One in all WWE’s largest annual occasions returns on Saturday when Survivor Collection: WarGames goes down from Rogers Enviornment in Vancouver. The cardboard is stacked with a pair of WarGames matches and three title bouts.
A lot of Saturday’s consideration shall be targeted on the boys’s WarGames match, which see’s Solo Sikoa’s Bloodline crew with Bronson Reed to tackle the “Unique Bloodline” of Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, and Sami Zayn, with the crew lately including CM Punk as their fifth member.
That match is simply the most recent step within the years-long saga of The Bloodline, which has dominated WWE programming courting again to the empty area days of 2020’s Thunderdome.
The ladies will even participate in a WarGames match that may see Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Iyo Sky and Bayley tackle the crew of Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton and Candice LeRae.
The 2 groups shall be locked within the violent WarGames construction, a metal cage enclosing two adjoining rings. One participant from every crew will start the match with a brand new famous person added at timed intervals. As soon as all 10 superstars are within the ring, the profitable crew shall be decided by sudden loss of life pinfall or submission.
There are three title matches along with the pair of headliners. The largest sees world heavyweight champion Gunther look to defend his crown towards Damian Priest. Gunther took the title off of Priest at SummerSlam when former Priest ally and stablemate Finn Balor betrayed him. Now, after working his approach again, Priest will get an opportunity to proper the fallacious in what must be an extremely bodily match between high brute forces.
Plus, there must be much more physicality on show when the intercontinental title is on the road in a triple menace match. Champion Bron Breakker takes on Sheamus and Ludwig Kaiser. Breakker has been a brutal wrecking ball since making his principal roster debut and that is landed him as a champion. Now, he takes on Sheamus, who is without doubt one of the few wrestlers on the roster who can match his energy. Plus, Kaiser provides an additional component of hazard along with his tactical assault.
Let’s check out who the CBS Sports activities specialists are selecting to win in every match on Saturday’s card, which streams dwell on Peacock at 6 p.m. ET on Saturday.
WWE Survivor Collection: WarGames 2024 predictions
Males’s WarGames Match: Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Sami Zayn & CM Punk vs. Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa & Bronson Reed
I am undecided how WWE will justify it, however I believe Paul Heyman betrays Reigns. It would not be the primary time he is deserted a consumer. I am most likely studying into issues an excessive amount of, however the wink he gave Jimmy Uso and his Sikoa-inspired go well with make me suppose the repair is in. The Bloodline is not going wherever anytime quickly, so it behooves inventive to aspect with the recent, tightly-knit unit. Choose: Sikoa’s Bloodline wins — Shakiel Mahjouri
The right story beat right here is for Sikoa’s squad to get the win. Reigns’ aspect must be chasing and chasing till we lastly hit Reigns in full underdog mode when he goes one-on-one with Sikoa. That stated, a crew with Reigns, the Usos, Zayn and Punk is fairly stacked and arrange in a approach that seems like extra of a “ship the followers residence pleased” state of affairs than to easily hit the precise subsequent level within the story. Add in that Sikoa’s crew already received the win within the six-man tag match at Crown Jewel and WWE’s love of fifty/50 reserving and we’ll roll with the “Unique Bloodline” to emerge with the win. Choose: Reigns’ Bloodline wins — Brent Brookhouse
Girls’s WarGames Match: Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Iyo Sky & Bayley vs. Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Nia Jax, Tiffany Stratton & Candice LeRae
This girls’s WarGames match exists for 2 causes: to present the ladies a branded match, and to present a swath of high performers time on a significant pay-per-view. Morgan and Jax have gotten the very best of their rivals these days, so this looks as if , low-stakes technique to give the fan favorites a win. For that purpose, I am going to aspect with the heroes. Choose: Ripley, Belair, Naomi, Sky & Bayley — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)
World Heavyweight Championship: Gunther (c) vs. Damian Priest
WWE has performed a extremely good job telling this story, with Priest really seeming to have Gunther shook by his calm confidence. Gunther has additionally gave the impression to be flirting with a flip to the babyface aspect. Pretty much as good because the promos have been from Priest, it is borderline unimaginable that WWE would flip the title from Gunther again to Priest so quickly. There’s been loads of drama within the lead-up to this match, however there isn’t a drama in who will stroll away from Survivor Collection with the title. Choose: Gunther retains the title — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaiser
Breakker ought to win. He nearly actually will win. However WWE has an opportunity to repay the thought of Sheamus profitable the one belt that has eluded him his total profession with out doing any injury to Breakker. Personally, I like the thought of the intercontinental title shifting round often for some time, particularly after so many prolonged title reigns in current WWE historical past. Sheamus might choose up the win by pinning Kaiser, resulting in Breakker needing to chase the belt once more and with the gasoline that he wasn’t even the person who was pinned to lose it. For as soon as, we’re going with a choose of what we want to see over what we expect we’ll see. Choose: Sheamus wins the title — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
United States Championship: LA Knight (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
It offers me no pleasure to say that Knight’s U.S. title reign has largely been filler. There’s perhaps no larger instance than Nakamura coming back from a seven-month absence and being instantly inserted right into a title program with a one-week construct. Knight has been underutilized as a champion, however that is an issue for administration to unravel. Knight ought to win this one. Choose: LA Knight retains the title — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)