Stomping Grounds | Predictions

Stomping Grounds is this Sunday night. (Monday here in the U.K.) here are my predictions for the matches. 

Cruiserweight Championship: Tony Nese (c) vs. Drew Gulak vs. Akira Tozawa

It seems to be a reoccurring theme of me saying I don't watch 205 Live. I'll say no more for this match. Winner: AND STILL Cruiserweight Champion: Tony Nese.

The New Day vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn Woods and Big E don't need to win this match, whereas Owens and Zayn do. I'm picking the heels to win here. Winners: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship: Daniel Bryan & Rowan (c) vs. Heavy Machinery Winners: AND STILL SmackDown Tag Team Champions: Daniel Bryan and Rowan.

United States Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Ricochet This match for me is the best one on the card. I'm a fan of both wrestlers. It's too early for Joe to lose the title here. Ricochet is a place holder until Rey returns from injury. Winner: AND STILL United States Champion: Samoa Joe. 

Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre McIntyre needs this win more than Reigns, which is why he's my pick to win here. Could Shane or Revival play a part in this? It's possible. Winner: Drew McIntyre. 

SmackDown Women's Championship: Bayley (c) vs. Alexa Bliss Bayley will win after Nikki Cross accidentally costs Alexa the match. Winner: AND STILL SmackDown Women's Champion: Bayley. 

Raw Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans It seems obvious that Becky is winning here. However, I'm picking Lacey to win after Charlotte somehow gets involved in this match and costs Lynch. Winner: AND NEW Raw Women's Champion: Lacey Evans. 

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler (Steel Cage Match) Do I see Dolph  winning the title here? Yes. Do I think WWE will put the title on him? No. Winner: AND STILL WWE Champion: Kofi Kingston. 

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin I've got two predictions here. Brock will be the special referee for this match and Rollins will somehow win and avoid the cash in from Lesnar from happening. Winner: AND STILL Universal Champion: Seth Rollins. 

Predictions are done. (try to) enjoy the event if you're watching. Until the next one. Thanks for reading.

WWE Super Showdown 2019 | Thoughts

Here are my thoughts on Super Showdown. Let's begin. 

Kick off show match 

The Usos vs. The Revival 

Winners: The Usos.

Main Card 

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin

We started the main card with Seth Rollins defending his Universal Championship against Baron Corbin.

Rollins was injured prior to this match. He rolled up Corbin for the win. Winner: and STILL Universal Champion: Seth Rollins. After the match, Corbin hit Rollins with the End of Days. 

Then, Brock's music hit for the cash in attempt. Rollins hit Lesnar with a low blow and hit the Beast with multiple chair shots and the Stomp. Note: the bell never rang so Brock still holds the briefcase. 

Intercontinental Championship: Finn Balor (c) vs. Andrade

These guys put on a very good match. Andrade nearly had the title won via the Hammerlock DDT. But the champ kicked out and went on to win the match. 

Winner: and STILL Intercontinental Champion: Finn Balor.

I want to see these two have more matches ending at Summerslam. 

Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon Drew McIntyre was in Shane's corner and it proved to be important, as he hit Reigns with the Claymore while the referee was blindsided. Shane picked up the win. Winner: Shane McMahon.

Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party This was not a good match at all. It was dull and boring. Winner: Lars Sullivan.

Triple H vs. Randy Orton

Old rivalries were renewed here, with The Viper picking up the win via the RKO. Winner: Randy Orton.

Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley "The monster among men" won with the running powerslam. Winner: Braun Strowman.

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Kofi won with Trouble in Paradise. Winner: and STILL WWE Champion: Kofi Kingston. 

50-man Battle Royal

Winner: Mansoor. 

The hometown hero as it were, won this match. This was a nice moment for him and the fans in attendance. 

The Undertaker vs. Goldberg

The entrances were the best thing about this match as I said in the predictions. Not surprising though. Goldberg had a little bit of blood on his head en route to the ring. 

The bleeding got worse during the match. This match had so many botches. It was victory for the Phenom. Winner: The Undertaker. After the match, Taker looked p*ssed off (am I allowed to swear on here? Oh well it's my own blog so it's all good)  It was sad to see two legends put on a terrible match. I guess the money was too good for them to turn down at their age. I'll tell you something, Taker and Goldberg are two of my favourites of all time, but I will be happy if neither one of them ever wrestled again. Again, this match was sad to see. 

This was a glorified house show and it felt like it at times. It is now in the history books and one to easily forget about as well to be honest with you. Thanks for reading. 

WWE Super Showdown 2019 | Predictions

Welcome back to the blog. Super Showdown is LIVE tomorrow and here are my predictions for the scheduled matches.

