WrestleMania 42 Night 2: 7 big takeaways for Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar's WWE future, CM Punk, Rhea Ripley and more

WWE WrestleMania 42 returned for Night 2 of the weekend showcase on Sunday inside Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium. The second night of the annual extravaganza did not disappoint, with both major championships changing hands , Brock Lesnar potentially retiring , and the landscape of the WWE being flipped upside down. As we wrap a whirlwind of a WrestleMania weekend, here are seven big takeaways while WWE picks up the pieces and plots the path forward.

1. The Head of the Table From the moment Roman Reigns and CM Punk locked up, there was a certain energy inside Allegiant Stadium that WWE hadn’t been able to otherwise capture for 'Mania weekend. Perhaps it’s the aura Reigns brings alongside his part-time status that makes him feel like more of an attraction.

Or maybe it’s the emotional connection the audience has with Punk and his tendency to rise to the occasion, understanding how much being in the main event of WrestleMania means to him. Either way, Punk soaked in every moment Sunday, allowing the audience to feel what he was feeling as he made his way to the ring, and later as he clawed with desperation to stay in the fight. But Reigns was relentless, showing the same tenacity that made him a multi-time world champion and the face of the WWE.

This was two guys at the top of their games, who built interest in their match with words, and then backed it up with a match that overdelivered on professional wrestling's grand stage. The end saw Punk simply not have what it took to get over the finish line. He had Reigns where he wanted him after a grueling 34 minutes, but quite literally folded under the pressure.