Planned Match Order For WWE WrestleMania 42 Night One

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The planned match order for WWE WrestleMania 42 night one tonight on Saturday, April 18 has now emerged.

Seven matches are on the card tonight and reports ahead of the show have revealed the order in which they are set to take place throughout the night.

Already announced ahead of the show was the main event, which is the Undisputed WWE Championship match between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton, with Pat McAfee in Orton’s corner.

Also announced in advance were the two first matches that will be airing in the first hour on ESPN2, with the opening match being the six-man tag with IShowSpeed, Logan Paul and Austin Theory vs LA Knight and The Usos, followed by the unsanctioned match between Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fatu.

Now, the rest of the match order has emerged as well courtesy of PWInsider, and is as follows:

Austin Theory, IShowSpeed & Logan Paul vs. LA Knight & The Usos

Drew McIntyre vs. Jacob Fatu – Unsanctioned Match

Women’s Tag Team Championship Four-Way

AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch – Women’s Intercontinental Championship

Seth Rollins vs. GUNTHER

Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan – Women’s World Championship

Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton – Undisputed WWE Championship

The Importance Of The WrestleMania Match Order

There’s a lot of psychology that goes into planning the match orders for wrestling shows and of course that’s never as important as it is at the biggest wrestling show of the year, WrestleMania.

With ESPN2 hosting the first two matches this year, a lot of thought will have gone into those opening two matches and how they could potentially drive subscriptions for the rest of the show.

Then, you have to think about the emotional rollercoaster you want to take the live crowd on throughout the night, without burning them out before it’s main event time.