Sunday 6 April 2014

My WrestleMania predictions

Since the year of my birth, 1985, the WWE has hosted 'the showcase of the immortals' WrestleMania. Tonight is the 30th instalment, and just like every previous year it promises to be bigger than ever before.

Here are my predictions for the show.

Vickie Guerrero Divas Championship Invitational

With 14 women in the ring at one time, and only one deciding fall, this match promises to be a train wreck. WWE has some fantastically talented female wrestlers, but more often than not they are under utilised. Tonight they will all get their chance to shine, but it won't be easy to stand out for the crowd. This match should at least go longer than the average Diva's match.

This match could go in a few different directions. I think it's safe to say that Aksana and Rosa Mendes probably won't be winning it, you can be almost as certain that Layla, Natalya, Alicia Fox, Eva Marie, Summer Rae and Emma won't win either, although Emma might get given a quick roll up pin and run with the title. This brings it down to The Bella's, The Funkadayctyls and The Champ and her enforcer. Personally I don't see Cameron or Naomi as legitimate title challengers, but the WWE seems to disagree, so one of them may win. Nikki Bella is a huge outsider but Brie could win to set up a new Champion power couple if Daniel Bryan is going to win the WWE World Heavyweight Title. My pick for the match is Tamina.

After watch her enforcer destroy all the competition, AJ Lee try's to get a quick roll up victory off her, Tamina blocks the attempt, hits AJ with her finisher and gets the 1, 2, 3.

Winner and New WWE Divas Champion: Tamina Snuka

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Everybody gets a paycheck when it comes to WrestleMania, and this match is on the card mainly for that reason. 30 men will enter this match, but only 1 can win. There are lots of filler wrestlers in this match and only a few real contenders. Fandango, Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre, Brodus Clay, Darren Young, Justin Gabriel, Santino Marella, The Great Khali, Zack Ryder, Sin Cara and Brad Maddox only have one purpose in a match like this, to be dumped unceremoniously out of the ring.  This leaves a few older guys to show them some respect, R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, Mark Henry, Sheamus and Christian, a few spot guys to give an excitement factor, Dolph Ziggler, Kofi Kingston, The Miz. Of course this match will also be used to create some feuds, Goldust and Cody, Big E and Alberto Del Rio, and a few guys will get to showcase what they can do in the hope that the fans get behind them, Damien Sandow, Titus O'Neil, there are also 3 as yet up filled spots. I think and indeed hope that these spots will be filled by 3 legends, 3 men that deserve 1 last WrestleMania, 2 New Hall of Famers and the man that saved there lives, those 3 men are Scott Hall, Jake Roberts & DDP. For me this match can only be won by one man, he deserves it after some of the stuff he's had to do in the last year. That man is The Big Show, he's a giant himself after all.

Winner: The Big Show

The Shield vs Kane & The New Age Outlaws

This match is really simple for me, it ends to be used to make Roman Reigns look great, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins look jealous, while all the while entertaining the hell out of the audience. This match in my opinion could steal the show. That being said the is only one out come for this match. Roman Reigns going over Kane cleanly with his Spear to start his rise to Singles Superstardom and start the demise of The Shield as a trio.

Winners: The Shield

The Uso's vs Los Matadores vs The Real Americans vs Ryback and Curtis Axel

Let's all be completely honest, Ryback and Curtis Axel are a terrible team and Los Matadores are in WWE for comic relief, so those 2 teams aren't going to win this one. The way I see this going down is LM and R & CA end up laid out outside the ring, Jack Swagger has the ankle lock on one of the Uso's, the other Uso comes in and breaks it up with a super kick, Cesaro gets the hot tag in and goes to work on both Uso's before eventually losing the upper hand, as he goes to make the tag Swagger drops down off the apron and leaves, Cesaro turns round into a double super kick but manages to kick out of the pin. The other 2 teams become useful at this point with a series of finishers being hit, ending with Cesaro hitting the neutraliser and not wanting to win the titles for himself and Swagger stepping aside allowing the Uso's to retain. Thus keeping Cesaro looking strong, the Uso's as champs and breaking up The Real Americans.

