Roman Reigns and The Rock emerged victorious in the main event of WrestleMania Saturday against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. Rhodes will now face his biggest nightmare in the main event of night 2 when his Undisputed WWE Universal championship match against Reigns takes place under ‘Bloodline Rules’. After winning the tag team match, Reigns attended the press conference, where he kicked out a female reported for disrespecting him.
Reigns and The Rock were the two main attractions on night one of WrestleMania 40 held at Lincoln Financial Center in Philadelphia. The heels will be a major attraction on night two as well, now that the ‘Bloodline Rules’ apply for the main event match.
Roman Reigns Kicks Out Female Reporter From Post-Match Press Conference
The Rock‘s first match back in many years saw the victory of the Bloodline cousins over Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. With this victory, Roman Reigns will now look forward to defending his title on Sunday’s main event match against Rhodes. He attended the press conference with Paul Heyman post his win and maintained his heel attitude throughout.
When Heyman and Reigns asked for questions from the media, they didn’t like the underwhelming response from the reporters. Reigns asked everyone in the crowd to acknowledge him. However, when a female reporter booed at him, he had enough and asked the reporter to leave the conference. He threatened to walk out if the reporter didn’t leave and eventually had her kicked out. Reigns said at the press conference (via WWE):
“Leave. I’m serious. The lady with the glasses. Get her out. You get her out or I’m leaving.”
When the reporter hesitated, Reigns told her, “Keep your feet moving. You’re wasting our time, lady!”. It will probably be the first time that a reporter is kicked out of the WWE press conference. After the reporter left, Reigns shared that he wanted some good questions and asked the reporters to do their jobs.
The Tribal Chief is NOT messing around.@WWERomanReigns just kicked a reporter out of the #WrestleMania XL Press Conference! pic.twitter.com/4mtt7B5PXG
— WWE (@WWE) April 7, 2024
Apart from Reigns, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and WWE chief content officer Triple H also attended the press conference separately.
What Happened At Roman Reigns’ WrestleMania Match On Night One?
The tag team match between Roman Reigns & The Rock and Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins was supposed to follow all the regular rules. However, the match was fought all around the arena. When referee Chad Patton tried to disqualify them for going outside the ring, The Rock threatened to fire him. This rule change may have turned the tides of the match in favor of the Bloodline cousins.
The Rock put on some drama for the viewers when he grabbed the championship belt and went straight to Rhodes’ mother, who then shouted “Bullshit” at him. Rhodes countered The Rock’s People’s Elbow with the Cody Cutter at one point. He attempted to follow up with the Cross Rhodes, but Reigns took him down with a Superman Punch. Reigns went for the Spear against Rhodes, but he was pushed out of the way by Rollins at the last minute.
The move landed on The Rock, who seemed to be in immense pain. As the match continued, Reigns speared Rollins through the barricade. Rhodes hit two Cross Rhodes in a row, but The Rock lashed him with his weight belt when he attempted a third. Reigns once again used the Spear against Rhodes and tagged The Rock in.
The Rock finished the match with the Rock Bottom and the People’s Elbow to take down Rhodes. While the Bloodline won the tag team match, Cody Rhodes looks forward to finishing his story in the upcoming title match on Sunday.
