There is nothing like WrestleMania, and after WWE held the event in an empty performance center with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, live fans will return on Saturday for the first of the two-night WrestleMania 37 event from the Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The loaded game with seven matches contains three title fights, as well as some interesting conclusions in the storyline.
In the main event, Sasha Banks will defend the SmackDown Women’s Championship against 2021 Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair. This will only be the second time in WWE history that women attend a WrestleMania card, and Banks and Belair will be the first black women to fight one-on-one at the “Showcase of the Immortals.”
In the other World Cup match on the map, Bobby Lashley will defend the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre. Lashley cost McIntyre the title at Elimination Chamber, which softened him for The Miz to successfully earn the Money in the Bank contract. Lashley then worked hard from The Miz on Raw to win the title, but McIntyre never set his sights on winning the championship he won at WrestleMania last year and for most of 2020.
Earlier on Saturday, there was concern about inclement weather sowing devastation, but the 2021 edition of WWE WrestleMania will start live on Saturday and continue from Raymond James Stadium on Sunday night. It starts at 20:00 ET with a kick-off show starting one hour earlier at 19:00 on Peacock. CBS Sports will be with you throughout the event, with updates and highlights as the action in the live blog below subsides.
WWE WrestleMania 37 Card, Night 1 Matches
Full results and grades of each match can be found in the live updates below the map.
- Women’s SmackDown Championship – Sasha Banks (c) teen Bianca Belair
- WWE Championship – Bobby Lashley (c) teen Drew McIntyre
- Bad Bunny & Damian Priest teen The Miz & John Morrison
- Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins
- Raw Tag Team Championship – The New Day (c) teen AJ Styles & Omos
- Shane McMahon vs. Braun Strowman (Steel Cage Match)
- Naomi & Lana vs. Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke vs. Natalya & Tamina vs. The Riott Squad vs. Carmella & Billie Kay (Tag Team Turmoil)