Author: Padraig Fahy

  • WWE Money in the Bank 2025 Predictions (& Worlds Collide)

    WWE Money in the Bank 2025 Predictions (& Worlds Collide)

    It is that time of year again where we will see 2 Money in the Bank’s going to some new owners.

    If you do not know how the format works, check out my 2017 predictions post.

    This year, there is a 2nd show on the same day. WWE recently acquired Lucha Libre AAA and is putting on their first collaborative show featuring WWE talent going against AAA talent.

    The show will be live on YouTube for free from 8pm UK/Ireland time.

    My predictions for that show are:

    • Legado del Fantasma (Santos Escobar, Angel and Berto) vs El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr., Pagano and Psycho Clown in a 6-man tag team match
      • PREDICTION: Legado del Fantasma to win.
    • El Hijo del Vikingo (C) vs Chad Gable in a singles match for the AAA Mega Championship
      • PREDICTION: Vikingo to win and retain.
    • Ethan Page (C) vs Je’Von Evans vs Laredo Kid vs Rey Fénix in a Fatal Four-way match for the NXT North American Championship
      • PREDICTION: Ethan Page to retain.
    • Stephanie Vaquer & Lola Vice vs Chik Tormenta & Dalys in a Tag team match
      • PREDICTION: Stephanie Vaquer & Lola Vice to win.
    • LWO (Dragon Lee & Cruz Del Toro) & Lince Dorado vs Octagón Jr., Aero Star & Mr. Iguana in a 6-man tag team match
      • PREDICTION: Octagón Jr., Aero Star & Mr. Iguana to win.

    And now the main show, Money in the Bank.

    • Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso vs John Cena & Logan Paul in a tag team match
      • PREDICTION: This was made after the recent Saturday Night’s Main Event show, and there has been very little build to this. A classic Face vs Heel match. I predict that the heels (Cena/Paul) are going to win. This may set up Cody Rhodes vs John Cena at SummerSlam.
    • Lyra Valkyria (C) vs Becky Lynch in a Last Chance match for the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship.
      • If Lyra wins, Becky can no longer challenge for the title as long as Lyra remains champion.
        If Becky wins, Lyra will be forced to raise her hand and acknowledge Becky as the better woman.
        • PREDICTION: This has been a great feud that has brought personal anguish into this. The last few weeks have shown that former NXT women are great on the microphone and can actually cut a promo and hold their ground. Lyra to win and retain.
    • Alexa Bliss vs Roxanne Perez vs Rhea Ripley vs Giulia vs Naomi vs Stephanie Vaquer in a ladder match for the Women’s Money in the Bank.
      • PREDICTION: This is a tough one to call. Roxanne, Giulia and Stephanie are only on the main roster a few weeks (officially) and either one of them are a sure fire shot. I will predict that Stephanie wins and becomes Ms. Money in the Bank.
    • Solo Sikoa vs LA Knight vs Penta vs Seth Rollins vs Andrade vs El Grande Americano in a ladder match for the Men’s Money in the Bank
      • PREDICTION: You can rule out the likes of Seth, Andrade, Americano and possibly LA Knight. 2 of them (Americano and Andrade) don’t need to be anywhere near the world title, and Seth could be finding another way to the title. LA Knight and Solo are a dark horse, which is why I am choosing Solo. Solo to win and become Mr. Money in the Bank.

    And those are my predictions.


  • NXT Battleground 2025 Predictions

    NXT Battleground 2025 Predictions

    It’s the first PLE since WrestleMania weekend for the NXT guys and gals. A massive stacked card including a title match for a non-WWE title.

