WrestleMania has long been the biggest night of the year for wrestling fans. This year is no different, with WrestleMania 38 standing out as a two-night spectacle that kicks off on Saturday from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Night 1 of WrestleMania 38 features two women’s championship bouts. On the SmackDown side, Charlotte Flair will put her title on the line against this year’s Royal Rumble winner, Ronda Rousey. Raw women’s champion Becky Lynch will also put her title on the line when she faces Bianca Belair, who earned her shot by winning Elimination Chamber.
The biggest segment planned for the show may be “Stone Cold” Steve Austin returning to WrestleMania to confront Kevin Owens on “The KO Show.” After weeks of being mocked by Owens, “The Texas Rattlesnake” likely is ready to get a bit of revenge.
WWE WrestleMania 38 Night 1 will be presented live Saturday evening from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It will begin at 8 p.m. ET with a kickoff show starting just before at 6 p.m. on Peacock. CBS Sports will be with you the whole way through the event, providing updates and highlights as the action goes down in the live blog below.
2022 WWE WrestleMania 38 card, matches
Night 1
Complete results and grades from each match can be found in the live updates below the card.
- “Stone Cold” Steve Austin appears on Kevin Owens’ “KO Show”
- SmackDown Women’s Championship — Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Ronda Rousey
- Raw Women’s Championship — Becky Lynch (c) vs. Bianca Belair
- Seth Rollins vs. Opponent of Vince McMahon’s choosing
- The Miz & Logan Paul vs. The Mysterios
- The New Day vs. Sheamus & Ridge Holland
- SmackDown Tag Team Championship — The Usos (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Rick Boogs
- Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin
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Steve Austin vs. Kevin Owens: Owens came to the ring and cut a promo before the planned “KO Show” segment, saying maybe he went too far with his anti-Texas trash talk. He then said he was sorry for “telling the absolute god’s honest truth” about the state and that Texas is even worse than he remembered. Austin’s music hit and cut Owens off, drawing an enormous pop from the Texas faithful. After soaking in the reaction on the stage, Austin left and returned on an ATV, circling the ring before entering and going corner to corner celebrating.
Austin took his seat on the KO Show set and ran down Owens for his “stupid haircut” and trash talk about Texas, calling Owens a “stupid son of a b—-.” After some back and forth trash talk, Owens said that, in reality, he tricked Austin and didn’t want to talk. Instead, Owens said, he was looking for a fight. Owens challenged Austin to a match, saying that Austin had no reason to turn down a No Holds Barred match on the spot. After Owens continued trash-talking Austin, Austin called for a referee and the match began.
The two men started off trading punches before Austin stomped a mudhole in Owens while he was down in the corner. Austin continued bringing the fight, tossing Owens from the ring and repeatedly calling for mid-match beers. The brawl continued outside the ring, with Owens getting the better of the brawl briefly before they went into the crowd, with Austin’s punches and chops wearing Owens down. Owens put Austin down on the outside with a suplex on the concrete. Austin wouldn’t be kept down, however and stormed back, dumping Owens on the announce table and forcing him to retreat to Austin’s ATV. Austin gave Owens a ride up the stage and punished him on the entrance stage, hitting multiple suplexes.
The action returned to the ring where Owens hit a stunner out of nowhere after Austin chugged a few beers but Austin managed to kick out. Owens left the ring to grab a steel chair but missed Austin, hitting himself in the face as the chair rebounded off the top rope. Austin hit a stunner, scoring the pinfall to win the match. As a pure wrestling match, this wasn’t anywhere near the best of either man’s career. As a purely “special moment” that played to the fans and the “big moments” of WrestleMania, it was fantastic. Given Austin’s physical limitations — the impact of a long history of knee injuries was particularly clear throughout — you can’t ask for a much better “walk and brawl” style match. Steve Austin def. Kevin Owens via pinfall. Grade: A
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