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Since: 26.1.03
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#1 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.02
I'm posting this before Raw is over because I'm going to bed. Yes, during the go-home Raw for Wrestlemania. I'm ashamed. But it also means I may be altering my predictions based on what I see after I finish Raw.

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: I feel like the rumors of Lesnar possibly retaining the title were floated by someone inside WWE to cast doubt about the result of the match for all the fans who believe Reigns is an inevitability. I still think that, so Reigns wins.

EDIT: Even after Brock's re-signing, I'm still going Reigns here. I'm rooting for Lesnar, but for Reigns to get to this point and NOT win...I just don't know. Lesnar as champion hasn't exactly been the boon many expected thanks in part to WWE going months without acknowledging him.

Triple H vs. Sting: It doesn't really make much sense to have Hunter win here, so I'll go with Sting.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Undertaker makes up for last year's loss with a win here, and Wyatt gets the rub that hopefully will vault him to the next level.

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: Cena wins I guess and becomes US Champion, maybe uses the belt to wipe himself with.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: I'm actually going to go with Rollins winning here, for the token heel win.

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: I'm going to go with Daniel Bryan winning here. Maybe wishful thinking.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: The Bellas, leading to A.J. and Paige exploding almost a year after Paige's initial debut and shocking win over A.J.


(edited by geemoney on 29.3.15 1051)

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#2 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.50
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Reigns wins, Rollins pulls an Edge & leaves with the belt (note - if WWE does any ending BUT this one, their entire writing staff needs to commit Hari Kiri)

EDIT DUE TO HOT NEWS: Eh, I still like most of this ending, but instead of Reigns winning & Rollins cashing in on him, Brock retains & Rollins cashes in on him after insane interference, like the Authority pins him down with a Mack Truck or something.

Now, Paul did give Reigns a nickname (The Samoan Badass), which is definitely triggering my Spidey Sence of Heyman turning on Brock & ending up as Reigns' manager by the end of Raw.

Triple H vs. Sting: Sting.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Considering this has to go on before Brock vs. Reigns, and it doesn't make much sense to have Reigns beat the 1 in 21-2 at this point, I guess gotta say Taker.

EDIT DUE TO HOT NEWS: Now I dunno. Bray might win & start a feud with Brock over both beating Taker. Yeah, I'll go with that one.

Rusev vs. John Cena: Rusev. Of course. It's kinda hilarious how nobody has really noticed Cena's transition to being a JTTS, which in a way kinda shows how good he is.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: I guess Orton, in what'll most likely be MOTN.

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: BNB retains.

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Torn between Mark Henry & Seamus. Gonna go with Sheamus.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: The Bellas

(edited by MoeGates on 24.3.15 2001)


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#3 Posted on
Reigns wins lol
Sting
Taker
Cena wins lol
Rollins
Bryan
Sheamus
Aj and Paige

And Kidd and cesaro retain on preshow
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#4 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.88
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: The Beast Incarnate, BROCK LESNAR.

Triple H vs. Sting: Sting. When was the last time HHH won a match anyway?

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: I'm going Wyatt via a new stable of demonic followers. A reboot for the Ascension?

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match:


Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: Rollins, to make him look strong for a Monday cash-in.

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Bryan

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Axelmania runs wild and Hogan is forced to show his respect.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: Paige pins Nikki to set up a title match on Raw

Tag Team Four-Way: Kidd promotes Burger King. He is therefore the most valuable commodity in this match. Ceasaro/Kidd retain.

(edited by Horsemen4ever on 24.3.15 1826)


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#5 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.60
Reigns
Sting
Undertaker
Cena
Orton
Bryan
Sheamus
Bellas
Kidd/Cesaro



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#6 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.30
I'm batting really poorly so far in the PPV predictions, but why not.

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Reigns

Triple H vs. Sting: Sting.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Wyatt.

