Wrestling Inc. Picks The Winners

A weekend as jam-packed with wrestling as any the mainstream American industry has seen in years kicks off Saturday with “WWE NXT” Great American Bash, the most recent premium live event from WWE’s developmental brand! Three titles are on the road, newcomer Jasper Troy is ready to burst onto the scene against Je’Von Evans, and Blake Monroe makes her “NXT” debut in tag team motion alongside Jordynne Grace against NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne and her Fatal Influence teammate Fallon Henley.

As all the time with PLEs and PPVs, Wrestling Inc. is here to make our predictions, and boy is it going to be an enormous prediction weekend! Especially because we’re really torn on a few of these matches — we barely selected a predicted winner for one in every of them, and didn’t select one entirely for one more! What sorts of shenanigans will we see going right down to get Saturday’s motion began? Let’s get to the picks!

Sol Ruca and Number One Contender Izzi Dame are got down to contest Ruca’s “NXT” Women’s North American Championship at Saturday’s Great American Bash card, and just one can walk out of Atlanta with the Women’s North American title. We here at Wrestling Inc., are nearly certain that Ruca will kick off a weekend of great wrestling with a title retention, as 94% of our staff selected to back the champion.

While Ruca and Dame will contest the “NXT” Women’s North American Championship in singles motion, we cannot ignore the influence of each women’s expected ringside associates in our match predictions. In Ruca’s corner is Zaria, whose power has been a source of each respect and fear within the “NXT” women’s locker room. Dame is backed by Tatum Paxley, whose loyalty earned Dame this title opportunity in the primary place, as she helped Dame pin Ruca in tag team motion on the July 1 episode of “NXT.” Paxley, nevertheless loyal, is undoubtedly unhinged — this unpredictability makes her a wild card for Saturday’s match. No stipulations banning either Zaria or Paxley from ringside have been announced as of writing, and because the days tick right down to Atlanta, the likelihood of ringside interference on this “NXT” Women’s North American Championship contest only grows.

Despite their recent tag team loss, Ruca and Zaria have otherwise curtailed Dame and Paxley’s every attempt at ringside interference, and are sometimes seen hauling either Dame or Paxley away from the apron during pivotal match moments. Saturday will test Dame’s ambition, Ruca’s resilience, and the strength between each women and their associated partners. Anything can occur when the bell rings in Atlanta, but when we were to predict the final result of Ruca’s “NXT” Women’s North American Championship title defense, we might put our money on a soul-snatching performance from the champion.

Written by Angeline Phu

In a near split amongst Wrestling Inc. staff, Je’Von Evans is barely favored to defeat Jasper Troy (56%) at “WWE NXT” Great American Bash.

With Troy making his “NXT” premium live event debut, a few of us feel that WWE would want him to emerge out of it looking strong, specifically with a win. Also coming off a recent loss to NXT Champion Oba Femi, a victory would moreover put momentum back into his favor and potentially on target for one more title match down the road. In any case, Troy won the inaugural season of “WWE LFG,” which implies he needs to be positioned to be a future legend and great…in some unspecified time in the future.

What we won’t overlook, nevertheless, is Evans’ premium live event record. Since arriving to “NXT” last 12 months, Evans has competed at 4 PLEs. His record? 0-4. Two of those losses, and his most up-to-date, got here with the NXT Championship on the road. One other pitted him against 4 other competitors in an Iron Survivor Challenge. The last saw him fall to former NXT Champion Ethan Page in a singles match with no added stipulations.

For a young and “bouncy” talent that has already been granted a solo bout against future WWE Hall of Famer Randy Orton, we expected Evans to have obtained some form of success at premium live events by now. Unfortunately, that has yet to occur, which is why a slight majority of us imagine it’s time for Evans to finally pick up some legitimate steam. And what higher technique to try this than by overcoming a powerhouse that WWE and several other Hall of Famers have deemed as a “future great”?

Written by Ella Jay

The NXT North American Championship may also be on the road on the Great American Bash within the only stipulation match of the evening as Ethan Page will defend his title in a Falls Count Anywhere match against Ricky Saints. For months, Page and Saints have been at each others throats, quite literally considering Page put Saints on the shelf for a few weeks after taking the title away from him back on the May 27 episode of “WWE NXT,” and so they might be seeking to finally settle their differences in a contest where the principles are thrown out the window, and so they get to complete things wherever they need in the world.