Winners and still WWE Tag Team Champions: The Uso's

John Cena vs Bray Wyatt

John Cena is like marmite, you either love him or you hate him. Bray Wyatt is a future top heel I. The WWE. This match is about Legacy's. Cena has one to cement, Bray has one to create. This is going to be one hell of a match. Bray will, of course have Harper and Rowan in his corner, but for how long. It is inevitable that they will be ejected from ringside, this will allow John Cena to start to gain momentum and put Bray Wyatt on the back foot. After another change of momentum and a series of failed pins from Cena we will see the monster inside him break out and just like on his debut he will show his ruthless aggression. This still won't be enough, Bray Wyatt will kick out of at least 2 AA's before Cena, getting desperate, heads to the top rope. He will, of course, miss his move allowing Wyatt to recover and hit him with Sister Abigail, followed by a 2 count kick out. Wyatt will then hit a second SA, only for Cena to kick out at 2 again, a 3rd SA attempt will follow only to be blocked by Cena and countered into an AA. Both men laid out, slowly get to their feet and exchange punches followed by reversed finisher attempts before finally John Cena hoists Bray Wyatt into the air hits a 3rd AA and covers him for the clean 1, 2, 3, with Wyatt kicking out narrowly after 3.

Winner: John Cena

The Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar

This match has had probably the worst build up of any of the Undertakers 22 WrestleMania matches. Brock Lesnar, given the opportunity to choose his own opponent for WrestleMania, decrees that there is no one worth of his efforts. Gong. Out comes the Undertaker who, after ramming a pen through Brock's hand, signs the contract and sets up the match. At this point the WWE should have done everything possible to make Brock Lesnar look as strong as possible and a serious threat to the streak. They didn't, in fact they did the opposite, they made Lesnar look like a scared little boy who can only gain an advantage by attacking his opponent from behind. Despite that this should still be one hell of a fight. The end result will still be the same though, Undertaker wins and the streak stays alive. I think the events after the match will be the real highlight. As Undertaker does his usual pose in the ring the lights go out and a spotlight shines into the rafters, the lights go out again and when the come back on Sting and Undertake are standing face to face, the lights go out once more, lightning strikes and the Undertaker is gone, setting up a year long build up the Sting vs Undertaker at WM31.

Winner: The Undertaker

Daniel Bryan vs Triple H

I would love for this show to be a classic underdog triumphs through hard work and passion kind of show but that's not going to happen. Daniel Bryan and Triple H are going to absolutely destroy each other and when the dust settles one man will go on to fight for the WWE World Heavyweight title. That man will be Triple H, after a ref bump, a Sledgehammer shot and a Pedigree. Triple H will get the pin on Daniel Bryan, dashing his hopes of achieving his dream once again.

Winner: Triple H

Batista vs Randy Orton vs Triple H

Just as the bell is about to be rung to start the main event, the familiar guitar riff and vocals of The Real American Hulk Hogans entrance theme will hit, he will come out and insert Daniel Bryan into the main event because Triple H cheated to win. This will result in a temporary alliance between all three of the other competitors who will beat Bryan down and dispose of him before turning on each other. There will be a lot of near falls and broken up pins in this match with all 3 former Evolution members hitting their finishers on each other. The end will come with a Daniel Bryan comeback and many a Yes being shouted by the crowd. He will look like a man possessed as he wizzes around the ring showing off his whole arsenal. He will of course be stopped short by either one of his opponents or some outside interference, and once again he will be disposed of. I can see the finish coming with Randy Orton hitting Batista with an RKO out of nowhere, only to turn round into a pedigree from Triple H who in turn will be hit by a running Knee from Bryan, who will get the 1, 2, 3 win over Triple H. This will send the fans into a frenzy and end the show with Daniel Bryan leading the Yes Movement in a huge Yes chant.

Winner and New WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Daniel Bryan

There will of course be a ton of stuff happen between matches and a whole host of legends on the show and whatever happens I'm sure this WrestleMania will be amazing and as much as I'd like to see him appear CM Punk will not be there.

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