WWE WrestleMania 42 Night 1 Betting Favourites

Here are the betting favourites for tonight's half of WWE WrestleMania 42.

• Jacob Fatu
• Gunther
• Becky Lynch
• Liv Morgan
• Randy Orton
• The Usos and LA Knight
• Bayley and Lyra Valkyria*

The list is ranked in order of betting strength starting with the selection with the shortest odds from the markets that were available from the BetOnline Sportsbook.

*As I noted in this morning's update, the market for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship was taken off the board likely due to the reports that Paige could replace Nikki Bella in the match.

Here's how the betting went for all seven bouts on tonight's card.

WWE WrestleMania 42 Betting Update For Saturday Evening

Here are some observations from this evening's visit to BetOnline's WWE WrestleMania 42 markets. 

• Jacob Fatu's odds have tumbled into -2,000, from -1,000, for the unsanctioned match against Drew McIntyre. A decision for McIntyre is now priced at +700. That's up from +550
• No change in the market for Gunther (-700) versus Seth Rollins (+400)
• The Usos and LA Knight's price has shortened from -175 into -215 for the opener against The Vision and IShowSpeed (now +165 from +135)
• Randy Orton has been backed into -450, from -400, for his title challenge against Undisputed WWE Champion - Cody Rhodes. The champ is now priced +275 from +250
• The WWE Women's Tag Team Championship market remains off the board
• Becky Lynch is now a -600 favourite to beat WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion - AJ Lee. The challenger was previously -475. On the other side of the market, Lee has moved up from +300 to +350
• Liv Morgan has dropped into -700 for the match against Stephanie Vaquer. She was previously -600. Vaquer is now +400 from +350
• Penta remains a -160 fave to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship in the six-pack ladder match. His rivals remain unchanged as well. Evans is +120, Mysterio is +550, Rusev is +1,400, McDonagh and Lee are both +1,600
• Oba Femi is back to -400, from -300, for his meeting with Brock Lesnar (+250 from +200)
• Trick Williams has lowered from -400 into -500 for his title shot against WWE US Champion - Sami Zayn. The titleholder is now up to +300 from +250. These odds reflect where both selections were when I first began covering this market on March 29th
• Finn Balor stays at -2,000 to Dominik Mysterio's +700
• Jade Cargill has dropped into +170 from +250 for her WWE Women's Championship defence opposing Rhea Ripley (now -250 from -400)
• Roman Reigns is now a -325 favourite to beat World Heavyweight Champion - CM Punk. The challenger was -225 this morning. Punk has moved from +160 to +215 today

Prices were correct as of 6PM BST today from BetOnline's WWE Page.

WrestleMania 42 Betting Update For Saturday Morning

Happy WrestleMania Weekend!

I'm in the midst of watching last night's episode of WWE Smackdown as I write this post, so please excuse anything I might appear to have missed as you read along.

As usual, I'm going to publish the tables for all of the Mania match and point out any price adjustments that have occurred since yesterday's update.

I'll start with a market for a match I had partial information on.

Last night, it was reported that Paige had re-signed with World Wrestling Entertainment and could potentially be Nikki Bella's replacement in the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship four-way.

Nikki was touch-and-go for this match due to an ankle injury. It looks like she couldn't get cleared in time and thus paves the way for Paige to make her return after last wrestling inside a WWE ring in 2017. She was most recently part of AEW's roster after being cleared to resume her career.

The market for this bout is off the board at the time of writing. I'm unaware if Bella being ruled out has been addressed on TV yet. I do know the market is still available in markets here in the UK with the Bella Twins still active selections.

Jacob Fatu is now a -1,000 favourite to beat Drew McIntyre in their unsanctioned match. His price was previously -900. 

The movement in favour of Fatu sees McIntyre up to +550 from +500.

Gunther is now a -700 fave to get a win over Seth Rollins (+400). That's down from yesterday's -650. Rollins had been +375 before moving to his current line.

The odds for The Vision and IShowSpeed to defeat The Usos and LA Knight in tonight's opener have tumbled into +135 from +300 since yesterday afternoon. 

As you can see, the underdogs'' price has been on a decline - from +550 - since last weekend. Added into the equation is an angle played out on a podcast which saw Jey Uso and rapper - Cam'ron - get into a fight. 

