20 Big WWE Predictions For 2016

What can we look forward to this year?

Arguably the most pivotal of years in WWE's recent history has got off to the rockiest of starts. Injuries have ravaged the main roster with the likes of John Cena, Rusev and Paige all suffering knocks since the turn of the year; while the company is also facing up to the realities of life without card toppers Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton, who are all out with longer term knocks. Vince McMahon is certainly sweating as he heads into a WrestleMania season that culminates with the Granddaddy of 'em All (are we allowed to call it that anymore?) taking place at the 100,000 seater AT&T Stadium in Texas. Will he be able to fill it without a number of top names at his disposal? With a large portion of the bigger names out and unavailable for action, the outlook is pretty murky for WWE. However, the company hasn't risen to the top of pop culture's consciousness twice - during the Rock 'n' Wrestling and Attitude Eras respectively - and fought off competition from a rabid billionaire in Ted Turner over the last 30-plus years without hitting a few road blocks along the way. No matter who takes on Vince McMahon, he always wins. That's why we should all still be positive about the upcoming 12 months even though we'll be enjoying the first few without some of our favourites. Given how bare the roster stands at the moment - and due to countless rumours about who is coming in to help out - predicting what is going to happen in 2016 is a pretty thankless task. Let's give it a bash anyway...

20. WWE Will Book New Day Spilt Angle

Yeah, I've gone big early. And even though I personally think it would be THE WORST booking decision WWE could make this year given the success of the Tag Team Champions over the last 12 months, it's the sort of move they surprise us with from time to time. Just look at The Shield and how the powers that big split them up while they were still relatively hot to get the most out of a break up angle... You can't rule out a similar fate for The New Day towards the end of the year. Everything crossed that they don't, though...
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