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: Spoiler: I win. Fucking Cena of course.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: Orton

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Bryan, then he feuds with Ziggler.

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Sheamus, since they've been building up his return for weeks.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: Nobody cares. Faces win.

Tag Team Fatal Four Way: Kidd and Cesaro retain, since one of the Usos is injured.

(edited by Blind_Guardian on 23.3.15 2247)


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#7 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.83
* Bellas over AJ/Paige
* Bryan wins the IC title
* Cena beats Rusev
* Rollins (cheaply) beats Orton
* Undertaker beats Bray
* Sting beats HHH
* Damien Sandow wins the battle royale
* Reigns beats Lesnar, then Rollins cashes in afterwards to win the title



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#8 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.59
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Reigns wins here and Lesnar heads off to the greener pastures of UFC. A Rollins cash-in here would make all the sense in the world, but I'm betting on it happening the next night.

Triple H vs. Sting: cfgb said it best. This isn't about Sting's legacy. This is about Hunter's and he isn't about to lay down for any WCW invader. Triple H wins when Flair comes out and turns on Sting one last time.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: This is the ultimate no-win situation, because none of the possible outcomes help anyone. Bray wins clean and he gets to tout the honor of having beaten a 50-year-old man that's on his last legs.

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: Cena wins, but Rusev looks strong in the loss, because lord knows it's finally time to elevate him.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: WWE logic says that Rollins is teflon with the briefcase, so Orton will win here.

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: What a massive clusterfuck this entire deal is. Barrett retains to ensure the most boring outcome possible.

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Big Show and Kane kill everyone, because of course, and Kane screws over Show to win.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: The Bellas win here, because if anyone still needs protection, it's the Bellas.



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#9 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.65
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Reigns. Whether Brock re-signs or not, this has been the plan for over a year and a half. Although, the closing scene to Raw shows me WWE has little faith in Reigns, so this is probably the result that's most up in the air.

Still, in order to pay off Brock ending the streak, Brock has to legitimately lose, but maybe Rollins cashes in to protect Reigns from having to do an actual title run-- no, title REIGN. Just proper terminology, no pun.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Undertaker. Taker comes back and proves he's still alive and dominant. Post-match, Wyatt beats down the Undertaker and Sting comes out for the save. Evil Wyatt somehow makes Sting hit Taker with the baseball bat. Taker gets up and tells Sting to get out of his yard, or something. Which leads to...

Triple H vs. Sting: HHH. I don't see how HHH loses after Sting has come out on top in every single encounter so far.

Plus, just looking at both of their past histories, HHH has won plenty of matches he never needed to and Sting has agreed to some really stupid shit over the course of his career. I hope that things go differently for him, but I think they do an ending where Undertaker costs Sting the match and HHH wins, setting up Sting vs Taker for next year.

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: Cena. Although, this is one match where I think it would be cool if Rusev won by DQ when Cena beats the living shit out of him with a chair (so Bray Wyatt was right about Cena last year!). But really, Rusev won the last one, so Cena wins this one.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: Rollins. This one could go either way for me, but I'd really like to see Rollins maintain his momentum with a cheap win. This should be like when Luger beat Perfect at WrestleMania 9, where both men come out looking strong, but Rollins is given the momentum he needs going forward.

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Bad News Barrett. They've been making such a big deal about him losing lately that it feels like the right ending to me. Bryan as IC Champ is a waste, Ziggler's already had his time as IC Champ (wish he had more), and while I'd love for Ambrose to win, so all three Shield guys went over at Mania.

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: The Miz. They tease doing that awesome ending where Mizdow refuses to throw himself over the top rope, but then Miz heels it up and tosses him anyway, walking away dejected or making up with Miz. Then, Mizdow officially turns the next night on Raw.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: AJ and Paige. It's not the AJ/Paige team that's in trouble, it's Brie getting her long-awaited revenge on Nikki. Somehow, this will make Brie the heel even though Nikki was originally the asshole.

