Jim Ross Makes Predictions for WWE “Battleground”

WWE Hall of Famer and former play-by-play man Jim Ross recently posted a blog over at jrsbarbq.com, offering his two cents on the WWE “Battleground” card for Sunday and what he believes will go down during the pay-per-view:

There is no reason for WWE to ‘save’ Taker and/or Sting for Monday night when they can easily creatively position both on the PPV Sunday leaving the air with more questions posed than answers provided that would drive viewers to the Monday night flagship broadcast. Sting still has a massive fan following as his two appearances on my podcast garnered over 3M+ downloads combined for the two shows.  

I do not feel that it is time for Seth Rollins to lose the WWE Title and in my mind, as I’ve discussed on my podcast, I’d have Rollins hold the title until Wrestlemania Texas in April in Arlington, Texas where Brock Lesnar would beat him after Lesnar wins the Royal Rumble in January. That’s one school of thought but that scenario could be efficiently changed if decided early and worked toward whatever plan is chosen with strategic, long term planning.

So I have Rollins retaining the title Sunday and it’s certainly possible for Taker to leave both Lesnar and Rollins in a bad way as the show goes off the air. I don’t know and I’m happy that I don’t as I don’t lke the spoilers aka the Jardine’s and prefer to watch the big shows just as I would a movie without knowing all the details.

Curious to see wht happens with Ambrose and Reigns, if anything, as both men to have flattened out and both seem to be more comfortable as villains rather than heroes who are, arguably, being forced upon the audience. Casting or booking is where the money is in the business and it’s easy to miscast individuals as evidenced in various territories over the years.

John Cena will likely retain the US Title unless WWE is really going to be bold and do all they can to make Kevin Owens a ‘made man’ which would not hurt Cena one iota. I can also see the underutilized Cesaro playing into this equation Sunday night. Cesaro is as I’ve expressed here before a main event level talent who could be the WWE World Champion as easy as anyone on the roster….he’s that good.

Sheamus vs. Orton is a somewhat cold match that I see Orton winning considering that the Irishman will still be the MITB winner no matter the outcome. I’d love tosee Sheamus steal a few pages out of Conor McGregor’s playbook and become the heel that he has the ability to become if he chooses to travel that road.

No reason that I can see to beat the Prime Time Players in a tag team division that needs identity and relevancy.

Reigns beats Bray Wyatt whose stock has dropped significantly since losing to Taker at Wrestlemania in a somewhat uneventful match. That’s not an indictment on the talent but the storyline leading into their match was not strong.

King Barrett vs. R Truth…does it matter? Flip a coin. Make the fans happy with a comedic R Truth victory is what’s most likely.

Could we see a big, WWE show with all clean finishes?

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