For the primary time ever, WWE’s greatest occasion of the 12 months will stream reside on Netflix in quite a few international locations worldwide.
WrestleMania 41, the most recent version of WWE’s annual showpiece, will play out at Las Vegas this weekend, throughout two nights at Allegiant Stadium.
Stars John Cena, CM Punk and Cody Rhodes will all carry out, guaranteeing important viewership for skilled wrestling’s flagship firm, whereas Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson might also seem.
That viewership might be greater than ever, the truth is, given WWE’s new relationship with Netflix.
Right here’s all you want to know.
How can I watch WrestleMania 41?
WrestleMania 41 will stream reside on Netflix within the UK and most territories worldwide, as a part of subscribers’ current plans (at no extra price, in different phrases). Within the US, nevertheless, the occasion will air reside on Peacock pay-per-view.
In January, all of WWE’s reveals started streaming reside on Netflix within the UK and most territories worldwide; within the US, each present besides SmackDown (which stays on the USA Community) additionally airs on Netflix.
When is it?
WrestleMania grew to become a two-night occasion in 2020, and this 12 months it’ll happen on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 April at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Within the US, every night of motion will start at 4pm PT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET. Within the UK, that works out to 12am BST on Sunday and Monday morning.
Confirmed matches
Evening 1
Struggle Raiders (World Tag-Group Champions) vs The New Day
Rey Mysterio vs El Grande Americano
Jade Cargill vs Naomi
LA Knight (United States Champion) vs Jacob Fatu
Tiffany Stratton (Girls’s WWE Champion) vs Charlotte
Gunther (World Heavyweight Champion) vs Jey Uso
CM Punk vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins
Evening 2
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez (WWE Girls’s Tag-Group Champions) vs Bayley and Valkyria
Logan Paul vs AJ Types
Bron Breakker (Intercontinental Champion) vs Penta vs Dominik Mysterio vs Finn Balor
Drew McIntyre vs Damian Priest (‘Sin Metropolis Road Combat’)
Iyo Sky (Girls’s World Champion) vs Bianca Belair vs Rhea Ripley
Cody Rhodes (Undisputed WWE Champion) vs John Cena
Will The Rock compete?
Final 12 months, The Rock competed within the Evening 1 important occasion of WrestleMania 40, teaming with Roman Reigns to beat Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. He additionally interfered within the Evening 2 important occasion: Reigns vs Rhodes. He’s not marketed as competing this 12 months, however count on him to function in some capability.
Why is John Cena a ‘unhealthy man’?
In professional wrestling, ‘good’ characters are referred to as ‘babyfaces’ and ‘unhealthy’ characters are ‘heels’. Cena spent most of his profession as a babyface, having final been a heel within the early-mid 2000s – till February’s Elimination Chamber occasion, the place he attacked Rhodes and joined forces with The Rock. That is a part of a storyline through which Cena, throughout his last 12 months as a professional wrestler, is determined to win a record-breaking seventeenth world championship. Rhodes is WWE’s greatest babyface, whereas The Rock is a heel authority determine, given Dwayne Johnson’s real-life place on the board of TKO (WWE’s possession group).
How a lot do WWE stars earn at WrestleMania?
The specifics of WWE contracts have lengthy been arduous to determine. Nevertheless, WWE star-turned-executive Triple H (actual title Paul Levesque) informed The Athletic in 2022 that $250,000 is the minimal base wage for wrestlers within the firm. That determine may need risen since, after all, and it reportedly solely utilized to members of the Smackdown and Uncooked rosters – not wrestlers on NXT, which is WWE’s developmental present.
Nevertheless, wrestlers’ wages are boosted by merchandise gross sales and, it’s believed, by cuts of pay-per-view gross sales as properly. In fact, merchandise gross sales are prone to be important on a WrestleMania weekend, in addition to pay-per-view gross sales, so 19 and 20 April might be probably the most profitable days of the 12 months for many WWE wrestlers.
In 2023, The Mirror reported among the highest WWE wages as these: Roman Reigns $5m per 12 months; Randy Orton $5m per 12 months; Seth Rollins $3.5m per 12 months; Cody Rhodes $3m per 12 months; Logan Paul $2m per 12 months. These figures reportedly don’t embody bonuses.
