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  • WWE Summerslam 2018 PPV Predictions

    Welcome everyone to my 3rd SummerSlam predictions. This year, once again, the show is being brought to you from the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York and this 6 hour show is STACKED to the hill!

    So without any delay, let’s get into these predictions:

    NON-TITLE MATCHES:
    Tag Team Match (Kickoff Show)
    Rusev & Lana vs Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega
    PREDICTION: This feud has been more about Aiden English and whether he is going to turn on Rusev/Lana or maybe visa-versa but I have really enjoyed the build up to this match quite a bit and its really nice to see Zelina Vega inside a WWE ring performing rather than solely being a manager. Rusev & Lana to win.
    Singles Match
    Finn Bálor vs Constable Baron Corbin
    PREDICTION: This is a rubber match from Extreme Rules and while this has been a comedic little feud, this is nothing but damaging for Finn as it is showing him to be a mid-carder and to be honest, he should be in the Universal Title scene as he was in that Universal Championship match this time 2 years ago! Finn to win!
    Singles Match
    Daniel Bryan vs The Miz
    PREDICTION: This feud has been 8 years in the making since the original NXT gameshow and what a feud this has been and it is great that we are getting the blow-off match right now in 2018 and it is still shocking to see Daniel Bryan back in action. Daniel Bryan to win
    Singles Match (If Braun loses, Kevin becomes Mr. Money in the Bank)
    Braun Strowman vs Kevin Owens
    PREDICTION: This feud was started a bit too early as it seemed to have stretched from the early days of the build up of the Extreme Rules PPV in order for it to just be about the MITB case. I don’t expect Braun to lose this as he is just a tank (And a monster) and I think a few months without seeing KO will do no harm. 😉 Braun to win and retain his MITB case.
    TITLE MATCHES:
    Tag Team Match for the RAW Tag Team Championship (Kickoff Show)
    The B-Team (C) vs The Revival
    PREDICTION: The Revival have come out of nowhere and all of a sudden going against a remade The B-Team who have had their theme changed to a really crap song (in my opinion of course) and from the looks of things, they could be losing those titles really shortly as there isn’t anything more that they can do with those titles. The Revival to win!
    Singles Match for the Cruiserweight Championship (Kickoff Show)
    Cedric Alexander (C) vs Drew Gulak
    PREDICTION: This will go down as a fantastic no matter what way that you look at it and I feel that they should be moved to the pre-show of NXT Takeover as they are that good of a match. Cedric is fantastic in the ring and Gulak is just as great in terms of promo. Cedric to retain the CW Championship.
    Tag Team Match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship
    The Bludgeon Brothers (C) vs The New Day
    PREDICTION:The Bludgeon Brothers are by far the best dominant Tag Team in WWE today and I can see them go on to be a lot bigger (Hopefully they will get moved over to RAW at the next Shakeup), so I would like them to retain the titles for another few months. The Bludgeon Brothers to retain!
    Singles Match for the United States Championship
    Shinsuke Nakamura (C) vs Jeff Hardy
    PREDICTION: The new “Enigmic” Jeff Hardy is here taking on Shinsuke, but he has to be careful to not get trapped by Randy Orton if he is lurking around. This feud has been pretty ‘meh’ so hopefully at Survivor Series, we hope to see something bigger. Shinsuke to retain.
    Triple Threat for the SmackDown Women’s Championship
    Carmella (C) vs Charlotte Flair vs Becky Lynch
    PREDICTION: Right, a couple of predictions. Either Charlotte wins and Becky turns on her or Becky wins and Charlotte turns on her. Carmella is going to lose the title to Charlotte or Becky but I can’t really decide on whom is going to do what. I would love to see Becky win without any turning from with Carmella and Charlotte but who knows. Becky to win!
    Singles Match for the Intercontinental Championship 
    Dolph Ziggler (C) vs Seth Rollins
    PREDICTION: With the returning Dean Ambrose by Seth’s side, it evens the playing field when it comes to this match and I feel that Seth is ready to become the IC Champ once again. Hopefully at the next PPV, we will get Drew McIntyre vs Dean Ambrose. Seth to win.
    Singles Match for the RAW Women’s Championship
    Alexa Bliss (C) vs Ronda Rousey
    PREDICTION: Well, you do not have to know wrestling as to what is going to be happening in this match. Simply put: Ronda to win the RAW Women’s Championship. The feud has been meh at best and I’m tired of chicken-shit-heel Alexa. It’s boring now. Let’s get some new faces winning.
    Singles Match for the WWE Championship
    AJ Styles (C) vs Samoa Joe
    PREDICTION: This has been a rematch that has been a few years in the making with the last singles match that they had was back in 2012 in TNA. Now Joe has his sights on Styles and his WWE Championship. To be honest, AJ has done what he can with the WWE Championship and it wouldn’t hurt him if he lost the title and I can see Joe being a monster heel with this title. Samoa Joe to win.
    Singles Match for the Universal Championship
    Brock Lesnar (C) vs Roman Reigns
    PREDICTION: Just like Alexa v Ronda…we know how this going to go. It’s the 4th match between Brock and Roman and at this point…I am sick of talking about it because of how trash the Universal Championship is in WWE. Just give the title to Roman and lets be done with it. Roman to win. 