The Usos vs. The Revival (Kickoff Show) Not sure if I'll be watching this match. I'll catch it on WWE's YouTube channel. I pick Jimmy and Jey in this one. Winners: The Usos.

Lars Sullivan vs. Lucha House Party Winner: Lars Sullivan.

Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley Much like the match above, I have no interest in this one either. Winner: Braun Strowman. 

50-man Battle Royal

I have no idea who is in this match. I'm going to pick two people here. Miz or AJ to win this match. 

Roman Reigns vs. Shane McMahon Shane has been booked strongly as of late and building a team around him but I don't think he's winning here. Winner: Roman Reigns. 

Triple H vs. Randy Orton

Winner: Triple H.

Intercontinental Championship: Finn Balor (c) vs. Andrade

Winner: Finn Balor.

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler

Very much looking to this one. I expect Kofi to win here in what should be an entertaining match. Winner: Kofi Kingston.

A lot of people are expecting Brock to cash in on Seth but I see WWE throwing a swerve by having him cashing in on Kofi and winning the WWE championship. 

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Baron Corbin

To be honest with you Baron Corbin has been impressive in his matches lately. The champion wins here though. Winner: Seth Rollins. 

The Undertaker vs. Goldberg

The entrances will be the best part of the match. I wouldn't be surprised if this is turned into a tag team match if the Revival or McIntyre and Elias get involved. 

If it continues as a one on one match I pick the Phenom to win. Winner: The Undertaker. 

That's it for the predictions. Thanks for reading. 

Money in the Bank 2019 | Thoughts

Hi and welcome back to the blog. So much to talk about so here we go!

Daniel Bryan & Rowan vs. The Usos (Kickoff Show)

The Usos defeated the Smackdown tag team champions. They get their win back after losing the previous match. That's 50-50 booking right there. Winners: The Usos.

Main Card 

Nikki Cross vs. Bayley vs. Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Carmella vs. Dana Brooke vs. Mandy Rose vs. Ember Moon (Women's Money in the Bank)

This was a very good match, the highlight was Ember hitting Natalya with The Eclipse from the ladder outside of the ring, it looked like Mandy was about to win when Sonya Deville carried her up the ladder, Bayley cut them off and shoved them down to the mat and secured the briefcase. Winner: Bayley.

United States Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio

Rey won the match from a botched looking finish. He looked at the referee in shock. Winner: and NEW US Champion: Rey Mysterio.

After the match, Joe took his anger out on the new US champion, staring down Dominic. There's your new storyline right there. 

The Miz vs. Shane McMahon (Steel Cage Match) 

First of all, since when are there rope breaks in steel cage matches? Shane won the match by slipping out of his shirt and landing on the floor. I guess they're going to end this feud (finally) at the next show on June 7th. Where it all started in the first place.

Winner: Shane McMahon.

Cruiserweight Championship: Tony Nese (c) vs. Ariya Daivari 

I missed this match so I can't really comment on it. Winner: and STILL Cruiserweight Champion: Tony Nese.

Raw Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans

Becky won the match via submission. Evans appeared to have botched the roll up pin in the closing moments of this match. 

Winner: and STILL Raw Women's Champion: Becky Lynch. 

The Man was about to walk up the ramp to the back. Until Charlotte came out and the Smackdown women's title was on the line so here we go!

SmackDown Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair

These two competitors tend to put on nice matches and tell good stories in the ring. This felt rushed, Lacey Evans cost Lynch the match and Flair picked up the win. 

Winner: and NEW Smackdown women's champion: Charlotte Flair.

I thought something like this would happen when I went through my predictions. After the match, Flair and Evans beat up Lynch when Bayley ran out for the save. Who then cashed in on Charlotte for the win.

Winner: and NEW Smackdown women's Champion: Bayley.

This was entertaining. Cash ins are always fun to watch.

Before the next match, Elias took out Roman backstage with the guitar. Before his usual segment in the ring. At the end of it, Roman gave Elias a superman punch. 

Roman Reigns vs. Elias

In the ring Roman won via the spear. Winner: Roman Reigns.

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. AJ Styles

I thought this match was going to be the main event, but in any event, this was a very good and fun match to watch. The crowd were behind both of these guys. 

Styles countered Rollins' stomp into the Styles clash for a near fall. That was phenomenal. (No pun intended) Rollins won via the stomp. I'm looking forward to their next match. Winner: and STILL Universal Champion: Seth Rollins. 

Mick Foley is advertised to be on RAW to unveil a new title. I'll take a guess that it's a WildCard title or something. 

Lars Sullivan beat up the Lucha House Party. His push continues. On commentary, Michael Cole asked, how do you stop Lars Sullivan? I say you get Roman Reigns to defeat him later down the line.

