Wrestlemania 38 News and Discussion Thread

[LionDen]

Wrestlemania 38
April 2nd - 3rd 2022
Location: AT&T Stadium / Arlington, Texas
Announcers: Everyone


Night One:

SmackDown Women’s Title Match
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair (c)

RAW Women’s Title Match
Bianca Belair vs. Becky Lynch (c)

SmackDown Tag Team Titles Match
Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs vs. The Usos (c)

Logan Paul and The Miz vs. Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio

Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Baron Corbin

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Sheamus and Ridge Holland

Seth Rollins vs. Mystery Opponent
*Hand-picked by WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon and revealed right before the match

Kevin Owens hosts The KO Show with special guest WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin


Night Two:

Winner Takes All Title Unification Match
WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship
WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns

Triple threat tag team match
WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Carmella and Queen Zelina Vega (c) vs. Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley vs. Naomi and Sasha Banks

Edge vs. AJ Styles

Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn

Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory

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Kevin Owens called out Stone Cold Steve Austin on RAW this week to join him in a special KO Show at Wrestlemania 38. The rattlesnake sent a tweet accepting the offer. This could be more fun than a match, Austin maybe could not do to much if he had a match but with the KO Show he can do his usual smack talking and of course do his stunner to shut Owens mouth once and for all.

Stone Cold said that whether Owens wants to call what happens at WrestleMania 38 The KO Show, a match, a fight or a brawl, he will be there.

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Video of Owens calling out Stone Cold at Raw this week.

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I have no idea who is going to win the WWE and Universal championship unification match between Lesnar and Reigns but Reigns has held the title now fpr 800+ days. WOW!

[LionDen]

Nikki Bella recently spoke with Mario Lopez about the upcoming two-night WrestleMania. With her recent clearance, it is possible that her and Brie could get involved in the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship picture.

The longest reigning Divas Champion said, “So far, I have a ticket booked. That’s all I can say. The Undertaker is getting inducted into the Hall of Fame. Vince McMahon announced he’s inducting him, so I’ll for sure be at the Hall of Fame because that’s an iconic moment. Being a Hall of Famer, I have to represent. Bellas always find some way to get themselves into trouble there.”

The Bellas were featured in last year’s WrestleMania. They confronted Bayley who was the host of WrestleMania 37. The Bella Twins were also inducted into the 2020 Hall of Fame class. The class was officially honored at WrestleMania 37 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

It is still unknown if either, or both, of The Bellas will be used or booked on WrestleMania 38.

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Johnny Knoxville pand Sami Zayn's feud heats up before their match at Wrestlemania.

Johnny Knoxville publicly revealed Sami Zayn's cell phone number so Zayn would be harassed as the latest chapter in the build to their Wrestlemania match.

Johnny Knoxville just got back at Sami Zayn for blowing up his phone and talking crap on Thursday ... by sharing the WWE Superstar's phone number for all of Los Angeles to see!!

TMZ Sports just obtained video of the "Jackass" star executing his latest stunt on Friday ... explaining his actions in a hilarious video.

"So yesterday, Sami Zayn got my personal phone number and was texting and stalking me all day," Knoxville says.

"So today, for my birthday, I am flying his phone number over Los Angeles. 407-574-1532. See ya at WrestleMania, Shnookums."

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A match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Titles is set for WrestleMania 38 as Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs will challenge The Usos for the titles.

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Update on Johnny Knoxville pranking Sami Zayn by putting his phone number on a plane over Los Angeles ...

This resulted in Zayn receiving over 20,000 text messages. lol

Knoxville and Zayn are scheduled to face off against each other in a match at WrestleMania 38. Knoxville had challenged Zayn to a match, but Sami only accepted when the Jackass star helped Ricochet take the Intercontinental Title from Zayn

In an attempt to annoy Johnny, Sami spammed his phone number with text messages. Knoxville did not take too kind to this and found a way to get him back.

On the 11th of March, TMZ Sports released a video that showed Knoxville had pranked Sami by putting his phone number on a plane banner. Zayn has since received hundreds of calls, thousands and thousands of texts, and it seems like this won’t be ending any time soon. Sami blames Knoxville for this prank and for him losing his Intercontinental Championship.

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[LionDen]

WrestleMania 38 To Be Shown In Movie Theatres

As seen in the trailer below, WWE’s WrestleMania 38 Premium Live Event will also be playing in movie theatres for Night 1 and Night 2, giving fans a variety of ways to experience the show.

WWE is partnering with Fathomevents.com to bring WrestleMania to cinemas on both April 2 and April 3, 2022. The “most stupendous” ‘Mania ever will be headlined with top matches like Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Title, and Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns in a winner take all, title unification match for the WWE and Universal Titles.

You can see more information about WrestleMania and Fathom Events, including showtimes near you, at this link.

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It was revealed that Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair is booked to open WrestleMania Saturday.

The ‘main event’ of WrestleMania Saturday won’t be Ronda Rousey challenging Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. In fact, it won’t be a match at all. Steve Austin‘s appearance on the KO Show is slated to close WrestleMania Saturday.

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Wrestlemania Week TV Schedule:

WrestleMania week is upon us. WWE‘s biggest event of the year takes place this weekend, but there’s plenty of action in store before WrestleMania 38 kicks off Saturday night.

