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The WWE Universe is buzzing, as Night One of WWE WrestleMania 37 is less than 24 hours away.
This year The Showcase of the Immortals will emanate from inside Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida across two nights on Saturday, April 10, and Sunday, April 11.
To preview this year's WrestleMania pay-per-view extravaganza, Sportskeeda Wrestling's Sid Pullar III was joined by Jeremy Lambert and professional wrestling legend Dutch Mantell. All three men shared their predictions and thoughts ahead of WrestleMania 37, discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly heading into The Grandest Stage Of Them All.
With close to 50 years of experience inside the professional wrestling business, Mantell is one of the most celebrated and respected minds in sports entertainment.
Let's take a closer look at Dutch Mantell's WWE WrestleMania Night 1 predictions.
#7 Lana and Naomi vs. Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose vs. The Riott Squad vs. Natalya and Tamina vs. Billie Kay and Carmella - Tag Team Turmoil match (WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One)
The WWE Women's Tag Team Championships will be featured across both nights of WrestleMania 37.
Night One of The Showcase of the Immortals will see tag teams from both Monday Night RAW and Friday Night SmackDown compete in a Tag Team Turmoil match.
The last tag team standing will then earn an opportunity to challenge WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax for their titles on Night Two of WrestleMania 37.
Dutch Mantell admitted that he wonders if the fans are truly invested in this match. Therefore, his prediction could even be determined by a flip of a coin:
"Let me flip a coin. In this, this is almost one of those 'who cares,' nothing against the girls because I started the girls in TNA. I'm a big fan of the girls. It doesn't have any sizzle but it has more sizzle than effectiveness. Because I don't think anyone cares to tell you the truth. I like The Riott Squad. I just like them. I think the people like them and they'd get a big pop if the Riott Squad went over."
Can Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan outlast the other tag teams in this match and book their place for WrestleMania 37 Night Two? Only time will tell.
#6 Cesaro vs. Seth Rollins (WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One)
WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One will see former Ring of Honor stars Cesaro and Seth Rollins square off at The Grandest Stage Of Them All. This will mark Cesaro's first singles match at WrestleMania during his nearly ten-year career with WWE.
A former manager of Cesaro in WWE, Dutch Mantell suggested that he thought WWE has greatly misused The Swiss Superman during his WWE career so far:
"If there's one guy that WWE totally missed the boat with, it's Cesaro. Here's a guy that speaks five languages, European. Probably the strongest guy, per pound, in WWE. A tremendous athlete. I think if they had taken him and went like a James Bond route with him, dress him up because he's a very classy guy. Speaks well, they missed the boat with Cesaro, totally."
However, despite Mantell's close ties to Cesaro, the former Zeb Colter believes that Seth Rollins will leave WWE WrestleMania 37 victorious:
"This match, I expect a tremendous match. I don't see any difference in the tregectory of Mr. Cesaro. I think he will be on the losing end of this because they've got so much equity wrapped up in Seth Rollins and I think he'll emerge the victor."
Seth Rollins has continued to mock Cesaro in recent weeks on Friday Night SmackDown. The Messiah has suggested that Cesaro isn't on his level. The Swiss Superman finally has the opportunity to shut Seth Rollins up this Saturday at WrestleMania 37.
#5 Braun Strowman vs. Shane McMahon - Steel Cage match (WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One)
WWE's booking of Braun Strowman and Shane McMahon on Monday Night RAW heading into WWE WrestleMania 37 has certainly been questionable.
Many fans have criticized strange segments such as hopscotch, green slime and McMahon's insistence on referring to Strowman as "stupid" or "dumb." Nevertheless, the two WWE Superstars are set to meet inside a 15-foot high steel cage at WrestleMania 37.
Dutch Mantell questioned the pairing of Shane McMahon and Braun Strowman inside a steel cage at WrestleMania. Mantell feels that Strowman, the larger and younger competitor, should defeat McMahon with ease at The Grandest Stage Of Them All:
"Well, this is another thing because believability is thrown at the window. When you're put in the ring with a 300 pound guy like Strowman with Shane, how is Shane? He's 50 right? If you think logically about it. I think Braun needs to go over and he needs to go over strong."
Dutch Mantell even suggested that the match between McMahon and Strowman should be incredibly short. Mantell explained that he would have Shane McMahon come out quickly with an initial flurry before being emphatically destroyed by The Monster Among Men:
"What I'd like to see is Shane go in there, do something to him, throw him in his eyes right off the bat, just beat the hell out of him. Have him make one comeback and boom, let's go and you end up carting out Shane. And he's hurt and you call the ambulance and you put him in there. That's the story I would go with so I've got to say Strowman."
Shane McMahon will finally "get these hands" at WWE WrestleMania 37. Will Braun Strowman finally be able to silence The Best in the World?
#4 The New Day vs. AJ Styles and Omos (WWE RAW Tag Team Championships)
WWE RAW Superstar Omos will make his eagerly anticipated WWE in-ring debut during WrestleMania 37 Night One. The 7 foot 3 inches superstar will team up with AJ Styles as they challenge The New Day for their RAW Tag Team Championships.
Dutch Mantell stated that he felt we would see new RAW Tag Team Champions at WrestleMania. Mantell stated that it wouldn't make sense for an attraction such as Omos to lose in his debut match:
"I think The New Day bites the bullet on this one because it's his debut, he can't go out there and lose. And Omos is like 7'3 right? He's the giant. You've got to go with AJ because AJ will do most of the work. New Day have been together five years? They can afford the loss, it doesn't hurt them. Omos needs the momentum because I don't know what they got planned for him but I'm sure he's just with AJ right now and then he'll split off from AJ. So, I got to go with AJ and Omos on this one and I think everybody else would say the same thing."
