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Simon Miller and Andy H. Murray predict WrestleMania 42 Saturday, including:
- The Vision & IShowSpeed vs. The Usos & LA Knight
- Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre (Unsanctioned Match)
- Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. Liv Morgan (Women’s World Championship)
- AJ Lee (c) vs. Becky Lynch (Women’s Intercontinental Championship)
- The Irresistible Forces (c) vs. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria vs. The Bella Twins (Women’s Tag Team Championships)
- Seth Rollins vs. Gunther
- Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Randy Orton w/ Pat McAfee (Undisputed WWE Championship)
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WhatCulture Wrestling — WWE Wrestlemania 42 Predictions - Night One. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
Hello, they're my very good friends. I'm Andy Murray. That's Simon Miller. Obviously we are bald the brawling balls If can we say that will they beat us up for that? No, we'll beat them up We're here to predict WrestleMania 42. We're doing two videos. This is Saturday. Obviously you know you clicked on it Why am I saying that? But the first match we're going Wikipedia order here. No idea what order it's actually gonna be I think it's correct. Okay, because the first one is the six-man tag. It is That's what I put that on because on ESPN 2 and of course I chose to be in a Logan Paul obviously have quite a hand-based I think that's the only thing car the young folks that watch these gentleman's content has been attuned in I do like speed. Yes, there's some of the band. I just I just think he gets it. Yeah, I don't know what it is I like it. He takes it seriously and he applies himself and he gets bumped out of his shoes and doesn't mean I look like the S Yeah, he's happy to make a fool out of himself. So I like speed. I'm a big speed Yeah, I can't really have felt the application at all So it's I show speed and the vision versus the use of an alien night. I mean prediction wise It's surely is calibrated for speed as I'm now calling him to take a crazy bump and lose, right?
I would I think he can right and what difference does it make? Yeah, I'm worried that LA night will take the pin just because I think WWE enjoys whining people. I don't want to do like that. If you were told someone back in us a January This would have been LA night's match. Dagger's at dawn 100% actually. I think he's in a pretty I've enjoyed all of this There is something about the goofiness and how they Accept the goofiness treat it seriously. Yes. They've reeled me in. They really have a very worse. They've reeled me in And I think you'll get is you know a lot of people wanting to have a world title purge and stuff like that That can come that can come. He's still really over people still really The show 100 of room of him to do anything else. I'd rather him get some mainstream attention They just not be on the card right? 200% 200% fun opener Probably get some eyes on the show. Yeah, can't really complain about it. No Let's move on to what's next. We're winning. Oh, I'm gonna Sorry, yeah, that's kind of important in the predictions videos in it. I'll go the vision in no I won't know. I won't I'll go the use those in LA. I'm going to use it. I don't know because I think one speed I mean right there, but also I always think my needs to start with the baby. Absolutely always kill the crowd
Yeah, exactly and then it's just set the whole thing off to your massive bummer We've got part Mark of you to talk about later, but we'll get to that I'm next on Wikipedia's Jacob tattoo and Drew McIntyre and an unsanctioned match There's all kinds of little reports going around that maybe Drew's taken a bit time off after this one So maybe that tips people's predictions in one way or another But to me this thing it's kind of similar to the Damien pre-smatch for Drew last year in the It's going to be a silly plunder and it's going to be incredibly good fun Which was that was on night two right last year Yeah, it was after the three-way women's match. That's right. That's right And it was an absolute blast I hope for the same here because fat to use I mean one of my favorite guys in the world To me prediction wise it does seem pretty sad for a Jacob win. What do you think? I think even if Drew is or isn't taking time off Jacob a tuition We yes because I think it's a win win for both of them because Drew McIntyre obviously is away from the WW Tilted picture now, but I think to carry on I think I'm going to tell him baby face six months to do that He has to be continuing. He got to get some sympathy Agreed and I think he can come up with something here