I surmise some have gambled on The Vision and IShowSpeed under the belief that Cam'ron will be the cause of The Uso and LA Knight's defeat.

Randy Orton is now a -400 favourite to beat Undisputed WWE Champion - Cody Rhodes - in tonight's main event.

The challenger was previously -350 to Rhodes' +225. The champ is now +250.

Remember when I wrote about reading reports that Paige potentially returning to WWE for the fatal four-way tag match? Well - a couple of social media replies to those reports threw out an idea where Paige should come back following the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship as a nod to her main roster debut from the Raw after WrestleMania XXX when Paige came out and became WWE Divas Champion following an impromptu match-up with AJ Lee.

It was mere fan speculation regarding a similar scenario playing out tonight, but - for such a thing to occur - it would mean AJ Lee would have to beat Becky Lynch to retain her title.

With all that stated, I wonder - could Lee's dip from +325 into +300 be the result of a speculative punt?

Becky Lynch remains the favourite to regain the strap. However, the challenger's odds have risen from -550 to -475 overnight. 

The market for the Women's World Championship still shows Liv Morgan as a -600 fave. A decision for Stephanie Vaquer to retain her title with a win is +350.

Speaking of retaining, we have the first market for act two.

Penta is now -160 to still be WWE Intercontinental Championship once the dust settles on this six-pack ladder match on Sunday night. The titleholder was most recently -150. The newest addition to the match, Rey Mysterio, is now +550 from +500. 

Their opponents - Je'Von Evans (+120), Rusev (+1,400), Dragon Lee (+1,600) and JD McDonagh (+1,600) have stayed at their respective prices from yesterday.

The market for what I, and many more, consider to be the most anticipated match for this year's WrestleMania remains stationary since it was last adjusted during the middle of this week. 

Oba Femi is a -300 favourite over Brock Lesnar (+200). It's worth noting that the majority of adjustments have sided with Brock Lesnar and that's likely because, on paper, the build has been somewhat one-sided in favour of Oba Femi.

I get why the punters have opted for an upset, but I feel that - with this bout being featured on regular ESPN, and with the attention it should garner - Oba Femi should go over.

Trick Williams is now a -400 favourite, from -325, to get a win against WWE US Champion - Sami Zayn. 

The titleholder is now +250 from +215. As you'll see in the table, there was a point - earlier this week - when Zayn was favoured.

'The Demon' Finn Balor remains a heavy -2,000 favourite to get a win over Dominik Mysterio (+700) in their grudge match.

WWE Women's Champion - Jade Cargill - has dipped from +275 into +250 for her defence against 2026 Women's Elimination Chamber winner, Rhea Ripley. 

Ripley remains a favourite, but her price has increased from -450 to -400 following the adjustment which sided with Cargill.

The most recent change, in the market for Sunday's main event, has seen CM Punk's price - to successfully retain the World Heavyweight Championship against Roman Reigns - dip from +170 into +160.

Reigns, who was backed from -220 into -250 yesterday, is now up to -225.

And that's all for now. I'll publish further updates across the weekend. 

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WrestleMania 42 Odds Update For Friday Afternoon

I visited BetOnline's WWE WrestleMania 42 match markets this afternoon. Unsurprisingly, there have been a handful of adjustments since I last wrote about them yesterday afternoon.

In this post, I'll share all the notes I've made and - for those checking in for the first time this Mania betting period - I'll share all of my tables, showing each adjustment I've been able to record, below.

