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Welcome to PWInsider.com’s live coverage of Night One of Wrestlemania XL from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Your host is Michael Cole. He is joined by Big E, CM Punk, and Pat McAfee.
We see the Rock leaving his hotel to come to the arena.
We see Roman Reigns exercising earlier today.
We see Cody Rhodes with his morning coffee.
We see Seth Rollins on his way to the stadium.
We see Rhea Ripley arriving at the stadium.
We see Becky Lynch walking in the back.
We take a look at the tag team match with Rock and Roman Reigns against Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes.
Jackie Redmond is outside the locker room for The Bloodline.
Jackie mentions Paul's Hall of Fame induction and the two matches tonight involving members of the Bloodline. Jackie mentions Rock's comments at the Hall of Fame.
Byron Saxton is standing next to Cody's bus and he says he talked to Cody briefly and he says it is the most important match of his career.
Kayla Baxton is outside Seth Rollins' locker room.
We take a look at the Women's Title Match between Rhea Ripley and Becky Lynch with a video package.
Pat picks Rhea. Big E picks Rhea. Punk goes with Rhea.
We see Triple H walking in the back.
We take a look at an interview with Triple H at WWE headquarters.
Megan asks him how is he doing and he says he is great going into the biggest Wrestlemania. She brings up this is the first Mania under TKO. He says it allowed them to look outside the box and do it with fresh eyes. It will be this way going forward. It is different and it is fun. She asks about the main event and how it has changed over the last few weeks.
Hunter says it started in a different place. It started with the Rock wanting to come back to Wrestlemania. He has to listen to the fans and how they react. The best stories blend reality and fiction and they have blurred those lines. They are following the most intriguing path. It is everything it should be.
Hunter is asked about his relationship with Rock.
He says their careers have gone different in some ways but are parallel in others. If you look back to what they were during their careers, could you imagine this today? He might be the biggest star in the world, but he is that same guy. She mentions Hunter's Mania experience and if he wants to be back in the ring performing. He says he doesn't miss the physical. He says he is getting external and more collaborative. He says it is fun to collaborate with all of the talent. This is more rewarding than his career. People have responsibilities and they are held accountable. They are an entertainment company. He says this is supposed to be fun.
We will have more tomorrow and it will include discussion about the return of CM Punk.
Punk is asked about the comments Cole made about the 'Triple H era', and Punk says it is a lot different than ten years ago. He says he thought about whether he should have returned earlier. Big E agrees that it is a different place. Big E mentions seeing AJ Styles cussing. Punk says he heard AJ swear before but Big E says he is not talking about Punk's wife.
We see Jey Uso arriving at the stadium.
We see Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa arriving earlier today.
We take a look at the match between Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso with a video package.
Peter Rosenberg is at a bar with Braun Strowman to talk about the main event.
We go to Jackie Redmond and she is with Sami Zayn.
She asks him about facing Gunther tonight. Sami says right now he is dealing with the reality of what is going to go down. Sami says he is nervous. Some might think this is doubt but he has felt these nerves before and it was when he was ready to go to war and push through to a level you have never been through before. He says he is going to ride these nerves and acknoweldge them because he is going to war and he is ready for war.
They talk about the Rocky IV links and and Punk doesn't get the reference.
We see Finn Balor and Damian Priest earlier today.
We see the New Day earlier today.
We see #DIY earlier today.
We see Aewesome Truth in the back earlier today.
We see Pete Dunne and Tyler Bat earlier today.
We see Grayson Waller and Austin Theory earlier today.
They talk about the fire that Cody had on his bus and Punk wonders if the Bloodline was involved.
We take a look at the Pat McAfee Show running through the history of Wrestlemania.
We take a look at Becky Lynch versus Rhea Ripley with a video package.
Cathy Kelley is with Trish Stratus and she is asked about Becky Lynch. She says Becky is the best she has ever faced. She says she cannot talk about Rhea but she has been unstoppable since winning the title. Cathy asks if Trish plans on coming back and she says you never know.