Furthermore, Dutch Mantell explained why the match shouldn't have a complex finish. Mantell suggested that an overcomplicated finish could expose Omos in the ring. However, he expects Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and AJ Styles to make Omos' debut go as smoothly as possible:
"It can not be a complicated finish. It's got to be a real simple finish. Because Omos, I'm almost to even watch this match to tell you the truth. But, I'm sure that Kofi and Xavier, they'll make this guy look like a killer because they're good too, they're very good in the ring"
Will Omos capture RAW Tag Team Championship gold in his debut match or will The New Day leave WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One with their coveted RAW Tag Team Championships?
#3 Bad Bunny and Damian Priest vs. The Miz and John Morrison (WWE WrestleMania 37 Night One)
WWE WrestleMania 37 will continue the tradition of having major celebrity involvement at The Showcase of the Immortals.
Grammy and Billboard award-winning rapper Bad Bunny will make his WWE in-ring debut as he teams up with Damian Priest to take on The Miz and John Morrison.
Bad Bunny has been feuding with The Miz on WWE television ever since the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event in January earlier this year.
Dutch Mantell revealed that he thought Bad Bunny and Damian Priest would leave WrestleMania victorious, as this is usually the case when celebrities compete inside of a WWE ring:
"This is one thing that's wrong with WWE too I think. It's because they're so predictable. Because you can predict this, Bad Bunny's not going to come in and lose. And I think Damian Priest is a tremendous talent. They have big plans for him. I think this is a big kick-off point for Damian Priest. And The Miz and John Morrison, it's not going to help them if they win at all. I mean, it probably helps them more if they lose, because The Miz is such a whiner that it helps him to get beat because then he can pitch his fit and the people like to see that."
The former Zeb Colter also revealed that he expects Priest to hit the move that will secure his tag team the victory but it will ultimately be Bunny who gets the pinfall victory for his team at The Grandest Stage Of Them All:
"I'm going to predict that Damian Priest wins it and Bunny gets the cover."
#2 Bobby Lashley vs. Drew McIntyre (WWE Championship)
WWE Champion Bobby Lashley will defend the WWE Championship against former Champion Drew McIntyre on Night One of WrestleMania 37.
When discussing which match should main event WrestleMania Night One, Dutch Mantell explained why he thought Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair should close proceedings on Saturday night:
"I like the girls being the main event, I think they have more sizzle behind them than Lashley and McIntyre does."
However, when sharing his prediction for the WWE Championship match, Mantell revealed that he expects the CEO of The Hurt Business to retain his WWE title at WrestleMania 37:
"But in Lashley and McIntyre, I've got to go with Lashley. I think he's the one who can carry it. What is the situation with Lesnar? Is he coming back? But I would go, I think they went with McIntyre, then again this WWE. They can sour on you in a heartbeat. It only takes ten seconds. You know how you guys sometimes get lost in companies, not necessarily WWE, but the entire wrestling profession. People dont have to come in and the boss says 'how was so and so the other week'?' And they don't got to say, 'He's terrible, he's this' they just go to do this, 'Well, you know, eh?' That's it, if he's 'eh' it's like get someone else."
A point of contention amongst the WWE Universe in recent weeks has been WWE's decision to split up The Hurt Business on Monday Night RAW. When discussing Bobby Lashley possibly retaining the WWE Championship at WrestleMania, Dutch Mantell also shared his thoughts on The Hurt Business' recent split:
"But I'm going to go with Lashley in this. That's another thing, they don't let things grow long enough for it to be ready to be ripe. They pull it off half ripe so they lose the whole flavor of it."
Who will leave WrestleMania 37 Night One as the WWE Champion? Can Drew McIntyre become a three-time WWE Champion or will Bobby Lashley retain the coveted gold?
#1 Sasha Banks vs. Bianca Belair (WWE SmackDown Women's Championship)
WWE 2021 Women's Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair will challenge Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women's Championship in one of the most highly anticipated matches from WWE WrestleMania Night One.
After revealing his thoughts on the SmackDown Women's Championship match, Dutch Mantell explained that it was a really tough match to predict. However, Mantell ultimately settled on The Boss retaining the SmackDown Women's Championship:
"It's a toss up. Bianca, she's got time. Sasha, this is her moment. She's already said this should be the main event of WrestleMania. She's partially right I think. But I think they'll have a great match. Bianca has a lot of fans and Sasha has hers too. But it'll be a great match, like you said, and I'm almost inclined to say Bianca but she doesn't need it right now. Maybe too soon for her and Sasha she escapes victorious but maybe a tricky finish"
Despite the match being difficult to predict, Dutch Mantell explained that the match was easy to book from a creative point of view. Mantell suggested that either competitor winning the match will be positive for business and the fans watching around the world:
"The beauty of this match guys from a creative standpoint, it's easy to book. Because it doesn't matter, Bianca it's her moment, they elevate her from here to here in one night. But the other train of thought is that Sasha is already here and now Bianca's finding her way there. Either way, you're I think you're going to have a winner in this one"
Who leaves WWE WrestleMania 37 as the SmackDown Women's Champion? The EST of WWE or The Boss?