• Jacob Fatu is now -900, from -850, to defeat Drew McIntyre in the unsanctioned a match. McIntyre has moved up to +500 from +450
• The oddsmakers have kept Seth Rollins as a +375 underdog for his match with Gunther. However, the favourite has slid into -650 from -625
• Punters have once again sided with The Vision and IShowSpeed to beat the trio of The Usos and LA Knight. The drop has seen the former move into +300 from +375 while the selection for The Usos and LA Knight, despite still considered the favourite, is now up from -650 to -500. I surmise the most recent interest in The Vision and IShowSpeed could be attributed to an angle that played out during a podcast interview which saw Jey Uso and rapper - Cam'ron - in a worked fight. I guess people are now expecting the rapper to cause the babyfaces to lose Saturday's opener
• Randy Orton has fallen into -350, from -300, for his Undisputed WWE Championship shot against Cody Rhodes. The titleholder is now +225 from +200
• The market for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship now has Bayley and Lyra Valkyria into -175 from -165. The Bella Twins are other selections with shorter odds than yesterday, because they've been lowered from +115 into +110. The champs - The Irresistible Forces - have drifted to +750 from +500 making them the longshots because Alex Bliss and Charlotte Flair have been kept at +700
• WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion - AJ Lee - remains at +325 while her challenger stays a -550 favourite for their contest
• Liv Morgan has been backed down into -600 from -500 against Stephanie Vaquer. The Women's World Champion is now +350 from +300
• Three selections in the market for the WWE Intercontinental Title ladder match have shorter odds than yesterday. JD McDonagh is now +1,600 from +2,200, Je'Von Evans has been lowered into +120 from +150 and Penta is now -150 from -145. The price for a Rey Mysterio win has been moved up to +500, from yesterday's +450. Rusev, who tumbled from +3,300 into +1,200 earlier this week - following a spot where he was made to look the most strongest of the six-men during a segment on Raw - has moved up slightly to +1,400. Dragon Lee has been kept at +1,600 following his drop from +2,200 yesterday
• The Oba Femi .vs. Brock Lesnar market remains stationary as of this afternoon. The former is -300 over Lesnar's +200
• Trick Williams' fall back into favouritism has continued. The challenger to Sami Zayn's US Championship has now landed at -325. That's down from Wednesday's -120 and yesterday's -135. Zayn, on the other hand, has risen from -120 to -105 and now to +215 across the two-day period
• The biggest descent for today has seen 'The Demon' Finn Balor move into -2,000 from -650 for his battle with Dominik Mysterio (now +700 from +375)
• Rhea Ripley's odds to beat Jade Cargill - in the WWE Women's Championship match - have been cut from -350 into -450. A decision for Cargill is now priced at +275 which is up from the +225 the titleholder had been since April 3rd
• Roman Reigns' price has now returned to -250 to get the W over CM Punk in Sunday's main event. The challenger was -220 yesterday. A decision for Punk is once again priced at +170. That's an increase from yesterday's +155

Here are all of the tables with every single price adjustment I've record over the past few months, weeks and days. For ease, I'll place each table in the same order they appear on the BetOnline website.

Night One

Night Two

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Big BetOnline WrestleMania 42 Update For Thursday Afternoon

There have been changes, and brand new markets, made to BetOnline's coverage of WWE WrestleMania since last night's update.

First, the sportsbook has published a plethora of specials. I'll get to those in due course. For now, I'll share with you all of the price changes I've noted for the regular match winner markets.

• Jacob Fatu has moved from -700 into -850 for the unsanctioned match against Drew McIntyre. A decision for the latter is now being offered at +450. That's up from the previous price of +400
• Gunther is now a -625 fave to beat Seth Rollins (+375) in their match. Gunther was most recently -600 to Rollins' +350
• The Vision and IShowSpeed have been snipped from +400 into +375 for the opening match of the night. A decision for The Usos and LA Knight is now -650. The previous odds were -700
• Randy Orton's line has lowered from -275 into -300 for his Undisputed WWE Championship challenge against Cody Rhodes. The champ has drifted out to +200 from +185
• The market for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship has been adjusted with only one selection changed. The Bella Twins have slid into +115 from +125. Titleholders - The Irresistible Forces - remain at +600 and Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair stay at +700. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria are the -165 favourites
• Becky Lynch's odds to beat AJ Lee in the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship bout had moved from -450 down into -550. As a result, Lee is priced at +325 from +275
• Another challenger whose odds have shortened is Liv Morgan. She's fallen back into -500 for her title shot against Stephanie Vaquer. Morgan was most recently moved up from -500 to -450 due to punters gambling on the Women's World Champion. Vaquer is currently +300 - that's an improvement from last night's +375
• The market for the WWE Intercontinental Championship ladder match has been adjusted with the odds for Dragon Lee lowered from +2,200 into +1,600. As a result, Rey Musterio has been moved to +450 from +400, Je'Von Evans from +140 to +150 while the champ - Penta - has been moved to -145 from -135. JD McDonagh stays at +2,200
• Brock Lesnar's price to beat Oba Femi has once again dropped into +200. That's a change from yesterday's +225. Femi returns to -300 after previously moving into -350 from -300
• Trick Williams has returned to favouritism in the market for the WWE US Championship. In last night's update, I pointed out the two wrestlers were at pick 'em. Williams is now into -135 from -120 while Zayn is up from -120 to -105
• Finn Balor has been cut from -600 into -650 for his meeting with Dominik Mysterio (now +375 from +350)
• Rhea Ripley remains a -350 favourite for her title shot against WWE Women's Champion - Jade Cargill (+225). This market has remained stationary since around April 3rd
• CM Punk's odds to win Sunday's main event have shortened from +185 into +155. On the other side of the market, Roman Reigns' price as the favourite has been pushed from -275 up to -220

