Wrestlemania XXXVII Preview: Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn

It’s a long time coming.

This is kind of cool to see as these two have spent their entire careers joined at the hip. How awesome is it going to be for them to get to face each other at Wrestlemania after all these years? There’s also the Logan Paul factor but is isn’t like he can do that much damage to the whole thing. This is going to be about two old friends getting to do something they talked about since they were kids and that is great.

I’ll take Owens here, likely with some shenanigans from Paul, whether intentional or not. Let Zayn have something else to get annoyed about while Owens FINALLY gets a win after losing to Roman Reigns time after time. All this needs to be is a nice match as either of them winning would be fine enough. Owens seems to be more fun though and as long as Paul doesn’t do anything stupid, they’ll be fine.




Wrestlemania XXXVII Preview: Smackdown Women’s Title: Sasha Banks(c) vs. Bianca Belair

Bring on the headliners.

I think this one might headline and that would be a pretty cool moment. It isn’t quite the same as main eventing Wrestlemania but it is something you can claim and get away with it well enough. Unfortunately you can’t claim that this has been a well done build to the show, because they had to spent about a month dealing with Nia Jax/Shayna Baszler and Reginald because…..like anyone knows that.

They almost have to pull the trigger on Belair here because Banks doesn’t need the title and Belair has never actually won a championship. Just give her the belt already because that is the kind of thing that can make her feel like a star instead of just an athletic marvel. Belair needs this, just like the women’s division REALLY needs some fresh blood. WWE kinds of needs to get this right and having the match headline would be even better.




Wrestlemania XXXVII Preview: WWE Title: Bobby Lashley(c) vs. Drew McIntyre

Somehow this is opening.

I’m not sure what to think about this as they are really pushing this as a big match. I just don’t know if they have done enough to make it work. It’s a match we have seen before and McIntyre is already a two time World Champion. Lashley needs to keep the title for a bit and as nice as it would be for McIntyre to have his moment in front of people, we have already seen him as the top guy for a year. Let someone else do it already.

In something I’ll likely regret, I’ll go with Lashley as the winner here, though I would be surprised if McIntyre didn’t get the title back soon. Lashley has waited for a long time to get this title run and I would love for it to go longer than about five weeks. McIntyre has had his day and is basically a made man at the moment, so don’t mess up something that needs a chance. I wouldn’t hate McIntyre winning, but he really shouldn’t/doesn’t need to.




Wrestlemania XXXVII Preview: Damien Priest/Bad Bunny vs. Miz/John Morrison

Hip Hop Hooray?

This is your big celebrity match of the year and for once it seems like something that could do some good for both the celebrity and the wrestlers involved. Bunny is a mainstream star and that could give Priest a rather nice rub. We’ll have to wait and see what happens when Bunny is finally gone, but the question is how they get to that point. And something about an expensive car.

Of course Bunny and Priest win here, because there is no reason for them not to. I’ve been a big fan of Miz and Morrison for a long time now but they need to lose here for the sake of Priest. He is hardly the youngest guy in the world but he has some serious potential. What he needs is something to get some attention though and that can happen by helping Bunny beat a former World Champion, or maybe just doing it himself. Either way, Bunny and Priest win.




Wrestlemania XXXVII Preview: Raw Tag Team Titles: New Day(c) vs. AJ Styles/Omos

Giants are fun right?

The idea here is the debut of Omos, who is getting a title shot in his first match because WWE….or maybe because Styles is his partner. This is hardly the most thrilling idea, but all the need to do with a giant like Omos is having him stand there and do like two things well. If he can make that work, Styles and the New Day can do the rest. But what about who actually wins?

For the sake of sanity, I’ll go with Styles and Omos winning here because, as has been the case for the better part of ever, New Day continues to feel like a team ready to move on and let someone else take over. There is no reason for them to retain here so let’s see what Styles and Omos can do as the champs. It isn’t like there is a division either way, so just do what makes the most sense here.




New Column: It’s Finally Here

You know what I mean.

 

https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/kbs-review-its-here/




New Column: Some Of You May Notice A Pattern Emerging

This would be another “because WWE”.

 

https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/kbs-review-may-notice-pattern-emerging/




New Column: The Edge Of Interesting

Something isn’t clicking so far.

 

https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/kbs-review-edge-interesting/




New Column: You’ve Lost That WrestleMania Feeling

Things aren’t feeling the same this year.

 

https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/kbs-review-youve-lost-wrestlemania-feeling/




Wrestlemania XXXVII, XXXVIII and XXXIX Announced, Fans Allowed At This Year’s Show

https://wrestlingrumors.net/tommyhall/breaking-wwe-announces-next-three-wrestlemania-dates/

 

This year’s show has been moved to Tampa over two nights (April 10/11), next year is back in Dallas and the following year is in Los Angeles.  The wife and I are already planning to head to Tampa and Dallas next year.  I love the kid in a candy store feeling of this day each year.

 

Anyone else going to any of them?