Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella, Raw Women's Championship Match: Rousey wins and retains.
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Smackdown Women's Championship Match:: Charlotte wins the title back.
Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler, NXT Women's Championship Match: Sane wins via DQ. Rematch at Takeover.
Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm, Mae Young Classic Finals: I could go either way here, but I'll say Storm takes it.
Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Alicia Fox & Mickie James: James gets pinned by...one of the legends.
Natalya & Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. The Riott Squad: I had the Squad winning here, but they just won on Raw, so I'll change it to the babyfaces.
Women's Battle Royal for a Women's Championship Match: That's a pretty vague prize. Not all the names have been or are likely to be announced. Of those announced, I'll go with a complete darkhorse in Sonya Deville.
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Natalya & Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. The Riott Squad: Faces
Women's Battle Royal for a Women's Championship Match: Naomi
EDITED to add spoiler prediction on NXT UK championship too.
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Rousey Lynch Sane wins, Baszler gets the call-up Trish & Lita with Alexa turning on Mickie post match Nattie, Sasha, Bayley UK Champ retains Toni Storm wins finals Battle Royal: If she is in it I think Bianca Belair wins and finally gets her title match at Takeover, if not then Asuka continues to win battle royals last eliminating Naomi to end that friendship
Lisa: Poor predicatble Bart, always picks rock Bart: Good ole rock, nothing beats that
Ronda Rousey Becky Lynch Kairi Sane Alexa & Mickie (however, Bliss reportedly has a concussion...) Banks/Bailey/Nattie Toni Storm Asuka wins the battle royal Rhea Ripley (I hadn't seen anything about her having a match though.)
Rousey Lynch Sane - I don't see any title changes happening here Trish and Lita Storm - And, if she does win, I win the board's bracket challenge! You can do this Toni, I believe in you! Riott Squad - I've got a lot of faces going over, and they could use a big win, so what the heck. Ember Moon - I kind of want to go with an Iconic here, but I think they're more interested in finding a new challenger for Rousey, and I think Moon is probably the best equipped to make her look good.
Originally posted by Tenken347 Storm - And, if she does win, I win the board's bracket challenge! You can do this Toni, I believe in you!
Io! Io! Io! If Io wins I will win the Mae Young bracket two years in a row!
And on that note I'm going to make all my picks based on who I want to win instead of who I think will win.
Nikki - That's right, I WANT NIkki to win just to hear everybody cry about it. Becky - I'm skeptical though, there's always a chance she's Sasha-ed and just keeps losing the title back to Charlotte. Kairi - She won me the Mae Young bracket last year! Trish and Lita - yeah Io - Io! Io! Io! Riott Squad - I really like the Riott Squad. I think they could have a Lita-esque appeal to teenage girls but as per usual the WWE isn't using them right. Asuka - Probably not going to happen. It will probably actually be Nia. Evie - Since it's what I want to happen I say Rhea defends against Evie and Evie wins.
GIVING A SHIT MEMORIAL BATTLE ROYAL: There are no shortage of women in this match that it is insulting to me that they're just dumped in a random battle royal like they're Mojo Rawley or something, but Asuka and Ember Moon are the two that are whose treatment is the most outrageous to me right now so I'll go with one of them. Let's say Ember but because Asuka got to win the Rumble but seriously fuck this match. (I mean, BEST case scenario is Molly Holly wins and is just back now but that feels like a pipe dream.)
YET TO BE BUMPED TO THE PRESHOW SIX WOMAN TAG TEAM Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya VS The Riott Squad The Riott Squad are cool as shit, but I'm hoping they remember that Sasha Banks exists one of these days. Team Sasha.
BREAKING NEWS TAG TEAM MATCH Trish Stratus & Lita VS Mickie James & Alexa Bliss Alicia Fox Foxy replacing Alexa was just announced by WWE and now I don't see any good reason for Trish & Lita not to win. I'd probably rather have seen the two RA era icons putting over a couple of current talents but since they're fighting a contemporary and someone who has been around since 2009, I'm cool with the nostalgia act.
MAE YOUNG CLASSIC FINAL Io Shirai VS Toni Storm I'm not sure they're going to have the first two MYC winners come from the same stable in Stardom, so I've got to give this one to Toni Storm, especially as she's set to be the top face in the NXT UK Womens Division. Speaking of which...