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The side markets range from appearance specials right through to questionably tasted offerings like 'Will there be a female nipple slip?'

Here are all of the prices I've been sent. The odds I have might not reflect what you'll see on the website. For example, I know that the 'Will Bianca Belair be at WrestleMannia?' prop was +500, but has since been backed into +100.

All of these specials do not have 'No' as opposing selections. They are:

Oba Femi to take more than two F5s? -500

Paul Heyman to walk out with Gunther to the ring? +200

Does unsanctioned match pin take place in a cage? +100

Will IShowSpeed make the pin in the six-man? +100

Will IShowSpeed take the pin in the six-man? +100

Will there be a female nipple slip? -150

Does Cody Rhodes bleed in his match? -1,000

Will Reigns/Punk have outside interference? -300

Will Tom Brady get physically involved in a match? -125

Will Bron Breakker be involved in 6-man tag or Seth Rollins' match? +200

Will Bianca Belair be at WrestleMania? +500

Does Kevin Owens appear at WrestleMania? +300

Will The Rock appear? +500

Will The Undertaker chokeslam someone? +300

Vince McMahon to be shown on screen at WrestleMania? +500

Jelly Roll to be involved in Orton/Rhodes match? -700

Pat McAfee to take a Cross Rhodes? -700

HHH or Stephanie McMahon to get physically involved? +200

Will Snoop Dogg be shown backstage or in the crowd? +150

Will Jake Paul be there? +200

Will a fire extinguisher be used as a weapon? +100

Will a guitar be used as a weapon? +300

There are a couple of Over-Under markets as well.

In the first, the sportsbook asks 'how many referees will be accidentally hit during the matches?' The line has been set at 2.5 refs. As of the time of writing, both 'Over' and 'Under' are -120 pick 'ems.

The second O-U market asks for customers to bet on the number of title changes that accumulate over the two-night event. The line is 4.5 titles with the 'Under' currently favoured at odds of -130. Those looking for the number to beat the line can find 'Over' at -110.

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Zayn And Williams At Pick 'Em In Mania 42 Betting Plus More

The betting market for Sami Zayn's WWE United States Championship defence against Trick Williams, set for this Sunday's portion of WrestleMania 42. currently lists both selections at -120 pick 'ems.

BetOnline's market has been active at this early stage of WrestleMania week.

In one of yesterday's updates, I noted the two wrestlers had flipped positions, from a betting perspective, with Zayn becoming a favourite while Williams' odds were pushed up from -200 to +135.

I followed that up, in last night's post, noting that Williams had been backed into +110. The challenger has evidently seen more action to have dropped into -120.

Zayn's rise to -120 began yesterday when, after initially falling into favouritism, his odds drifted from -175 to -150.

That isn't the only market showing changes since my previous visits to the BetOnline website.

Gamblers appear to be backing The Vision and IShowSpeed to win the initial match of the weekend when they take on The Usos and LA Knight in a trios match.

As of 6PM BST today, Logan Paul, Austin Theory and IShowSpeed were +400 underdogs for Saturday's opener. The team have been on a decline from odds of +550 since Sunday.

With the underdogs' price lowering, The Usos and LA Knight have drifted from -1,000 to -700 across this week.

The rest of BetOnline's Mania 42 markets are showing the same pricing as last night. 

