Penta (c) vs. Rusev vs. Je’Von Evans vs. Dragon Lee vs. JD McDonagh vs. Rey Mysterio – 6-Way Intercontinental Title Ladder Match
This Intercontinental Title Ladder Match will be a major spot-fest with high-octane offense and daredevil aerial maneuvers. Dragon Lee, JD McDonagh, and Rusev have no chance in hell of winning this match, as their booking has not been promising due to insufficient momentum and credibility. Rey Mysterio is the dark horse because he could win the title that his son recently lost, but he is too injury-prone to win the title now.
Penta is the runner-up and should solidify his reign after recently winning the title in March, but he can always earn the tag titles with Lee as a consolation prize. By process of elimination, Je’Von Evans is the betting favorite, as he is not injury-prone, has promising booking, and has no backup plan other than bouncing his way to his very first title in WWE.
Prediction: Je’Von Evans
Sami Zayn (c) vs. Trick Williams – United States Title Match
As they did with Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton by introducing Pat McAfee, WWE tried to introduce Lil Yachty in this feud as a mechanism to garner heel heat for Trick Williams and babyface sympathy for Sami Zayn. Since that did not work, Sami Zayn and Trick Williams are reportedly being considered for a Double Turn at ‘Mania 42. This is a genius pivot because Zayn is being booed as a babyface and Trick is being cheered as a heel.
At the beginning of their promo battle series, Zayn expressed that he wants to humble the upstart. Although KFC is expecting Trick to get pushed to the moon, WWE can stretch this out into a trilogy with Zayn nefariously winning here as a heel, garnering sympathy for Trick as a humbled face in a redemption arc to winning the U.S. Title in the summer.
Prediction: Sami Zayn