Stupid Dumb Tag Title Pre-Show Match: Kidd and Cesaro retain. Isn't one of the Usos injured? If not, I'd have them going over, but Kidd and Cesaro are better than the other three teams.

(edited by SKLOKAZOID on 23.3.15 2339)
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#10 Posted on
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: LESNAR

Triple H vs. Sting: Sting.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Undertaker

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: RUSEV

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: ORTON

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: D-Bry

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: SHEaMUS

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: AJ lee and paige

(edited by uthinkuknowme on 25.3.15 0055)

(edited by uthinkuknowme on 29.3.15 1227)
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#11 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.18
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match:
Please, for the love of god, Reigns better win and let the terrible Brock Lesnar experiment end for good. Let him go back under his rock or whatever he does so we never have to see him in WWE again (and take Heyman with you, PLEASE).

Triple H vs. Sting: Hopefully Sting; the build up really needs Sting to win otherwise what's the point. I'd be happy with anyone winning though.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Hopefully the Undertaker comes back and destroys Bray.

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: I like Rusev but Cena deserves the win here.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: Randy!

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Dean Ambrose or Dolph would be who I would be most happy with. Maybe Daniel Bryan, if one of those can't win.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: Ugh, I want both to win but I'd say probably The Bellas since AJ and Paige are teasing a breakup, based on Raw.
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#12 Posted on | Instant Rating: 5.13
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: I too feel like Reigns winning might be inevitable, but I can't shake the image of the crowd shitting all over the poor guy when he wins. It's the long-shot option, but I'm going with Lesnar in the hopes that they pull out a last-minute audible on this. Also fun: it means all the work they've done building this up becomes meaningless.

Triple H vs. Sting: I just have trouble thinking that Sting finally signed this contract just so he can come in and put over the part-owner of the company to bury his own legacy.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: My actual preference is that the Undertaker doesn't even bother showing up, but let's see if they can transfer any of his rub over to Wyatt, even without the streak.

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: We always knew where this was going.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: This seems like one of those matches where the wrong guy wins for no reason that we can see. Something something Politics, something something Angry at Rollins? I don't know.

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Y'all got some serious cases of wishful thinking going on here. I would bet (a small volume of) actual cash money that R-Truth walks away with this one. To dust off an old chestnut, they've got Small Plans for all of these guys. Seriously, this is a murderers row of guys whose pushes they've fucked up (and R-Truth). In order of failed push to potential company value, you've got: Cody Rhodes, Dolph Ziggler, Wade Barrett, Dean Ambrose, and Daniel Bryan in here, along with Harper (who they haven't missed the boat on yet). These guys should be fighting over the World title. So, I'm picking the guy that Vince thinks is funny.

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Let's say Mizdow, to tie a bow on that feud.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: I feel like a total dick for making this about who's sleeping with who, but seriously, it's CM Punk's wife vs. Daniel Bryan's wife and John Cena's girlfriend. Poor Paige is just caught up in the middle of this disaster.

Forgot the tag title match: Cesaro/Kidd. No change here, and I like them and want them to win.

Bonus Prediction: I just realized that I picked all three ex-Shield guys to lose. I predict that if I'm right about the match outcomes, no one in WWE realized that they just killed all of their WM undefeated streaks.

(edited by Tenken347 on 24.3.15 0613)
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#13 Posted on | Instant Rating: 8.60
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Reigns

Triple H vs. Sting: Sting

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: Undertaker

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: Cena

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: Orton

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: DB

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: Mizdow

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: Bellas



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#14 Posted on | Instant Rating: 9.11
Brock Lesnar v Roman Reigns, World Title: Reigns wins, affirming his status as top dog. The 15-minute match needs a miracle to delivery any quality, since Reigns needs to be carried and Brock is unlikely to want to carry him. The crowd shits all over him, both at Wrestlemania and at the Raw that follows, and so naturally the company blithely positions him as the top face in a feud against Kane.

