WWE WrestleMania 39 Results: Star Ratings for All Matches from Full Show | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Roman Reigns defeated Cody Rhodes in the main event of WrestleMania. The outcome was not at all what fans expected it to be and while that is an argument for another day, what is not up for debate was how damn good the match that preceded the controversial finish was.

Reigns and Rhodes took the WWE Universe on a rollercoaster ride of emotion, with the audience firmly behind The American Nightmare and wanting to see him end The Tribal Chief's historic 900-plus-day reign as Undisputed WWE Universal champion.

The Usos attempted to screw Rhodes over but fans were dealt a reprieve from the same old, same old when Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn rushed the ring to fight them off. When Rhodes channeled his father and brother to stun Reigns, and then deliver two Cross Rhodes, it appeared as though the triumph the industry had been waiting for would happen.

Then, Solo Sikoa returned to the ringside area after being ejected earlier in the match and delivered a Samoan Spike that would seal Rhodes' fate.

Despite a finish that will be analyzed, overanalyzed, and reanalyzed in the weeks and months to come, the match that preceded it was a spectacle that only WWE can deliver. It was greatness on the grandest stage and a match both men will be able to look back on and appreciate as the epic that it was.

It earned its near-perfect start rating and would have with a finish that better stuck the landing, even as Triple H and Reigns, himself, attempted to assure fans that there's more story to be told at the post-show press conference.

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