    • Hank Walker, Tank Ledger & Josh Briggs vs The Culling (Brooks Jensen, Niko Vance & Shawn Spears) in a 6-man tag team match.
      • PREDICTION: Hank & Tank have been fantastic since winning the NXT Tag Team Titles, so they would be enjoyable, but having Josh Briggs come into this after losing his tag team partner in Inamura (as he has gone back to Japan) is a difficult position for him. Outside of Shawn Spears, The Culling is nothing more than a geek group designed to take pins. Hank, Tank & Josh to win. HONK HONK!.
    • Sol Ruca (C) vs Kelani Jordan in a singles match for the NXT Women’s North American Championship
      • PREDICTION: Kelani is back in the title picture as she won against Sol’s tag partner, Zaria on NXT TV this week. Kelani was the inaugural champion of this title at this very event last year. I don’t think she becomes a 2-time champion. Sol Ruca to win and retain.
    • Tony D’Angelo vs Channing “Stacks” Lorenzo in a singles match.
      • PREDICTION: The story leading up to this has been amazing. This is going to be a great fight and I hope we see Adrianna and Luca pop up in this match too. Tony to win.
    • Joe Hendry (C) vs Trick Williams in a singles match for the TNA World Championship.
      • PREDICTION: This is the first time a TNA title is being defended on a WWE Premium Live Event. As much as I really would like to see Trick taking the title off him, you know that TNA management wouldn’t allow that. It’ll be a great match overall, but Joe is retaining.
    • Stephanie Vaquer (C) vs Jordynne Grace in a singles match for the NXT Women’s Championship
      • PREDICTION: This is a tough one for me. Stephanie is already ready for the main roster and given that Giulia has already been signed to SmackDown this week, I don’t think Stephanie is too far behind. Maybe she will stay until after SummerSlam and then get called up. One could argue that Jordynne is already ready for the main roster, but I believe she wants to stay in NXT for a bit. Stephanie to win and retain, but I won’t be surprised if the title changes hands.
    • Oba Femi (C) vs Myles Borne in a singles match for the NXT Championship
      • PREDICTION: I want to root for Myles, but it’s against Oba, and he is going to chop him down. I cannot see a way for Myles to win this, unless there are shenanigans from the rest of the NQCC (which is highly likely). Oba to win and retain.

    And those are my predictions. Enjoy the show on Sunday.

  • Follow the blog on Bluesky

    Follow the blog on Bluesky

    Recently I have been using Bluesky a bit more and more and while my posts already cross post over to ActivityPub via the @padraig@padraig.blog account, the same has not been happening for Bluesky/ATProto.

    As of today, I have set up @padraig.blog on Bluesky, hosted on my own PDS (which also runs my main account @pf.ie)

    So please follow that account if you are on Bluesky.


    NXT Battleground predictions will be coming on Friday

    And the 100th edition of The Jukebox is coming soon™️


  • WWE Backlash 2025 Predictions

    WWE Backlash 2025 Predictions

    It’s the first PLE after WrestleMania and we are on the way to Money in the Bank show (Literally the next show)

    There are 5 matches on the card, with 4 of them being title matches.

    • Dominik Mysterio (C) vs Penta in a singles match for the Intercontinental Championship
      • PREDICTION: While I like Penta, I can’t see them taking the title off Dominik after just a couple of weeks after WrestleMania. Dominik to retain.
    • Jacob Fatu (C) vs LA Knight vs Damian Priest vs Drew McIntyre in a Fatal Four-way for the United States Championship.
      • PREDICTION: Pretty much like the IC match, they are not going to take the title off Jacob just yet, but this should be a good match to watch and could be a match of the night contender. Jacob to retain
    • Pat McAfee vs Gunther in a singles match
      • PREDICTION: Gunther is going to _hurt_ Pat badly in this match. There might be a chop or two, but it would be enjoyable. Gunther to win.
    • Lyra Valkyria (C) vs Becky Lynch in a singles match for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship.
      • PREDICTION: This is going to be a personal fight between these two. Bird girl to retain.
    • John Cena (C) vs Randy Orton in a singles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship.
      • PREDICTION: This will be their 23rd 1v1 match they John and Randy has had since 2002. And this is the 10th championship match. Their last championship match was at the 2014 Royal Rumble, where Randy defended his WWE Championship from John. This should be another classic, but it will be slow as both guys are getting on in years. John Cena to win and retain.