Triple H v Sting: Part of me wants to pick HHH since Sting has had the upper hand in every one of their encounters so far. But the storyline only resolves if Sting wins, and if the deal is truly a one-off, Sting pretty much has to win. Triple H is pretty good with traditional storytelling and has a decent recent record of doing the right thing, so I'll go with Sting.

Bray Wyatt v Undertaker: Undertaker. Bonus Prediction: Match will be ass. It pains me to say that, since I'm the biggest Taker mark there is, and despite his propensity to pull out competent WM matches out of his ass, the man is now approximately 418 years old and simply doesn't have anything left to give to the business.

Rusev v John Cena, US Title: Cena is going to win this. It should be a decent match, and the US title does get elevated simply by being in the vicinity of John Cena, so there's your silver lining.

Seth Rollins v Randy Orton: Orton, in your I-Really-Want-to-Care-About-This-but-I-Can't match of the night. Maybe Rollins makes a failed cash-in attempt at the end of the night to *really* establish Reigns as the top dawg.

Intercontinental Title Clusterfuck Ladder Match: This should be the most exciting match of the night, with a great mix of talent. Wishful thinking from me has DB winning.

ARMBAR: If Sheamus makes a surprise return, he will win. Otherwise let's go with...Mizdow?

The Bella Twins v The Legion of Womb (tm Paige): There's nothing at stake here, so the faces win. If they get time and focus on Nikki and Paige, the more talented person in each team, this could be competent, but the crowd will treat it as a bathroom break anyway. Bonus prediction: CM Punk chants!

Preshow: Tag Titles Match: Cesaro and Tyson Kidd retain.

(edited by used2bcool on 24.3.15 0954)


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#15 Posted on | Instant Rating: 6.45
Reigns
Undertaker
Orton
Sting
Cena
BNB
Sheamus
Paige/AJ
Kidd/Cesaro
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#16 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.36
Oh...fuck. I am going to state now which I didn't do last year, I am picking the worst case scenario for every match. In my great hopes that the universe will negate this in a fuck you, lotjx type of way. Which really has been the last few years with this company.

Brock/Reigns. Reigns. No Cash in. You will visibly see people get out of their seats when the match starts. The booing will be tremendous, but Roman will smile thinking of the payday.

Sting/HHH. HHH. HHH has murdered every WCW guy he has stepped in the ring with. There is also no stakes involved in this. Sting gets his Mania match, which he probably didn't want, but the money is good.

Cena/Rusev. Cena destroys Rusev in a 10 minute squash.

Andre Battle Royal. Sheamus. He makes sense, but not really.

Ladder Match. Stardust. I like all of these guys even R-truth. Its a disgrace to have this much talent in a flip flop match. Goldust/Stardust should have been here. If you are not going to use Bryan at the very least have him and Ziggler tear the house apart.

AJ/Paige vs. Bellas. Bellas. Even though I like the idea of AJ and Paige murdering each other for ten minutes, we get this. Bellas win, because just because.

Orton/Rollins. Orton. Orton's returns should have been amazing instead, I forgot this match is happening. Rollins is the future if they don't fuck it up. Orton wins with a ton of interference. It injures Rollins, so no cash in that night or on Raw.

Tyson/Cesaro. I hope they win, because nothing else makes sense.

(edited by lotjx on 24.3.15 1042)


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#17 Posted on | Instant Rating: 4.10
Reigns beats Lesnar. Then Rollins cashes in. Reigns beats him too.

Cena wins US title. No Lana.

Triple H wins. His and Sting's entrances combined will get more time than the whole IC title ladder match.

Ambrose wins IC title, because Daniel Bryan is a turd and (now) B- player.

Bellas win.

Sheamus wins the Brooklyn Brawler Memorial Battle Royal.

Undertaker wins, because they have to rebuild him (for the next 10 WrestleManias).

