Pat McAfee Offered WWE WrestleMania 38 Match by Vince McMahon; Opponent TBD

Vince McMahon's much-anticipated appearance on Thursday's episode of The Pat McAfee Show resulted in the WWE chairman presenting Pat McAfee with an offer he couldn't refuse. 

When McAfee was attempting to wrap up the interview, McMahon stopped to offer the Friday Night SmackDown announcer a match at WrestleMania 38. 

There has been speculation that a match between McAfee and McMahon was at least being talked about for WWE's biggest show of the year. 

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter reported that as of Feb. 25, McAfee vs. McMahon was listed on WWE's internal schedule for WrestleMania 38. 

WWE still has five episodes of SmackDown remaining, including tomorrow night, before WrestleMania. It's possible for the company to set up an angle for that match, though McMahon's age would seem to make it unlikely it's a straight wrestling match. 

McMahon is 76 years old and hasn't worked a match since losing to Bret Hart at WrestleMania 26 in 2010. 

One potential scenario could see Austin Theory, who has been a protege of sorts for McMahon for months, step in for McMahon to fight McAfee. 

WrestleMania will mark the third match for McAfee in WWE. He previously wrestled at two NXT Takeover events in 2020, losing both a singles match to Adam Cole and a WarGames match to the Undisputed Era. 

WWE now has eight matches on the card for the two-night WrestleMania. Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin, Rey and Dominik Mysterio vs. The Miz and Logan Paul, Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair for the Raw women's title and Charlotte Flair vs. Ronda Rousey for the SmackDown women's title have been announced for night one. 

WWE champion Brock Lesnar taking on WWE universal champion Roman Reigns in a winner-take-all unification match is the only bout that has been announced for night two.

McAfee's bout, Edge vs. AJ Styles and Carmella and Queen Zelina vs. Naomi and Sasha Banks for the women's tag team titles are on the card, but WWE has yet to announce which night those matches will happen. 

WrestleMania 38 is taking place from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on April 2-3.