Rants & Rumours: 2021 Predictions Followup!

I’m not very good at this! Now that our last show of the year is in the books, it’s time to make the call on the right, the wrong, and the down right awful predictions made by me for 2021!

Original predictions: 

Rants & Rumours: Predictions For 2021 WWE

Correct:

• Women’s Royal Rumble: Bianca Belair
• Men’s Money In The Bank: Big E
• NXT Call Ups: Shotzi Blackheart, Rhea Ripley, Karrion Kross & Finn Balor moves back to main roster
• Wrestlemania weekend will include a bigger Hall of Fame ceremony this year so last years planned inductees can have their moment & give speeches
• AJ Styles will not hold any singles WWE titles in 2021
• NXT will move to a night other than Wednesday night. 

Wrong:

• Men’s Royal Rumble: Brock Lesnar
• Women’s Money In The Bank: Charlotte Flair
• WWE Women’s Champion (Raw): Charlotte Flair
• WWE Women’s Champion (SmackDown): Becky Lynch 
• WWE Champion: Drew McIntyre
• WWE Universal Champion: Randy Orton
• WWE Intercontinental Champion: Matt Riddle
• WWE Tag Team Champions (SmackDown): The Street Profits
• WWE 24/7 Champion: R-Truth
• NXT Champion: Damien Priest 
• NXT Women’s Champion: Candice LaRae
• NXT North American Champion: Dexter Lumis
• NXT UK Champion: Tyler Bate
• NXT UK Women’s Champion: Piper Niven
• NXT UK Tag Champions: The Hunt
• Cesaro will be in new tag team with another partner that holds tag titles at some point in 2021
• Chad Gable with get a short run with a single title that isn’t the 24/7 championship
• Randy Orton will get to 17 world title runs, being tied with John Cena & Ric Flair

Hilariously Wrong:

• Wrestlemania 37 Main Event: Roman Reigns (c) vs Bill Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship
• WWE United States Champion: Keith Lee
• WWE Tag Team Champions (Raw): Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake
• WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Liv Morgan & Ruby Riott
• NXT Cruiserweight Champion: Curt Stalion
• NXT Tag Team Champions: Ever Rise
• NXT Call Ups: Undisputed Era

I almost gave myself “correct” on my champions to close the year with Becky & Charlotte, but I gave the brands wrong so I can’t do that. So many of my champs to close the year aren’t with the company anymore, and although THAT isn’t funny, it is hilarious how badly I missed the mark with those predictions. We’ll see how things go for 2022!