Especially if they're going to do dumb weapons He can be hit with something completely atrocious to be like that's not fair Exactly and he can win you about it on Twitter and that's going to help him and also I don't think Well, he had to chose the current match last year, which I love solo This feels like his first proper Cut not main event there heading towards that direction. I think next year he probably could be fight for a world title But you've got a plant seeds now also Drew McIntyre doesn't need to win. Yeah, I sound like a WW Drew is flipping brilliant regardless Whereas I still think Jacob needs those big wins to tell the audience. Oh, this is a guy we're going. Yeah I like the Jacob material And there's a multi-time world champion he's going over. I mean, yeah It means and I just think and also there's something you could do here that is so much like when pre-speed And then they have a ridiculous final bump. Yeah, it's pretty discussed through a table over the Three. Yeah, you can do something. It's so horrendous. The Drew is fine. Absolutely And if he is through the highlight highlight the movie then it makes all the sense in the world Yeah, 100% I'd usually root for my Scottish brethren in situations like this, but sorry Drew It's not your night kids. It's not your night. John Cena and you support Rangers. So it's okay
Up next, I mean, I'm surprised that this is ferd on the card to be honest It's definitely a carolive Morgan women's world championship one of the more heated and intense Builds on the entire show bitch. Yeah, sure. They use the these are the two terms. Yeah, they're using all the words in this one We've seen him at Thomas on people's heads. Honestly, that was all right. I'm amazed. You got clear. Thank goodness you did that horrendous I know it has to be one of those where visually it was grosser than the reality of the situation Because when it came out that they were bove in the the concussion for what called her in Roxanne afterwards I was like that. I mean, that's one of your headlining matches of the show I mean, why she got launched into the TV immediately after all and she looked all loosey-goose Oh my gosh, terrible. So clearly live Morgan tough as hell. She's back. She made it through and And yeah, I mean in terms of bitterness and personal and hatred and all this I think it's probably the most heated thing on this night for sure That old jake of a two and Drew I would say Yeah, I think it's up there. I think they it's not there for I think we relied on brawls too much Sure
And they this one especially as fallen into that. I'm gonna sneak attack you and brawl But at least you know they hate each other. Yes, at least they have up the ante when it comes to the intensity And it's the Royal Rumble winner as well, which I think always helps too. So I agree with you. Yeah, sure And it's like it's an interesting situation where it lives technically a heel here But then like it kind of mirrors Dominic last year when he won the IC title where She's gonna get a huge pop. She's gonna get cheered like hell because She's such a big star on wwtv these days. She's all expressive. She's all charismatic. She's all popular I mean, I think I think she's gonna win this match And I think she's gonna be treated like a hero in victory I think she should win and this is no fault of Stephanie Vickair, but the title one's just been averaged That's not her fault not one proper feud really. It was just like here. I know she was injured as well But that that's just sometimes happens to answer is maybe it's nobody's fault. Yeah, that's just the way the cookie crumble But still now you have a chance to hit reset I think Liv is so good. She will be able to heal up again. Yeah, and instead of the care chasing I actually think adds much more layers to this and also I think if Liv becomes a champion That's how you break up the judgment day
I think Raquel Rodriguez can help here or Roxanne. I love Roxanne. It's not gonna be good to go But one of them can help and then you hold that over Liv Morgan I helped you win it and then by summer's time I think the judgment day should be gone as much as I've enjoyed them It's just time to use it. Yeah That kind of stuff. Yeah, I think this definitely should lose a little bit Yeah, for sure and like the judgment day is such a funny thing to consider Like how much the complexion of that thing has changed since it was edge and then Yeah, you will see in this purple chair like roll serious and stuff. I mean, it could have been fine But it's one of those things where I was like oh, I'm not so sure Yeah, but when they actually chit switch to instance. Oh, it's good. It's good group. I know the sense of the world I mean, it's been a great stable for a long time. I agree for maybe time to You've won. I think so. I think they should do something different. I think Roxanne press joining Raquel or Liv. It doesn't matter. Whatever you want to do. It's fine. Absolutely. Uh, okay. I mean Generational dry. It's a great. Is it a dream match if you already seen it? I guess probably AJ Lee Becky Lynch. I think the the major Surprise twist of this feud was that the title fight happened a while ago and now this is effectively a rematch