     

    And that is it. Apologies for the posts going up a bit late, but I have had a boat-load of work ahead of me and I didn’t get ample opportunity to get it done.

    I am not going to be Live Tweeting the PPV but I hope that you follow on Twitter: @Wressling_ for when new posts get released! 🙂

  • WWE Money in the Bank 2018 PPV Predictions

    WWE Money in the Bank 2018 PPV Predictions

    This was originally posted on Wressling.blog

    Hi everyone and welcome to my 3rd Money in the Bank PPV Predictions.

    Once again this year, we have 2 Money in the Bank matches…One for the women and one for the men. There was supposed to be a 3rd Money in the Bank match for the Tag Teams but they scrapped that idea fairly quickly.

    There is 4 men from RAW taking on 4 men from SmackDown (Yes, I am counting The New Day as 1) and the same amount of women for the Women’s match.

    But what IS Money in the Bank? I explained this good detail in my predictions post from last year. You can read that explanation here: https://padraig.blog/wwe-money-in-the-bank-2017-ppv-predictions/

    Also with this PPV, we will see the singles debut of Ronda Rousey against Nia Jax for the RAW Women’s Championship.

    Anyway, let’s get into it. Oh and I am going to lob the MITB matches in as a Title Match.

    NON-TITLE MATCHES
    Singles Match
     Roman Reigns VS Jinder Mahal
    PREDICTION: At this point, I am sick at looking at Roman Reigns…He is not doing anything and is basically filling his time until he can face Brock Lesnar again at SummerSlam. This is really a nothing match and Jinder is going to end up losing. I really doubt that Jinder is going to go far in this run of WWE.  Roman Reigns to win

     

    Singles Match
     Bobby Lashley VS Sami Zayn
    PREDICTION: After this week’s RAW, I started to question as to WTF WWE are smoking when it comes to making up storylines. An obstacle course…I didn’t know I was watching Ninja Warrior…but OK. This is going to be a squash match in my opinion where Bobby is going to flatten Sami. In my opinion, this match should have been on the kickoff show and not the SmackDown Tag Team Match. Bobby Lashley to win.

     

    Singles Match
     Daniel Bryan VS Big Cass
    PREDICTION: This is also a nothing match where Big Cass has to prove to himself that he can do it on his own in WWE without Enzo Amore. This is literally a David vs Goliath match and the build of this feud was pretty horrible. Daniel Bryan to win.
    TITLE MATCHES
    Tag Team Match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships (Kickoff Show)
     The Bludgeon Brothers (C) VS Luke Gallows &
    Karl Anderson
    PREDICTION: I will never understand WWE…WHY IS THERE A 4-HOUR PPV AND YET YOU STILL HAVE TO PUT THE SD TAG TEAM MATCH ON THE PRE-SHOW?!??! This is insane and I feel bad for all involved as they should be on the main card. If anything, put Lashley/Zayn or Bryan/Cass on the pre-show…It would make more sense. There is no feud here. Nothing match. Bludgeon Brothers to retain!

     

    Singles Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship
     Seth Rollins (C) VS Elias
    PREDICTION: This is the probably the best match that Elias has ever had in WWE. Seth and Elias seem to have good chemistry and the feud has been good, and I know that it is going to be a enjoyable match at the end of it all. Let’s hope it doesn’t end in a DQ if Elias decides to hit Seth Rollins with a guitar. Seth to retain.

