Another huge weekend in wrestling, another predictions competition here at The Finisher. Scope out our picks for Stand and Deliver and Wrestlemania 41 and then check out your podcast feeds next Wednesday when we’ll get together and talk all about it. Yes, I’m warning you ahead of time, we’re doing a show.
| Mike (c) | Dan | Jerry | Lisa | Zack | |
| #1 Contender for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles: Meta-Four vs. Fatal Influence vs. Tatum Paxley & Gigi Dolan vs. Roxanne Perez & Cora Jade | Perez & Jade | Meta-Four | Perez & Jade | Perez & Jade | Fatal Influence |
| Ladder Match for the NXT Women’s North American Title: Zaria vs. Kelani Jordan vs. Sol Ruca vs. Izzi Dame vs. Lola Vice vs. Thea Hail | Hail | Zaria | Hail | Zaria | Zaira |
| NXT Women’s Title: Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Giulia vs. Jordynne Grace vs. Jaida Parker | Vaquer | Giulia | Vaquer | Vaquer | Vaquer |
| NXT Tag Team Titles: Fraxiom (c) vs. Hank & Tank | Fraxiom | Fraxiom | Hank & Tank | Fraxiom | Fraxiom |
| NXT North American Title: Ricky Saints (c) vs. Ethan Page | Saints | Saints | Saints | Saints | Saints |
| The D’Angelo Family vs. DarkState | DarkState | DarkState | DarkState | D’Angelo Family | DarkState |
| NXT Championship: Oba Femi (c) vs. Trick Williams vs. Je’Von Evans | Femi | Femi | Evans | Femi | Femi |
Zack’s Notes:
#1 Contender Four-Way: Fatal four-way. Fatal Influence. C’mon. I feel like Roxanne and Cora is the majority pick, but I don’t foresee them being tied up in the tag scene. Fatal Influence makes more sense here, if only in a process of elimination sense.
NXT North American Title Ladder Match: Again, process of elimination. No one makes as most sense as Zaria: Lola, Izzi and Thea aren’t quite there yet, Kelani already had a run, and Sol is the current Women’s Speed champ.
NXT Women’s Title: This doesn’t seem like a “two belts to no belts” situation. Giulia, Grace and Parker will have their run (in Giulia’s case, a second run) – they’re all too good not to. But this is still Vaquer’s moment.
NXT Tag Team Titles: Fraxiom is the truth, Fraxiom is the light, Fraxiom will forever be the pick until Fraxiom is no longer the pick. Fraxiom Fraxiom Fraxiom, Fraxiom Fraxiom.
NXT North American Title: When S&D occurs, Ricky will have been the champ for 18 days. Not nearly long enough yet. Battleground will be the very soonest that there’s movement on this belt, but I personally don’t see a change until Heatwave.
The D’Angelo Family vs. DarkState: If nothing else, DarkState is what The Family was a few years ago: the young, upstart, disruptive stable… no no, not the creepy supernatural one – the other one. They’ll go over here, and we’ll see exactly how far this push will go in the coming months.
NXT Championship: I know that not everyone can be called up, but Oba and Trick should be. This time next year, I’m certain I’ll say the same about Je’Von. Femi should retain here, but it’s a matter of time before it ends up on Evans en route to Monday or Friday work.
| Night 1 | Mike (c) | Dan | Jerry | Lisa | Zack |
| World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Jey Uso | Uso | Uso | Uso | Uso | Uso |
| World Tag Team Titles: War Raiders (c) vs. The New Day | New Day | New Day | War Raiders | New Day | New Day |
| Jade Cargill vs. Naomi | Cargill | Cargill | Cargill | Cargill | Cargill |
| WWE United States Title: LA Knight (c) vs. Jacob Fatu | Fatu | Fatu | Fatu | Fatu | Fatu |
| WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton (c) vs. Charlotte Flair | Stratton | Stratton | Flair | Stratton | Stratton |
| Roman Reigns vs. CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins | Reigns | Rollins | Rollins | Punk | Reigns |
Zack’s Notes:
World Heavyweight Championship: It has to be, right? Of all the booking options in all the Mania matches, Gunther going over has to be the most nonsensical of them all. Jey is white-hot right now, and Gunther needs to cool down a bit.
World Tag Team Titles: The heel turn will pay off here. I feel like their reign will either be a month long, or a year long… no in-between IMO.
Cargill vs. Naomi: The uppance will come, and both Jade and Naomi will be able to go off to do their own thing. It was a fun way to get Jade back into the mix with a high-profile feud, and it served its purpose well.
WWE United States Title: The first of many WWE title reigns, if’n I had to guess.
WWE Women’s Championship: I have a feeling that this outcome was different before “The Promo”. At this point, Stratton’s stratospheric rise can’t be denied, and has surpassed even Charlotte’s own rise.
Reigns vs. Punk vs. Rollins: …and I have a feeling that THIS outcome was different before the news of his support for Trump came out. As we both know, WWE loves to lean into shoot scandals – something that both VKM and HHH have in common – and Roman may very well be the beneficiary of this.
| Night 2 | Mike (c) | Dan | Jerry | Lisa | Zack |
| Women’s World Championship: Iyo Sky (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Rhea Ripley | Belair | Belair | Sky | Sky | Sky |
| WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles: Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez (c) vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria | Morgan & Rodriguez | Morgan & Rodriguez | Bayley & Valkyria | Morgan & Rodriguez | Morgan & Rodriguez |
| AJ Styles vs. Logan Paul | Styles | Paul | Styles | Styles | Paul |
| WWE Intercontinental Title: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Penta vs. Finn Balor vs. Dominick Mysterio | Mysterio | Mysterio | Breakker | Mysterio | Mysterio |
| Sin City Street Fight: Drew McIntyre vs. Damian Priest | McIntyre | McIntyre | McIntyre | McIntyre | McIntyre |
| Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. John Cena | Cena | Cena | Cena | Cena | Cena |
Zack’s Notes:
Women’s World Championship: Partly because no one else will do it, partially out of respect for her killing it despite being the 3rd option, and partially because this is a swerve that makes sense. Keeps Bianca vs. Rhea hot, and opens up a ton of different directions for the belt moving forward.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: This reign should end with a proper Shawn-and-Diesel-esque blow-up, putting over a very deserved Rodriquez in the process. But we’re not quite there yet.
Styles vs. Paul: I don’t like it, but Paul needs a high-profile win to keep his relevancy high. What better place than the Show of Shows, and what better opponent than a guy who makes anyone look like a million? AJ comes out looking great still too, so it’s a win-win. Besides Logan Paul winning, that is. That’s not a win for anyone.
WWE Intercontinental Title: I dunno. It feels dumb, it feels fun, it feels like Bron has had his moment and Penta isn’t quite to his moment yet, and it makes zero sense for Finn to win. It’s another solid swerve, and sets up what should be a banger between Dom and Finn in the near future.
Sin City Street Fight: Damian Priest is in a weird spot. He will job here, and I’m not sure where to go with him where he won’t have to job. I think he’s on the Gunther plan to also get a cooling off after this.
Undisputed WWE Championship: A big finish to the biggest PPV, and a ready-made SummerSlam ME… can’t beat that. I’m sure that we’ll have the usual parade of run-ins leading to the finish, and hopefully John will be able to keep fans engaged and keep the heat up… but we’ll see.
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