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Kevin Owens

Kofi successfully defended the title against Owens via Trouble in Paradise. Winner: and STILL WWE Champion: Kofi Kingston.

Main Event

Finn Balor vs. Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Ricochet vs. Randy Orton vs. Andrade vs. Ali (Men's Money in the Bank)

Sami Zayn was taken out of this match earlier so we were down to seven people. Andrade did a Sunset flip Powerbomb on Balor on to another ladder. 

Ali followed that up with a move of his own, this was carnage. Other moments followed. Before Ali was about to get the briefcase, Brock Lesnar's music hit. He took out Ali to win the match. 

Winner: Brock Lesnar. 

This was probably the best MITB ladder match I've ever seen. Respect to the guys in the match. It'll be interesting to see where they go with Brock and the MITB briefcase. Do they have him cash in on Rollins? Or have him use the WildCard rule and "swerve" us all by having him cash in on Kofi on Smackdown? Let's see what happens.

That's it for the Money in the Bank review. Until next time. Thanks for reading.

Money in the Bank 2019 | Predictions |

It's prediction time, let's run through the matches and see what my picks are.

Daniel Bryan & Rowan vs. The Usos (Kickoff Show)

The Revival will cost the Usos the match here. Winners: Daniel Bryan and Rowan.

Cruiserweight Championship: Tony Nese (c) vs. Ariya Daivari (Kickoff Show)

Winner: And still Cruiserweight Champion: Tony Nese. 

Nikki Cross vs. Bayley vs. Natalya vs. Naomi vs. Carmella vs. Dana Brooke vs. Mandy Rose vs. Ember Moon (Women's Money in the Bank)

I'm going select one from Raw and SmackDown. Winner: Nikki Cross or Mandy Rose.

Roman Reigns vs. Elias

Roman is winning here en route to facing Shane. Winner: Roman Reigns.

Raw Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lacey Evans

The first of Becky's titles are on the line. The Man wins after a tough match. Lacey hasn't really done anything to earn a title match which is why I pick Becky. 

Winner: and STILL RAW Women's champion: Becky Lynch. 

The Miz vs. Shane McMahon (Steel Cage Match) 

The Miz is winning here after losing at Wrestlemania. That is all. Winner: The Miz.

United States Championship: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Rey Mysterio

I'll probably get this wrong, that's what predictions are all about. I pick Rey to win the US title, with help from Dominic. Winner: and NEW United States Champion: Rey Mysterio.

SmackDown Women's Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Charlotte Flair

I predicted Becky to win against Lacey earlier, we know Becky and Seth are a couple now, that got me thinking is Becky losing the Smackdown title to stay on the same brand with Rollins on RAW? That seems to be the theme lately. 

Using the latter logic, it's a tough one. I will say Becky wins! But only just. Winner: and STILL SmackDown Women's Champion: Becky Lynch. 

Finn Balor vs. Sami Zayn vs. Baron Corbin vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Ricochet vs. Randy Orton vs. Andrade vs. Ali (Men's Money in the Bank)

I will use the same format as the women's ladder match. Winner: Drew McIntyre or Andrade. 

WWE Championship: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Kevin Owens

Kofi just won the title, the support is still fully with him, momentum etc so here is my prediction: Winner: and STILL WWE champion! Kofi Kingston. 

Universal Championship: Seth Rollins (c) vs. AJ Styles

This is going to be a great match, Rollins will remain champion, resulting in a possible heel turn from AJ. Winner: and STILL Universal Champion: Seth Rollins. 

That is it for the predictions. Enjoy the show if you're watching. Thanks for reading. 

Superstar Shakeup | Review (kind of) |

Welcome back to the blog. The Superstar Shakeup is in the books. Here are my thoughts about some of the draft picks.

Raw picks

The Miz

Good to see Miz on Raw, perhaps they'll allign him with the B-team again to reform the Miz-tourage.

Andrade + Zelina Vega

Nothing to say here, on to the next.

Ricochet + Aleister Black

I'm surprised they have kept these guys on the same brand. 

The Viking Experience 

Has anyone seen the War Raiders? This is what happens when Vince calls you down to the main roster...

Rey Mysterio

I guess with Andrade being on Raw also, him and Rey can continue their story on this here brand.

The Usos + Naomi 

This was going to happen seeing as Usos lost the smackdown tag titles to the Hardys and Naomi and Jimmy are married. Logical and easy prediction to make. 

Eric Young

Its the end of Sanity with this pick. 

EC3

Someone send this guy back to NXT. He's done nothing since the call down from the yellow brand. 

Cedric Alexander

Good luck to Cedric on the main roster. Hopefully he will challenge for the US title in near future. 