Um to where you think about that you think that maybe AJ is the baby face winning the belt at Mania Would have been the big moment or whatever But they chose something completely different and they built it on tell me what's your take on this kind of rivalry and matching general So I think you fit them on the head. Yeah, it kind of boosts me like Becky's gonna win because they've already done that Otherwise, why do the switch there? And I actually think they've lost a little bit of momentum once again If you don't follow their own because WrestlePelous was last September. So it's true true to drown for me That's all it is. I sometimes I think a few hits. It's natural peak I want to understand why it's way for Wrestlemania. I think it'll be really good. I think they work well together I'm just a bit Okay, yeah, I think Becky should win and I think we should go onto something else I can't have his friend in a Becky. This is based on nothing. Yeah, when a Becky may start some form of heel group with the NXT call-ups There's a good way to get maybe a JC Jane or someone else there should take them a little bit But yeah, I just think just I know also I imagine AJ Lee's probably not gonna be a regular on TV More power tour as well. No criticism from me. You can get your money and chill. Oh, man. Do it Two days a year and get paid a million dollars to do it. No face. We're talking about
If you want to work 100 days great, that's awesome. I just think Becky Lynch getting it back and trying to get that belt back to where it was a year or so Do you ever come out of WrestleMania last? It's awesome. It was about rule. So let's try to get back to that But Becky Lynch can win. I think it will be a good match. I think the build potentially could have been awesome if we sort of not elongated. Yeah, and gone through it for months and months and months. Yeah, it's just too long So like this is going to be a really boring video because I totally agree again This is good. We'll live with that. We're we're not dying together I want to do it like we're we're talking about or idiots. This is it probably idiots to be honest We'll see how it goes Um, I think Becky has just done such a good job with AJ in particular and like with AJ's first match back and like Becky sometimes I don't think gets the credit she deserves for Elevating things and lifting things up and I'm not saying some of you'll say oh you're saying you carried AJ wherever no I'm just saying it's a very careful wrestler a very skilled wrestler You as well as a man that wrestles flipping terrifying to come back after 10 years You want to be in there with someone who's going to take care of you. Yes, you do
Even if you were the best wrestler at a 10 years off his 10 years off and Becky Lynch is so good She can do that and the man's a hat elimination trip was so simple But I mean in a positive way just keep things simple man. So now I'm with you. All right with you man 200 percent. Yeah, I think Becky deserves the world and I like this idea of an NXT faction She's so good at elevating other people. I just think it's an easy way to get them up Then roll or smack that up to you And if you type Becky Hogan in this comment section. I will find you It's so come out with a new insult Yeah, yeah, we need to remove all these Hogan's from world ridiculous Everyone is hungry everyone. Oh, they're successful Enter name with hogan up. Sami Zayn is always the one that gets me It was like Sami Zayn's win percentage is about 20% man 2017 awful. Yeah, how to counter. All right. It was terrible. I can say that for free. What are we doing? What are we talking about? Three women's matches in a row. They're going with the fatal four-way for the women's sacking titles here The irresistible forces of course defending against Charlotte Flare and Alexa place Bailey and Lyra va Kyrgyz, but that Lyra va Kyrgyz and the Bella twins. It is
Maybe the bad news. Apparently Nicky is still walking around with her boot on. Oh good Maybe she'll pull a John Cena like last arrest Injury recover like flick the boot off With it So that's a fun match. I mean, I really like the irresistible forces. I think Like a lash has all the potential in the world. Obviously. She's I mean looking at like It's been a fun journey because she debuts on TV in NXT And she has the electro Lopez match, which was really unfairly treated by a lot of people Considering how inexperienced these people know some people might drive me nuts They're great. Yes, they are great It's developmental. You're supposed to develop And she has developed into a tremendous prospect now hijax since she came back in WWE in particular Man, what an absolute revelation as just an elevator is that a word someone who loves elevators Right, well, I've always said no one can do hijax like now hijax. No, which sounds weird But it's just true where she gets it. She gets it. Yeah, she gets how to use her size and she gets like actually
