Major WrsetleMania 41 Card Changes Expected - Rhea Ripley's Role Clarified (WWE News)

With Rhea Ripley currently without a spot on the WrestleMania 41 card after losing the WWE Women's World Championship to IYO SKY on Monday night, there's now an update on not only what's in store for Mami at 'Mania, but potential wider shake-ups to the WrestleMania line-up.

During a Backstage Pass Q &A, WrestleVotes noted how WWE plans to add Rhea back into the Women's World Title mix at WrestleMania 41, with that match being a triple-threat pitting Ripley against SKY and Bianca Belair. Of course, Belair cemented her own WrestleMania spot by winning the women's Elimination Chamber over the weekend.

Furthermore, Bryan Alvarez over at Wrestling Observer Live was told by a WWE source that there are "more twists and turns coming" as we continue on the patented Road to WrestleMania. That same source said that if you think you know the WrestleMania 41 card based on what went down at Elimination Chamber, there are "going to be some changes".

As of this writing, the only matches confirmed for this year's Showcase of the Immortals so far are Women's World Champion IYO SKY vs. Bianca Belair, WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. John Cena, World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER vs. Jey Uso, and WWE Women's Champion Tiffany Stratton vs. Charlotte Flair. If these latest rumblings are to be believed, though, that SKY vs. Belair bout will be adding Rhea Ripley at some point before now and 'Mania.

What WWE WrestleMania 41 Could Look Like

With WrestleMania 41 just over six weeks away, so many major players are still up in the air when it comes to what there'll doing at the Granddaddy of Them All.

CM Punk, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns - three of the biggest names in the industry - seem likely to cross paths at WrestleMania, although Punk's recent digs at The Rock and John Cena have led some fans to speculate on the Second City Saint getting involved in Rock and Cena's business. Over on SmackDown, the simmering issues between Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu seem to have those two on a natural collision course when WrestleMania rolls around.

There are also plenty of question marks over WWE's secondary titles, with Intercontinental Champions Bron Breakker and Lyra Valkyria and United States Champions Sinsuke Nakamura and Chelsea Green all without a 'Mania match right now. One has to imagine that at least one of those titles will find itself in some sort of multi-person bout, as has so often been the case at WrestleMania. Then there's the three sets of tag titles - the Women's Tag Team Championships held by Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, the World Tag Team Championships held by the War Raiders, and the WWE Tag Team Championships held by #DIY - and what role they will have to play at WrestleMania 41. Kevin Owens and Randy Orton seem nailed-on for a match next month, Damien Priest and Drew McIntyre is another contest that seems on the cards following Elimination Chamber, and Jade Cargill and Naomi will surely be doing something at WrestleMania.

Away from all of that, there are notable players like Penta, Rey Mysterio, New Day, Sami Zayn, Bayley, Roxanne Perez, Alexa Bliss, LA Knight, AJ Styles, and Logan Paul searching for their WrestleMania landing spot, and you have to think some of those names will end up facing each other. There are also certain other figures to consider, too, such as whether Becky Lynch returns in time for WrestleMania 41 or whether Rey Fenix winds up in WWE in time for the PLE.

Either way, following Elimination Chamber, the Road to WrestleMania has certainly kicked up a gear, and it appears that we're only just getting started.