8 HUGE WWE Day 1 2022 Predictions You Need To Know

8. Cesaro & Ricochet Vs. Sheamus & Ridge Holland

For a first-time-ever show that has the stated aim of kicking WWE's 2022 off with a bang, there's a decidedly repetitive flavour about this pre-show affair.

Back in their unfortunately natural positions as good-match-havers on SmackDown, both Ricochet and Cesaro seem destined to spend another year doing this specific sort of midcard dithering as desperate and disparate fans call for them to get more. There's another conversation to be had about that (boiled mostly down to "give up on that, they obviously have"), but in the meantime they might as well join Sheamus in earnestly trying to help elevate Ridge Holland.

Called up early from NXT when he'd have probably fit quite nicely as Rugby Ridge on 2.0, Holland's greener that Sheamus' old tights but big and bullish enough to get plenty of chances to harness his act into something a little sharper.

Nobody will ever remember or rewatch this, but the components are there to make it better than the average time-filler. And though it's Day 1 for WWE, it's Day 4568 for Sheamus. That he can still command any attention at all is to his immense credit.

Winners - Sheamus & Ridge Holland