Lars Sullivan (?)

I'll talk about this guy later. 

Lacey Evans 

It looks like Lacey will challenge Becky for the Raw women's title considering events on Monday past.

AJ Styles

Looking forward to see AJ vs. Seth for the Universal title in the near future. Whoever is heel when they meet, it'll make for fantastic television that's for sure.

Pending: Samoa Joe. 

SmackDown picks

Finn Balor 

The IC champ defeated Mustafa Ali on SmackDown debut.

Ember Moon

Good pick this, I hope she challenges Becky for the SmackDown women's title.

Bayley 

The crowd reacted differently to her, WWE should turn her heel. 

Kairi Sane

She will be teaming up with Asuka and be managed by Paige.

Lars Sullivan (?)

There is a question mark with his name because he was on Raw the night before. He attacked Truth and locked eyes on Carmella. Carmella to turn against Truth and align with Lars. 

Buddy Murphy 

A potential contender for Balor's title? Time will tell...

Elias 

He should've stayed on Raw to be honest. How are they going to fill ten minutes on Monday Night? Did you detect sarcasm? Good. 

Roman Reigns 

When It was suggested that Vince was going to announce the biggest acquisition in SmackDown history, I thought it was going to be Brock or Roman. To the surprise of no one, it was Roman. The Big Dog is on Tuesday nights. 

The following names are also on SmackDown following announcements on WWE.com.

Liv Morgan 

Chad Gable  

Apollo Crews 

Mickie James

Heavy Machinery

Free Agent: Nikki Cross. 

The results are in. I was expecting the draft randomiser to return to make interesting viewing over the two nights. It wasn't to be. Instead we had people just showing up without any announcement whatsoever. I hate that. 

Who "won" the Shakeup? I'd say SmackDown. I reckon we will see Ronda or Brock (or both) on SmackDown when it goes to Friday nights on Fox later in the year. 

Thanks for reading. 

WWE SmackDown Live | Post 'Mania Review |

The show started off with the New Day celebrations for Kofi winning the WWE championship at Wrestlemania but that was interrupted by The Bar. This was just a follow up to what happened on Raw basically.

The Bar challenged the New Day to a six man tag for later on, their partner? Drew McIntyre. They should've started the superstar shakeup this week instead of next week. 

Staying with the six man tag theme, up next was Aleister Black, Ricochet and Mustafa Ali vs. Andrade, Rusev and Nakamura. Won by the face team. I didn't care much for this match as you can probably tell. After the match, Randy Orton hit Ali with the RKO from outta nowhere followed by Kevin Owens hitting Rusev with the Stunner. A random finish to this part of the show but I liked it. 

R-Truth and Carmella were interrupted by the United States champion: Samoa Joe, they got into a fight before Joe got Truth into the clutch, afterwards he got on the mic and issued a warning to the rest of the WWE roster. Before being interrupted by Braun Strowman. The monster among men stood tall at the end of this as the champ bailed. Seriously, why wait till next week for the shakeup? First McIntyre and now this?

The new women's tag team champions IIconics were out next to defend the titles against a local team called the Brooklyn Belles. This was a waste of time. 

During a backstage interview, Paige mentioned she would be bringing a tag team to next weeks show. 

Shane McMahon hyped up his win vs.Miz on Sunday. This was a nothing segment, let's move on. 

Teddy Long must have put this show together because we were set to watch another tag team match, this was for the SmackDown Tag Team championships. The Usos vs. The Hardys. 

We've got new Tag Team champions! The Hardys! now this was unexpected. Their celebrations were interrupted by Lars Sullivan.This is what is stupid about wrestling, why do people in the ring just freeze in "shock" when someone's music hits? 

I guess the Usos losing the titles mean they'll probably end up on Raw next week. I want to see them chase the tag titles against the Hardys. With the feud ending in a TLC match at SummerSlam or something like that. 

Becky Lynch walked to the ring to talk about recent events, Lacey Evans hit Becky with the "Women's Right" punch to continue the build up to Money in the Bank. 

In the main event, The New Day defeated The Bar and Drew McIntyre after Kofi pinned Sheamus. New Day celebrated with Kofi's family as SmackDown went off the air.

This was a flat show, the so called buzz after 'Mania is over, other than Braun and Drew appearing nothing of note happened. It's like I mentioned earlier here, They should've started the superstar shakeup this week. 

That's all I'm gonna say for this weeks SmackDown. Next weeks Raw and SmackDown superstar shakeup reviews could be my last for a few weeks, because what usually happens is after WrestleMania we get storylines and episodes that have that slow build, where you probably know what's going to happen in the end, but they take a long time to get the finale if that makes sense, I could do with a break also so there you go. Thanks for reading.