NXT UK WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP SPOILER (C) VS TBD I'm officially predicting this one doesn't happen since I can't see them having [REDACTED] defend her title "before" she wins it. Unless they just pretend that never happened and throw together a four way for the "first" champion? (I avoid spoilers - although I know who won - so I don't know how much programming they've taped with her after she won.)
NXT WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP Kairi Sane (C) VS Shayna Baszler Kairi pretty much just won and I think Shayna is coming to the main roster sooner than later, especially if we ever see a Rousey heel turn. And speaking of which
RAW WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP Ronda Rousey (C) VS Nikki Bella This match is the equivalent of main eventing Wrestlemania with Conor McGregor vs Shane McMahon. I give less fucks about this than the booking team gives about 90% of the womens division. It's got to be Ronda Rousey since Trailblazing Wrestling Pioneer Nikki Bella is due to disappear to work on her Instagram stories or whatever until there's another big moment to horn in on.
SMACKDOWN WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP LAST WOMAN STANDING MATCH Becky Lynch (C) VS Charlotte Flair I'm hoping they have the common sense to make this the main event, but I still don't have enough hope to think they aren't still assuming the crowd will cheer for Charlotte over Becky. Either way, these two are going to tear it up and have the match of the night on a card that contains Io Shirai vs Toni Storm. I can't see this card ending without a title change so it pretty much has to be Charlotte Flair regaining her belt here.
I'm sorry to say I have absolutely no interest in this apart from Becky & Charlotte. There could well be some good, possibly very good, matches but I'm not going to renew my subscription for it.
I'm excited for the women but so disappointed with the build for this show. They could have done so much more with the card if they weren't focued on WWE Blood Money.
Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella, Raw Women's Championship Match: Nikki wins due to twin magic or Shayna turning on Ronda or some other Bella bullshit.
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Smackdown Women's Championship Match:: Becky is on too much of a roll to lose right now.
Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler, NXT Women's Championship Match: Sane wins, Shayna is heading upwards to the main roster.
Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm, Mae Young Classic Finals: Storm takes it.
Natalya & Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. The Riott Squad: Squad wins via shenanigans. Maybe Sasha & Bayley will have miscommunication and tease breaking up for another five months.
Women's Battle Royal for a Women's Championship Match: Sonya.
If the NXT UK womens belt match happens, Rhea beats let's say Dakota Kai.
Originally posted by OlFuzzyBastard This match is the equivalent of main eventing Wrestlemania with Conor McGregor vs Shane McMahon.
Quiet you fool! Don't give them any ideas.
With only 7 (maaaaaybe 8) matches and a pre-show start time of 6pm, there is the real potential for some matches to get a a nice long time. I would have no problem with giving 30+ minutes to any or all of Flair/Lynch, Bazler/Sane, or Shirai/Storm. However I have the sneaking suspicion that a lot of time with be video retrospectives, Stephanie congratulating herself, and random hand waving. Prove me wrong, WWE! Actually, a few months ago I got an email from the WWE fan relations telling me they were looking for ladies of certain age to give some feedback. I've gotten a couple random surveys about the various PPVs, but in the past month I got one specifically asking about the Smackdown Women's Title and one asking about my thoughts leading up to Evolution. Mostly it was strongly agree/agree/disagree/strongly disagree stuff, but in the few sections asking for direct comments I said Becky was cool and tough like Stone Cold (I thought that might translate well) and that I was way hyped for the MYC final.
At any rate, here are my predictions:
Lynch Rousey Sane Storm Trish & Lita Riott Squad Ember Moon wins the Battle Royal
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Ronda Rousey vs. Nikki Bella, Raw Women's Championship Match: Rousey wins and retains.
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Smackdown Women's Championship Match:: Charlotte wins the title back.
Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler, NXT Women's Championship Match: I have no idea. Bazler, maybe?
Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm, Mae Young Classic Finals: I'll go with Io.
Trish Stratus & Lita vs. Alicia Fox & Mickie James: Stratus and Lita, obviously. When Alexa Bliss had to be replaced, that team's chances went down to 0%.
Natalya & Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. The Riott Squad: I'll take Bayley's team.
Women's Battle Royal for a Women's Championship Match: I'm pulling for my girl Molly Holly, but I think Asuka wins.
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Thanks jay and the others for the info. Just a quick follow-up, if you will. ;-) These two bars/restaurant that you speak of, has he always owed them or is that ECW/WCW money?