WrestleMania XL | Results & Grades

The following are the RESULTS and my GRADES for WrestleMania XL.

NIGHT ONE

WWE Women's World Championship

Rhea Ripley (c) def. Becky Lynch

GRADE: A-

Undisputed Tag Team Championships

Austin Theory & Grayson Waller (A-Town Down Under)

& The Miz & R-Truth (Awesome Truth)

def. FINN BALOR (c) & DAMIAN PRIEST (c) (The Judgment Day),

Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa (#DIY), Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods (The New Day) &

Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate (New Catch Republic)

(Theory & Waller won the SmackDown Tag Titles)

(Miz & Truth won the RAW Tag Titles)

GRADE: B

Tag Team Match

Rey Mysterio & Andrade (w/ Zelina Vega, Carlito, Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro)

def. Dom Mysterio & Santos Escobar (w/ LWO)

GRADE: B-

Singles Match

Jey Uso def. Jimmy Uso

GRADE: C

Six-Woman Tag Team Match

Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair & Naomi

def. Dakota Kai, Asuka & Kairi Sane (Damage CTRL)

GRADE: C

Intercontinental Championship

Sami Zayn def. Gunther (c)

GRADE: A

Tag Team Match

The Rock & Roman Reigns (w/ Paul Heyman)

def. Cody Rhodes & Seth "Freakin" Rollins

(if Rock & Reigns won, the main event of Night Two would become a Bloodline Rules match)

GRADE: A

NIGHT TWO

World Heavyweight Championship

Drew McIntyre

def. SETH "FREAKIN" ROLLINS (c)

- Post-match, Damian Priest cashed in his MITB contract

- Priest def. DREW MCINTYRE (c)

GRADE: A

Philadelphia Street Fight

(w/ Bubba Ray Dudley as Special Guest Referee)

Bobby Lashley, Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford (The Pride)

(w/ B-Fab)

def. Karrion Kross, Akam & Rezar (The Final Testament)

(w/ Scarlett & Paul Ellering)

GRADE: C

Singles Match

LA Knight def. AJ Styles

GRADE: B

United States Championship

(Triple Threat Match)

Logan Paul (c) (w/ iShowSpeed)

def. Kevin Owens & Randy Orton

GRADE: A

WWE Women's Championship

(Singles Match)

Bayley def. Iyo Sky (c)

GRADE: A

Undisputed WWE Championship

(Bloodline Rules Match)

Cody Rhodes def. Roman Reigns (c)

(w/ Paul Heyman)

GRADE: A

COMMENTS

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