WWE 2015 Reviewed

Back in January 2015 I made several predictions. One year on, it's time to see if I was right with any of these guesses:

 Roman Reigns will win Belt: This happened (twice). Correct

Rollins will fail to cash in: In the best moment of the year, Rollins cashed in at Wrestlemania. Incorrect

Cena to beat Rusev: The “face that runs the place” defeated the Russian several times over their feud. Correct

Brock to return to UFC: Although he continues to make limited appearances, just before ‘Mania. Brock announced that he was not returning to UFC and staying with WWE. Incorrect

HHH vs. Sting: This clash of the titans happened at ‘Mania. Although the wrong person went over. Correct

Owens NXT Champ: Owens made 2015 his year, he won the NXT title and dominated the brand, beat John Cena in his WWE debut and won the IC title. Correct

Balor joins the main roster: Finn has instead risen to the top of NXT and become the champion. I question whether he was meant to win it as I believe Hideo would have been in his position if he didn’t get injured. Incorrect

Miz vs. Mizdow feud: Okay this was a pretty obvious one. Correct

Ziggler still gets underutilised: After defeating the Authority at Survivor Series in a brilliant performance, it seemed like the WWE would finally use Ziggler as a main event star. This hasn’t happened for the “Show-off”. Instead being put into mid-card feuds with Sheamus, Rusev and more recently Tyler Breeze. Correct

Result: 6/9 Pretty good going, although some predictions were pretty easy to predict. Of the three predictions I got wrong,  I am happy with the result of all of them: Rollins cashing in was a highlight of 2015, more Brock in WWE is always a good thing and Balor carrying the NXT brand as champ is a delight.

On a side note I also saw NXT live in Cardiff on 15 December 2015. Here are the results:

1) Enzo and Cass defeat Blake and Murphy
2) Asuka defeated Alexa Bliss
3) Bull Dempsey defeated Tye Dillinger
4) Nia Jax defeated Carmella
5) Apollo Crews defeated Baron Corbin
6) Tag Titles: Dash and Dawson defeated Jason Jordan and Chad Gable MOTN
7) Women’s: Bayley defeated Emma w) Dana Brooke
8) World title:  Finn Balor defeated Samoa Joe and the returning Sami Zayn