Predicting EVERYTHING That Will Happen On This Crazy Week Of Wrestling

5. See Ya, Shane...

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SmackDown's FOX debut comes with a cluster of pay-per-view calibre bouts. We'll cover Brock Lesnar vs. Kofi Kingston in a bit and while Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair vs. Bayley and Sasha Banks is a rematch of their Madison Square Garden clash, it's also an all-star showdown between the women's division's four biggest names (sans the absent Ronda Rousey). Both should rule.

As could Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens, provided the former SmackDown Commissioner focuses more on crazy bumps than pitter-patter punches and weak triangle holds. The outcome is critical, though. McMahon has to lose here. With the storyline stretched almost to the point of jumping the shark, the "Shane will be fired if he loses" stipulation must come into play - and it will.

Last week's reports that WWE plan on writing McMahon off television so they can build a more realistic FOX product with fewer interferences from non-wrestlers makes this an easy pick. That doesn't mean Owens' victory won't be any less cathartic, though. A chorus of "na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye!" will ring out across the arena as a red-faced Shane departs, utterly humiliated, not to be seen again for months.

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