WWE is bringing a pay-per-view to England for the primary time since 2003 when Cash within the Financial institution lands in London on Saturday. One of many staple occasions on the WWE calendar, Cash within the Financial institution additionally units up storylines that grow to be central to the following a number of months of the promotion’s programming.
The winners of the lads’s and girls’s Cash within the Financial institution ladder matches obtain contracts that permit them to problem as soon as for any title of their selecting at any time. This has led to a number of the most iconic moments in WWE historical past as winners have cashed in to win world titles in dramatic vogue.
The cardboard may even characteristic three title matches. Newly topped heavyweight champ Seth Rollins will battle it out with Finn Balor in a rematch seven years within the making. Intercontinental champ Gunther will tackle Matt Riddle. And girls’s tag workforce champions Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler will face off in opposition to Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.
Let’s check out who the CBS Sports activities specialists are selecting to win every match on the Cash within the Financial institution card, which streams stay on Peacock at 3 p.m. ET on Saturday.
2023 WWE Cash within the Financial institution predictions
Cody Rhodes vs. Dominik Mysterio
Mysterio has been dealt with masterfully, resulting in him being a really top-tier heel when it comes to producing warmth. It’s beginning to really feel somewhat inorganic at this level, with the boos being extra of a “crowd doing a bit” state of affairs than real reactions but it surely’s nonetheless been enjoyable and has positioned Mysterio right into a spot the place he looks like he issues on the roster. That mentioned, this must be a Rhodes win. He went from a surefire selection to finish Roman Reigns’ run to dropping their WrestleMania showdown and falling down the cardboard a bit. Whereas a feud with Brock Lesnar was used to rehab him, Rhodes nonetheless gained the primary match with a fast pin and was demolished forward of and in the course of the rematch. Shedding to Mysterio does not preserve him sturdy for the rubber match with Lesnar and one other eventual run at a belt. Decide: Cody Rhodes wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa vs. The Usos
Anticipate plenty of shenanigans on this match. The Usos are arguably the best tag workforce in WWE historical past and may have a leg-up over singles superstars Sokoa and Reigns. The issue is that Reigns and Sikoa are coming off a uncommon loss to Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn at Night time of Champions. Reigns can also be closely protected by the corporate, I am unable to see him falling quick in consecutive pay-per-views even when he isn’t taking the autumn. Tales like this are constructed on the chase. It is too quickly into The Bloodline breakup for The Usos to beat Reigns. Decide: Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa win — Shakiel Mahjouri (additionally Brent Brookhouse)
Males’s Cash within the Financial institution ladder match — Ricochet vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar vs. Butch vs. Damian Priest vs. Logan Paul
any Cash within the Financial institution match to determine a winner first entails a strategy of elimination. Who would WWE not have carrying round one of many largest storyline instruments within the firm? Ricochet, Nakamura, Escobar and Butch are all out on these grounds. They’re there to offer texture to the match, to not win the match and spend weeks or months teasing cashing in for a world title. That leaves Knight, Priest and Paul. Priest solely is sensible when it comes to the Judgment Day story and appears an unlikely option to win. Paul is just not an everyday staple on tv, which does not set him up as a sensible choice to carry the briefcase, plus he has solely had a small handful of matches, one in all which was already for a world title. That leaves Knight, a fountain of charisma and somebody in whom WWE higher-ups appear to have plenty of religion. Knight needs to be the favourite right here if for no different purpose than being the one legitimate choice to carry the briefcase. Decide: LA Knight wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
Ladies’s Cash within the Financial institution ladder match — Zelina Vega vs. Becky Lynch vs. Zoey Stark vs. Bayley vs. Iyo Sky vs. Trish Stratus
The ladies’s aspect of issues is way harder to determine than the lads’s. There are a number of legitimate winners on this match. In truth, everybody within the match could be a high quality winner and an intriguing choice to problem for a world title. Iyo Sky is the favourite heading into the match as a result of the storyline taking part in out with Bayley’s controlling nature and jealousy would make issues fascinating. Just one lady has held the contract for greater than two days earlier than cashing in, so the extra fascinating query shall be: can the briefcase be used for long-term storytelling on the ladies’s aspect for as soon as? I would prefer to suppose sure, and it makes probably the most sense to take action with Sky. Decide: Iyo Sky wins — Brookhouse
This 12 months’s Cash within the Financial institution looks like a uncommon occasion the place many outcomes are in query. I can see plenty of fascinating methods the ladies’s ladder match shakes out. Sky is the fan-favorite decide, however rising rigidity with teammate Bayley might spill over on Saturday. Bayley stealing the briefcase from Sky might be an fascinating angle. Lynch is often a secure wager in these situations. Starks might win together with her egotistical mentor Stratus moonlighting as contract holder. In the end, I am siding with the underdog. Vega shined in her ladies’s title match in opposition to Rhea Ripley, has been dependable within the ring and on the microphone and has crossover attraction. A Vega additionally brings much-needed legitimacy to the LWO secure. WWE is pining for a brand new Latin star and she or he seems to have been underneath the corporate’s nostril all alongside. Decide: Zelina Vega wins — Mahjouri
World Heavyweight Championship — Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn Balor
It is too quickly to take the world heavyweight championship off Rollins. The newly-minted world title was Rollins reward for being a workhorse who put over nearly each different main celebrity for the previous few years. Rollins’ work ethic has additionally translated to numerous media appearances within the lead-up to the PPV. WWE has performed good work to construct Balor right into a plausible menace and The Judgement Day are stronger than ever. There’s an fascinating story to inform with Damian Priest because the briefcase holder and an more and more paranoid Balor as champion, however WWE can inform that story after Rollins establishes himself as champion. Decide: Seth Rollins retains the title — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)
Intercontinental Championship — Gunther (c) vs. Matt Riddle
Whereas Riddle is a sound choice to finish Gunther’s prolonged run as intercontinental champion, this merely does not really feel like the best time. There are many methods to have Gunther get the win with out harming Riddle, together with underhanded techniques from Imperium. Riddle simply does not fairly really feel like he is on the degree the place he looks like he “wants” a title and WWE is dedicated to Gunther being a record-setting intercontinental champion. Decide: Gunther retains the title — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
Ladies’s Tag Workforce Championship — Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler (c) vs. Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez
What’s strangest about Rousey and Baszler’s reign is how lengthy it took to get right here. Strapping the tag title across the waists of the real-life pals and UFC veterans made excellent sense after transferring Rousey out of the principle occasion title scene. But it took Rodriguez and Morgan vacating the belt after the latter suffered an harm for WWE to lastly pull the set off. It is too quickly for Rousey and Baszler to lose the belts, plain and easy. Rousey stays one in all WWE’s largest crossover stars. Having her lose in London is not well worth the juice. Decide: Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler retain the titles — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)