Orton wins.

Usos win their belts back on the pre-show.

Live music acts will stink. Nonetheless, they will get more time than IC match, Divas and Battle Royal combined.

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#18 Posted on | Instant Rating: 1.36
oh yeah..Taker/Bray will not happen.



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#19 Posted on | Instant Rating: 7.05
Reigns
Sting
Rollins
Rusev
Ziggler
AJ/Paige
Wyatt
Cesaro/Kidd retains, because pre-show
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#20 Posted on | Instant Rating: 2.61
Here are some more thoughts from a demented mind in Central Florida:
Man, this used to be fun. This used to be one of the few things for which I would regularly post on the boards. Not watching WWE programming regularly for... for quite some time now, actually, and not even going to local WWE shows when they're near me, takes me out of the loop. But I'm like an addict. I just can't give up. Even if I might not even watch this WrestleMania, despite being available to do so. Even after watching last year's WrestleMania, and being shocked at Undertaker losing, and the WWE doing the right thing and putting Daniel Bryan over huge (like they should have for months prior).

But let's get down to this, shall we? Big Bad, you know the deal already.

The Bella Twins vs. A.J. Lee & Paige: I suppose we should be glad that this isn't another 14-diva tag match clusterfuck that gets everyone on the card, but shows how little they care about making us care about them. And no Divas Title defense this year. If I'm not mistaken, only Paige has gotten a win over either Nikki or Brie in the past month or so, beating Brie about not quite a month ago. The E over the past few years has been notorious for 50/50 booking, but I'm not sure we're seeing that with the Bellas as of late. And traditional booking says that you don't have the babyface stand tall right before the big showdown unless the heel is going over. (This may apply in the IC Ladder Match. Stay tuned.) But the Bellas just keep winning, it seems. Paige may be good, but I think A.J. is just playing out the string at this point. WINNERS: The Bella Twins.

Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal: As I look over who Wikipedia says is scheduled to participate in this Battle Royal (en.wikipedia.org), there are 20 participants listed. I might go with one Curtis Axel, but I hear Hulk Hogan and one or two others kinda poo pooed on AxelMania on Monday's RAW. I kinda wonder if this will be the flashpoint for Mizdow finally breaking off from Miz. It might just be it, but it comes from Mizdow being eliminated by your WINNER: The Miz.

Seven-Man Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match: Remember how we talked about how traditional booking states that you don't have the babyface stand tall before the big showdown unless you have the heel go over? ("But isn't the E moving away from most traditional booking theories?" "Quiet, you!") Twice in a row, Ziggler has cleanly beaten Daniel Bryan. They did the whole stupid "turd" thing with Daniel Bryan not long ago. I kinda think that maybe Ziggler will just keep on winning and win here, but (call me crazy; you wouldn't be the first) I'm thinking it's more likely that somehow, some way, either by "miscommunication" or "heel tactics," either with a "shades of gray" turn a la C.M. Punk in 2009, or an out-and-out full-on turn, the WINNER will end up being: Daniel Bryan becomes new Intercontinental Champion.

Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton: Randy dropped the title to Daniel Bryan in last year's main event, and two years ago, he lost in the opening six-mag tag team match against The Shield. He lost to Kane three years ago, and hasn't won since defeating C.M. Punk in Atlanta in 2011. Rollins still has the briefcase, so he's bulletproof at this point, and I'm kinda feeling that Randy's due for a WM win. WINNER: Randy Orton.

Rusev vs. John Cena, United States Championship Match: LOLCenawins. Winner: John Cena becomes new US Champion.

