar, and he went down. Lesnar retreated to ringside. Fans chanted “Oba!” Lesnar looked around in a panic like he’d never faced this situation. Barrett said Lesnar might be physically outmatched, and that doesn’t compute with him. Femi grabbed Lesnar through the ropes. Lesnar snapped his neck over the ropes and then drove Femi back-first into the ringpost. Femi sold that. He tossed him into another ringpost and then the ringside steps. He threw him into the ring and pursued him.
Lesnar gave Femi a released German suplex. Fans booed. He delivered another released German suplex. Femi came back with an elbow strike and then two running uppercuts in the corner. On a third try, Lesnar lifted Femi and gave him an F5. Lesnar celebrated. Femi stood, though, and gave Lesnar a chokeslam. Lesnar stood and Femi gave Lesnar a Fall From Grace sitout powerbomb for a three count.
Barrett said Femi is everything he said he is. “He is the one we’ve waited for,” he said. Oba celebrated to his music in the aisle. Cole said, “I’m still in shock… Oba Femi slayed The Beast. Oba Femi, ladies and gentleman, is the next big thing!” Lesnar sat up in the ring after Femi’s music stopped. He looked up to the sky and then took off his gloves and boots and seemed to get emotional. He actually started sobbing. He stood and saluted the crowd. Fans chanted, “Thank you, Brock!” Heyman entered the ring and they hugged. Lesnar cried some more. Heyman said some words to Lesnar. Heyman was crying, also. Heyman raised Lesnar’s arm and pointed at him as fans stood and cheered. Lesnar blew the crowd kisses and stood on the second rope and saluted the fans. Another “Thank you, Brock!” broke out. Lesnar kneeled and pounded the mat and then slapped hands with fans on his way to the back. An even louder “Thank you, Lesnar!” chant broke out.
WINNER: Femi in 5:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: That was probably the over/under length most would have bet on, since a one minute match and a ten minute match each felt possible. This was probably enough to really put Femi over, although I’d have been happy with more action just form an entertainment duration standpoint, especially with so many short matches last night on night one. This did show Femi could take Lesnar’s best shots and that Lesnar couldn’t survive Femi’s best shots. As for Lesnar’s indication he’s retired, this means Bron Breakker never gets a big win over him as part of the Heyman dynamic.) [c]
(2) PENTA vs. RUSEV vs. JE’VON EVANS vs. REY MYSTERIO vs. J.D. MCDONAGH vs. DRAGON LEE – Ladder match for the Intercontinental Title
When Penta made his ring entrance last, Cole noted it was Penta’s idea to put his title on the line in a ladder match against five opponents. Barrett recited “WWE math” and said Penta has “at best” a one-in-six chance to win. The bell rang 35 minutes into the hour. Cole noted Rusev was in the 2018 Money in the Bank ladder match and could be the wildcard in this match. Penta, Lee, and Rey cleared the ring and triangled off. Rusev yanked Rey out of the ring by his boot and threw him into the ringside steps. When Lee and Penta were going to dive through the ropes, Rusev lifted a ladder to block them. McDonagh and Penta fought at ringside. Evans leaped over the top rope onto McDonagh.
Lee and Rey went at it mid-ring. Later, Rusev was the first to climb a ladder mid-ring. Penta met him up there and then bulldogged him to ringside. McDonagh and Evans met on the top rope. Rusev tipped the ladder and Evans fell onto Penta at ringside. McDonagh then set up the ladder. Evans springboarded off the top rope and clotheslined McDonagh off the ladder. Lee threw Evans out of the ring.
Rey entered and went after Lee. He then set up the ladder and was about to climb it when Evans leapfrogged over Rey and climbed the ladder. Penta kicked Evans and Rey. Rey got hung upside down from the ladder. Penta suplexed Evans into a ladder leaning in the corner. Lee dropkicked off the top rope into Rey, who was still dangling. Lee set up the ladder and climbed. Rusev yanked him down and chokeslammed him to the mat.
Rusev chokeslammed Evans onto a bridged ladder in the ring, then climbed a ladder. Rey and Penta cleared the ring of Rusev. They battled. Penta launched Rey onto Rusev onto a bridged ladder at ringside. The ladder bent in half. Fans loudly chanted, “Holy shit!” Barrett said Rusev was done and out of this match for sure.
Back in the ring, Penta lifted Rey onto his shoulders. Rey slipped free and head scissored Penta into position for a 619 and then hit the move. Rey climbed the ladder. Lee ran in and met Rey on top. They reached for the belt, but it was not quite directly above them. Rey kicked Lee to the mat. Rey leaped at Lee, but Lee caught him and delivered a Styles Clash to Rey. Rey rolled to the mat. Cole said A.J. Styles gifted Lee the Styles Clash for the rest of his career. (It’s more of giving him “his blessing to use it” than “a gift.”) McDonagh gave Lee a Spanish fly off the ladder. They replayed that move from a couple angles in slo-mo. Fans chanted, “This is awesome!”
McDonagh climbed the ladder. Penta met him near the top. They exchanged strikes. McDonagh tried to superplex Penta onto a bridged ladder Penta resisted and then gave McDonagh a Mexican Destroyer. “McDonagh is dead,” said Cole. He might be. His body was just a sack of potatoes.
Evans then entered the ring with everyone else down and looked around. He then climbed the ladder. Rusev entered and moved the ladder out from under Evans who was hanging by the belt. Evans dropped down. Rusev threw Evans to the floor and then climbed the ladder after re-centering it under the ladder. Evans leaped off the top rope and gave Rusev an OG Cutter off the ladder. Rusev immediately rolled to ringside. Evans was about to climb when Penta entered and gave Evans a Mexican Destroyer. Penta then climbed the ladder and pulled the belt down to win.
Barrett said the entire match was a highlight reel.
WINNER: Penta in 15:00 to retain the IC Title.
(Keller’s Analysis: A crowd-pleasing, thrilling ladder match with a great mix of athletes. Rusev added a good size/style change from the others that added to the match. Everyone got moments to shine.)
-After Lesnar-Oba highlights aired, Cole said he wasn’t sure what to make of it as it happened, but it appeared Lesnar was indicating his retirement. (Duh!) He commented on calling the entirety of his career and touted what he meant to WWE. Barrett said he wouldn’t assume anything until it was confirmed, but also talked about the gravity of what appeared to be the case.
[HOUR TWO – ESPN UNLIMITED]
-Highlights aired of the Cody Rhodes-Randy Orton match last night.
(3) SAMI ZAYN vs. TRICK WILLIAMS
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