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THE WORLD, NXT, SMACKDOWN, HALL OF FAME & MUCH MORE: EVERYTHING SET FOR WWE LEADING UP TO WRESTLEMANIA 40 THIS WEEKEND

By Mike Johnson on 2024-04-01 11:20:00

It's Wrestlemania week! 

WWE has the following broadcasts and live events scheduled for this week beyond tonight's Monday Night Raw:

TUESDAY

Roman Reigns and The Rock will appear on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.

Scheduled for tomorrow's WWE NXT on the USA Network:

*Final stop before NXT Stand and Deliver in Philadelphia.

*Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams to face off.

*Noam Dar's Supernova Sessions with WWE NXT Women's Champion Lyra Valkyria and Roxanne Perez.

*Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows vs. Axiom & Nathan Frazer vs. Joaquin Wilde & Cruz Del Toro to determine the top contenders to the WWE NXT Tag Team Championship.

*Sol Ruca vs. Blair Davenport.

*Fallon Henley vs. Jacy Jayne.

WEDNESDAY

Cody Rhodes will appear on NBC's Today.

The new series WWE Speed will debut on Twitter (aka X) at 12 PM Eastern.

THURSDAY 

WWE will open their Wrestlemania Superstore at The Philadelphia Convention Center, Hall B (1101 Arch Street) from 11 AM - 12 AM.  Set for Thursday is the "First-ever WWE 2K24 Gaming Tournament" with Xavier Woods, The Miz, R-Truth, Zelina Vega, Bayley and more plus Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio on the World's Main Stage.  The event promises "a variety of immersive experiences for fans including a central main stage that will host roundtable discussions with top WWE Superstars, a WWE 2K24 gaming tournament, live podcast recordings, live memorabilia and autograph sales through Fanatics Live, and the largest WWE Superstore in WrestleMania history.  The event will also feature meet-and-greets with WWE Superstars and Legends, in addition to immersive exhibits and memorabilia honoring WrestleMania’s 40-year history."    Shinsuke Nakamura, AJ Styles, Kofi Kingston and The Miz are announced as signing Pete Dunne, Carlito. Jinder Mahal, Dragon Lee, and Chelsea Green will be taking part in photo sessions.

WWE's The Bump will return this Thursday at 12:30 PM EST on WWE's social media platforms, the WWE Network and Peacock live from WWE's The World.

WWE will stream Main Event on Hulu this Thursday after taping it tonight in Brooklyn, NY.

Peacock and the WWE Network will also premiere the latest This Week in WWE episode on Thursday.

The Undertaker will hold his One Deadman Show in Philadelphia, PA at The Fillmore Philadelphia.

FRIDAY

WWE's Wrestlemania Superstore at The Philadelphia Convention Center, Hall B (1101 Arch Street) will be open from 9 AM - 7 PM.

WWE's The World will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center from 10 AM - 7 PM with an Up Up Down Down Live Stream with Xavier Woods, Tyler Breeze and more, plus Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch on the WWE World Main Stage.  MVP, Zelina Vega, Grayson Waller, Otis, Candice LaRae will take part in  photo sessions.  Naomi, Austin Theory, Sami Zayn and Big E will be signing.

Paul Levesque, Cody Rhodes, Logan Paul and Rhea Ripley will all be appearing on The Pat McAfee Show Friday afternoon from The World.

WWE Friday Night Smackdown will air live on FOX from Philadelphia, PA featuring:

*The go home show for Wrestlemania 40.

*Solo Sikoa vs. Jey Uso.

*The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal with Andrade, Ricochet, Chad Gable, Bronson Reed, Shinsuke Nakamura, Omos, Brutus Creed, Julius Creed, Ivar, Akira Tozawa, Otis, JD McDonagh, Apollo Crews, Veer, Sanga, Cameron Grimes, Pretty Deadly, Ashante Adonis, Cedric Alexander and more competing.

*The KO Show with Special Guest Randy Orton.

*Zelina Vega vs. Elektra Lopez.

*The New Catch Republic vs. A-Town Down Under.

Following the Smackdown broadcast, Peacock and the WWE Network will broadcast the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame ceremony with Paul Heyman, The U.S. Express, Thunderbolt Patterson, the late Muhammad Ali and Bull Nakano being enshrined.

WWE NXT Level Up will air on Peacock and the WWE Network.

SATURDAY

WWE will hold brunches with WWE stars at City Winery Philadelphia at 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM.  That's a great, intimate place.

WWE's Wrestlemania Superstore at The Philadelphia Convention Center, Hall B (1101 Arch Street) will be open from 9 AM - 7 PM.

WWE's The World will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center from 10 AM - 5 PM with a "Bray Wyatt: Becoming Immortal Documentary" discussion
with Big E, Natalya, JoJo Offerman, Taylor "Bo Dallas" Rotunda and more with WWE World Main Stage appearances from Charlotte Flair, Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton.  Karl Anderson, The Creed Brothers, Zoey Stark, Mia Yim will be doing photo sessions.  IYO SKY, Omos, Braun Strowman and Chad Gable will be signing.

WWE NXT will broadcast Stand and Deliver 2024 at 12 PM Eastern, featuring:

*WWE NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov vs. Tony D'Angelo.

*WWE NXT Women’s Champion Lyra Valkyria vs. Roxanne Perez.

*WWE NXT North American Champion Oba Femi vs. Dijak vs. Josh Briggs .

*Trick Williams vs. Carmelo Hayes

*WWE NXT Tag Team Champions Bron Breakker & Baron Corbin defend against winners of Triple Threat match being held this Tuesday on NXT TV.

*Meta-Four to host Stand & Deliver 2024.

Starting at 5 PM, WWE will stream their Countdown to Wrestlemania with Michael Cole, Jackie Redmond, CM Punk, Wade Barrett, Big E and Pat McAfee on the panel.

The main event of the day will be Wrestlemania 40 Night One, headlined by Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins vs. The Rock & Roman Reigns.

SUNDAY

WWE will hold brunches with WWE stars at City Winery Philadelphia at 8:30 AM and 10:30 AM.

WWE's Wrestlemania Superstore at The Philadelphia Convention Center, Hall B (1101 Arch Street) will be open from 9 AM - 7 PM.

WWE's The World will be held at the Philadelphia Convention Center from 10 AM - 5 PM with the return of The Slammy Awards hosted by Cathy Kelley and Big E, a WWE Mattel Elite Squad Panel featuring CM Punk and WWE Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley on The WWE World Main Stage.  Bron Breakker, Ludvig Kaiser, Giovanni Vinci, Andrade, Carmelo Hayes will be taking part in photo sessions.  Kairi Sane, Asuka and R-Truth will be signing.

Starting at 5 PM, WWE will stream their Countdown to Wrestlemania with Michael Cole, Jackie Redmond, CM Punk, Wade Barrett, Big E and Pat McAfee on the panel.

The main event of the week will be Wrestlemania 40 Night Two, headlined by Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns.

There will be no WWE on A&E Programming on Sunday as obviously, it serves zero purpose to go against Wrestlemania Sunday.  Programming returns on 4/14.

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