    And those are my predictions.


  • Celebrity Big Brother UK 2025 – Day 14 Notes

    Celebrity Big Brother UK 2025 – Day 14 Notes

    • It’s Easter in the Big Brother House. Michael Fabricant is back! He is dressed as the Easter bunny. He hides eggs around the house.
    • They are given clues as to where the eggs might be. The manage to find all the eggs. As a reward, they have been given a breakfast hamper.
    • Chris is in the DR – Chris wishes that people were open and honest. He gets visibly upset that he has to justify his friendship with Jojo.
    • Angellica and Ella are discussing nominations. Uh oh!
    • Chris was in the DR for over an hour.
    • Some of the housemates are singing Hot Cross Buns.
    • BB has gathered the housemates, there has been a rule break. BB recites the conversation between Ella and Angellica from earlier. BB will get back to them later regarding their punishment.
    • Ella is upset about it, but no one is mad at her for discussing nominations.
    • Patsy, Donna, Danny, Angellica and Chesney are meditating.
    • Everyone is brought into a room. It’s time to nominate, and it is face-to-face. Everyone has a basket with 2 eggs. They must place an egg in the basket of the person that they wish to nominate.
    • Angellica puts an egg into Patsy’s basket (1) – She explains that Patsy can be snappy towards her. She places her 2nd egg into Jack’s basket (1) – She explains that there is no connection, and he barely knows her.
    • Chesney puts an egg into Ella’s basket (1) – He explains that she didn’t want to be part of the tasks which costed the house. He places his 2nd egg into Patsy’s basket (2) – He explains that Patsy overanalyses situations.
    • Chris puts an egg into Ella’s basket (2) – Same reason as Chesney’s but also adds that she doesn’t do enough in the kitchen. He places his 2nd egg into Danny’s basket (1) – He has no reason to vote for him, and Danny understands that.
    • Danny puts an egg into Chris’ basket (1) – He feels that it Chris vs the rest of the house at times when it comes to certain situations. He places his 2nd egg into Jojo’s basket (1) – Same reason as voting for Chris.
    • Donna puts an egg into Angellica’s basket (1) – In the mornings, before coffee, Angellica claps very loudly and it annoys her. BB reminds her to take the nominations seriously. She places her 2nd egg into Jojo’s basket (2) – She explains that she has a phobia of nail-biting and notices Jojo doing it. Jojo was unaware that it is a phobia.
    • Ella puts an egg in Chesney’s basket (1) – She explains that Chesney has not defended her whenever certain distasteful jokes were made whenever Mickey made inappropriate jokes. She places her 2nd egg into Chris’ basket (2) – She explains that Daley’s comments from the other night cements the fact that Chris is playing a game.
    • Jack puts an egg in Ella’s basket (3) – He explains about the lack of willing to participate in the tasks and lack of cleaning in the kitchen. He places his 2nd egg into Angellica’s basket (2) – His reason for nominating her is the same reason as Angellica nominating Jack.
    • Jojo puts an egg into Patsy’s basket (3) – She explains that whenever she is in conversation with Patsy, the mood is always brought down. She places her 2nd egg into Ella’s basket (4) – She reiterates the same reason why Jack, Chesney and Chris nominated her. She feels that Ella tries to create drama that doesn’t need to happen. Ella cries and leaves the room.
    • Patsy puts an egg into Angellica’s basket (3) – She feels that Angellica and Ella always look at each other after she says something. She places her 2nd egg into Ella’s basket (5) – Going back to the eviction night when Daley was talking to Angellica and Ella, Patsy could read “Fuck off” about something from her lips.
    • Ella, Angellica, Chris, Jojo and Patsy have the most amount of eggs and will be up for eviction this week. BUT there is an Easter twist. One of them will be given the opportunity to save themselves.
    • There are eggs in the middle of the room. One of them has a golden egg. If they open the egg, and they get the golden egg, they are saved from the public vote.
    • Angellica opens her egg and there is a bunny.
    • Chris opens his egg and there is a bunny.
    • Ella opens her egg and there is a bunny.
    • Jojo opens her egg and there is a golden egg.
    • Jojo no longer faces eviction.
    • BUT that is not all. She must choose one person who is currently safe to replace her for eviction.
    • Jojo chooses Danny. She chooses Danny as some things that he says at certain times is not the right time. She references whenever Chris was upset earlier.
    • Ella is in the DR – She told BB that she was going to be for eviction and said so. She lacks the confidence to cook everyone in case they hate the food. BB says that she is brave for being able to nominate face-to-face.
    • Chesney believes that he was a punching bag for Ella’s nomination.
    • Angellica and Ella are being punished for breaking the rules earlier by being placed in jail in the garden. They stay in jail for 2 and a half hours.
    • Ella apologises to Chesney for her earlier comments.
    • Jojo is in the DR – She believes that Danny is trying to make it a tough night. He believes that Chris and Jojo are doing something to get more TV time. And with that in mind, Jojo thinks that Danny wants to stir up some drama so that he can get TV time.
    • Jack is pondering in the garden.