     

    Singles Match for the SmackDown Women’s Championship
     Carmella (C) VS Asuka
    PREDICTION: Well, after Carmella tapped out to the Asuka Lock, we can kinda see what way this is going to go. I have a feeling that Asuka is going to make this look easy. I have never been a big fan of Carmella, so it would be nice for her to pick up her first WWE Main Roster title. If this match is AFTER the Women’s MITB, I doubt that they will cash in on the same night. Asuka to become the new SmackDown Women’s Champion.

     

    Singles Match for the RAW Women’s Championship
     Nia Jax (C) VS Ronda Rousey
    PREDICTION: Well, you don’t have to be a WWE viewer to know which way this going to go. Yes, Nia is big and strong but she ain’t a ‘Ronda Rousey’ and it is this star power that is going to allow Ronda to pick up the victory against Nia Jax. It will be a submission that allow her to get the win. Ronda Rousey to become the new RAW Women’s Champion.

     

    Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Championship
     AJ Styles (C) VS Shinsuke Nakamura
    PREDICTION: I shall ask this again.. WHY DOES HE KEEP HITTING ME IN THE DICK!? AJ…Please, just wear a cup because it is a ‘Last Man Standing’ match and he is going to low-blow you all the way to NXT. It is not worth it… Despite saying this, Nakamura is not going to win because I would like to see Styles lose it at SummerSlam…He is not ready to drop the title now. AJ Styles to retain!

     

    Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match
     The Miz
    Braun Strowman
    Bobby Roode
    Kevin Owens
    Samoa Joe    		 VS Rusev
    Finn Balor
    Kofi Kingston
    Big E
    Xavier Woods
    PREDICTION: Well, this always becomes the most difficult part of the night…Finding out who is going to win the Money in the Bank match. I have a really bad prediction on what’s going to happen here.

    I think it going to be one of the members of The New Day and I honestly believe that it is time for Big E to go back our on his own and turn heel on the other two breaking The New Day up.

    I know, I know…sounds crazy, but it has been on the cards for a while, so I could see it happening. If not, I would like to see Finn Balor winning it. (Not because I am biased, but just that he COULD be Mr. MITB) – Big E to win the Money in the Bank Contract!

     

    Womens’ Money in the Bank Ladder Match
    Charlotte Flair 
    Alexa Bliss
    Natayla
    Lana    		 VS Ember Moon
    Becky Lynch
    Naomi
    Sasha Banks
    PREDICTION: Likewise, this could go to anyone bar Naomi. They wouldn’t allow Naomi to win the Wrestlemania Battle Royale and Money In The Bank (But hey, I could be wrong). The other girls all have a serious good chance including Becky and Charlotte (I smell a heel turn by the way).

    Ember Moon is a recent NXT Call up and I feel that she may not be ready to be lobbed in the same pool as Ronda Rousey should she decide to cash in on the same night. Sasha Banks could gun for it as there is a bit of heel-ish work that she can do between her and Bayley.

    The underdog for all of this is of course, Lana! Lana has been getting better and better in the ring in the last year and it would be nice for her to have a big of boost of momentum and could possibly challenge Asuka for the SmackDown Women’s Championship but will probably end up losing that match.

    And that is my predictions for WWE Money in the Bank PPV. I will try to do my best to Livetweet this over on @PFWressling – But with scheduling, this may not happen (Or it’ll happen late)

    Let me know who you think is going to win the matches and why!

  • WWE Backlash 2018 Predictions

    WWE Backlash 2018 Predictions

    Welcome everyone to my Backlash PPV Predictions.

    This is the first of the new co-branded PPV’s that are not the “BIg 4” where superstars from RAW and SmackDown Live are now on the same show.

    5 hour PPV’s every month, anyone?

    Anyway, let’s get into these predictions!