John Layfield is with Kayla Braxton.
He mentions his first Wrestlemania was when Shawn Michaels had the iron man match. He talks about watching Hogan slam the giant with his college buddies. He says Wrestlemania makes you immortal. Kayla asks if there is a match he is looking forward to. John says he has known Rey for a while and he says that Rey is a deadbeat dad. He says Dom is like Mandela and Gandhi. He has gone through so much. Tonight he gets justice against a deadbeat dad. John says Roman is as dominant as Bruno and he does not know who will win the main event.
Ton Rinaldi is in the stadium and he says few things can match Wrestlemania. He says that the Super Bowl can match that. He mentions the WWE and NFL and their title belts. They take a look at the shooting that took place at the victory parade.
Tom is with Joey and Tre and Joey is asked about meeting Rey Mysterio.
Jackie Redmond and Wade Barrett replaces Cole and McAfee.
They talk about the main event.
Cathy Kelley is with THE Judgment Day. She asks them if the odds are against them tonight.
Priest says they are pissed and he is sick of that question. They are the best tag team so they have to put five teams against them. Finn says they can keep stacking them up and they will knock them down.
They talk about the tag title match.
We take a look at the community programs that WWE got involved with in Philadelphia.
Byron Saxton is with the community programs that they worked with and they present their title belts to those organizations.
We see Bianca Belair, Naomi, and Jade Cargill in the back as they prepare for their match later tonight.
They talk about the six woman tag match.
Nick Aldis joins the panel to talk about signing Jade Cargill to Smackdown.
Nick says his goal was to make Smackdown the number one brand in WWE and in the world. Jade was at the top of his list to bring the best talent.
We go to a feature narrated by Michael Cole about watching Wrestlemania on closed circuit television.
We go to footage of Peter Rosenberg at Down North Pizza.
Cathy Kelley is with Natalya.
She asks which match is she most looking forward to this year. She says since they are in the City of Brotherly Love, she is looking forward to the match between the Usos. She mentions they debuted against the Hart Dynasty.
Kayla is with Santos Escobar and Dominik Mysterio. She asks about Andrade being in the match.
Dom says it doesn't matter who is teaming with his deadbeat dad. Santos says Andrade will find out what happens when you turn on him. He says the strategy is the same.
We take a look at the main event with a video package.
We take a look at the Hall of Fame ceremony.
We go to an interview that Jackie did with Cody and Seth.
She asks what do they want to talk about. She asks if they thought they would be working together.
Cody says with their history, they share an understanding of what the Bloodline running WWE would mean. Seth says Cody was close to winning last year and now it is worse because of the Rock. Seth asks what did he have to do.
Jackie asks about Seth's history with Dusty. Seth says Dusty believed in him when no one else did. He was the first person in WWE who told him to be himself. He was under Dusty's learning tree.
Jackie asks what would Dusty think about them as a team. Cody says to see the first NXT champion, someone he believed in. He would be proud to see his fingerprints all over WWE in 2024.
Jackie asks about what happened in Chicago.
Cody says that was embarrassing. Cody wonders what would happen in a fair fight between them.
Jackie asks Seth about Brooklyn.
Seth says they underestimate what they are dealing with. He knows Roman better than anyone and he has had Roman's number at every step. That complacency will bite him in the ass.
Cody says Rock hasn't wrestled in 12 years and he got injured in that match. Cody says Roman has depended on the Bloodline to retain. Cody says to bet on them for Saturday night.
Jackie asks what happens on Sunday if they don't win on Saturday.
Cody says it was a Bloodline rules match last year. It can't be anything other than a win on Saturday. Seth says he is with Cody and they have to win.
Cody says they need it to be a win and they will win.
Jackie asks the panel if Cody can trust Seth tonight with his history with Roman.
We see Corey Graves, Michael Cole, and Pat McAfee go to the ring to do commentary.
We see Triple H making his way to Gorilla position.
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