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WrestleMania Night 1: How to watch and match predictions
The long-anticipated WrestleMania begins Saturday evening at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, with seven matches on the cardboard. Right here’s how one can watch and a take a look at every of the matches.
What: WrestleMania 39
The place: SoFi Stadium, Inglewood
When: 5 p.m. Pacific
Methods to watch: You have to be a subscriber to Peacock TV to look at.
Matches
U.S. champion Austin Concept vs. John Cena
This match will open the present. The construct has been fascinating, with Cena not often capable of seem due to he’s off capturing a film. He nonetheless wrestles a few times a yr, and WWE hopes a few of his celebrity aura will rub off on Concept. If Concept wins, count on it to be by way of some kind of unlawful motion, reminiscent of a low blow behind the ref’s again.
Will win: Concept
Ought to win: Concept
SmackDown ladies’s champion Charlotte Aptitude vs. Rhea Ripley
Aptitude, daughter of the legendary Ric Aptitude, has been at or close to the highest of the ladies’s division since her arrival on WWE’s predominant exhibits in 2015. She has received the ladies’s title 14 instances. After a few years of mainly operating in place, Ripley has change into one of many prime sights in WWE during the last yr. It’s time for her coronation.
Will win: Ripley
Ought to win: Ripley
Undisputed WWE tag crew champions the Usos defend towards Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
The storyline involving the Usos, Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn is the perfect WWE has had in years. Zayn failed in his quest to take the heavyweight titles from Reigns final month, however now that he’s aligned along with his finest good friend, Owens, count on to see the Usos lose their tight grip on the tag crew titles.
Will win: Zayn and Owens
Ought to win: Zayn and Owens
Becky Lynch, Lita and Trish Stratus vs. Harm CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai and IYO SKY)
Two Corridor of Famers (Lita and Stratus) crew up with the preferred girl on the roster to tackle a crew that hasn’t fairly jelled but on display screen. Harm CTRL hasn’t caught the viewers’s full consideration, and if they’re ever going to do this, they need to win this match. And with rumors of a Stratus heel flip, that could possibly be the best way to do it.
Will win: Harm CTRL
Ought to win: Harm CTRL
Seth “Freakin” Rollins vs. Logan Paul
Paul’s contract expires with this match, nevertheless it’s exhausting to imagine he received’t be re-signed. He is without doubt one of the most pure professional wrestlers to come back alongside in years and he attracts loads of nonwrestling followers to exhibits. If Paul wins, it’s a great signal they’re near a brand new contract. If he loses, they aren’t. Rollins is without doubt one of the finest wrestlers on this planet, so count on this to steal the present.
Will win: Paul
Ought to win: Rollins
Rey Mysterio vs. Dominik Mysterio
All of the hype has gone to “The Bloodline” storyline, however the saga of father (Rey) towards son (Dom) has been simply as compelling. When Rey lastly accepted this match after months of refusing to wrestle his son, it acquired as large an viewers response as you’ll hear. The very best guess is a few kind of interference from Dom’s Judgment Day teammates, resulting in a win for him, that means this feud will proceed previous WrestleMania.
Will win: Dom
Ought to win: Rey
Braun Strowman and Ricochet vs. the Avenue Income vs. Chad Gable and Otis vs. the Viking Raiders
That is the same old multitag match at each WrestleMania, designed to get as many wrestlers on the present as attainable. It needs to be actually entertaining, however the finish consequence received’t imply all that a lot. Regulate the Avenue Income. There was some delicate onscreen pressure between the 2 not too long ago, so if the plan is to interrupt them up, this could possibly be the place, or it may not less than set the scene for a breakup on “Monday Evening Means.”
Will win: Braun Strowman and Ricochet
Ought to win: Viking Raiders