WrestleMania 42 is starting to look less like a standard championship weekend and more like a night of broken alliances. With the two-night event set for April 18 and 19 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, WWE has already lined up major in-ring showdowns, but the real suspense may come from who turns on whom before the lights go down.
One of the sharpest possibilities centers on Roxanne Perez, who could betray The Judgment Day and side with Finn Balor after the group turned on Balor and backed Dominik Mysterio. Balor is set to bring out The Demon for his WrestleMania 42 fight with Mysterio, a match that already carries the feel of a final split rather than a simple grudge bout. If Perez does switch sides, it would give Balor a surprise ally at the exact moment Judgment Day looks most unified around Dominik.
The stakes are just as high for Liv Morgan, who may decide to strike out on her own and betray Mysterio on Night 2. Morgan has already played with that edge before. At WWE Survivor Series 2025, fans saw a glimpse of her turning on Dominik when she returned, only for her to reveal it was a ruse. That memory makes her one of the most unpredictable names in the current build, especially with her name now tied to a possible solo move at WrestleMania.
The field around the card has been shifting in other places too. Jade Cargill’s former foes Michin and B-Fab have become allies in her feud with Rhea Ripley, while Pat McAfee returned to WWE and sided with Randy Orton on the road to the show. The Usos also stood by Roman Reigns during his rivalry with CM Punk, adding another layer to a card already built around loyalty tests and alliances that could crack at any time.
That matters because WrestleMania 42 is not being built around only one major headline. Night 1 will open with a six-man tag team match involving The Usos, LA Knight, IShowSpeed and The Vision, then close with Cody Rhodes defending the Undisputed WWE Championship against Randy Orton. Night 2 will start with Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi and end with CM Punk putting the World Heavyweight Championship on the line against Roman Reigns, a setup that leaves little room for clean finishes or safe exits.
The most likely reading is that WWE is leaning into surprise turns as much as wins and losses, using the betrayals to give the two-night event an edge beyond the title matches themselves. If Perez or Morgan changes the balance inside The Judgment Day, it could be the kind of pivot that reshapes more than one feud in Las Vegas and sends the last stretch to WrestleMania 42 into complete disorder.
