8 HUGE WWE Day 1 2022 Predictions You Need To Know

1. Roman Reigns (c) Vs. Brock Lesnar

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Credit to WWE for yet again making this combination interesting and the outcome mostly unpredictable.

When the pair fought at Crown Jewel, just about every possible prediction was filed about the result and indeed Paul Heyman's contribution to that. Since then, Heyman's been extricated from The Bloodline thanks to a banter-mode 'Beast', Roman Reigns has further solidified his status as 'Head Of The Table' and Brock Lesnar has embraced the silliness his babyface persona can occasionally afford.

The drama, miraculously, has not dissipated, and various rumours about some booking with WrestleMania-sized implications have added yet more spice to the mix.

The match will be the match - the pair of them lob bombs and one will absorb slightly less than the other - but exactly how does the outcome inform the 'Show Of Shows' when Day 1 reaches its climax? Will Paul Heyman prove his love to Reigns conclusively, just to get back on the 'Tribal Chief's good side? Will he babyface himself for the first time in forever to steer Brock Lesnar to the Universal Championship? Might he was his hands of both and unearth a third man into proceedings, giving us a glimpse of the aforementioned 'Mania headliner?

Yes, no, and maybe, respectively. It's all to play for. Rarest of instructions for a WWE article this, but permit yourself to get excited for this one.

Winner - Roman Reigns

 
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