Following Friday’s WWE SmackDown show in Uncasville, Connecticut, WWE announced one new official match for the card of WrestleMania 40, which takes place on April 6-7 at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
This new match announced was a Six-Women Tag Team match of Jade Cargill, Naomi, & Bianca Belair vs. Damage CTRL (Asuka, Kairi Sane, & Dakota Kai).
This match was setup following Belair’s victory over Kai in the main event of Friday’s show, which resulted in the Kabuki Warriors attacking Belair after the match and Kai joining in on the beat down. This led to Naomi running out first trying to save Belair to no avail and Cargill running out next to save Belair and Naomi and cleared the ring of Damage CTRL.
DAMAGE CONTROLLED. π€@Jade_Cargill π€ @BiancaBelairWWE π€ @TheTrinity_Fatu
β WWE (@WWE) March 30, 2024
Not what you were expecting, was it #DamageCTRL? #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/qkwacSiwJf
Following the show, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announced in a digital exclusive video on Twitter that this match was made official for WrestleMania 40.
#SmackDown GM @RealNickAldis makes it official:@Jade_Cargill, @BiancaBelairWWE & @TheTrinity_Fatu will battle @WWEAsuka, @KAIRI_official & @ImKingKota at #WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/f9kwwzjBGa
β WWE (@WWE) March 30, 2024
CARGILL, BELAIR & NAOMI vs. #DamageCTRL π₯@Jade_Cargill, @BiancaBelairWWE & @TheTrinity_Fatu will battle @WWEAsuka, @KAIRI_official & @ImKingKota at #WrestleMania XL! pic.twitter.com/AzgQYiBB1r
β WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) March 30, 2024
Current card for WWE WrestleMania 40:
- Night 2 β Undisputed WWE Universal Championship β Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns (c)
- Night 2 β WWE World Heavyweight Championship β Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins (c)
- Night 1 β The Bloodline (Dwayne βThe Rockβ Johnson & Roman Reigns) vs. Seth Rollins & Cody Rhodes
- WWE Womenβs Championship β Bayley vs. IYO SKY (c)
- WWE Womenβs World Championship β Becky Lynch vs. Rhea Ripley (c)
- WWE Intercontinental Championship β Sami Zayn vs. Gunther (c)
- Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Six-Pack Challenge Ladder match β DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) vs. Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth) vs. The New Day (Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston) vs. Grayson Waller & Austin Theory vs. New Catch Republic (Tyler Bate & Pete Dunne) vs. Judgement Day (Finn Balor & Damian Priest) (c)
- WWE United States Championship Triple Threat match β Kevin Owens vs. Randy Orton vs. Logan Paul (c)
- Six-Women Tag Team match – Jade Cargill, Naomi, & Bianca Belair vs. Damage CTRL (Asuka, Kairi Sane, & Dakota Kai).
- LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
- Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso