WWE 2016 Predictions

2016 looks to be a great year in wrestling, below are some of my predictions for the year ahead:

Rollins will return as a heel: There has been a lot of talk about Rollins returning with many predicting that he will return as a face. I cannot see any reason for this, Rollins has been gold as a heel. Add on top that this that without Rollins, WWE is crying out for a top heel (sorry Sheamus). It always makes a good story to have the champion who never lost the belt reclaim the title and Rollins will have no problem doing this with the backing of the Authority.

Reigns - three-time champion: Going into 2016, Reigns is the WWE Champion and is the focus of WWE programming. It's been clear all year WWE sees Reigns as a long term successor to John Cena, so it's time to start racking up the title reigns. I predict he loses the title mid-way through the year and then gets in back around Survivor Series time.

Still no magic 16 for Cena: "The Champ is here" or not as I predict. Cena is chasing his sixteenth World title to tie level with the Nature Boy but I think that he won't do this in 2016. Cena has played a major role in breathing fresh life into the US title. I predict that he will stay away from the World title for the first half of the year before challenging for the title losing, then returning to staying away from the title. IC title maybe?

Triple H steps back into the ring: With Wrestlemania already on the horizon and a big arena to sell our, WWE are going to be bringing out the big guns and I predict "the Game" will perform at the biggest show of the year. Who is he going to face is another question. A bout against Reigns has been built up since last year or will he face the recently announced The Rock continuing off their encounter at the last 'Mania.

'Taker wins at 'Mania: The Undertaker returned several times in 2016 to fend off both Brock Lesnar and the Wyatt Family. It's a given that he will perform at 'Mania but the question is against who and will he win or lose. Last year it was perfect chance to have Wyatt go over 'Taker and establish himself as the new "Phenom". However, 'Taker went over and Wyatt went back to the first square. In light of this, whoever the WWE picks to face 'Taker they are not going to make "the Deadman" lose

Zayn versus Owens WWE-style: It was great seeing Sami Zayn return live in Cardiff, now hopefully he can kick on and jump to the main roster. Nobody deserves it more than him and he's going to make a big splash in the WWE. I'm predicting a few months in NXT before he joins the main roster and when he does, it makes perfect sense for him to target one man, Kevin Owens. They've battled in ROH, NXT and now in 2016 WWE.

Breeze wins gold: Tyler Breeze's start to WWE hasn't quite gone to plan. A feud against Dolph Ziggler sounded good on paper but never lived up to potential and now he's caught in no-where-land. But I see a bright future for Breeze in 2016 and a title win in his future. He is young so he has plenty of time but I think WWE will hand him a title to see how he handles it.

Corbin is called up: Last year I incorrectly predicted Finn Balor would get called up to the main roster. This year I have gone for NXT's "Lone Wolf". Corbin is one of NXT's top heels and although he divides opinion, I think he makes a good cocky heel. It will be interesting to see how he performs on the main roster, in NXT he towers above opponents, he won't look so tall in WWE.

Jordan and Gable win the titles: A bit of an easy prediction to end this off, my favourite team Jason Jordan and Chad Gable are currently the hottest thing going in WWE today. I'm hoping for a nice long reign as champions which raises the prestige of the title up to the World and Women's titles.