    As there is stars from RAW and SmackDown going to be competing, I am going to marking each superstar with their respective brand colours going forward:

    • RED for RAW
    • BLUE for SmackDown Live
    • ORANGE for NXT (Yellow would be too bright for the page 😛 )
    • PURPLE for 205 Live
    NON-TITLE MATCHES

     

    Singles Match
    Daniel Bryan vs Big Cass
     PREDICTION: This is the first feud that Daniel Bryan has been involved in since returning to in-ring competition and weirdly, it is with Big Cass. I can see this being a David v Goliath match because of Big Cass being 7ft tall (And you can’t teach that) but Daniel Bryan is a hard-hitting monster-baby-face that will probably win this. Daniel Bryan to win.
    Tag Team Match Match
    Bobby Lashley
    &
    Braun Strowman    		 vs Sami Zayn
    &
    Kevin Owens
     PREDICTION: I am not sure where Bobby & Braun come into this…They don’t appear to be a formidable tag-team. I think this was thrown together last second because they need to use Sami & Kevin. It would look like that Bobby & Braun would win, but I would suspect that Sami & Kevin would be up to something sneaky to snap the win from Bobby & Braun. Braun & Bobby to win.
    Singles Match
    Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe
     PREDICTION: The Big Dog need a -big- win after his loss at the Greatest Royal Rumble to Brock Lesnar but this is just filler match until we can get Roman and Brock again (Probably Money in the Bank PPV? ) but for now, I would be happy to see either man win this match, so I am going to give it to Samoa Joe.
    TITLE MATCHES:

     

    United States Championship Match
    Jeff Hardy (C) vs Randy Orton
    PREDICTION: Jeff has become a fantastic US Champ with very little words. If Jeff could start cutting promos and be bit more “Heel~ish” (Or even Broken), then it would be a lot more interesting. Jeff to retain the US Title.
    Intercontinental Championship Match
    Seth Rollins (C) vs The Miz
    PREDICTION: Seth is just amazing at being a baby-face. He got a loud pop on RAW this week after the hectic schedule that he has endured in the last couple of weeks. Going from US to South Africa to Saudi Arabia to US to Canada and then back to United Stated. A lot just from one person and he has defended his IC Title anywhere he went. I will say this straight off, The Miz is not getting the title. As long as the US Title is on SmackDown, the IC won’t go there. Miz will have to wait a bit longer before he can become 9 time Intercontinental Champion. It should be a cool match with some hard-hitting moves from both guys. Seth to retain.
    RAW Women’s Championship Match
    Nia Jax (C) vs Alexa Bliss
    PREDICTION: Babyface Nia is just brilliant. She is so wholesome and having the RAW Women’s championship now is what she needed. With the “pity”-PSA that Alexa has been showing on RAW, it looks like that she could be looking at becoming a 3-time RAW Women’s Championship, but I have my doubts about her claiming the title (Unless there is interference), so Nia Jax to retain!
    SmackDown Women’s Championship Match
    Carmella (C) vs Charlotte Flair
    PREDICTION: Carmella is just a promo-girl, she is OK in the ring (I am not saying that she is a terrible wrestler) but her mic skills and promos could do with a bit of work in my opinion. Charlotte is obviously having her re-match clause invoked. I would like to see Charlotte winning because Carmella is just a chicken-shit heel that will try to run away from a match. Charlotte to win the SD Women’s Championship.
    No Disqualification Match for the WWE Championship
    AJ Styles (C) vs Shinsuke Nakamura
    PREDICTION: “WHY DOES HE STILL KEEP HITTING ME IN THE DICK?!” Shinsuke “Low-Blows” Nakamura has been low-blowing AJ for the last few weeks as a result of being jealous of not being WWE Champion. AJ could be going to “Low-Blow City” as this is now a No DQ Championship match. I hope that AJ destroys Shinsuke and be able to dominate over him, but I wouldn’t be disappointing if the WWE Championship was to drop to Shinsuke. He has been on fire lately. AJ to retain!

     

    And that is my predictions for Backlash PPV. I will try to live tweet the event on @PFWressling on the night but can’t guarantee anything. Keep an eye on Twitter for updates!

  • [The JukeBox] #21 – The Game Music Committee – Bad Apple

    Welcome to a 2nd Jukebox for today. This is Edition 7 of The JukeBox (I thought I covered this back on MLX, but I’m not sure)..Just looked, I can’t tell. It’s a throwback 😛

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  • [The JukeBox] #20 – t.A.T.U. – Malchik Gay

    Welcome to Edition 6 of The JukeBox.

    Earlier this week, the “in-famous” Russian Lesbians, t.A.T.u. re-released their 2002 hit album “200 km/h in the Wrong Lane” and to celebrate, I thought I would share one of many favorite songs from that album, “Malchik Gay”.

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