WWE: Current Plans for Cards for Both Nights of WrestleMania 41, Cody Rhodes on His Brother Dustin is Deserving of WWE Hall of Fame Induction, Pat McAfee Facing Lawsuit Over Controversial Rumor Spreading Incident, More News

Apr 4, 2025

Current Plans for Cards Placement for Both Nights of WrestleMania 41

WrestleVotes reported that their sources stated that the following is WWE officials current plans for the card for each night of WrestleMania 41 on April 19-20 at the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Current card for WrestleMania 41 Night 1 on April 19th:

Triple Threat match – Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins
WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Jey Uso vs. Gunther (c)
Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens
WWE Women’s Championship – Charlotte Flair vs. Tiffany Stratton (c)

Current card for WrestleMania 41 Night 2 on April 20th:

Undisputed WWE Championship – John Cena vs. Cody Rhodes (c)
WWE Women’s World Championship Triple Threat match – Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley vs. IYO SKY (c)
AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul

It was reported that it is possible that things could change in regards to the plans for the placement of the announced matches so far for each night during the lead up to the event itself.

Cody Rhodes Comments on His Brother Dustin is Deserving of a Future WWE Hall of Fame Induction

Fox News Digital held a recent interview with current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. One of the topics discussed included Rhodes’ thoughts about his belief that John Cena and Randy Orton should immediately go into the WWE Hall of Fame when their in-ring wrestling careers are over.

“I feel like there are certain people who should immediately go into the Hall of Fame when they’re done wrestling, and love him, hate him or indifferent, John Cena would check a box as somebody who should immediately go into the Hall of Fame. Also, Randy Orton should check a box as somebody who should immediately go into the Hall of Fame.”

Rhodes also gave his thoughts about his belief that his brother Dustin is deserving of a place in WWE’s Hall of Fame.

“And I’ve oftentimes said my brother. I feel like he had more if an important role in the Attitude Era and moving forward. And I think he’s extremely talented. I think I’d like to see that not just because I believe he deserves it, which he does, but I’d love to see the family just more added. The Hall of Fame doesn’t mean the same to everybody if that makes any sense. To my family, the Hall of Fame is the thing – the title and then the Hall of Fame.
My dad going in was such a huge deal. So, I’d love to see him joined by my brother. But yeah, Randy is somebody I’ve been thinking about a lot too. We got a lot of hopefully future Hall of Famers with us.”

Pat McAfee Facing Lawsuit Over Controversial Rumor Spreading Incident Targeting a College Woman

The Athletic reported that WWE RAW commentator Pat McAfee is currently facing a potential lawsuit from a University of Mississippi freshman Mary Kate Cornett.

It was reported that Cornett filed a lawsuit following allegations that McAfee and others had spread a false rumors about her being unfaithful to her boyfriend with his father. It was reported that while McAfee and others on the February 26th episode of his The Pat McAfee Show did not specifically say Cornett by name, they had caused interest in the rumor to spike and people searching online to find out the identity of the woman. It was also reported that when Adam Schefter had tried to steer the conversation back to the NFL Combine talk, McAfee and his co-hosts just kept on talking about the woman and the rumor instead for some time before going back on track for the show.

Cornett is claiming that McAfee’s actions led to her getting harassment both online and at her college dorm over the allegations to the point she had to relocate to emergency housing and taking her courses online for safety reasons. Cornett also claimed that her mother’s home was targeted in a recent swatting incident that was confirmed by both the Houston police and security cam footage at the home.

It was reported that Cornett’s boyfriend denied the allegations against her being true and the family is currently seeking legal action against McAfee and others involved. The family reportedly is also considering seeking criminal charges against those involved.

WWE News & Notes

Paramount Pictures recently released the debut trailer for their upcoming The Naked Gun film featuring Cody Rhodes among its cast. In an interesting note, Rhodes does not make an appearance during the trailer while actor and wrestler Paul Walter Hauser does, who is also among the cast.

As noted before, Asuka has been out of action for WWE since this past May due to a knee injury. Fightful Select’s Sean Ross Sapp reported in a recent Q&A article that while WWE officials had made a pitch at one time for potential plans for Asuka for WrestleMania 41, those spoken to stated that this idea has not taken shape and her name has not come up in creative since then for WrestleMania plans.

