Wrestlemania Predictions!

We're only a few hours away from the biggest show of the year, Wrestlemania, kicking off! So, I thought I'd blog my predictions and maybe do a bit of fantasy booking before the event.


On tonights card, we have

• The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
• Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (c) w/Natalya v Los Matadores w/El Torito v The Usos w/Naomi v The New Day for the WWE Tag Team Championships.
• Randy Orton v Seth Rollins w/J&J Security.
• Rusev (c) w/Lana v John Cena for the United States Championship. 
• AJ Lee and Paige v The Bella Twins.
• Bad News Barrett (c) v Daniel Bryan v Dean Ambrose v Stardust v Dolph Ziggler v R-Truth v Luke Harper in a ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship. 
• Sting v Triple H.
• The Undertaker v Bray Wyatt.
• Brock Lesnar (c) w/Paul Heyman v Roman Reigns for the WWE Heavyweight Championship 

A pretty stacked card with a lot of potential outcomes. 

The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

For the second year in a row, 20 wrestlers will do battle to have their names sketched on the coveted Andre the Giant memorial trophy. Many fan favourites will be in this battle royal including Mizdow, AXELMANIA and NXT stand out Hideo Itami. My pick to win the trophy tho, is Ryback. I predict the final 3 participants will be Miz, Mizdow and Ryback. Miz and Mizdow will get into an argument when Miz orders Mizdow to throw himself over the top rope. This will allow Ryback to eliminate both men and win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

Feed.. Me... More...

Fatal Fourway for the WWE Tag Team Championships. 

I can't see past the Masters of the Universe retaining the gold here, and deservedly so. These guys are two of the best workers right now and most definitely deserve to be holding championship gold. FACT! I'm guessing Cesaro will pick up the win by pinning one of the matadores, after giving El Torito the Cesaro Swing, of course. 

Randy Orton v Seth Rollins w/J&J Security. 

In a feud thats been brewing for months since Seth Rollins put Randy Orton on the shelf, I fully expect a potential show stealing match from this pair. My prediction is that near the end of the match, J&J will distract the referee, allowing Rollins to hit Orton with his MiTB briefcase and pick up the pin fall victory. Keeping him strong for a potential cash in at the end of the night. 

Rusev (c) w/ Lana v John Cena for the United States Championship.

CENAWINSLOL. Although I don't want to see it, I think Cena will end Rusevs unpinned, unsubmited streak, and capture the US Title in the process. Rusev will disagree with Lana, which will end up costing him the match. 

AJ Lee and Paige v The Bella Twins

This match can go either way, and the outcome doesn't really matter, but hopefully these four women put on a stellar performance, in highlight of the #givedivasachance trend. 

Winner, Pai-J with AJ Lee making Brie Bella tap out. 

7 Man Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship. 

In another potential show stealer, I think there's two possible outcomes for this match, and both of them don't involve BNB retaining. 

Scenario 1) 

WWE throw the fans a bone and have the fan hero Daniel Bryan climb the ladder and win the Intercontinental Championship. 

Scenario 2) 

A returning heel Sheamus costs Daniel Bryan the match, setting up a program between those two into the summer. If this is the case, I'd like to see Dean Ambrose walk out with the belt.

Sting v Triple H.

In his Wrestlemania debut, I can't see any other possible outcome other than Sting going over. Hopefully these two veterans put on a masterclass, with Sting giving the WWE Universe what they've been waiting almost 15 years for. 

The Undertaker v Bray Wyatt.

This is a match I didn't want to see happen. After last years Wrestlemania when the Undertakers streak was broken, I don't think it made sense for him to return. I don't know what way this match will go. A win for the Undertaker is another notch on his impressive Wrestlemania record, but it seems a bit obsolete with his loss at Wrestlemania 30. A loss however, would still shock the majority of the world as much as the 1 in 21-1 did! My guess is that Bray Wyatt will go over in some supernatural ending. 

Brock Lesnar (c) w/Paul Heyman v Roman Reigns for the WWE Heavyweight Championship.

Before Brock re signed with the WWE, it was a certainty that Roman Reigns was walking out of WM31 with the title, but now Brock's staying around, predicting the outcome of this main event a lot harder. It doesn't make any sense for Reigns to go over when Brock Lesnar defeated the Undertaker at Wrestlemania 30, dismantled John Cena and SummerSlam, and disposed of Cena and Seth Rollins at the Royal Rumble. I'm going with a Lesnar retention, as anything other than Lesnar leaving with the championship doesn't make sense.

So, there are my predictions. I'm looking forward to seeing tonights show and if any of my outcomes are right. 

Please feel free to leave comments on who you think the winners will be at this years Wrestlemania! 

Roman Reigns Road to Wrestlemania!

In this blog we will look at the path taken by Roman Reigns to get to the main event of Wrestlemania 31!

Since the break up of The Shield, each member of the former faction have went down their own paths. Roman Reigns has been slowly but steadily transitioning into the main event scene. He competed for the WWE Championship and defeated Randy Orton at SummerSlam. Things were looking up Roman, until September 2014, where he encountered an injury that would hault his push.

Fast forward to TLC in December, where Roman Reigns returns and is the first man to 'deglare' his entrance into the 2015 Royal Rumble.

