10 BOLD Predictions For WWE In 2019

8. Hulk Hogan Will Guest Host WrestleMania 35

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This might not read as “bold”—Hogan already returned at Crown Jewel—but there is a marked difference between a cynical ploy to hide Hogan’s return in plain sight and actually presenting him as the Babe Ruth of WWE on its Grandest Stage.

Such a return poses some risk; statistically, WWE fans skew liberal, as mad as that may read given WWE’s ties to the Republican party and the Trumpian COO—and murmurs of Hogan’s reappearance very much divided the online fandom. This, combined with Hogan’s continued inability to even work an apology, may result in a split reception.

But Vince McMahon is clever. No, he is: he knew that Jamal Khashoggi’s murder was a mere dry heave in a relentlessly sickening 24-hour news cycle. We didn’t think he could possibly get away with promoting Crown Jewel, but he knew, and proclaimed the product of his semen as the Best Wrestler In The World to replace outrage with yet more outrage, operating in much the same way as that 24-hour news cycle. He knows what’s he doing.

Vince McMahon once used his grapefruit-sized balls to not book Randy Savage at a time when business was in the sh*tter. He know uses those balls to teabag good taste and piss us all off.

Vince also knows that ‘Real American’ is the most euphoric soundtrack for WWE’s biggest night.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!