Roman Reigns Wins WWE Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 42. So What’s Next?
WWE WrestleMania 42 weekend concluded with World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk defending against Roman Reigns in the main event. This was Punk’s first-ever WrestleMania main event singles match, and he entered Allegiant Stadium to “Miseria Cantare (The New Beginning)”, a song that holds significant importance to his career. Punk and Reigns threw everything at each other — a far cry from Saturday’s main event where Pat McAfee and Jelly Roll got involved, muddying an otherwise straightforward story. Punk won the championship back in November at Saturday Night’s Main Event . Reigns hasn’t held a championship since losing to Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania 40 . He’s had various stints in WWE since, but has taken a lot of time off to film his Hollywood projects. THE ORIGINAL TRIBAL CHIEF ROMAN REIGNS IS THE NEW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!! #WrestleMania @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/bV2cwqBICZ — WWE (@WWE) April 20, 2026 Punk played this match rather dirty. Distracting the ref ...