WWE WrestleMania 40 preview with UK start time as Cody Rhodes spoils The Rock’s return-Alistair McGeorge-Entertainment – Metro

Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson have very busy WrestleMania weekends (Picture: WWE)

WWE has been hyping up WrestleMania 40 as the biggest event in wrestling history, and they just might be right.

From the in-ring return of The Rock, AKA Dwayne Johnson to Cody Rhodes trying to finally finish his story, this weekend’s double header in Philadelphia is absolutely stacked.

Across both nights of WrestleMania itself, there are seven championship matches with the likes of Rhea Ripley, Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns, Iyo Sky, GUNTHER and more all putting their titles on the line.

There looks set to be over 60,000 fans packed into Lincoln Financial Field each night of the epic premium live event, which will make history as the first WrestleMania in history without any McMahon involvement.

It will also be the final edition of the iconic event before the Netflix era gets underway, with UK fans getting a new way to watch all WWE programming from January 2025 onwards.

Here’s everything you need to know.

When is WWE WrestleMania 40?

WWE WrestleMania 40 airs Saturday and Sunday night (April 5 and 6) with all the action kicking off at midnight for fans in the UK.

How can you watch WWE WrestleMania 40?

The usual Kickoff show – which is available to stream via the WWE Network, as well as WWE.com, the WWE app, X, Facebook, YouTube and Twitch – will start two hours before the main show at 10pm.

For UK fans, you can tune into the main WrestleMania 40 card either live or on demand via the WWE Network, or by ordering the event on TNT Sports Box Office.

Next year, that will all change with WWE’s content shifting to Netflix in January 2025 as part of a massive $5 billion deal.

WWE WrestleMania 40 full match card night one

The Rock and Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins

Women’s World Title: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Becky Lynch

Intercontinental Title: GUNTHER (c) vs. Sami Zayn

Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair and Naomi vs. Damage CTRL

Jimmy Uso vs. Jey Uso

Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee vs. Santos Escobar and Dominik Mysterio

Ladder Match for WWE Tag Team Titles: Judgment Day (c) vs. DIY vs. The New Day vs. Awesome Truth vs. A-Town Down Under vs. New Catch Republic

Will Cody Rhodes finish his story? (Picture: WWE)

WWE WrestleMania 40 full match card night two

Undisputed WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Cody Rhodes

World Heavyweight Title: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Women’s Title: Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bayley

United States Title: Logan Paul (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

Philadelphia Street Fight: The Pride vs. The Final Testament

How to watch WWE Hall of Fame 2024

Tune into WWE Hall of Fame ceremony after SmackDown at 3am live on the WWE Network.

WWE Hall of Fame class of 2024 inductees

Paul Heyman

The US Express

Bull Nakano

Thunderbolt Patterson

Lia Maivia

Muhammad Ali

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