"and I'm here right now to be the first man to deglare.. declare that at the Royal Rumble match... You think that I did damage last year? Wait till you see what I do this year." - Roman Reigns

Royal Rumble 2015 -

Enters the Royal Rumble match, to a hot crowd in Philadelphia. With all of the faces eliminated (including fan favourite Daniel Bryan), it is up to Roman Reigns to over come the odds when he's left in the ring with the Big Show and Kane. Reigns manages to come out on top eliminating both of the big men. Although, he's forgot one thing. Rusev. The Hero to the Russian Federation has not technically been eliminated as he didn't go over the top rope. As Roman think's hes won the Rumble Rusev comes back into the ring, only to be eliminated by Reigns. The fans do not like this at all. They are booing the face and cheering for the anti-American heel, Rusev. Something has to be done before the crowd go into all-out riot mode. Out comes the Rock to give Reigns a hand against the evil Authority, and to give him 'the rub'. The crowd don't take to this though, and even begin booing arguably the most popular character in professional wrestling history, the Rock! The fans clearly don't want Reigns in the main event of Wrestlemania, and they're letting their voices be heard. 

Even the Rock is confused at the negative feedback Reigns is receiving.

Luckily for Roman Reigns and the WWE, the next nights Raw scheduled to air live from Connecticut is cancelled and replaced with a live show from inside WWE Headquarters due to a severe snow storm disruption transport for that part of America. I think if the scheduled show was to go ahead, the live crowd that night, still angry from their hero Daniel Bryan not winning the title, and the 'forcing' of Roman Reigns down their necks, would have torn Reigns to shreds. 

Instead we are treated to a very calm face to face meeting between Reigns, Lesnar and Heyman. Heyman spends this time putting Reigns and his accomplished family tree over, but still irritates that he's not good enough to beat Brock Lesnar.   

The following week on Raw, HHH and the Authority manage to convince Reigns to put his guaranteed title shot on the line at Wrestlemania against Daniel Bryan at the last stop on the road to the grandest stage of them all, Fastlane.

At this point my heart was telling me we were going to see our hero, Daniel Bryan, overcome the conquerer, the beast, the 1 behind the 21-1, Brock Lesnar at Wrestlemania! But my head was telling me this match was set up to stop the fans booing Reigns for at least the next couple of weeks. 

FastLane -

At fast lane Reigns squared off against Bryan with his main event spot at Wrestlemania on the line. Unsurprisingly, he put on the best singles match he's had to date. This could however be more to do with his opponent, Daniel Bryan. This man could have a great match with anyone or anything! 

Reigns and Bryan went back and forth throughout the match. Reigns became the first person to kick out of Daniel Bryans running knee and was party to the most obvious spot of the night, the reverse running knee into the spear. Roman Reigns pins Daniel Bryan and is 100% going to Wrestlemania to face Brock Lesnar. 

Roman Reigns road to Wrestlemania has had many bumps along the way. The fans just did not take to the 2015 Royal Rumble winner, and he's had to jump through a few hoops because of that.

And now, we're only a few days out of the biggest date on the wrestling calendar... Will Roman defeat the conquerer Brock Lesnar? Or will he become another victim for the beast incarnate? 

We can only wait and see...

BROCK LESNAR RE SIGNS WITH WWE!

Brock Lesnar has signed a new lucrative contract with WWE closing the door indefinitely on a return to MMA.

After weeks and weeks of speculation, Brock Lesnar has announced in an interview with ESPN that he will not be making a return to the octagon and has in fact signed a new multi year contract with the World Wrestling Entertainment.

Lesnar attended UFC 184 last month and was photographed with UFC President Dana White. Many people believed that this was a sure sign that Lesnar had given up his in ring career, again, to head to the octagon... again. Although, it was speculated that Brock attended this event in order to gain some leverage in his contract negotiations with the WWE. Lesnar has since stated that he attended the event to "get a feel" of it again, in order to make his decision. He also stated that the decision did not come lightly and that it took him a year to come to this conclusion.

Brock Lesnar pictured with UFC President Dana White at UFC 184.

With Wrestlemania now just a few days away, what does this mean for the main event of the show?
Many fans believed Lesnar was out the door and that Roman Reigns was walking out the grandest stage of them all as the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion. However, with this new information emerging, the main event can now go any way... Will Brock Lesnar continue to conquer everyone in his path, or will Roman Reigns finally become the one to beat the one behind the 21-1... We'll have to wait until Wrestlemania, this Sunday, to find out!

Either way, this news means we're going to see more of this...

and this...

And of course... this...

SummerSlam 2015!

I'm going to SummerSlam! WWE released travel packages on their website for SummerSlam earlier in the week, and me and three friends decided to take them up on their offer and book up! This will be all of our first pay per view event, and what better way to start off than with one of the big four! We opted for the Gold Package for our first trip. This includes:

• SummerSlam Ticket
• Monday Night Raw Ticket
• Breakfast Slam Session with WWE Superstars
• Round-Trip Subway Transportation 
• Times Square Area Hotel

So, not only are we going to SummerSlam, we're also going to Monday night Raw the night after. The package includes a lot to ensure we're busy doing wrestling related things for the full weekend. The past few SummerSlams have been huge successes so I have high hopes for this event. Hopefully it can deliver.

SummerSlam 2013 saw Daniel Bryan defeat John Cena for the WWE Championship, only for Triple H to turn on him after the match and have Randy Orton cash in his MiTB briefcase and snatch the title away from Bryan. This was the night that kicked off a 8 month feud, which finally culminated at Wrestlemania 30. 

  

The event also featured CM Punk v Brock Lesnar and the debut of Bray Wyatt. 

Last years SummerSlam saw Brock Lesnar win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship by absolutely decimating John Cena like no one has before, starting off Brock Lesnars 4th, and current, WWE Championship reign. 

SummerSlam over the years has delivered, and I'm praying this year is no different. Hopefully this will be the first of many trips to the States to watch wrestling! If this trip goes well then it will more than likely become a regular thing. The next stop on the pay per view road for us though, is WrestleMania 32.