Roman Reigns Beats CM Punk, Reclaims World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania 42

Roman Reigns left Allegiant Stadium with the World Heavyweight Championship and, with one main-event win over CM Punk, redrew the top of WWE’s card in a single finish. WrestleMania 42 Night 2 closed on Sunday, April 19, 2026, in Las Vegas with Reigns reclaiming the company’s most visible prize, a result that immediately shifted the spotlight back to his orbit and away from Punk’s brief run at the top.

The night’s structure made that outcome matter even more. WWE and ESPN framed the card as a title-heavy finale to WrestleMania weekend, and the main event delivered the most consequential reset of the show. Reigns beating Punk did more than settle a headline match; it re-established Reigns as the centerpiece of WWE’s world-title picture and set up the next round of main-event storytelling around who can realistically challenge him next. The event streamed live on the ESPN App in the United States and on Netflix internationally, putting the result in front of a broad audience as WWE continues to spread its biggest shows across major platforms.

Night 2 also made clear that WWE is not protecting only one division. Trick Williams defeated Sami Zayn to win the United States Championship, a notable title change that gives the midcard a new champion with momentum. Rhea Ripley also beat Jade Cargill to win the WWE Women’s Championship, another clear sign that WWE used WrestleMania to refresh several parts of the roster at once rather than leaning on a single marquee match. Penta retained the Intercontinental Championship in a six-man ladder match, preserving one of the company’s most athletic title scenes while keeping that belt central to the weekend’s identity.

The opener carried its own business implications. Oba Femi defeated Brock Lesnar to start the show, and Lesnar reportedly left his gloves and shoes in the ring before hugging Paul Heyman, a detail that fueled retirement speculation around one of WWE’s biggest attractions. For a show built around both legacy names and new winners, that moment suggested a possible closing chapter for Lesnar even as WWE pushed younger stars into bigger roles.

The event drew 55,255 for Night 2, with John Cena announcing the figure in the building. WWE said the combined WrestleMania 42 attendance reached 106,072 across both nights, a sharp benchmark even if it fell short of WrestleMania 41’s 124,693 over two nights in 2025, which WWE called its most successful and highest-grossing event in history. Las Vegas hosted WrestleMania for the third time, following 2025 and 1993, and this year’s results made the city’s latest showcase less about spectacle alone and more about WWE’s next set of power shifts.