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WrestleMania 38
File:WrestleMania 38 banner.jpg
Promotional poster featuring Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateApril 2–3, 2022
CityArlington, Texas
VenueAT&T Stadium
Tagline(s)"The Most Stupendous Two-Night Event In WrestleMania History"
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WrestleMania 38 is the upcoming 38th annual WrestleMania professional wrestling live event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will air on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and will be available to stream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally. It is scheduled to be held as a two-night event, taking place on April 2 and 3, 2022, at the AT&T Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Texas.

The event will be the fourth WrestleMania to be held in the state of Texas (after X-Seven, 25, and 32) and the second in AT&T Stadium after WrestleMania 32 in 2016.

Production

Background

WrestleMania is considered WWE's flagship live event, having first been held in 1985. It is the longest-running annual professional wrestling event in history and is held between mid-March to mid-April.[1] It was the first of WWE's original four pay-per-views (PPVs), including Royal Rumble, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were originally dubbed the "Big Four",[2] and as of October 2021, it is one of the company's five biggest events of the year along with Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".[3] WrestleMania is ranked the sixth most valuable sports brand in the world by Forbes,[4] and has been described as the Super Bowl of sports entertainment.[5] WrestleMania 38 will feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. In addition to airing on traditional PPV, it will air on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets.[6] The official theme song for the event is "Sacrifice" by The Weeknd.[7]

On January 16, 2021, in addition to announcing the date and location change of WrestleMania 37, which had to be rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the promotion revealed the dates and locations of the next two WrestleMania events. WrestleMania 38 was announced to be held at AT&T Stadium in the Dallas suburb of Arlington, Texas.[6] It was originally scheduled to be held solely on April 3, 2022; however, on October 25, 2021, it was revealed that, like the previous two WrestleMania events, WrestleMania 38 was expanded to take place over two nights: Saturday, April 2, and Sunday, April 3, 2022.[8] It will be the fourth WrestleMania to be held in the state of Texas (after X-Seven, 25, and 32) and the second to be held in this venue, after WrestleMania 32 in 2016, which set the attendance record for a WrestleMania event at 101,763,[6] which was, however, disputed.[9] Travel packages became available on November 8, 2021,[10] while general tickets went on sale on November 12.[8]

Storylines

The event will include an unknown number of matches that each result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[11][12] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[13]

For many years, Paul Heyman had been the advocate for Brock Lesnar. After Lesnar took a hiatus following WrestleMania 36 in April 2020, Heyman became the special counsel for Roman Reigns that August, guiding him to win SmackDown's Universal Championship.[14] After Reigns retained the title at the 2021 SummerSlam, Lesnar returned to WWE and confronted Reigns, also implying that Heyman was still his advocate.[15] Two months later at Crown Jewel, Reigns defeated Lesnar to retain the Universal Championship with help from The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso).[16] A rematch was scheduled for the New Year's event Day 1,[17] and Reigns fired Heyman as he believed Heyman was working with Lesnar behind his back.[18] The Day 1 match, however, was canceled as Reigns tested positive for COVID-19.[19] Due to his status as a free agent, Lesnar was instead added to Raw's multi-person WWE Championship match at Day 1 and won the title.[20] On the following SmackDown, Lesnar, who reunited with Heyman, challenged Reigns to a champion vs. champion match, but Reigns declined.[21] At the Royal Rumble, Lesnar lost his WWE Championship to Bobby Lashley after interference from Reigns and a double cross from Heyman, who realigned with Reigns. Later that night, Lesnar entered into the Royal Rumble match and won to earn himself a world championship match of his choice at WrestleMania 38.[22] On the following episode of Raw, Lesnar confronted new champion Lashley and announced that he would challenge Reigns for the Universal Championship. Still wanting it to be a champion vs. champion match, and also wanting a rematch for losing his title, Lesnar was also added to the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber match at Elimination Chamber.[23]

At the Royal Rumble, Ronda Rousey, in her first appearance in WWE since WrestleMania 35 in April 2019, made a surprise return and won the women's Royal Rumble match to earn a women's championship match of her choice at WrestleMania 38.[22] After pondering her choices due to having heated history with both reigning champions,[23] on the following episode of SmackDown, Rousey announced that she would challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship.[24]

At Elimination Chamber, a women's Elimination Chamber match will be contested in which the winner will earn a Raw Women's Championship match at WrestleMania 38. The defending champion at WrestleMania 38 may change, however, as reigning champion Becky Lynch will also defend the title against Lita at Elimination Chamber.[25]

Matches

Unknown Night
No.Matches*Stipulations
1Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Brock LesnarSingles match for the WWE Universal Championship[26]
2Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda RouseySingles match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[27]
3Becky Lynch (c) vs. TBDSingles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[28]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References

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  9. ^ Meltzer, Dave. "April 11, 2016 Wrestling Observer Newsletter". f4wonline.com. Wrestling Observer. Retrieved 7 April 2016. The attendance as would be normally announced for an event was 93,730 people, breaking the WWE's all-time total attendance (paid plus comps) record of 79,127 set at the 1992 SummerSlam show at Wembley Stadium, which barely beat out the 1987 WrestleMania III show which did more than 78,000. The actual number in the building was 97,769. ... the company had pushed the idea from the start of drawing 100,000 people (pretty much insuring they would have to announce a number over that or it would be a disappointment to the fans) ... The WWE announced the number at 101,763, which is the mythical number "for entertainment purposes" as Vince McMahon told me about the difference between real numbers and announced numbers years ago.
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