WRESTLEMANIA PREDICTIONS

After Elimination Chamber, I am 5-5 in my predictions.

 

Here are my picks for the biggest show of the year:  WRESTLEMANIA

 

-Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay & Tensai) and the Funkadactyles vs. Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow) and the Bella Twins

 

This should be a fun match.  Team Rhodes Scholars have been struggling as of late, even going so far as to break up for a brief period of time.  Tons of Funk will win and have a big dance party on the grandest stage of all.  This match will not be a mat classic.  It will be all about fun and dancing.

 

Winners:  Tons of Funk and the Funkadactyles

 

 

 

-Chris Jericho vs. Fandango

 

Chris Jericho should easily win this match.  He is the first Undisputed Champion.  He is a record setting nine time Intercontinental Champion.  Fandango has not even wrestled one match.  Jericho should clean the mat with the rookie.  But this is WrestleMania, and each and every wrestler raises their game on this night.  Look for Fandango to shock the wrestling world and figure out some way to get a win in his debut match.

 

Winner:  Fandango

 

 

 

-WWE Tag Team Championship

Team Hell No (Kane & Daniel Bryan) CHAMPIONS vs. Dolph Ziggler & Big E Langston

 

This match could go either way.  Kane and Daniel Bryan barely function together as a team.  It feels like their partnership could implode at any moment.  But they are going against an untested Big E Langston.  Langston could either make an impressive debut or his inexperience could cause him to choke.  The deciding factor here is Dolph Ziggler.  His future is contained in the Money in the Bank briefcase, not in the tag team titles.  So look for Kane and Bryan to maintain their strenuous partnership a little longer and retain the titles.

 

Winners and still WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS:  TEAM HELL NO

 

 

 

-Ryback vs. Mark Henry

 

Like the Tag Team Championship match, this one is also a coin flip.  Both guys need a win.  Henry is desperate to make an impact after returning from injury.  And Ryback has struggled since being given a big push at the end of 2012.  Ryback struggled in his feuds with CM Punk and the Shield.  Ryback just does not seem ready for a main event push.  His struggles will continue as he loses to the World’s Strongest Man.

 

Winner:  Mark Henry

 

 

 

-Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Big Show vs. the Shield

 

Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, and Roman Reigns have been an impressive force since they debuted in the WWE.  They scored a huge victory at Elimination Chamber over John Cena, Sheamus, and Ryback.  Can Randy Orton, Sheamus, and Big Show work together to put a stop to the Shield’s reign of terror?  Big Show is notorious for choking at WrestleMania.  And there has been the question of whether Orton, Sheamus, and Show can work together as a team, especially since Sheamus and Show had an intense feud just a few months ago.  Conversely, the Shield has been working like a well-oiled machine.  The Shield should continue to dominate and score another impressive win.  I can see them using a win at WrestleMania to catapult them into contention for the WWE Championship.

 

Winners:  The Shield

 

 

 

-World Heavyweight Championship

Alberto Del Rio CHAMPION vs. Jack Swagger

 

This has become a heated and personal feud.  This is yet another match that could go either way.   (This year’s Mania is filled with a lot of unpredictable matches, making it one of the most interesting Manias in recent history).  I can see Swagger winning as using the platform of the World Heavyweight Championship to spew his controversial political propaganda.  But historically, good guys win big matches at WrestleMania.  I am picking Ablerto Del Rio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.   But I also think that Dolph Ziggler will cash in the Money in the Bank contract.  HE has patiently been holding onto the Money in the Bank briefcase.  There would be no better opportunity to cash it in than on the biggest stage of all-WrestleMania!

 

Winner and STILL WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION:  Alberto Del Rio

 

 

 

-Triple H vs. Brock Lesner

No Holds Barred Match

If Lesner wins, Triple H must retire.

 

Brock Lesner put Triple H out of action at Summerslam.  He will be extra motivated to put the Cerebral Assassin out of the sport permanently.  But Triple H is the kind of man that will want to retire on his own terms.  There is no way that he will let Brock Lesner defeat him, especially at Mania.

 

Winner:  Triple H

 

 

 

-The Undertaker vs. CM Punk

 

CM Punk has been spending the last couple of weeks disrespecting the passing of Paul Bearer.  BIG MISTAKE!  The Undertaker will make Punk pay for disrespecting his friend. 

 

Winner:  The Undertaker

 

 

 

-WWE Championship

The Rock CHAMPION vs. John Cena

 

There is no question that John Cena will redeem his loss to the Rock at last year’s WrestleMania.  But to what measures will he go to make sure that he gets a win this year?  Will he resort to heel tactics?  I think he will be tempted, but the real John Cena will come through and he will win fair and square.

 

Winner and NEW WWE CHAMPION:  John Cena