She's sometimes a bit more compelling where she's more of a bully than a monster as well, which is great stuff But I do like this match a lot. Again, you have the kind of generational thing with the Bella twins being in there Charlotte and Alexa have been absolutely cool together So good like a total boon for Charlotte. Absolutely. Yeah, her career And then Bailey and Lyra they've obviously it's kind of like a perfect full circle from last year when Bailey got taken out That's right on the night of the show. Who have you got? So I've got Bailey and Lyra. Okay, because originally my plan for this is the Charlotte and Alexa have some tension And that costs them the match. Yeah, but then I saw them be healish on whatever that raw smackdown was I was like, oh, no, no, you need to turn them heels. Yes, when it was Alexa right when she mimicked Lyra about curious romper stumper I mean and Charlotte was she threw the coat like children. Yes, that's right So now I think Lyra and Bailey should win just to think Bailey deserves a moment And also sometimes put the baby faces over. Yeah, but then I think Charlotte Alexa to just somehow in this back All raw smackdown afterwards go super mega heel and then we do that feeling carry on
And actually have an established focus for those tag titles rather than DQ no contest it to get to a multi-person match I get it, but not really my particular cup of tea But that's what I would do now. Make sure there's a feel good thing with the women's tag Yeah, but use that so Charlotte. Let's go crazy and see the direct WrestleMania or hold it to smack down I think that feel be great. Yeah, that's why we do yeah Okay, so you've talked me into that I was gonna go with the irresistible forces, but I like that there It's a much more interesting bit of fancy issue. I think the irresistible forces. I feel like they were put together Just the bed lashing and I think she'll actually punch the iron the fact you like a few weeks and they'll be done with it It's the same kind of similar to what they did with Naya and their Tiffany, right? Absolutely It's a proven winning formula to get someone over on the main roster Hear them up when I was at it's great. They were able to see that as well But because for years she was just the the whipping girl of WWE This one's been really great. I loved it. I love to see great. I don't know. It makes a difference Very nice person as you once put lipstick on me, which is a very odd occasion, but she was very pleasant about it So there it is a very funny video and you should watch it right now
Not right now watch this one to the end. I don't watch it. Watch time come on look after us look after us here After that we're back to wow, I mean it's Sephiron's versus Goonfer next. Can't wait Amazing right surprising thing that they kind of threw together With all the Paul Heyman stuff and at a time when people were talking about Rey Mysterio for Goonfer or Miriam's other people there was all kinds of options the problem I always had with the Rey Mysterio match was I think that when they do that match it should be a retirement match And I'm not ready for Rey Mysterio to retire. I don't think I'm like don't should do it right? Don't should be the last Exactly. I know that's his gimmick Yeah, I mean give someone else a piece of the pie right? You don't give his son a little I mean, so I feel like this match is kind of calibrated for brawn breaker I think I totally agree with you because we had that whole rumor that The maybe he wasn't going to be ready for WrestleMania and then it turns out he's actually been cleared and they opted to do I think I might my Information brain is lacking here, but I think it was something along the lines of they wanted a longer build for that row and match
Right, so obviously you can accomplish quite a lot of he's the one who comes out and costs Rollins the victory perfect Who though? You need them should lose right now. Sep just comes back as a proper baby face Yeah, I good the cannot look or Johnson look three months ago. Yeah, four months ago. You cannot be yep You're from breakers perfect. Yeah, and good for the way his characters as well Perhaps certainly be like oh, yeah, sanctity of the map. Yes, massive dickhead. Yeah, he doesn't carry one that way Try to think then it's really smart of them to hold off from break I think you have an out for this which you actually need in this match It'll be fine to get supplies at WrestleMania That's what I would do. Yeah, good for winds Run break gets involved and go straight into that food right and it takes that the way from good for well I got a deal with him now, but I'll come back to you later. I'm really good I do for it will be so smart me after it as well Like the amount of shortcuts this man takes and then puts it over like he's just one the superman Yeah, he's the absolute best man It's really cool seeing the evolution of his character just from being the mattest secret super serious wrestling guy to total asshole Yeah, that's a good thing to do It worked absolutely beautifully speaking of things that haven't worked quite as beautifully
