The WWE WrestleMania 41 has officially made its appearance, featuring seven sparkling matchups featured in Las Vegas this Saturday! Four titles will appear in the first evening of this first action, as Jacob Fatu, Charlotte Flair and Jay Uso try to win title gold in “Show of Show.” Elsewhere, Rey Mysterio defends Lucha Libre’s honor against “El Grande Americano,” while Jade Cargill seeks the ultimate revenge.
So who is going to win? That’s a difficult question. WINC staff seem to be quite confident about title matches when making predictions. However, the mess between recent WWE women’s champion Tiffany Stratton seems to have thrown it into total chaos. But non-title matches…well, let’s say our collective agreement on them is well below 100%. But hey, as we’ve seen too much time, wrestling shows are usually more fun when they’re usually unpredictable. With that in mind, go to the pick!
World Heavyweight Championship: Jay Lies (88%)
He may not have had a main event spot at WrestleMania 41, but he believes Royal Rumble winner “Main Event” Jey Uso will be pursuing the World Heavyweight Championship from Gunther and “Yeet!”. On a Las Vegas night. Here at Winc, 88% of us use USO. The build into this match wasn’t necessarily great and although USO didn’t feel like there was a chance against “The Ring General,” the events over the last few weeks have changed our minds about this match.
We really won the good segment where Gunther beat Jimmy Uso on the episode of “Raw” but Jey was tied up by Ring Ropes and couldn’t help the twins when Gunther was exposed to blood. This segment was the catalyst needed to push this feud into the second gear ahead of “The Immortal Showcase,” bringing a wonder to the USO characters. For at least for now, the “Yating” lie is happy, replaced by a mission to revenge their brothers and remove the title from the malicious gunser.
Before his victory at the Royal Rumble, USO was very close to abdicate Gunther in the main event on Saturday night in January, so I think he’s finally going to do it this weekend. Even if a member of Bloodline is back and doesn’t wear a black hoodie, it’s not really finished these days, so there’s always a chance he’ll get help from Jimmy who’s back. Whether or not he’s help from his twins, 88% of us think USO is getting the job done.
Written by Daisy Ruth
King Mysterio vs. Great American: Mysterio (53%)
After missing last year’s Wrestlemania and appearing in the previous two alongside Otis for tag team action, “Undoubtedly” Chad Gable will wrestling his first singles match in “Show of Show” as El Grande Americano, with his 10th solo in the event, undoubtedly the biggest Lucador of all time, Rey Mysterio, his 10th Solo at the event.
Americano raised his head when Gable won back-to-back against Lucador, and he took the sabbatical away, continuing the American feud with the Latino world order. Prior to Gable’s return, it appears that Americans allowed Mysterio and Dragon Lee to win victory. Gable claims he is not the man under the mask all along.
There appears to be some cathartic hope for the loss of Americans, with 53% of Wrestling Inc. predicting that the true Lucador has won. But at the same time, it leaves almost half the American believes he has another trick in his singlet. What he has signed in recent weeks has been the use of a metal sheet inside his mask. Therefore, the judge must be diligent on the butt of his weaponized flying head.
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World Tag Team Championship: New Day (88%)
The new day marked the 10th anniversary of the group’s founding at Big E and WWE Universe last December. The new attitude once refreshed the plackish act, but has not yet been translated into Tag Team Gold. The team has been the NXT Tag Team Champion since 2023 and not the Tag Champion due to the short spell.
Dry Spell ends with the WrestleMania 41, according to 88% of Wrestling Inc. staff.
That’s not to say the War Raiders are bad champions. They just feel like placeholders. Former Rowe and Hanson are veteran tag teams who post titles on Aplomb, but the tag division lacks a specific Chutzpah. New Days for the New Villain are the perfect shots of adrenaline that the tag scene needs. Running using tag titles will help contrast this version of the new day with the plucky heel-turned Babyface when he was winning tag titles in the 2010s. It should also be mentioned that former WWE champion Kofi Kingston has not had a WrestleMania moment since his Corner Crown at WrestleMania 35.
Written by Ross Berman
WWE US Championship: Jacob Fatt (94%)
One of the “WWE Smackdown’s” hot stars compete at his first WrestleMania, and the majority of us at Winc believe he’s leaving Las Vegas with money. A total of 93% of us who voted on the mania prediction believe Jacob Fatu defeated La Knight at the US Championships. Fatu defeated Brown Strowman in the final man standing match for a shot on the night. I don’t think Knight will be added to the pedigree in addition to the latest WWE if he can defeat “one big sob” in the prescribed match where he had to lay out the guy because he couldn’t get up on a count of 10.
