2022 Wrestling Predictions Thread

[Dog Based Gremlin]

Lashley - he will turn face and face Omos early in the year. It will be a big moment when he slams him or makes him tap from the Hurt lock.

Omos - will become a comedic goofball sometime this year

Montez Ford - He will get a singles heel push with Bianca being his Lita.

Bron Breakker - will be in the Royal Rumble, be a dominant force and likely make the final 6 wrestlers till he's tossed out by Seth Rollins

Riddle - will have the yearly push. Beats Orton at mania, wins MITB, has comedic skits with the briefcase, cashes in on Roman in a fair 1on1 match

Adam Cole - will turn officially heel on Young Bucks. Be exclusively with Undisputed Era until a returning babyace Kenny Omega saves the bucks. Cole vs Omega is a big match at a ppv (likely in May)

Hook - gets shockingly kicked out of Team Taz and becomes a heartthrob 2004 Randy Orton style babyface maybe with a female valet. Wears cool clothes on some Leonardo DiCaprio swag.

Cody and Brandi - they go full on "HHH/Steph 2000" mode and get huge boo's from the crowds each week. No more tweener shyt. Brandi will continue to stir up black twitter

Quick hits
1. Ryback returns to WWE part time similar to Goldberg's role coming for Saudi shows, etc
2. CM Punk turns heel
3. Sasha goes Hollywood and becomes part time only.
4. Pat Mcafee has another in ring match
5. The Briscoes join AEW
6. The G.O.D join AEW
7. AEW truly establishes one of their ppvs to be their Wrestlemania and try a stadium style ppv.

 

[Reality Check]

AEW truly establishes one of their ppvs to be their Wrestlemania and try a stadium style ppv.

Shot in the dark, but I think All Out 2023 will take place at Soldier Field.

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Kairi Sane in AEW, maybe just in that battle royal but i see it

 

[JQ Legend]

Cawdy wins AEW world title, going heel and using his EVP status as a way to circumvent the stipulation he can’t challenge for it.

KO wins WWE championship

Kenny becomes AEW first triple crown champ, winning the TNT title

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Here's one obvious prediction no one has stated yet. Shane Strickland (Swerve) will join AEW as soon as his 90 days are over.

 

[AKM-95]

Vince will sell part of WWE but he, kahn and his family will still run the company.

Brey Wyatt returns at the rumble but has a new twist to his character.

GCW gets a streaming/tv deal.

NXT 2.0 will move to a new slot but will stay on USA.

AEW adds one hour to Rampage.

MJF will challenge for world title and lose but will rebound and win TNT title.

Cody turns heel and breaks the stip and challenges for the world title.

Jarrett and Conrad start running Indy/smaller shows

 

[THE 101]

Steph divorces Triple Bypass

 

[MushroomX]

-Veer will be released before re-debuting

Or he will come back with a Dancing Gimmick.

 

[Jmare007]

Have we ever done a revisit to these prediction threads?

 

[The Rainmaker]

Have we ever done a revisit to these prediction threads?

Last year's had a couple of good guesses (ROH folding, Lashley champion)

 

[Mob H]

Like I said, its not Dub by any means since its a cozy spot for wrestlers, but there are going to be expiring contracts without folks going for a second go round because of Dark or not being seen at all.

Hence why there will be a wrestler that will shyt on the promotion despite the "good" publicity it's been getting.

So does this count or nah since it's still December 31st?

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

So does this count or nah since it's still December 31st?

Breh I swear I didn't know Nastramarsupal was going to be that early

 

[richaveli83]

WWE will be sold to Comcast but Vince will still run it. Either they'll get rid of all house shows or only run house shows in large cities like NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc.

You're going to see a large amount of AEW wrestlers jump to WWE or go independent.

AEW will continue to sign former WWE which alienates their homegrown talent which leads to what I previously posted.

Bryan Danielson wins the AEW championship.

Wardlow breaks away from MJF and becomes a tweener and wins the TNT title.

AEW will start to run a few house shows but only a few a year.

Triple H will officially announce his retirement.

The Rock never returns to the ring.

Bray Wyatt returns to the WWE.

NXT is moved to Peacock.

AEW Rampage is canceled due to low ratings.

Sinclair sells ROH or their tape library to AEW.

Impact continues to exist but barely.

 

[R=G]

WWE will be sold to Comcast but Vince will still run it. Either they'll get rid of all house shows or only run house shows in large cities like NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, etc.

You're going to see a large amount of AEW wrestlers jump to WWE or go independent.

AEW will continue to sign former WWE which alienates their homegrown talent which leads to what I previously posted.

Bryan Danielson wins the AEW championship.

Wardlow breaks away from MJF and becomes a tweener and wins the TNT title.

AEW will start to run a few house shows but only a few a year.

Triple H will officially announce his retirement.

The Rock never returns to the ring.

Bray Wyatt returns to the WWE.

NXT is moved to Peacock.

AEW Rampage is canceled due to low ratings.

Sinclair sells ROH or their tape library to AEW.

Impact continues to exist but barely.

shyt got me dying..that would be excellent if that sorry moth3rfukker retired with no grand celebration or send off. Lol.

 

[Tres Leches]

Cody will be the one to break Hook monster winning streak