Booking WWE's Top Feuds of 2025 After WrestleMania 41 Results

WWE presented WrestleMania 41 this weekend in Las Vegas, where championships were won, stars returned, history was made, and feuds were intensified.

Those feuds will help carry the company in the wake of the extravaganza, as will several new ones that are bred from the results of the Show of Shows.

There are a few WWE should explore.

Saturday

* Jey Uso defeated world heavyweight champion Gunther to win the title

* The New Day defeated world tag team champions The War Raiders to win the titles

* Jade Cargil defeated Naomi

* Jacob Fatu defeated United States champion LA Knight to win the title

* El Grande Americano defeated Rey Fenix

* WWE women's champion Tiffany Stratton defeated Charlotte Flair

* Seth Rollins defeated CM Punk and Roman Reigns in a Triple Threat Match

Sunday

* Women's world champion Iyo Sky defeated Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair in a Triple Threat Match

* Drew McIntyre defeated Damian Priest in a Sin City Street Fight

* Dominik Mysterio defeated intercontinental champion Bron Breakker, Penta, and Finn Bálor to win the title in a Fatal 4-Way Match

* Randy Orton defeated Joe Hendry

* Logan Paul defeated AJ Styles

* Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria defeated women's tag team champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to win the titles

* John Cena defeated undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes to win the title

The Visionary spent the weeks leading into WrestleMania telling the world that it was best for business for him to defeat CM Punk and Roman Reigns in the Triple Threat main event.

He shockingly aligned himself with Paul Heyman, who betrayed his best friend and Tribal Chief in that match, and coming out of the event, should look to expand upon his belief that he is what is best for the future of WWE by targeting the title he lost a year ago: the world heavyweight title.

That means crossing paths with Jey Uso, with whom he has history.

Uso was one of the guys Rollins took exception to returning to Reigns' side during the reunion of the OG Bloodline at last November's Survivor Series. He has been one of the guys he has been reluctant to trust, despite calling him a "friend" during a backstage confrontation with Drew McIntyre.

Rollins heeding the advice of Heyman, who knows Uso's strengths and weaknesses from his days as the Wise Man of The Bloodline, and targeting the new champion's title is exactly the right first step for The Visionary to take.

It creates a scenario where Punk and Reigns can go away for a few weeks or months, in the latter's case, before returning for retribution. By targeting Uso, it also creates a logical emphasis for The Tribal Chief's return and potentially sets up a reunion between two proud cousins.

There is enough of that layered creative that Triple H and his team got away from in the build to WrestleMania that warrants the regime's attention.

For the sake of everyone involved, the rivalry between Rhodes and Cena cannot and should not be defined by the lackluster main event that occurred Sunday night at WrestleMania.

It was an underwhelming match with a worse finish, which completely overshadowed what should have been an iconic moment for the heel with him achieving his 17th world title reign.

Luckily, the execution of the match and finish looks to be pointing toward a rematch between The American Nightmare and the Greatest of All Time.

Cena will wrap up his career in December and in between now and then, there are several high-profile premium live events and primetime network specials that WWE can promote around the idea of Rhodes vs. Cena II.

Assuming WWE wants Cena to end his career on a high note, as the hero that fans knew and loved for over two decades, the best time for such a rematch is SummerSlam this August in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Rhodes regains his title in that moment and Cena realizes the error of his ways, turning back babyface, embracing his successor, and embarking on the last stretch of his Farewell Tour.

But not before bragging about how he did not need those same fans to beat Rhodes and goes on a few months of winning premium live event matches against the likes of Randy Orton, Damian Priest, and LA Knight, with whom he has history dating back to their tag team victory over The Bloodline in 2023.

Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair left WrestleMania without the Women's World Championship because they could not take their attention off of each other and pay the appropriate attention and respect to Iyo Sky, who defeated them in a superb Triple Threat Match.

Theirs is a rivalry moving forward, though, that does not need a championship at the center of it. Both believe themselves to be the top woman in WWE, with resumes and signature wins to support it. They have faces and defeated the top stars in the industry and seemingly cannot advance to where they want to go without going through each other first.

It is a program that can and should headline a premium live event. Belair and Ripley are bona fide stars and their continued excellence in big matches, and high-profiles spots, proves as much. The fans react for them as loudly as any other Superstar on the roster and have built up equity in them that dates back to their days together in NXT.

With SummerSlam moving to the two-night format this August, there is next to no reason why Ripley-Belair is not a marquee bout on that card, especially since it is so fresh. The two have not competed one-on-one since February of 2020 at NXT TakeOver: Portland.

Keep them out of the ring until then, build the match as a major happening, and let them showcase their abilities in the top spot on either Saturday or Sunday. It is an opportunity that they have earned.