WWE Announces WrestleMania 42 Day Split

Fans now know which WrestleMania 42 matches will take place on which nights as the day split has been officially announced.

As announced on ESPN’s Get Up on April 7, SmackDown announcer Joe Tessitore revealed the line-up for each night of the biggest show of the year. Unsurprisingly, the 2 top men’s matches are set to headline each night, with Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton for the WWE Championship given the main event for night one, and CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight Championship announced as the match to close out the weekend.

It was also announced that Drew McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu, The Vision vs. The Usos and LA Knight, Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi and the Intercontinental Championship ladder match will all take place on ESPN first hour, meaning that these will be the opening matches of each respective night.

John Cena is also set to appear live across the weekend as the WrestleMania 42 host.

It should be noted that the day split was indicated previously, as match graphics had 2 distinctive themes.

WWE WrestleMania 42 Day Split:

WrestleMania 42 Night One – Saturday, April 18

• Drew McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu – Unsanctioned match
• The Vision [Austin Theory and Logan Paul] and IShowSpeed vs. LA Knight and The Usos
• Seth Rollins vs. Gunther
• Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan – Singles match for the Women’s World Championship
• The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax and Lash Legend) (c) vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs. The Bella Twins (Brie Bella and Nikki Bella) – 4-way match for the Women’s Tag Team Championships
• AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch – Singles match for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship
• Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton – Singles match for the WWE Championship

WrestleMania 42 Night Two – Sunday, April 19

• Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi
• Penta (c) vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Rusev vs. Rey Mysterio – 6-way ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship
• Jade Cargill (c) vs. Rhea Ripley – Singles match for the WWE Women’s Championship
• Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams – Singles match for the United States Championship
• Finn Balor vs. Dominik Mysterio
• CM Punk (c) vs. Roman Reigns – Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship

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