Best Potential WWE WrestleMania 43 Matches to Main Event

In the wake of WrestleMania in Las Vegas, fans of WWE have immediately looked forward to next year's show, live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and what matches might headline that polarizing extravaganza.

Thankfully, we already have a potential taste based on Monday's Raw After Mania,, as well as a main event that has been built for a decade but never actually reached the most coveted spot in the company.

What are those matches? Find out with this preview of what the top of the card could look like in the first WrestleMania overseason.

CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes

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CM Punk and Cody Rhodes have teased, hinted at, and foreshadowed a match between them for the last three years, without WWE actually giving it to us.

Monday night on Raw, Punk once again teased the possibility of battling Rhodes, this time with the Undisputed WWE Championship on the line because, as he put it, "you never know when a title opportunity can fall out of the sky."

Rhodes' response? To just say when.

With The American Nightmare destined to have unfinished business with Randy Orton, it may not be in the immediate future, but is a match, like another on this list, that WWE must just pull the proverbial trigger on and give its fans already.

Fresh off a classic with Reigns, Punk would work magic with Rhodes and give the audience that great match from the company's top babyface, something they have not seen at WrestleMania in two years.

Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns

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Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins is the one WrestleMania main event that has repeatedly eluded WWE dating back a decade. Whether it was an injury or abrupt creative plans, the company has never managed to get Rollins and Reigns together for a one-on-one WrestleMania main event.

That should change in 2027, if there was ever any chance of it finally happening on the grand stage.

They have unfinished business dating back to WrestleMania 41, when Rollins betrayed the wrestling world and sided with Paul Heyman for a Vision storyline that never really took off.

Still, all signs at that time pointed to Reigns vs. Rollins as the feud ender. Even now, a year later, and with two characters in vastly different positions than they were then, the history between the two is rich enough to revisit as needed.

That it would appeal to newer fans and those who have watched both men rise through the ranks since their Shield days only enhances the reason to finally take the match from concept to reality.

If, for whatever reason, WWE still does not want to do that match on the grand stage, there is another worthy option involving the breakout star of the year.

Oba Femi vs. Roman Reigns

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Both The Ruler and The Tribal Chief took shots at each other during Sunday's WrestleMania post-show, potentially laying the foundation for a match between them down the line.

With all of the effort that has gone into Femi's meteoric push, including his definitive victory over and retirement of Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania, WWE should strike while the proverbial iron is hot, pushing him to the main event and a date with the company's biggest star.

A one-on-one contest between Femi and Reigns would represent the here and now vs. the future, a potential passing-the-torch moment, one that could easily be set up by Femi taking credit for something that Reigns never could: ending The Beast.

It is a story that writes itself and one that would have fans brimming with excitement and anticipation of the biggest show of the year.