Wrote a FB post in 2019 which got the most likes….
April is probably my favourite time of the year-the reason being that the flagship shows of probably every major wrestling promotion is held during the month.The most anticipated of these events is WWE WrestleMania 35 which will be held in MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for this year.It is a show which is going to be main-evented for the first time in 3 decades by women namely,the UFC Hall of Famer Ronda Rousey,Charlotte Flair(her father, the Nature Boy Ric Flair lives vicariously through her achievements) and the person who got ‘over’ with the wrestling faithful the previous summer ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch(how does she gets away with THAT?!)in a ‘Winner Takes All’ Triple Threat Match(standard wrestling match between 3 wrestlers) for the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championship .
I don’t follow the story arcs involving women in this sport so the match for which I’m more excited for this event is in the mid-card which is Batista(Drax The Destroyer) against the ‘Cerebral Assasin’ Triple H(hammer wielding old timer) in a no holds barred (hit opponent with any object ranging from steel chairs to ladders)match with an added stipulation which is that Triple H must retire if he loses this match.Ironically(but still planned by WWE),Triple H wrestled under the same condition in the 2013 edition which was also held in the same stadium where he defeated Brock Lesnar.
PREDICTION->TRIPLE H DEFEATS BATISTA.
Another interesting match in the card pits ‘The Architect’Seth Rollins against an actual Beast who goes by the name ‘Brock Lesnar’ for the title for the highest tier of the wrestlers in the promotion-the (really ugly) WWE Universal Championship.Seth Rollins ‘earned’ his opportunity against Lesnar by winning a 30-man Royal Rumble Match(to be discussed in coming posts).So far,the combatants have hit each with ‘F5’s and ‘Curb Stomps’ in confrontations broadcasted by the medium of the show-Monday Night Raw.This match indeed has the worst build-up on the entire card.
PREDICTION->SETH ROLLINS DEFEATS BROCK LESNAR© TO BECOME THE NEW WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPION.
The next match is going to have Kofi Kingston-a workhorse in the company for 11 years getting his first title shot at the top title(the WWE Championship;customized by the champion such that it has an organic look) on the ‘Smackdown’ Brand where he faces the champion, former fan favourite and ‘YES!’ man,’The (NEW) Daniel Bryan’ who went from entertaining the crowd by raising his hands and shouting ‘Yes!’ to making us feel bad for the environment now for the previous 6 months.Strangely,this transition of character took place on live television in the time of 2 minutes when he defeated former champion A.J.Styles on ‘Smackdown Live.’Kofi Kingston has truly deserved this match and gets to prove himself on the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’ where he will try to dethrone the champion after facing severe scrutiny from the Champion as well as the chairman of the company himself-Vince McMahon.
PREDICTION ->KOFI KINGSTON DEFEATS DANIEL BRYAN TO BECOME THE NEW WWE CHAMPION.
A potential show stealer on the card can be the Viper(pun unintended) Randy Orton(#RKOOuttaNowhere) versus the Phenomenal (former champion for a year)A.J.Styles who wants to prove to the former that “Smackdown Live” is the house that A.J Styles built.Both incorporate awesome wrestling moves,have the best signature and finishing moves in the industry and have a humongous fan following.The build-up has been picture perfect so far with Orton mocking Styles’ career before coming to WWE and A.J saying that he had to scratch and claw for everything while Orton,being the son of Hall of Famer Bob Orton,got everything on a silver platter.
PREDICTION->RANDY ORTON DEFEATS A.J STYLES
Olympic gold medalist and WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle will be having his farewell match against longtime rival Baron Corbin.This match has received some backlash due to Corbin being a stiff wrestler but the company is going forward with this match.We wanted to see John Cena go against Angle in his really-going-to-be-emotionally-heartbreaking match but Cena is nowhere to be seen,as usual.
PREDICTION->KURT ANGLE DEFEATS BARON CORBIN AND WRAPS UP HIS CAREER.
Roman Reigns returned after a long-fought battle with leukemia in February of this year.This real life strife caused the audience who used to boo Roman Reigns out of the building before to get behind him and cheering him(total respect).Reigns would go head-to-head in a slug-fest with the ‘Scottish-Psychopath’Drew McIntyre who has been incapaciting,assaulting and mocking Reigns’ family(kayfabe)rendering him incapable of having a match for the last month or so and has pretty much ended the career of his ‘Shield-brother’Dean Ambrose ever since The Shield(Seth Rollins,Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns)defeated McIntyre’s team(Drew McIntyte,Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin)in the main-event of the Fastlane event in March.Ambrose would be leaving the company after the event.
PREDICTION->ROMAN REIGNS DEFEATS DREW MCINTYRE(duh..)
The WWE Intercontinental Championship will be defended by the “Man of the Hour”Bobby Lashley against ‘The Demon Finn Balor’which is just Finn Balor who has spray-painted his entire body in themes of red,black and white to convert himself into a human gargoyle.
PREDICTION->DEMON FINN BALOR BECOMES THE NEW WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION BY DEFEATING BOBBY LASHLEY©.
The WWE United States Championship will be on the line with the ‘Samoan Submission Machine’ Samoa Joe defending the belt against the mask-wearing Luchador ‘Master of the 619’ Rey Mysterio.It is a David versus Goliath match in which I hope Rey comes out as the victorious underdog.
PREDICTION->REY MYSTERIO DEFEATS SAMOA JOE© AND BECOMES THE NEW WWE UNITED STATES CHAMPION.
A decent tag-team consisting of ‘The A-Lister’ Miz and Shane McMahon broke up and now would face off against each other in a Falls-Counts-Anywhere match(pinfall and submission can occur at any part of the stadium).I am sure that in typical McMahon Match,Shane would probably jump off from a large structure onto his opponent as part of the match.
PREDICTION->THE MIZ BEATS SHANE MCMAHON.
Other title matches include Smackdown Live Tag Team Champions The Usos(Jimmy and Jey Uso)defending their titles in a Fatal 4-way match against 3 other teams-Aleister Black and Ricochet,The Bar(Sheamus and Cesaro) and the team of Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura.The Raw Tag Titles will be defended by The Revival(Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) against Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins(who is on a losing streak;having lost around 260 matches since returning to WWE in 2016).The Women’s tag team titles will be defended by The Boss and Hug Connection(Bayley and Sasha Banks) against 3 other teams(one opponent is Beth Phoenix who is the wife of Adam Copeland,popularly known as ‘Edge’ to wrestling masses).The preshow matches will include the Men’s Andre the Giant Battle Royale and a women’s version of the said match.The Cruiserweight Championship will be defended by Buddy Murphy against the premier athlete Tony Nese.Musical performances by Elias will take place.Legends such as The Rock,Stone Cold Steve Austin and the immortal Hulk Hogan are rumoured to appear.Alexa Bliss will be the host for this event.Hall of Famers of this year’s class will appear for their felicitation including Degeneration X(Shawn Michaels,Road Dogg,Triple H,Chyna and co.),Torrie Wilson and Brutus’The Barber’Beefcake and the wackiest character in the sport(also the longest reigning Intercontinental Champion)Honkey-Tonk Man.Sadly,The Undertaker will not appear on this edition of WrestleMania,which is a real bummer considering his age and his last performance in the event at Saudi Arabia.Nevertheless,I hope that WWE may pull off a surprise and include him on the show somehow(his entrance is the best).In the concluding sentence,all of these rivalries will culminate at the event which will be a variety show full of surprises and performances.It is set to take place on Monday (8th April,2019) with the telecast starting at 4:30 in the morning.It’s going to be a really long day.
SOME MATCHES I JUST DIDN’T WANT TO COVER.
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