Oba Femi .vs. Brock Lesnar - The Most Anticipated WrestleMania 42 Match

Oba Femi versus Brock Lesnar is the WrestleMania 42 match which has garnered the most interest from people on the X social media platform leading into this weekend's pro wrestling extravaganza.

That is the findings from the people at BetOnline, who have carried out research to rank all of the matches on the Mania 42 card using over 142,000 posts published on X since the start of this month.

Femi versus Lesnar was the most talked about contest with 31% of the results. Surprisingly, Seth Rollins .vs. Gunther and the ladder match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship are second and third - with respective percentages of 16% and 11% - before the list reaches what will be the overall main event - Sunday's clash between World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk, and his challenger - Roman Reigns.

The Punk versus Reigns contest had 9.6% of the breakdown. It is ahead of the Women's World Championship match (7.5%) and the now controversial Undisputed WWE Championship clash between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton (7%).

I was not surprised to see Oba Femi versus Brock Lesnar at the top of this graph. In my opinion, it has been the best built match on the Road to WrestleMania. 

With that said, I am somewhat stunned to see Gunther .vs. Seth Rollins, and even the ladder match, ahead of Punk versus Reigns and Rhodes .vs. Orton.

The only reasoning I can think of is to point to the date the research began. April 1st was a couple of days after Gunther attacked Seth Rollins on the Raw from Madison Square Garden to set up their WrestleMania involvement. I surmise that enough people would have been talking about that stunning turn of events, considering Rollins - on paper - looked locked into a battle with a healthy member of The Vision before the attack from The Ring General.

I don't know if my theory holds much water when another big angle from early April is factored into the equation.

I'm stunned that Pat McAfee's introduction to the Rhodes/Orton feud, as well as his back-and-forth barbs with CM Punk (therefore making people talk about Punk/Reigns), has seemingly not impacted this graph.

McAfeee has been the talk of the industry, both positive but more negatively, since his heel turn. I would have expected that alone to have beefed up the percentages for the two main events.

BetOnline has been accepting wagers on this year's WrestleMania since the first week of February. I have tracked the price changes throughout that time.

Below are tables for each market, in the order as they appear on the BetOnline Website.

Rusev's odds have lowered from +3,300 into +1,200. That's likely following the Bulgarian Brute being booked the strongest in an angle on last night's Raw which saw him beat down his fellow match participants.

I noted that Zayn has flipped into favourite in this afternoon's post. Williams' price as underdog has since moved from +135 into +110.

Sami Zayn Becomes WrestleMania Favourite

Sami Zayn has become an odds-on favourite to successfully retain the WWE United States Championship against Trick Williams at WrestleMania 42.

As noted, in yesterday's post, the titleholder's odds were halved from +300 sometime before 6:30PM BST. They have now plummeted into -175 as of the time of writing.

With Zayn now odds-on to win the contest, Williams - who was favoured at -500 when I began following the market late last month - is now up to +135. The most recent price I have is the -200 from last night.

Zayn won the strap from Carmelo Hayes on the March 27th episode of Smackdown. The previous couple of episodes of the WWE programme teased Williams as being out of the US Title picture, which made one suspect there was a chance of the Zayn versus Williams becoming a triple threat with Hayes backdooring his way into the match. 

It would appear the punter, or punters, backing Sami Zayn are under the impression it's definitely going to be a singles match on Sunday.

A couple of other WrestleMania markets have changed since last night's update.

Following a video showing Austin Theory and Logan Paul teaching IShowSpeed how to wrestle, the selection for that trio to get a win over The Usos and LA Knight has dipped into +425 from +500.

Those looking to back the babyfaces to get the win, in what will be the opening match of Saturday's card, can now find them as -800 faves. That's slightly up from the -900 they had been since Sunday.

Finally, the market for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship has seen the longshots lowered and champions' odds increase.

Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair had been +800 since around April 6th. They are now +700 while the titleholders - The Irresistible Forces - have been pushed up from +350 to +365.

Bayley and Lyra Valkyria remain -200 favourites with the Bella Twins, with still no word on whether Nikki Bella will be okay for Saturday, +150 second-favourites.

Check out YESTERDAY'S POST for other match tables showing price adjustments. Alternatively, you can VISIT BETONLINE for up to date pricing.