WWE Raw Predictions: Brock Lesnar Will Replace Drew McIntyre
By Mark Justice
4.) Team Ricochet (Ricochet, Akira Tozawa, Drew Gulak, Erik, & Lucha House Party) vs. Team Ali (Mustafa Ali, Mace, SlapJack, T-Bar, Angel Garza, & Tucker) [12-Man Tag Team Match]
The WWE announced a special WrestleMania edition of SmackDown to air on April 9 on Fox. One of the matches scheduled for that special edition is the annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Many fans find it peculiar of WWE to not book this match on the WrestleMania card. However, it seems that the WWE is planning something big for the first entrance at WrestleMania 37 and probably does not want to start night 1 of ‘Mania with a battle royal.
Most of the Raw superstars are included in this battle royal, and the WWE should book a multi man tag match with the babyfaces against the heels. Ricochet and Ali seem to be the favorites to win the battle royal and can lead the faces and heels respectively. Since Ali recently had dissension with RETRIBUTION, his team won’t get along. Henceforth, Team Ricochet will win, allowing Ricochet to finally get his comeuppance against Ali after weeks of feuding with RETRIBUTION.
Prediction: Team Ricochet
3.) Bobby Lashley (w/MVP) vs. Cedric Alexander (w/Shelton Benjamin) [Grudge Match]
On last week’s WWE Raw, Bobby Lashley defeated Shelton Benjamin after the Hurt Business broke up. Our Bruce Lee Hazelwood already addressed why breaking up the Hurt Business was not good business. It was also recently reported that Bobby Lashley and MVP were vocal about not supporting the decision to fracture the group, but Vince McMahon was adamant about his decision to break up arguably the best faction on WWE Raw today.
Nonetheless, based on the ill-advised direction this is going, it made sense for the WWE to schedule a match between Bobby Lashley and Cedric Alexander. Like Lashley did to Shelton Benjamin last week, he will decimate Cedric Alexander to finally put an end to their business partnership and focus on his WWE Championship match with Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 37, where he will very likely lose the title after supposedly letting power and gold get to his head.
Prediction: Bobby Lashley