The following is a list of WWE programming scheduled for the coming week:

Monday:

• WWE Raw, USA Network (8pm ET, 5pm PT)

Tuesday:

• NXT 2.0, USA Network (8pm ET, 5pm PT)

Friday:

• WWE SmackDown, FOX (8pm ET, 5pm PT)
• WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Peacock (10pm ET, 7pm PT)

Saturday:

• NXT Stand & Deliver, Peacock (1pm ET, 10am PT)
• WrestleMania Kickoff Show, USA Network, Peacock (6pm ET, 3pm PT)
• WrestleMania Saturday, Peacock (8pm ET, 5pm PT)

Sunday:

• WrestleMania Kickoff Show, Peacock (6pm ET, 3pm PT)
• WrestleMania Sunday (8pm ET, 5pm PT)

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Here is my predictions for the show:


Night 1

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships Matchup
The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs

Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin (with Madcap Moss)

The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston) vs. Sheamus and Ridge Holland (with Butch)

Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio vs. The Miz and Logan Paul

WWE Raw Women's Championship Matchup
Becky Lynch (c) Vs Bianca Belair

Seth Rollins Vs The Iron Sheik. Just kidding. I would love for it to be Cena or Shane, just to see the expressions on the faces of the marks in the arena, who was expecting Cody Rhodes. LOL. Rollins will lose whoever it is I think.

WWE Smackdown Womens Championship Matchup
Charlotte Flair (c) Vs Ronda Rousey

KO SHOW
Kevin Owens Vs " Stone Cold " Steve Austin. This needs to turn into a match. With Stone Cold coming back after all these years, in his home state. I think they will start with talking each other down, then Stone Cold says he's not coming back just for this. And it turns into a match.


Night 2


Fatal 4-Way Tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Queen Zelina and Carmella (c) vs. Sasha Banks and Naomi vs. Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan vs. Natalya and Shayna Baszler

Anything Goes Matchup
Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn

Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory

Triple threat tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) (c) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) vs. Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis)

Bobby Lashley vs. Omos

Edge vs. AJ Styles

Winner Takes All match to unify the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (WWE Champion) vs. Roman Reigns (Universal Champion) (with Paul Heyman)

^^ This match needs to end with Lesnar winning, after Heyman backstabs Reigns or something. Or, it needs to end in a double count out or DQ or something bullshit. Because if that happens, it would be the only time in WM history something like that happened I think, and it would easily have all WWE marks tuning in on RAW the monday after WM LOL.

I really do wish they would never take that IC Title off Sami now, as the title is not even gonna be defended on either show. Sami Vs Knoxville should have been for that title.

As for not having Finn Balor defending his US Title on either show is also beyond me. Especially when you got matches like Corbin Vs McIntyre and that tag team match with The New Day. Or the thrown together title match for the smackdown tag titles between Usos and Nakamura/Boogs.

Besides maybe 4 matches, neither of those other matches smells of WM.

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Here is my predictions for this shitty show:


Night 1

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships Matchup
The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs

Since Roman is winning it makes sense they do also but wouldn’t be shocked if they lost.

Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin (with Madcap Moss)

Easy win.

The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston) vs. Sheamus and Ridge Holland (with Butch)

Pointless nothing match whatever happens.

Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio vs. The Miz and Logan Paul

I think Logan will turn on Miz and help Mysterios.

WWE Raw Women's Championship Matchup
Becky Lynch (c) Vs Bianca Belair

Very obvious win here since Becky will challenge Ronda next year for that title.

Seth Rollins Vs Cody Rhodes

Very obvious. Can’t be Sheik since he’s in a wheelchair. I could see a Shane tease before the match though but obviously it’s Cody. I think Cody will be world champion on Raw. Bray feud again would be terrible.

WWE Smackdown Womens Championship Matchup
Charlotte Flair (c) Vs Ronda Rousey

Obvious win here for next year build with Becky.

KO SHOW
Kevin Owens Vs " Stone Cold " Steve Austin.

Either match or brawl Austin will win!.


Night 2


Fatal 4-Way Tag team match for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship
Queen Zelina and Carmella (c) vs. Sasha Banks and Naomi vs. Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan vs. Natalya and Shayna Baszler

Another pointless match just to get more women and Sasha and Naomi will win I think.

Anything Goes Matchup
Johnny Knoxville vs. Sami Zayn

Another stupid match that will be full of Jackass spots and probably the guys as well. Probably Knoxville unless Sami gets a cheap win.

Pat McAfee vs. Austin Theory

Could see Shane or Vince involved here. Could go either way really depending on the future storyline.

Triple threat tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
RK-Bro (Randy Orton and Riddle) (c) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) vs. Alpha Academy (Chad Gable and Otis)

Another pointless match. Don’t see the reason for a title change here unless Orton or Riddle turn on each other.

Bobby Lashley vs. Omos

Could be the worst match in history.

Edge vs. AJ Styles

Could he match of the nights. I want AJ but Edge lost last year so he’ll win prob.

Winner Takes All match to unify the WWE Championship and WWE Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (WWE Champion) vs. Roman Reigns (Universal Champion) (with Paul Heyman)

Roman killed WWE and it’s very obvious the show will end with him holding both titles. Maybe a Heyman turn. Vince wants Roman to main event every fucking year. I see him holding the title at least until 39 possibly even 40. For the Rock match but he doesn’t have to be champion for that match.

Should have done a MITB for a title.

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[B]My predictionNight 1 (Saturday, April 2)

SmackDown Women’s Title Match
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte Flair (c)

RAW Women’s Title Match
Bianca Belair vs. Becky Lynch (c)

SmackDown Tag Team Titles Match
Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs vs. The Usos (c)

Logan Paul and The Miz vs. Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio

Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Baron Corbin

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs. Sheamus and Ridge Holland

Seth Rollins vs. Mystery Opponent
*Hand-picked by WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon and revealed right before the match

Kevin Owens hosts The KO Show with special guest WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin