{"id":13182,"date":"2022-04-02T10:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1619734"},"modified":"2022-04-02T10:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-02T08:53:11","slug":"wwe-wrestlemania-predictions-2022-who-will-win-at-wrestlemania-38","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/wwe-wrestlemania-predictions-2022-who-will-win-at-wrestlemania-38\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE WrestleMania predictions 2022: Who will win at WrestleMania 38?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Michael Potts\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Saturday, 02 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>WrestleMania 38 is here. Wrestling fans around the world are gearing up for the biggest weekend of pro-wrestling action on the calendar \u2013 and there\u2019s two whole nights of drama to savour.<\/p>\n<p>The two-night schedule leaves plenty of room for chaotic matches, huge showdowns, big surprises and even bigger celebrity names entering the ring in 2022.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"&quot;http:\/\/radiotimes.com&quot;\">RadioTimes.com<\/a> caught up with <a href=\"\/\/cultaholic.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Cultaholic.com<\/a> presenter and expert Jack G King for his highlights and top predictions as Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns prepare to face off once more on the biggest stage in front of a 100,000-capacity crowd in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Jack runs through some of the most hotly-anticipated matches on the card, including the return of \u2018Stone Cold\u2019 Steve Austin, who retired in 2003, and looks set to blow the roof off AT&amp;T Stadium this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Check out Jack\u2019s WrestleMania predictions below as WWE prepare to launch \u201cThe Most Stupendous WrestleMania Week In History\u201d.<\/p> <h2><strong>WrestleMania predictions 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><em>With <a href=\"\/\/cultaholic.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Cultaholic<\/a> presenter Jack G King<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WWE WrestleMania Night One predictions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Seth Rollins versus TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JK: <\/strong>Seth Rollins versus an opponent yet to be announced. Nobody knows for certain who it\u2019s going to be. The rumour mill suggests it will be Cody Rhodes who, in the past few years, has been one of the figureheads of AEW, which is the first pro-wrestling promotion to really challenge WWE. It\u2019s a very controversial move if it is him because he\u2019ll have jumped from this exciting new upstart that he was a part of back to the big boys.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt he\u2019ll get cheered because he\u2019s a huge name, people would be very excited to see him back. If that match does go ahead, Seth versus Cody, then you\u2019ve got to think that Cody is going to win because of his level of momentum coming in. It would make no sense for him to lose his first match. The other name suggested as a possible opponent for Seth is Vince McMahon\u2019s son Shane which, with all the build-up around Cody Rhodes, would be a huge disappointment.<\/p>\n<p>The reason it\u2019s going to be announced on the night is because they\u2019ve been doing this storyline with Seth Rollins which has been about him trying to get onto the WrestleMania card. He\u2019s been trying to hijack other people\u2019s matches and take other people\u2019s spots. And he\u2019s failed every step of the way which has only just ramped up the anticipation that it will be Cody Rhodes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Stone Cold\u2019 Steve Austin versus Kevin Owens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JK: <\/strong>It\u2019s not really a match. The whole mystery surrounding this pick is whether or not it is going to be a full match. Kevin Owens is going to have a confrontation of some sort with \u2018Stone Cold\u2019 Steve Austin, an all-time legend of the wrestling business, one of WWE\u2019s biggest ever stars. He\u2019s not wrestled for about two decades when he retired from in-ring competition. He\u2019s going to be there in his home state of Texas for what isn\u2019t officially billed as a match with Owens, but it\u2019s going to be some sort of confrontation which almost certainly will get physical. The big question that people have is: will it be an official match?<\/p>\n<p>The reports coming out this week suggest it\u2019s going to be the main event for Night One, it\u2019s going to be the big headline slot on the show. That has led some people to believe that it will be an official match. If that does become a match, Stone Cold is going to win 100 per cent. If it\u2019s not a match, and it\u2019s just a confrontation, Stone Cold is still going to come out on top. There\u2019s almost zero chance that Stone Cold would be humiliated in his comeback in his home state. Owens plays the role of a very intense and very sarcastic bad guy. He\u2019s someone who will play off really well against Austin, who is one of the best talkers in wrestling history.