Tag: Wrestlemania

by: Dylan Jones

Who will win the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 40? 

By Dylan Jones

I am going to predict the World Heavyweight Championship match. Drew McIntyre is the challenger to Seth Rollins the champion. Seth Rollins has really embraced the role of champion because he is always eager to put his title on the line even if it is a regular Monday Night Raw. He has been champion for over 200 days and he has defended it 50 plus times. This shows that he is a champion for the people which is why the World Heavyweight Championship Title was created. He has already retained his title once against Drew. 

Drew McIntyre won the Elimination Chamber in Australia to grant him another title opportunity vs Seth. Drew has been a world champion before so he knows what it takes to be champion. Drew is even better than when he lost to Seth on Monday Night Raw and he lost because Damien Priest interfered with the match which did not help his chances at all. 

Seth Rollins has his focus on the tag team match and helping Cody Rhodes get an advantage vs Roman Reign to finally take down the Bloodline for good. So I do not think Seth will come into this 100% focused and I think Drew will capitalize on this for most of the match but I see injured CM Punk coming out and screwing both men over while they are already hurt by each other. CM Punk dislikes both Seth and Drew so I see him doing something to get them both on the ground. I think this will lead to Damien Priest to cash in the Money in the Bank and win the World Heavy Championship. For people that do not know what the Money in the Bank is, it is a briefcase that gives the winner of it the opportunity to “cash it in” to join or make a match at any time with any champion of their choosing. Putting the title on Damien will lead to more opportunities for all superstars on Raw to get a title shot. I feel that Damien Priest is title ready and this is the perfect time to let him finally cash in his Money in the Bank.

Who will win the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 40?

I am predicting the Intercontinental Championship match. Sami Zayn is the challenger to the champion, Gunther. Gunther is almost in the same situation as Roman Reigns as he has been the champion well over 600 days. Gunther has looked untouchable throughout his reign as champion, beating everyone he has faced. Gunther has not been pinned in a singles match since he made the switch from NXT to Monday Night Raw. 

Sami Zayn has been hot recently. He has been getting a lot of wins on Mondays building his momentum for WrestleMania vs Gunther. Sami Zayn had to go through a gauntlet match and win it to get to challenge Gunther. He beat Ricochet, JD McDonagh, Bronson Reed, Shinsuke Nakamura, and Chad Gable to win the match. Sami Zayn should be ready for this match as he headlined Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 in a tag team match with Kevin Owens which they won to become the tag team champions.

I see this match going smoothly, and I do not see anyone interfering with this. I think that Sami Zayn is not the guy to finally take the championship off of Gunther. Gunther has been champion for way too long for someone of Sami Zayn’s caliber to take his title. I think Gunther is going to dominate this match, but then Sami Zayn will go on a little streak close to the end of the match, but Gunther will dodge Sami’s finisher and then he will hit him with his finisher to end the match and retain the intercontinental title. I do not know who the front office has in line to dethrone Gunther, but I am not very confident that Sami will get the job done. I think a good person to come to the main roster and finally beat Gunter would be Bron Breaker because he  and Gunther had a big feud in NXT before Gunther was called up to the main roster. A Bron Breaker vs Gunther feud is much needed on Monday Night Raw because they had a very good feud that got cut short because Gunther got called up.

Who will win the United States Championship at WrestleMania 40? 

I am predicting the United States Championship Match. This triple threat has two challengers, Kevin Owens and Randy Orton and Logan Paul is the champion. Logan Paul has not had to defend his title that often but when he does he puts on a show. The last time he defended it was against Kevin Owens and Logan won because Kevin got disqualified for punching Logan with brass knuckles. Logan is a high flier and can do some incredible things in the ring. When this match was first  announced on Friday Night Smackdown Logan did not seem very excited that he had to defend against Kevin and Randy in a triple threat. 

Kevin is getting another opportunity at the title because their first match had a sketchy ending. Kevin has taken every opportunity to attack Logan on Smackdown. He has a strong hatred for Logan so he is definitely ready to get his hands on him again. 

Randy has found himself in this match because, while competing in the Elimination Chamber match to win a chance to fight for the World Heavyweight Championship, Logan who was already eliminated, punched Randy with brass knuckles costing Randy the match. Randy is seeking to take the title at WrestleMania. 

Personally I do not see Logan retaining his title in this match. Logan will not be able to handle having Randy and Kevin both wanting to take the title. I do not see Randy winning just because I do not see him winning a midcard title this late in his career. I think that Randy will be first in line to challenge whoever wins the World Heavyweight Title or the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. I see Logan trying to do something like sneaking in his brass knuckles, but it not working. This will lead to an opportunity for Kevin to capitalize and win the United States Championship. This would give Logan a break from being on Smackdown every Friday. Logan has been on Smackdown very often and I am sure he is ready to take a break from traveling around the country and fighting once a week.

Who will win the Undisputed WWE Universe Championship at WrestleMania 40?

I am going to predict the Undisputed WWE Universe Championship match. Cody Rhodes is the challenger to the champion, Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns has been the champion for well over 1000 days. He also beat Cody Rhodes last year at WrestleMania 39 in a questionable finish because of an interference by some of Roman’s cousins also known as “The Bloodline.” Roman has had a dominating run as champion he has beaten a lot of notable names like Brock Lensar, Randy Orton, and Jey Uso. 

Cody Rhodes is on a mission to “Finish his Story”. He adopted this slogan because he wants to win the only championship his late father, Dusty Rhodes, never won. He had the chance to do it last year, but he failed. Cody has had a tough year working up to this match. He has fought in many matches and he has gotten better as a fighter compared to the last time he fought Roman. He had a long feud with Brock Lensar at the start of the year. This ended with Cody winning and Brock giving him a handshake out of respect, something we never see out of the Beast, Brock Lesnar.

Before this match on night 2 of WrestleMania we will see a tag team match involving Roman Reigns and The Rock vs Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins. If Roman and The Rock win then the match becomes no disqualification so the Bloodline can intervene, but if Rollins and Rhodes win, the match becomes Bloodline free. I think Roman and The Rock will win the tag team match. This would make it where the Bloodline can get involved. In typical fashion, I think the Bloodline will get involved in the match, but I think Seth Rollins and Jey Uso will come out and help Cody. After Seth and Jey equal it out I think The Rock will come out and turn against his cousin Roman Reigns and help Cody Rhodes finally finish his story. This will leave fans shocked as to why The Rock did it, but the next night on Monday Night Raw I could see him coming out saying he did it to put Roman in his place and let Roman know that The Rock is the real Head of the Table.