# WrestleMania 41

WrestleMania 41, also promoted as WrestleMania Vegas, is an upcoming 2025 professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It will be the 41st annual WrestleMania and will take place as a two-night event on Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, 2025, at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. This will be the second WrestleMania to take place in the Las Vegas area, after WrestleMania IX in 1993, which was held at Caesars Palace. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and will feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
This will be the first WrestleMania to livestream on Netflix in most international markets, following the WWE Network's merger under the platform in January 2025 in those areas. This will also be the first WrestleMania to be held during Easter weekend. The event will also feature John Cena's final WrestleMania match in his 23-year career due to his previously announced retirement from professional wrestling at the end of 2025.

## Production
### Background

WrestleMania is WWE's flagship pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event, having first been held in 1985. It was the company's first PPV produced and was also WWE's first major event available via livestreaming when the company launched the WWE Network in February 2014. It is the longest-running event in WWE history and is held annually between mid-March to mid-April, featuring wrestlers from WWE's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. Along with Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, it is one of the company's five biggest events of the year, referred to as the "Big Five". WrestleMania was ranked the sixth-most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes, and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment. Much like the Super Bowl, cities bid for the right to host WrestleMania. The official theme song for the event is "Fein" by Travis Scott.
On May 4, 2024, during NBC's pre-race coverage for the 150th Kentucky Derby, it was announced that Allegiant Stadium in the Las Vegas district of Paradise, Nevada would host WrestleMania 41 on Saturday, April 19, and Sunday, April 20, 2025, marking the first WrestleMania to be held during Easter weekend. This will subsequently be the second WWE event to be held at the venue after SummerSlam in 2021. This will also be the second WrestleMania held in the Las Vegas area, after WrestleMania IX in 1993, which was held at Caesars Palace, with the event in turn marketed as "WrestleMania Vegas". Two-day combo tickets went on sale on October 25, 2024, while single day tickets went on sale from January 24, 2025.
Minneapolis, Minnesota was also a finalist to host the event at U.S. Bank Stadium. Its proponents said they had been informed that the decision to place the event in the Las Vegas area was driven by a "change in direction by new ownership", following the 2023 merger of WWE and Las Vegas-based Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as TKO Group Holdings, controlled by UFC's previous sole owner Endeavor. U.S. Bank Stadium would in turn get SummerSlam for 2026.

### Broadcast outlets

In addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view worldwide, WrestleMania 41 will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States, Netflix in most international markets, and the WWE Network in any remaining countries that have not yet transferred to Netflix due to pre-existing contracts. This marks the first WrestleMania to livestream on Netflix following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025 in those areas. The select few territories that still have the standalone WWE Network will eventually merge under Netflix once the pre-existing contracts expire.

### Other WrestleMania week events

As part of the WrestleMania festivities, WWE will hold a number of events throughout the week. The night before WrestleMania 41 on April 18, WWE will kick off WrestleMania Weekend with a special "WrestleMania Edition" of Friday Night SmackDown. Immediately afterwards, the 2025 WWE Hall of Fame induction ceremony will commence. During the afternoon of WrestleMania Saturday, WWE's NXT brand will hold its annual WrestleMania Weekend event, Stand & Deliver. On Sunday, April 20, a comedy event, "The Roast of WrestleMania Featuring Tony Hinchcliffe & Friends", will be held. WrestleMania Weekend will conclude with the Monday Night Raw after WrestleMania on April 21. SmackDown, Stand & Deliver, and Raw will be held live at the nearby T-Mobile Arena, while the Hall of Fame ceremony and the comedy event will be held live at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas in the BleauLive Theater.
In partnership with Fanatics Events, WWE will also host the second annual WWE World at WrestleMania, a five-day fan convention, which will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The event will begin on Thursday, April 17 and run through Monday, April 21. It will include interview panel sessions with WWE wrestlers, live podcast recordings, meet-and-greets with wrestlers, and a large merchandise store with various memorabilia honoring WrestleMania's 41-year history.

### Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
On July 6, 2024, at Money in the Bank, John Cena officially announced that he would retire from professional wrestling at the end of 2025, having wrestled for WWE since 2002 (though part-time since 2018). Cena also stated that he would compete at WrestleMania 41, which would be his last WrestleMania. After losing the 2025 men's Royal Rumble match, Cena announced that he would compete in the men's Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber: Toronto for one last chance to challenge for a world championship at WrestleMania 41 with hopes of becoming a record 17-time world champion as recognized by WWE, citing it as "best for business". Also before the Elimination Chamber event, TKO board of directors member Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson tried to bribe SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes to be his corporate champion, stating that they had become friends following their opposition at the prior year's WrestleMania XL. Rock claimed that he could elevate Rhodes's career and offer him anything he wanted and that he would be at Elimination Chamber to get Rhodes's answer. At the event, Cena won the Elimination Chamber match, thus earning a match against Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania. Following the match, Rhodes came out to congratulate Cena followed by The Rock to get Rhodes's answer. Rhodes denied Rock and Cena embraced Rhodes; however, Cena turned on Rhodes, siding with The Rock, despite also opposing Rock the prior year, and viciously attacked Rhodes, turning heel for the first time since 2003.
At Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVIII, Gunther defeated Jey Uso to retain Raw's World Heavyweight Championship. Uso then won the men's Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble the following week, earning a world championship match of his choice at WrestleMania 41. During the post-show, although Uso stated that he wanted another shot at Gunther, he did not make an official decision. Uso then confronted Gunther on the following Raw, with Gunther stating that Uso should choose SmackDown's world champion because he had already defeated Uso and instead deserved to defend the title against someone like John Cena. After making an appearance on that week's SmackDown, Uso opened the February 10 episode of Raw where he was attacked by Gunther. Uso subsequently decided that he would challenge Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 41.
At the Royal Rumble, SmackDown's Charlotte Flair won the women's Royal Rumble match, earning a world championship match of her choice at WrestleMania 41. Flair subsequently appeared on the following episodes of Raw, NXT, and SmackDown to confront each brand's respective champions before finally choosing to challenge Tiffany Stratton for SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship at WrestleMania.
At Elimination Chamber: Toronto, SmackDown's Bianca Belair won the women's Elimination Chamber match to earn a match for Raw's Women's World Championship at WrestleMania 41. Subsequently on the following episode of Raw, Iyo Sky defeated Rhea Ripley to win the title, confirming that Belair would be challenging Sky for the Women's World Championship at WrestleMania. However, during the contract signing on the March 17 episode, Ripley interrupted and powerbombed Sky onto Belair before signing the contract herself.

## Matches

Night TBA :
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations |
| 1 | Cody Rhodes (c) vs. John Cena | Singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship |
| 2 | Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Charlotte Flair | Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship |
| 3 | Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
| 4 | Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bianca Belair | Singles match for the Women's World Championship |
| (c) – the champion(s) heading into the match*Card subject to change |||