Wrestlemania 30 Predictions

It's been a long time since I cared enough about Wrestling to watch a Wrestlemania. Because the company cleaned up their act from the Attitude Era, along with the WWE Network to allow people to catch up on classic wrestling libraries that the company owns, I took the plunge on the Network in order to watch this year's event. Given that I write here from time to time, I thought I'd provide my predictions for tonight's card.


Pre-Show Match: Tag Team Championship Fatal Four-Way
The Usos (C) vs. Los Matadores vs. Rybaxel vs. The Real Americans
It's disappointing to think about how good this division was a couple of months ago to now be pre-showed at Wrestlemania. You have the Usos, who are hard workers and okay champions, basically getting buried at the top of the division. It's also disappointing when you realize that Wrestlemania is four hours long, but only has 7 matches. To put things in perspective, Wrestlemania 12 was three hours long, had six matches, but one of them was an iron man match. Also, Wrestlemania 17, perceived to be one of, if not the best Wrestlemania, had 11 matches on the main card in a four hour time frame. But I digress, there's not much competition for the Champions here, and I expect them to retain their titles.

Winners: The Usos


Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royale
30 Participants, some currently unknown
There are too many competitors to name here, but so far, the names that come to mind are simple. The Big Show has the strongest push going into the match, getting the upper hand at every opportunity. The Miz is being pushed as a big heel here, getting the short end of the stick every time out. There's also Rusev, who hasn't appeared much on TV and hasn't been seen in a long time. Obviously, I think Rusev will win this match if he's in the match, since it will be the start of a push he gets as some kind of monster-like heel. Otherwise, I'll go with the Miz since they're going to try and get him over again.

Winner: Rusev


Divas Championship Invitational
AJ Lee (C) defends against 13 others
Some explanation is required here. This is a 14 woman match that is 1 fall for the Women's Title. Considering the skill that some women have in this division, this is a low blow for the division, because it's obviously going to have a low bar of quality. This match was made by Vickie Guerrero in hopes of having AJ Lee lose her title. So the choice here is simply AJ versus the Field. I think the field wins here, particularly Summer Rae, since she's on Total Divas, and is being played up as a heel and apparently is hated by a fair number of people in the locker room. It's a surprise win, but it does carry a lot of weight, including the continued burying of Fandango.

Winner: Summer Rae, New Champion


Six-Man Tag Team Match
The Shield vs. Kane and the New Age Outlaws
Unless they plan on turning any of the Shield members heel during this match, this should be an easy prediction, as the Shield should win this match. I don't have much interest in this match, as it feels like a 'get the Shield in a match that's not the Battle Royale' match, which is fine, but ultimately lacks a lot of punch. I think it will be an okay match, but The Shield's opponents aren't very interesting.

Winner: The Shield


Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker
If the buildup to this match was supposed to lead us to believe that The Undertaker had no chance in beating the monster that is Brock Lesnar, the WWE has completely failed. With the exception of a weak clothesline and F5 on the last Monday Night Raw, Lesnar has been physically and mentally neutered by The Undertaker. While Paul Heyman has cut fantastic promos like he always does, he is not Lesnar. If he was, I'd pick him to win this match 10 times out of 10, because Paul is that good. I think this will be a solid match, and might surprise people, even though the buildup has hurt it from being something greater. But since he's not, the Streak marches onto 22-0.

Winner: The Undertaker


John Cena vs. Bray Wyatt
The buildup for this match has been absolutely fantastic. When the angle started at the Royal Rumble, I wondered if the company had gone insane by having their top face go against an up and coming heel that could be destroyed in an instant. However, I think they've proven everyone wrong here, and going in is my most anticipated match. I think the important thing here is how it will finish. Bray Wyatt in order to prove his point doesn't have to win clean, but simply prove that John Cena isn't as clean or great as he says he is. Any other way, and the character of Bray Wyatt is tarnished forever. I think Cena wins the match, because the company protects him most of the time, but I don't think he does it clean.

Winner: John Cena


Daniel Bryan vs. HHH
This is arguably the main event of the evening, despite it not being the last match. It's clear that the winner here goes onto win the Title, no questions asked. What's important here is where it's placed on the card, which is right before the Title Match to close out the show. This leads me to believe that Daniel Bryan is going to win, since I don't think HHH can physically last for an hour plus in the ring nowadays. This will obviously make the Title Match more dramatic as it will probably leave Bryan in a weakened state and possibly out of that match at the beginning.

Winner: Daniel Bryan


WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match
Randy Orton (C) vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan
Batista came back, the fans didn't care. Batista won the Royal Rumble, and the fans turned on him and the company because Daniel Bryan wasn't in the Rumble. CM Punk left the company, which is why Daniel Bryan took his place. The fans essentially caused this match, and they're going to get what they want or they're going to riot, which in some alternate reality happens and is crazy. But not here. Daniel Bryan wins the Title, pins Orton clean, and leads the crowd of 70,000+ in "YES!" chants to go off the air. Hopefully he keeps the Title for more than a day this time.