The living crowd still loves “Megastar” and chants with him, but both his rule with the championship leave much to be desired. He regained the title from Nakamura Shinsuke on “Smackdown” in early March, but he hasn’t done it too much because of his reservations. Fatu appeared as a fan favorite after his debut last June, and most of us think his time is now. As Solo Sicoa loses Ula Fara in a family feud over Roman rule, the bloody story almost completely collapses, and throwing money at Fatu is one way to cheer it up, and perhaps leading to a feud with Sicoa in the future.
We don’t think Fatu is winning, and we don’t dislike “Samoan werewolves,” but that’s a factor in the cicoa we believe can tackle Fatu’s disadvantages. Although Sicoa could cost the opportunity for Fatu titles, most of us don’t think it’s happening. If Fatu and Sikoa are meant to feud, I think it’s because Fatu won his first Wrestlemania.
Written by Daisy Ruth
Jade Cargill vs Naomi: Cargill (65%)
A year after teaming up with Bianca Belair of Wrestlemania 40, Jade Cargill and Naomi will be playing a fierce grim match at Wrestlemania 41 on Saturday. She comes as it’s Cargill’s first singles match in “Show of the Show” and is looking for revenge against a woman who sidelined her in the midst of reign as a female tag team champion.
In November, it was discovered that Cargill was attacked by an unknown party in the car park and was determined to not compete until he returned to this year’s elimination chamber. Naomi took on half of Cargill for the Women’s Tag Team Championship in her absence until she got lost by Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. When Cargill returned to the elimination chamber, she attacked Naomi and effectively confirmed that it was Naomi who attacked her the whole time, and Naomi herself admitted to doing it in the subsequent TV segment. Since then, Naomi has been leaning against her villain while Cargill continues to vow for revenge.
A poll posted to Wrestling Inc. reflects that 65% are watching Cargill get that vengeance in the form of victory at WrestleMania, but that 35% believe that “we will have a chance to shine in her first one-on-one match in all their epic phases. That’s supposed to say there’s a good case for either of them to appear with their hands raised, but only time can tell.
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WWE Women’s Championship: Charlotte Flare (71%)
The fact that the competition between Charlotte Flair and Tiffany Stratton has become quite awkward makes it even more difficult to choose a winner here, but most of us believe Flair will begin reigning her 15th world on Saturday.
After making a comeback earlier this year and winning the Women’s Royal Rumble, Flair has been announced again as the top of the WWE Women’s Food Chain. Ideally, this feud against Stratton would be used to make the younger performers even bigger stars, but that doesn’t mean that Stratton needs to win right away.
By winning on Saturday, Flair wins the WWE Women’s Championship and can inflict adversity on Stratton to fight earlier. For WWE, it’s a win-win situation for both parties. Because they use basic and effective storytelling patterns that have been used countless times before, while padding Flair statistics. The key here is follow-up. The feud should continue after WrestleMania, and Stratton should win the title earlier than later.
That being said, considering the final weeks of this feud, it’s really impossible to say what will happen on Saturday. The performers involved want to continue to speculate on the audience and shift their direction to the territory of “workshoot.” Still, assuming everyone sticks to WrestleMania’s plan, Flair believes she’ll lift her arm.
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Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk vs. Rome Reign: Rollins (41%)
Paul Heyman came to the feud of this WWE WrestleMania 41, representing the rule of Rome, his longtime client. He enters WrestleMania by the side of his best friend, CM Punk. And while WINC staff were so divided in this match that they didn’t reach a true majority, Seth Rollins has more support than any other candidate.
Because that has to be how this ends, right? Anyone who you chose in this match, you’re probably choosing them because you think Heyman will eventually be on your side with that person and help them win. That’s the purpose of this feud, and that’s the purpose of this match, and 41% of us here at Winc will betray both men who are currently fighting him and instead come to the side of the “seeker” in full heels now. For one thing, it feels very much like Heyman’s thing, as well as previous opportunities throughout his career. Also, we saw the only balanced ending of the storyline that made Rollins unplug like a third wheel, especially ten years after “The Robbery of the Century,” and heel Rollins sneaked up from the triple threat of WrestleMania’s main event, and no one expected him to pick up. Plus, Rollins feels like one of the three who can benefit most from having Hayman on his side in 2025.
Still, if you learn something along this year’s WrestleMania path, that means that just because there is a seemingly obvious direction doesn’t mean that WWE will take it. 59% of WINC staff who don’t choose Rollins are split in the middle between those who prefer punks (I’d guess he probably won’t lose his first WrestleMania main event) and those who prefer Rome’s reign (presumably taking into account the fact that he has never lost two consecutive WrestleMania matches in his career). Basically, it’s a 40-30-30 split, so whose game is Night 1?
Written by Miles Schneiderman