Universal Championship – Braun Strowman vs. Goldberg (c)
Who Should Win: Braun Strowman
Who Will Win: Braun Strowman
The feeling online seems to be that if with Roman Reigns out of this match, the win has to go to Goldberg with a rematch to come after we get out of the Coronavirus. And I just don’t see it. Money talks (yet again), and getting Goldberg to this point likely cost WWE a ton. They’re already losing their asses on this WrestleMania, they’re not going to get held up for more money by 53-year old Bill Goldberg. This one is all Strowman.
Raw Women’s Championship – Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Becky Lynch
Who Should Win: Shayna Baszler
Who Will Win: Shayna Baszler
I wish Shayna Baszler had won the Royal Rumble, but then we couldn’t build Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley. Instead Shayna eliminates just as many people as Bianca Belair, and then eliminated every opponent possible in the Elimination Chamber. Becky is supposedly going away for a break, and in all honesty she needs it. I’m sure she needs it physically, but she her character also needs it. Shayna is the obvious “should” in this case, but I think she’s also the obvious “will.”
Firefly Fun House Match – Bray Wyatt / The Fiend vs. John Cena
Who Should Win: Bray Wyatt / The Fiend
Who Will Win: Bray Wyatt / The Fiend
This might be the easiest match of the 16 to pick! Why in the world would you have John Cena win a Firefly Fun House match against Bray Wyatt and The Fiend? This is going to be a fantastic spectacle, but there’s only one way it can, and will, go. Side note, no match on the card benefited more from the move to a closed set than this one.
Boneyard Match – The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles
Who Should Win: The Undertaker
Who Will Win: The Undertaker
If the Firefly Fun House Match benefited the most from the shift to a closed set, no match on the card was hurt more than this one. Specifically AJ Styles. If this is in front of 75,000 fans at Raymond James Stadium, my should is AJ Styles. But I don’t see a reason for AJ Styles to win a match in a graveyard against The Undertaker. Short of burying the Deadman gimmick for good (no way in hell The Undertaker is retiring like this) and bringing back the American Bad Ass Biker Taker, it just doesn’t make sense. This is the Deadman’s to win.
Intercontinental Championship – Daniel Bryan vs. Sami Zayn (c)
Who Should Win: Daniel Bryan
Who Will Win: Daniel Bryan
I am a big Sami Zayn fan, even if he’s the least talented of the three people in his makeshift faction. That’s saying a ton, because Sami Zayn is damn good. But Daniel Bryan loves the Intercontinental Championship, and the last time he held it his reign was cut short. He corrected the red in his ledger with the world title, now he’s going to do it with the Intercontinental Championship. Plus, I don’t know how many more WrestleManias Daniel Bryan has left. No reason he loses this match regardless of environment.
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins
Who Should Win: Kevin Owens
Who Will Win: Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens was left off of the card last year. He was healthy, but Kofi Kingston was THE GUY for WrestleMania 35, and Owens was the collateral damage. He has a ton of momentum now, and losing here would hurt that. I can see Seth Rollins taking a break–and now isn’t the best time for it character-wise–with Becky Lynch. It does make a little sense since everyone in the Monday Night Messiah’s stable is hurt right now.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane (c)) vs. Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss
Who Should Win: Kabuki Warriors
Who Will Win: Nikki Cross & Alexa Bliss
When we did picks on Chairshot Radio, I went with the Kabuki Warriors as my should and will win. But now I really see the company giving Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross the win. I am more shocked that they’re still a team, but they are. Asuka and Kairi still have a ton they can do, and maybe they’ll win them back. But I can’t shake the feeling that BlissCross is taking the win here.
Smackdown Women’s Championship – Lacey Evans vs. Naomi vs. Sasha Banks vs. Tamina vs. Bayley (c)
Who Should Win: Bayley
Who Will Win: Bayley
Now isn’t the time to split up Sasha Banks and Bayley, but I could see a random Lacey Evans win happening here. That said, I am sticking with Karen to retain as my should and will.
