The showcase of the immortals is upon us. WrestleMania 41 is right here, with a two-night spectacular from Las Vegas that takes all of WWE’s largest storylines from the final 12 months and brings them to an in depth of their huge stadium present.
As an alternative of predicting the winners from every match we’re diving into the most important story components of the present and different weirdness which might impression the WWE. Listed here are our predictions for WrestleMania 41.
John Cena will win the WWE Common Championship
A 12 months in the past Cody Rhodes “completed the story,” and hoo buddy has the final 12 months felt like this story has been executed. By way of no fault of Cody, his run as WWE Common Champion has been one of the crucial boring, inconsequential runs in current reminiscence.
A lot of that has been because of the artistic route, or lack thereof. Nonetheless, Cody’s run was given relevancy once more by John Cena’s heel flip. Six months in the past the concept of one other Cena run was ridiculous, however now it seems like a much-needed pivot to place Cody again on the chase (the place he’s significantly better), and ultimately result in Cena vs. Reigns for the title.
That is going to be the present Logan Paul is cemented as a contender
I don’t look after Logan Paul personally. I’m undecided anybody over the age of 15 does. That stated, he’s a significantly better wrestler than he has any proper to be — and WWE appears him as a crucial a part of their push to be as mainstream as attainable.
Placing Paul in opposition to A.J. Types is designed to legitimize Logan as a authentic primary occasion man — even when it’s an undercard match. I totally count on Logan to win, after which work in the direction of being a attainable World Championship man. It’s simply the way in which WWE is now.
Seth Rollins aligns with The Rock and Paul Heyman after beating CM Punk and Roman Reigns
In probably the most excessive profile non-title match on the cardboard, Seth Rollins, CM Punk and Roman Reigns face off in a decades-long feud that’s constructed on probably the most hatin-ass story of all time. However what actually stands out to me is within the final promo earlier than the match, the place Rollins stated he was making an attempt to guard the enterprise and “do what’s finest for enterprise” earlier than hitting Roman Reigns within the again with a chair (SHIELD CALLBACK BABY). It scares me a bit of bit that Rollins was the final one standing earlier than Wrestlemania, as these folks have a tendency to not win on the largest present of the 12 months. Nonetheless, I believe it makes an excessive amount of sense for Rollins to beat Punk and Reigns, taking Paul Heyman with him as his “favor” and aligning himself with The Rock to be his eventual champion.
Iyo Sky/Rhea Ripley/Bianca Belair is a Match of the Yr contender
To say I’ve excessive hopes for this match could be an understatement. Three of the very best wrestlers on the planet no matter gender squaring off to see who turns into the face of the ladies’s division. We’ve seen the magic they’ll work once they wrestle every other–Bianca and Rhea have been circling one another on the primary roster for the reason that model cut up occurred, and now that these two are lastly colliding on the Wrestlemania stage it feels necessary. Nonetheless, I believe Iyo nonetheless is underrated on this. All the story has been about Rhea and Bianca having their very own points each with one another and round them, overlooking Sky, who’s the champion right now. I believe there’s a very good probability Sky comes out of this because the winner.
We’re going to see so much of UFC crossover promotion
This seems like a fairly protected wager, however up thus far TKO Endeavor hasn’t actually leaned too far into cross promotion between their two large fight manufacturers. That may change with Mania being in Vegas, the place the vast majority of UFC fighters prepare, and the place the UFC is headquartered.
I count on we’ll see Dana White in attendance, a lot of cutaways to MMA fighters, and doubtlessly even some involvement with CM Punk already teasing doubtlessly dealing with Seth Rollins in a octagon.
President Trump will likely be at WrestleMania
This one looks as if a foregone conclusion. At this level WWE, UFC, and the federal authorities are all so intertwined it’s a bizarre insidious household. Linda McMahon, the matriarch of the corporate is the secretary of training. The Rock is deeply tied to the Republican occasion, and Trump has appeared as UFC occasions earlier than.
Since every little thing within the nation goes so nicely and there are completely no issues proper now, count on the President to observe wrestling.
Full card for WrestleMania 41
Evening One
- Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso — WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
- The Battle Raiders (c) vs. The New Day — WWE World Tag Group Championship Match
- Rey Mysterio vs. El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)
- Jade Cargill vs. Naomi
- LA Knight (c) vs. Jacob Fatu — WWE United States Championship Match
- Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Charlotte Aptitude — WWE Girls’s Championship Match
- Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins
Evening Two
- Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley — WWE Girls’s World Championship Match
- Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez (c) vs. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria — WWE Girls’s Tag Group Championship Match
- AJ Types vs. Logan Paul
- Bron Breakker (c) vs. Penta vs. Finn Balor vs. Dominik Mysterio — WWE Intercontinental Championship Match
- Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre — Sin Metropolis Avenue Combat
- Cody Rhodes (c) vs. John Cena — WWE Common Championship Match