This past Wednesday’s WWE Speed show on Twitter featured Michin defeated Shayna Baszler to advance to the next round of WWE’s newest #1 Contender’s tournament for the WWE Women’s Speed Championship. Michin will be facing off against Sol Ruca in the Finals of WWE’s current tournament.

WWE recently revealed the next matches in their on-going countdown of their Top 50 matches in WrestleMania history. The 15th spot was the WWE Intercontinental and WWE Championship match of The Ultimate Warrior (IC) vs. Hulk Hogan (WWE) from WrestleMania VI. The 14th spot was the WWE Championship 60-Minute Iron Man match of Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (c) from WrestleMania XII.

WWE also recently released one new video to their WCW Vault channel on YouTube. This new video was a NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship 2-out-of-3 Falls match of Ric Flair vs. Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat (c) from NWA WCW Clash of Champions VI.

WWE also recently released four new videos to their WWE Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was the full “Angle vs. HBK – WWE Untold” documentary. The second new video was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match of Batista vs. Triple H (c) from WWE WrestleMania 21. The third new video was a WWE Championship No Disqualification match of The Undertaker vs. Sycho Sid (c) from WWE WrestleMania 13. The fourth new video was a “The story of Seth Rollins vs. Triple H at WrestleMania 34.”

WWE also recently released three new videos to their NXT Vault channel on YouTube. The first new video was the full May 22, 2024 episode of WWE NXT. The second new video was the full June 5, 2014 episode of WWE NXT. The third new video was the full June 12, 2014 episode of WWE NXT.

Akira Tozawa recently reflected on Twitter about Thursday being the 20th anniversary of the debut of his wrestling career and gave his thoughts about the future of his career. Tozawa stated “It’s been 20 years since my first match. Maybe I’ve been doing this for too long…“

In a recent interview with the WWE RAW Recap podcast, Finn Balor gave his thoughts about Judgement Day being the greatest faction he has been a part of during his wrestling career. Balor stated “Where does this rank with regards to factions that I’ve put together or been a part of? Without question, the Judgment Day is at the top of the list.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)

In a recent interview with the Insight with Chris Van Vliet podcast, former WWE and current AEW talent Samoa Joe gave his thoughts about if he had thought he would never use the Muscle Buster again after Tyson Kidd’s career ending injury during their match in 2015 and how that day was the largest regret in his wrestling career. Joe stated “No, and to this day that probably remains the largest regret in my career that that happened. [Chris: There’s nothing you could have done about it]. But that doesn’t change things for Tyson. Doesn’t change things for a guy who is probably one of the most passionate people in the world of professional wrestling. For a guy who has an amazing mind for it. WWE is fortunate to have him. Because even though he’s not in a physical role within the company, the finishes, his ability to put together matches and be a producer and agent are unparalleled.” Joe also gave his thoughts about if he thought there was anything wrojng with Kidd after he hit the move on him. Joe stated “No, not at all. No, didn’t feel any different. It’s just when I turned around and went for the pin and got back up, the only thing that even hinted that there’s something wrong is when Cesaro looked back up at me. I know when Cesaro is concerned and then I was like, oh my God, I hope everything is okay. Then we got in the back and he went to hospital and everything got checked out. But I mean, the whole circumstances regarding that and everything, it just makes me sick to this day that that guy is not out there being the Tyson Kidd that I know that he is. He’s an amazing human being. He a great understanding of a greater picture and when you talk about guys who who are great finish men, guys who can produce, he’s going to be heralded as one of the dudes there if he isn’t already.” Joe also gave his thoughts about if there were concerns over using it again. Joe stated “Well, I didn’t want to. It was kind of like when I got back into things in NXT. In NXT I used it. When I got to the main roster I didn’t. But it was mainly I tried to avoid doing a bunch or making it a thing. If he’s having a bad day, he looks over and he sees that, I didn’t want to replay the car crash in front of somebody. So I did my best to distance myself from it as much as possible. But that’s why just because this guy’s my co-worker, this guy I respect and I care about. I’m not trying to make him have a sh*tty day over it.” (Transcript h/t: Fightful.com)