Paul Heyman Confirms Original WrestleMania 42 Main Event Plans

Heyman had his son, Jacob, interview him during the build to WrestleMania weekend. Jacob asked his Hall of Fame dad if he's disappointed not to be involved in the main event scene on the biggest show of the year, either tonight or tomorrow. This will be the first time Heyman doesn't have a client in either night's WrestleMania main event since WrestleMania 35, before the PLE became a two-night affair.

That impressive streak would have remained intact had WWE's original WrestleMania main event plans unfolded as intended. "I don’t think it’s a big secret that everything was driving this year to be Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns, and then that fell apart. And then it was going to be Bron Breakker vs. CM Punk, and that fell apart," Heyman confirmed to his son. "So I was in line to be a part of the main event this year, and fate intervened not once but even twice."

Rollins Is Ready For WrestleMania After All

It's worth noting that even though it might read that way, this isn't Heyman confirming the two original main events for each night, necessarily. The Punk vs. Breakker plans came about when Rollins suffered an injury, an injury that led to his main event against Reigns being scrapped. It's believed Punk vs. Cody Rhodes would have been the other main event had plans for Reigns vs. Rollins panned out.

Frustrating for Rollins, knowing he was supposed to be in the main event, as it turns out, he has recovered from his injury in time to be part of the show. Rollins will wrestle Gunther in a match tonight. It's a bout that needed less build than a showdown for the championship with Reigns would have been, hence WWE not pivoting back to that original plan once it became clear Rollins would be ready in time.

The plans for Punk vs. Reigns and Rhodes vs. Orton would have also been well underway by the time Rollins was given the okay to compete this weekend, too. Minus the outside involvement from celebrities nobody asked for, I think fans are okay with where we've wound up. We'll know whether the matches live up to the hype soon enough as WrestleMania Saturday is only a few hours away.