  • Celebrity Big Brother UK 2025 – Day 12 Notes

    Celebrity Big Brother UK 2025 – Day 12 Notes

    • Back to Friday night and it’s the live eviction.
    • Daley has been evicted from the Big Brother house.
    • Patsy is in the DR – She is relieved that she hasn’t been evicted.
    • Ella is talking to Danny and Donna about what Daley said before he left. He said that they should watch out for Jojo and Chris taking air time away from the rest of the housemates.
    • Angellica is in the DR – She feels that Daley had opened up about his feeling in the last few days. Ella is suspicious of Jojo and Chris and the game that they are playing.
    • Day 13–Saturday. The house has been transformed into “The Perfect Family Home” for this week’s shopping task. There are photoshopped images of the housemates and some actual photographs of housemates when they were younger.
    • They must become one big happy family. There is a meter on-screen. They are currently a “Dysfunctional Family” and must become a “Perfect Family” by completing tasks.
    • Jack & Danny are mum and dad, Jojo and Donna are grandparents, Patsy, Chesney and Angellica are teenagers, Ella and Chris are toddlers.
    • Nana Donna has fallen off the chair, Daddy Jack helps her.
    • The grandparents (Jojo and Donna) have been called to the DR – Daddy bring the grandmother to the DR, but she falls off the chair. The grandfather (who has a Zimmer Frame) is taking a very long time to get to the DR.
    • Meanwhile, the toddlers have broken out of the pen, and the mother gives them a countdown to get back in.
    • BB asks the grandparents what the house is like. They blame the mother (Danny) for how the toddlers are being raised. The father is “toxic”. The grandmother falls asleep.
    • Daddy Jack is in the bathroom while toddler Chris is in the toilet. Chris throws open the door and throws a toilet roll and asks Daddy to wipe, lol.
    • Everyone is at the table about to get lunch. Toddler Ella is in her high chair and starts screaming. Daddy and Mummy feed the toddlers by hand
    • The teenagers have been called to the bedroom. There is a phone and ring light on a stand, and they must learn and perform a “viral dance video that screams main character energy”. It will then be posted on BB’s social media to determine if it’s “Slay” or “Flop”. They have 60 mins to learn and record the dance.
    • Mum Danny is in the DR for some timeout. She is not coping. “A Woman on the edge.”. Praises the teenagers. BB asks if she regrets having 5 children, she does. She only had sex 6 time, 5 for the kids. The other one was a guy on a beach in Majorca.
    • The grandparents and the daddy are in the sitting room. The grandfather is asleep. Mother Danny comes into the kitchen, pull up her dress revealing her arse and says to Daddy Jack “While everyone is asleep” and winks at him.
    • Back to the bedroom, and it’s time for the housemates to perform their dance routine.
    • The toddlers are being dropped off at Little Brother’s nursery. They must learn a sequence of events. Basically a game of Simon Says. After about 15 mins, they get a sequence wrong.
    • Back in the house, Teenager Chesney help granny with a blanket and asks for a Werthers toffee.
    • Mummy and Daddy are picking up the toddlers. Mammy goes to sit on some “Solid Wooden blocks” but falls through them as they are thin cardboard boxes. They go back to the house. Ella swears and Danny wacks Ella with her handbag. Ella starts to “cry”