The main event of this show is Randy Orton vs Cody Rhodes for the big guy No, it's packed back to me, but let's be real Packed back to me versus Cody Rhodes apparently there if he wins He's bringing back the attitude era while he's standing there We're from Andy Orton who was famously a big star in the attitude. No, I hate most about this I need to go goodbye comments. I don't want the engineer to come I was 12 years old I don't want it. I want something new. I want something fresh like It was great when I was a teenager Even if it wasn't if you it played it argued me the best time in wrestling. Sure. I still want something new sure I just it's fun to see what you're gonna do next We're gonna do don't go back. It's like people say we'll talk about this in the next video Yeah, or we should bring the bloodline back. I don't know if we should do something new Do something new, so but this is insane. I look on the positive wrestling guy But even I watched it slack. George This is what we've chosen to do and actually I thought about it as well Throw my plant back and be being involved in the main event That my jelly roll being more than it's the approach to it. Sure. I want to be talking about the story of Rantiel versus Cody Rose
I never want outside factors to Inflict exactly. It was that it's like whatever that word is influence. It's influence or infects better The thing I want I want to pretend I'm in a magical end. Yeah, even when the first Netflix show when the rock came out of Dwayne Johnson Listen, it's great. It was awesome. I want to see the rock when the rock comes out And it's the same here like I finally comes out and says I don't like you Cody Rose because of whatever for right. Okay Shine but still need more promise me Cody Yeah, but he's just the the approach is all I don't care if he's I was getting so much heat. Yeah, but the stories rubbish Yeah, that's my thing. I don't like the story So I it's bad to me it's bad to spin all over the place from minute one like they have the incredible angle where you got what where Cody Got great angle you're watching it And then it's like randy or it's getting cheers And it's like you can't do much to affect that I even mind that everyone said they did this so Cody gets cheered All right, I don't know I'm making this nose, but I would imagine that Randy Orton and Cody but it's great We have sure he's gonna get to the reality of a little bit. We must enjoy that as wrestlers to see what can we do with this
I don't think you come up with you don't nuke the whole thing. No, no, no, no, no Well, no, this is it you work with it and you try and adapt beyond it. It was just it was kind of funny Yeah, I love it. I love stuff like that. I think it's awesome when they flip the script now you've got to try and figure out Just off the part of wrestling. That's wrestling. Isn't it? It's crab manipulation game right and if something doesn't go your way You kind of have to adapt and evolve and their method of adapting and evolving was bringing Pat McAfee in the middle of this fucking thing language that I won't end it out Yeah, man, I look I don't I think I have a particularly good read on this I feel like if Cody Rhodes doesn't win this match. It's kind of hell on her But the next while I don't think he's winning All right, because Pat McAfee said that whole if Randy Orton loses I'll never be involved in it There's no way he's gonna do this for three weeks then vanish. Yeah forever And also I said this I'll say it again. I don't want Pat McAfee to manage from wrestling forever He's approached a commentary. Sometimes it was for me. Sometimes it's a bit too much I'm so happy for him to show that. Why does it have to be bad? And he said good matches before as well
I Sleeve the law has a problem with our tics Yeah, just arriving the rest of right now, but I think Randy wins Okay, and I just what we do after that. I don't know. Yeah, but apparently if the tag a backlash is roundly a pat versus Jenny roller pony Then the other way otherwise pass the guy away. So you're right. I mean, it would be kind of funny if He you know, he's made this promise to go away. Randy lose. He just comes back Be fair. He could do that. Do that whole pro wrestling About ties into everything. I hate about this. Yeah, he's too strong. Just like yeah We give him the audience stuff and taking it away But not in the way that you should they're just saying stuff. We're just saying stuff I don't think you should just say stuff. I think stuff should have meaning to it And it should spread together as a nice cool. He's exactly like a book that yeah a man comes out and he turns into an alien Why will he just that? Okay, right? Well, because reasons yeah Because it'll draw a nice number on Pat McAfee's ESPN show and WW is proving they don't need to do that Yes, everything two years ago was smart and logical and thought through
Let's go back to that. Yeah, I got some meat on the bone. Good thing round. Everyone's gonna win So fair. I'm gonna throw the comment section of born and give Cody Rhodes a win. Nice. Just I'm Let's just just to give everybody a nice vibe heading into 19 Because who knows how that would go. I mean, maybe for Andy when they cheer him again. That's the idea We'll find out. Randy wins the booze. Oh my gosh Pat McAfee gets cheered. What the hell's going on? Why not? It's too old. Yeah Let's kill WrestleMania. All right. Thank you for joining us for the Saturday predictions. We'll be back in a couple of hours with Sunday
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