In the main event of Wrestlemania 41 in Las Vegas, John Cena defeated Cody Rhodes to become the new WWE Champion. Cena makes history by winning his 17th World Championship as he breaks the record.
Cena hits him with a fourth AA but it’s still not quite enough. Travis Scott then arrives, Cena laughing at his arrival. Cena tells Scott he’ll be right with him and goes to finish Rhodes but Cody hits Crossroads only for Travis Scott to pull the ref when he’s about to make the win.
Cena is still laughing in the corner and attempts to hit Rhodes in the face with the title but Rhodes snatches it. Cody won’t hit Cena with the belt so Cena low blows him and then gets the pin.
THE 1️⃣7️⃣ TIME CHAMP IS HERE!#WrestleMania pic.twitter.com/WCvyixE512
— WWE (@WWE) April 21, 2025
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— WWE (@WWE) April 21, 2025
A defining final #WrestleMania moment for @JohnCena.#AndNew pic.twitter.com/yAl555SVPu
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Your new seventeen-time world heavyweight champion. John (gone within the year and hardly ever there) Cena.
Honestly, it’s like what I told a few people on X after Mania ended…
At this point, here’s my prediction for how things play out heading into next year (2026):
– Triple H gets fired as Chief Creative Officer by Silver Lake through TKO (partially for no Punk involvement in the World title match & Punk not walking out of Mania as World Champion, and partially for WWE deciding to rely on yet another part-timer to lead the company)
– Silver Lake ends up having TKO sell its controlling stake in WWE to NBCUniversal
– AEW ends up proving that linear TV is dead, as far as audience interest in wrestling, as it manages to repeatedly & consistently beat WWE when it comes to streaming television
So, those who praise WWE for giving Cena the belt might as well now start getting used to being held responsible for WWE eventually ending itself.
And, I definitively think that WWE is on its last leg for the next decade. By the 2036, AEW becomes the new top brand, as professional wrestling goes “All Elite”.
@WrestleFan
You don’t seem to understand how the world works.
I don’t mind Cena winning. I think it opens up a world of possibilities for potential storylines.
Cena vs Flair at Money in the Bank. Flair wins. Then Cena vs Flair at Summerslam for the rubber match. Winner takes all! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
@Luke
You don’t seem to understand how reality works…
@WrestleFan
Then enlighten me.
@WrestleFan
“Triple H gets fired as Chief Creative Officer by Silver Lake through TKO (partially for no Punk involvement in the World title match & Punk not walking out of Mania as World Champion, and partially for WWE deciding to rely on yet another part-timer to lead the company)”
I get it. You’re a CM Punk fanboy so the fact that CM Punk didn’t somehow walk away as champion, even though he was never in a championship match at WrestleMania, means the WWE is going downhill. Forget the fact that CM Punk helped close out night one of WrestleMania and that he is involved in pretty good storyline. His not holding the belt means death to the WWE.
“AEW ends up proving that linear TV is dead, as far as audience interest in wrestling, as it manages to repeatedly & consistently beat WWE when it comes to streaming television”
I don’t get this one. Please explain to me how AEW ends up proving linear tv is dead? AEW can be seen on MAX and HULU. These shows are not exclusive to MAX and HULU because they can also be seen on TBS and TNT. These shows being broadcast on TBS and TNT is an example of linear tv. So please explain to me how AEW using linear tv is proving linear tv is dead. Isn’t Monday Night Raw exclusively on Netflix, a streaming service? Wouldn’t they be proving that linear tv is dead? No, because nonlinear tv is where the viewer can watch what they want, when they want to watch it. Raw might be exclusive to Netflix but because it’s a live show, it’s on at a set time. Neither AEW nor the WWE are proving that linear tv is dead because both still rely on broadcast tv.