<\/p>\n<div class=\"&quot;image-handler__container\" image-handler__container--aspect=\"\" style=\"&quot;padding-bottom:\" calc=\"\"> <picture><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=299%2C199,\" https:=\"\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=354%2C236&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=404%2C269&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(max-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=554%2C369&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=407%2C271&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?webp=true&amp;quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/webp&quot;\"><source media=\"&quot;(min-width:\" data-srcset=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=555%2C370&quot;\" type=\"&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;\"><img class=\"&quot;wp-image-1619763\" align=\"\" size-landscape_thumbnail=\"\" image-handler__image=\"\" image-handler__image--aspect=\"\" no-wrap=\"\" js-lazyload=\"\" data-src=\"&quot;https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/SD_03252022DG_37864-31cb0a9.jpg?quality=90&amp;resize=620%2C413&quot;\" width=\"&quot;620&quot;\" height=\"&quot;413&quot;\" alt=\"&quot;&quot;\" title=\"&quot;&quot;\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"&quot;caption-hold&quot;\"><figcaption class=\"&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;caption-copy&quot;\"><i class=\"&quot;icon-arrow\" icon-camera-circle=\"\"\/> WWE WrestleMania returns this weekend<\/span><\/figcaption><span class=\"&quot;im-image-caption&quot;\"> <i>WWE<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>WWE WrestleMania Night Two predictions<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Johnny Knoxville versus Sami Zayn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JK: <\/strong>Every year since WrestleMania became this gigantic spectacle has had celebrity involvement, often in the ring. That\u2019s a tradition that goes back a few decades but really now you can consistently rely on there being at least one celebrity match. There\u2019s a couple this year: Logan Paul is involved again in a match on the card.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Knoxville, of Jackass fame, has a one-on-one match against Sami Zayn with an \u2018anything goes\u2019 stipulation, which has led a lot of us to predict that there\u2019s going to be Jackass-style shenanigans. If there\u2019s no rules, they can get away with skits and that sort of thing. There\u2019ll probably be a lot of physical comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Any other celebrity you can bank on winning because that\u2019ll send the crowd home happy, and Zayn\u2019s a bad guy so you want to see him lose, but because it\u2019s Johnny Knoxville, who has made a living off doing terrible things to his own body, I\u2019m wondering if there\u2019s a slight possibility he could actually lose because he\u2019s one of the few celebrities willing to take that sort of punishment. I\u2019ll still go for Johnny Knoxville purely because he\u2019s the good guy in this storyline but I wouldn\u2019t be too surprised if he takes a few bumps and bruises along the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JK: <\/strong>Both guys hold one of the two main championships in WWE. You\u2019ve got the WWE Championship and the Universal Championship. The winner of this match is going to be the owner of the unified title, it\u2019s going to unify the belts and the winner is going to be the undisputed champion.<\/p>\n<p>This match is hard to predict because Roman Reigns has been on this incredible run of form as the No.1 bad guy in all of wrestling worldwide. He\u2019s been fantastic; he has come on leaps and bounds. As a good guy, they were trying to force him down the fans\u2019 throats, whereas now he\u2019s embraced this more natural, dark character. Ironically, now that they\u2019re not trying to get people to cheer for him, the fans seem to appreciate him a lot more. He\u2019s a far more compelling character than before.<\/p>\n<p>Then you\u2019ve got Brock Lesnar, who is obviously a star in the world of MMA as well. He\u2019s one of the few WWE names in recent history who has had true crossover mainstream appeal. He\u2019s back now and remains as terrifying and destructive as ever. They\u2019ve headlined two previous WrestleMania events before, 31 and 34, so a few people are critical of that because it\u2019s the same match again, but I disagree with them because this is a different dynamic previously. Brock was the bad guy, Roman was the good guy but now that\u2019s totally flipped and it seems to suit them far more naturally.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also a hard one to predict because they have both got so much momentum heading into this. If I had to guess, I\u2019d probably say that Roman is going to win. I read our interview in the build-up to last year\u2019s WrestleMania and I confidently predicted that Roman would not win because they wouldn\u2019t want to end the show on a on a sad note. Yeah, I was totally wrong: They are willing to do that. And I think they\u2019re going to do it again. Roman will probably win, but this is one of the harder marches to predict on either night. It should be really hard-hitting as well. They\u2019re both quite big boys!<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more WrestleMania 38 predictions, build-up and coverage, check out <a href=\"\/\/cultaholic.com&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\">Cultaholic.com<\/a> and the <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/cultaholic&quot;\">Cultaholic YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>If you\u2019re looking for something else to watch check out our\u00a0<a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/&quot;\">TV Guide<\/a> <strong>or visit our <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/sport\/&quot;\">Sport<\/a> hub for all the latest news.<\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>The latest issue of Radio Times is on sale now \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;noopener&quot; noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/magazine-subscription\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1646312059467000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Ftrh-dxAkkfQXSIsWTu1t&quot;\">subscribe now<\/a>\u00a0to get each issue delivered to your door. 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