Unlike among the other bouts on the cardboard, we here at Wrestling Inc. are torn down the center as to who we predict will get the victory on this one. It didn’t really look like Saints got a good shot with the title the primary time he held it, holding it for lower than two months, and while he did defend it against Page at Stand & Deliver, that ultimately acted as the primary of a three-part series that may end this Saturday. But the true thing to think about is, one in every of these guys is nearly actually getting called as much as the important roster.

The safest bet for that might be on Page, as he has done almost every thing there’s to do in “NXT” since debuting on the brand in May 2024, and a call-up to the important roster has surely got to be in his future. There are rumors and rumblings that he could potentially have something to do with Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman’s group — the issue is, those self same rumors have applied to Saints as well, and he doesn’t really have to be in “NXT” for for much longer. Would it not be nice to see him win more gold? In fact it could, but even the fans who’ve followed him since his AEW days know that he’s destined for things far beyond the confines of the WWE Performance Center, and a call-up could only really be possible if he lost to Page.

Overall, you’ll be able to make the case for each guys to win and lose, as we do not think either of them are going to be sticking around in “NXT” for for much longer. On this match, your guess is pretty much as good as ours.

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Blake Monroe, “WWE NXT’s” hottest debutante, and Jordynne Grace, the Number One Contender for Jayne’s “NXT” Women’s title, have every thing to prove as they’re set to tackle Fatal Influence’s Fallon Henley and “NXT” Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne at Saturday’s Great American Bash premium live event. This high-stakes match-up is anyone’s to win, but 81% of us at Wrestling Inc. feel confident in a Grace and Monroe victory come Saturday.

Grace and Monroe are an unconventional pair, but their common enemy in Fatal Influence has been the inspiration of their Great American Bash alliance. Monroe arrived to “NXT” by interrupting a Fatal Influence segment, and “NXT’s” newest addition continued to clash with the faction as Monroe’s “NXT” contract signing was a full three-on-one brawl, with Fatal Influence’s numbers ultimately overwhelming Monroe. Grace is on similarly poor terms with Fatal Influence, as stable leader Jayne holds the “NXT” Women’s World Championship: a title that Grace has been gunning for ever since her own “NXT” debut. With Monroe’s decorated inter-promotion resume and Grace’s strong “NXT” performances, the pair might be hard to beat on Saturday.

Despite Grace and Monroe’s strong background, Jayne and Henley usually are not to be underestimated. Jayne dethroned the wildly popular Stephanie Vaquer for her “NXT” Women’s Championship back in May, and Henley is understood for 111 day reign because the “NXT” Women’s North American Champion. They may also likely be accompanied by Jazmyn Nyx, who will undoubtedly run ringside interference. Fatal Influence may not even need to sweat for his or her victory, as a rumored team implosion and heel turn between Grace and Monroe may jeopardize the opposition’s probabilities.

We’re forecasting a Grace and Monroe victory on Saturday. Until the pinfall or submission is scored, nevertheless, there’s simply no telling where the wind will blow on the Great American Bash.

Written by Angeline Phu

Many have tried, but all have didn’t dethrone Oba Femi in his reign as NXT Champion. At “WWE NXT” Great American Bash, we imagine that trend will proceed when Femi defends his title against Yoshiki Inamura, a star brought over to “NXT” as a part of WWE’s partnership with Pro-Wrestling NOAH.

Weeks ago, Inamura pinned TNA World Champion (and former NXT Champion) Trick Williams in six-man tag motion, and in doing so, put his name in orbit of Williams’ title. In a surprising move, Inamura bestowed a TNA Title shot to his tag team partner, Josh Briggs, as an alternative. Meanwhile, Inamura opted to pursue the NXT Championship, with the vision of he and Briggs holding the respective titles side by side.

Briggs, nevertheless, fell short in his quest for TNA gold. Actually, he and Inamura have each fallen short when it matters essentially the most.

Together, Briggs and Inamura have already lost two televised NXT Tag Team Championship opportunities, dating back to “NXT” Vengeance Day. Shortly after, Inamura suffered defeat to Ivar in a WWE Speed Championship tournament semi-final match that lasted merely two minutes and 22 seconds. And we’re speculated to reasonably imagine that he could go the gap with Femi, a person who hasn’t sustained a singles loss since last October?

Do not get us incorrect, Inamura has been a pleasure to look at during his time on “NXT” television. He even impressed us along with his primary contender’s victory over Jasper Troy. Femi, nevertheless, has been virtually unstoppable, even with taped ribs, since arriving to “NXT” within the 2023 Men’s Breakout Tournament. 100% of Wrestling Inc. staff imagine he’ll remain that way after Great American Bash.

Written by Ella Jay