The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt: WWE Books Itself Into A Corner, Part I. Lesnar ending the Streak last year was part of the Grand Scheme of beating Daniel Bry, er, John Cena to become champ and then lose it to Roman Reigns this year. (We'll come back to this later.) Undertaker may be in better shape this year, and may well give us a much better match than we had last year (save for the shocking result). But if Taker wins here, then why? What's the point? There's no more Streak. (In fact, I may be wrong, but I think the only active winning streaks you have so far at WrestleMania are Roman Reigns at 2-0, Seth Rollins at 2-0, Dean Ambrose at 2-0, and Daniel Bryan is not 2-0 or 3-0 over the last two years, despite starting 0-2.) Even if Wyatt wins clean, you've lost the impact of it, because he didn't end The Streak. So I really don't know what you do here. If the writing team was smart, and made long-term plans, they'd book a win here for Wyatt to set up up as a future opponent for the winner of the main event... but I'm fairly certain the writing team is nowhere near that good or looking at the long game or long ball. Only because Taker realizes he's winding down, and wants to help elevate someone (and someone from a wrestling family, at that), I will predict WINNER: Bray Wyatt.

Triple H vs. Sting: Sting's really been getting the upper hand here. But once again, It doesn't really make much sense to have Hunter win here, so I'll go with Sting. Traditional booking states that you don't have the babyface stand tall before the big showdown unless you have the heel go over. ("But you said the E is mov..." "I KNOW WHAT I SAID!") The E still keeps bringing The Authority back. It's like writer's block. They just can't get past it and go on to a new story. So I hate to say it, but I think this means... WINNER: Triple H.

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: WWE Books Itself Into A Corner, Part II. If Lesnar retains, you have a part-time champ who, as badass as he is, is devaluing the very thing that everyone is competing and shooting for by only having defended it twice in the past seven months (three times as of this Sunday night). If Reigns wins, you get a champ who may be full-time, and who will defend the belt on a far more regular basis, but he'll be a champ that the crowds will turn on (though if recaps from last night are accurate, they already have) and who's just not ready yet. As the late, great Richard Jeni once said, "It's like your doctor asking you, 'Well, what'll it be? Ointment or suppository?'" Roman in the main event has been part of the Grand Scheme to make him the new Man. Right or wrong, Vince and the writing team seem determined to cram this down our throats, whether we like this or not. Paul Heyman has been busting his ass to build this match all by himself, with an absentee champ and a challenger who's not there promo-wise (and gatdamn if all of Heyman's previous experience and his time with Heyman Hustle and Looking4Larry haven't made him even more of a salesman)... in fact, I dare say that, in the midst of all this crap, the only one who's made himself irreplaceable to the E at this point... is Paul Heyman. The E could really save itself and give some whole new direction by having Heyman screw Lesnar (just like he did back in 2002 with Big Show and then with Kurt Angle over Big Show) and make Reigns the New Heyman Guy, which would solve sooooooo many problems here. But nope, that's not happening. They're taking Reigns on a Rocky-Maivia-Blue-Ch​​ipper-To-The-On​e-M​illionth-Power path at this point, right or wrong. (And we're not going to have a non-Vince-Russo-WrestleMania with more than one big heel turn, either.) So, this means only one thing. WINNER: Roman Reigns becomes new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

Edit: I knew I forgot a match. Likely-On-The-Pre-Show Fatal Four Way (That Will Still Be One Fall To A Finish Instead Of Elimination Rules) for WWE Tag Team Titles - Tyson Kidd and Cesaro (C) vs. The Usos vs. Los Matadores vs. The New Day: Come WrestleMania, Kidd/Cesaro will have held the belts for only about 35 days. I was going to say that no one's had that short a reign for a while, but the Old Age Outlaws had it last year for about the same time, from the Royal Rumble to the first RAW in March, and then Miz/Mizdow had it for about the same time, losing the belts to the Usos just before the year was out. New Day is going nowhere, and I feel the same way about Los Matadores. I don't think the Usos need another reign, let alone so soon. It might make for a good win at the next PPV/Special Event, and what heel teams do you have them to face if they win here? For that alone, I'll say, WINNERS: Tyson Kidd and Cesaro retain.

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