    • Daddy Jack has been called to the DR – BB asks what it was like growing up as a kid in a soap opera. Doesn’t regret not having a normal childhood.
    • Teenager Chesney is in the DR – He raps about his ‘parents’ to BB. He talks about being a teenager and saying how it was different as his mother was a presenter and his father was a rock and roll star.
    • The grandparents are in Big Brother’s Bingo Hall. There is a large bingo card with pictures of housemates Patsy, Angellica, Ella, Chesney, Chris, Jack and Danny for each square (There are duplicates).
    • They must answer and match the questions given by the other housemates. They draw 7. BB asks Angellica (and the grandparents) “Who is lucky to still be here?” The grandparents say “Patsy” and so does Angellica. Since they matched, they get a dab on their bingo card. They must complete one line and call “Bingo”
    • They draw 3. BB asks Ella, “Which housemate is not your cup of tea?” – She chooses “Jojo”. The grandparents choose “Chris” – No match.
    • Next number is 19. BB asks Chesney “Which housemate still acts like a moody teenager?” – He chooses “Ella”. The grandparents choose “Ella” – Match.
    • Next number is 15. BB asks Ella, “Which housemate is trying way too hard to impress?” – She chooses “Jojo”. The grandparents choose “Chris” – No match.
    • Next number is 46. BB asks Angellica, “Who is the biggest game player?” – She chooses “Chris”. The grandparents choose “Chris” – It’s a match.
    • Next number is 29. BB asks Danny, “Who is the grumpiest in the morning?” – He chooses “Danny”. The grandparents choose “Danny” – It’s a match and BINGO!
    • The grandparents are back and are comparing the answers from the bingo game earlier. What was said last night by Daley to Ella is revealed to the rest of the house by Danny.
    • Ella says that everyone is here to play a game and this is a game show. Chris agrees with Daley’s comments, as he has seen Chris and Jojo be close. Ella says that Daley didn’t want Jojo to be used as a platform to become more popular.
    • Ella thought that if Daley’s comments about Chris/Jojo had got out, that there would be aggro, but there isn’t. They all understand it.
    • Chris is in the DR – He is a bit upset that Ella would think that Chris is using Jojo for popularity and screen time, and that she needs to involve herself in a conversation if she is not already in one.
    • BB announces that their time as a family has come to an end. Mother Danny and Daddy Jack completed all of their duties, and enforced strict family rules without incurring any fails.
    • The Teens (Chesney, Angellica and Patsy) video was uploaded to BB’s Social Media and the viewers have voted that they “slayed” and passed the task.
    • The toddlers (Ella and Chris) while in the nursery failed to recite the entire memory sequence and failed the task.
    • Finally, the grandparents (Jojo and Donna), they answered questions and got themselves a Bingo.
    • The meter on-screen changes from “Dysfunctional Family” to “Perfect Family” – They have passed the shopping task and earn themselves a luxury shopping budget.
    • Jack, Chris and Jojo are in the garden. They talk about how Ella hates Jojo. Meanwhile, in the bedroom, Donna, Danny and Ella are talking about how certain people are sensitive compared to others.
    • Donna says that if others want to play a game, let them.
    • It’s been a couple of hours, and they are still talking about the questions from the Bingo.
    • Ella is in the DR – She says that she doesn’t care about the “game player” question from earlier, but it apparently touched a nerve with Chris.