2023 Wrestling Predictions with Oli Davis And Luke Owen!

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2023 Wrestling Predictions with Oli Davis And Luke Owen!
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[@thomaskaylor5106]

“Who else is gonna beat her for the title, it may as well be Charlotte” aged quite well

[@Novack49]

Sheamus wins the IC title from Gunther in a 5* match at a PLE in 2023, which closes the show. The show closes with Sheamus really emotional, maybe even saying “thank you” on the mic. The next Friday on Smackdown, Sheamus announces his retirement, and hands the title to the re-re-named Pete Dunne.

[@lakshminarasimhanb2495]

Here's a prediction: If they compete this year, Adam and Andy will once again win the Jamble and main event WrestleJamia, Thrice in a Lifetime!!!

[@Alucard-A-La-Carte]

This relates to something else I just commented: I think the notion of the champion leading a company is 100% a great trope, but I think the idea of the champion driving ratings is a relic that bookers still cling to from a bygone era. The fact that Hangman Page and Punk drew the same ratings is clear enough: it's about the shows in totality, not who's headlining them.

[@thefiggamehunt6946]

Luke and Oli together on screen doesn't happen enough on a non review style show, looking forward to this even tho not been listening much recently 😁

[@coryfowler8810]

Thats why I don't watch any longer. Luke and oli are the only ones that aren't cringe.

[@karlwoodgate4028]

@@coryfowler8810 my two favourites along with Sully. Tempest is decent, Pete is alright but seems so miserable sometimes and Sat is too much for me sadly

[@britishhedgehog]

@@karlwoodgate4028 sat is great. He just needs to read and write his own scripts as it's painfully obvious he's not comfortable with other people's stuff

[@karlwoodgate4028]

@@britishhedgehog yeah possibly, don’t think they need scripts anyway. would be better having a legit review

[@ianglover4922]

Yea. Oli, Luke, and Laurie. The others are annoying for the most part.

[@CurrentSoulKing]

Kenny Omega winning the G1 and then wrestling Okada for the belt at winter is coming is such a Denise prediction

[@GoSoup12]

AEW and WWE make a deal for world champ MJF to appear on an episode of RAW to have a promo with world champ Cody Rhodes as part of the “Bidding War” storyline.

[@deepvoicedude4749]

I fail to see how this benefits WWE though. They'd just be giving publicity to MJF (and therefore AEW) for no gain.

[@GoSoup12]

@@deepvoicedude4749 a ratings boost and further proof of WWEs willingness to work with other companies.

[@bhhdty2272]

@@GoSoup12 idk if it would be a ratings boost for wwe MJF is popular but he’s not big enough to draw lots of eyes to wwe . I mean the guy has less instagram followers than guys like Angelo dawkins and angel garza he’s not as popular as you think! Wwe lowkey doesn’t benefit from this

[@allthereishasbeenandeverca5314]

There will be no rating boost. Those people who watch AEW are watching WWE as well.

[@Knighttt662]

@@GoSoup12 it's just not enough imo

[@wh5601]

If 2022 was anything to go by, wrestling in 2023 should be a wild, crazy, thrill ride with plenty of highs and lows. Can’t wait personally because if there’s one thing that makes wrestling suck, it’s when it’s boring and predictable. AEW fighting back from a rough period. HHH making WWE more and more his vision. New Japan seeming poised for a resurgence. Stardom continuing to grow and show why women’s wrestling is so great. Indies hopefully continuing to flourish. Bring it on!

[@SerTahu]

Another prediction: AEW All Out will become a 2 night event, with the saturday reviving the 'All In' branding. This will become the one big annual AEWxRoH crossover show, and effectively become AEW/RoH's equivalent to Wrestlemania or Wrestle Kingdom. While the weekend will only be branded as an 'AEWxRoH" event, there will be representation from some (but not all) of AEW's key partners (AAA, NJPW/Stardom, Impact, and DDT/NOAH/TJPW) Third and final prediction: The AEWxAAA partnership will completely fall apart. While nothing will happen between AEW and CMLL in 2023, there will be rumours towards the end of the year that two two promotions are in discussions with each other.

[@vermonteer]

Can’t believe this is my first time commenting but I’ve seen no one else mention it. Jericho signed a new deal in early October through 2025. It was in Variety and everything.

[@phhsdj]

I believe Shane said that that was not true. But I could be wrong

[@pbs216]

@@phhsdj nah there was a whole official press release from AEW and everything

[@RawPiece98]

Instead of Rampage being cancelled, I could see Dark and Dark: Elevation might merge into one next style development space. And yes, I know this is exactly what happened with NXT and NXT UK but I still think it's a good idea!!

[@AhmedMohamed-vj5jc]

Positive Prediction: Wrestling will have its 3rd biggest boom period (Golden Era and Attitude Era type boom period) and channels like Wrestletalk and Going in Raw will cross huge subscriber milestones. (Hopefully!)

[@heyyoitsmebrian]

will never happen .... only way is if you had guys like Cena, Rock, and Brock appearing regularly or semi regularly.. could you imagine peak 1998-1999 RAW, and stone cold is only on raw like once a month? he was on raw every single week, beating people up. out with injuries/ surgery is an exception

[@lukeduckworth1256]

Way to go! This one actually came true.

[@popshot8898]

Always look forward to this annual video. It's such a fun discussion

[@themilkman5004]

I would replace Kenny Omega in the G1 with Bryan Danielson and Danielson vs Okada at Winter is Coming

[@michaelrivera8360]

Agreed this videos are my faves of the year😀😀

[@ICON359]

My predictions of pro wrestling in 2023: *(KOTA IBUSHI & KENNY OMEGA) GOLDEN LOVERS REUNITE in AEW *MJF will be AEW WORLD CHAMPION throught year & will be no. 1 in PWI ranking *GUNTHER VS BROCK LESNAR (WRESTLEMANIA or SUMMERSLAM) *SARAYA became AEW WOMENS CHAMPION either at D.O.N or ALL OUT *JOHN MOXLEY turned heel *BRON BREAKER wins either IC or US championship *NICK ALDIS ALL ELITE *ROMAN REIGNS UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP eneded *STING & EDGE retires

[@shadedragon]

What should Sting and Edge last match be?

[@jacksonkennedy1136]

2023 AEW BINGO SHEET: - MJF to be champ all year. - Punk to return. BONUS: align with MJF. - Swerve to win a title and be a top heel. - Sasha Banks to debut and beat Jade at Revolution. - HOB to be trios champs. - Undisputed Elite to reform. - Miro, Andrade or FTR to go back to WWE. - Mox to turn heel. - MJF vs Okada at FD 2.

[@BlackWind-rx5il]

"Remember what killed WCW was a changing of power in the TV Networks". True, but one key difference needs to be reminded of: said TV Network, Time Warner, *owned* WCW. They bought WCW from Ted Turner. He was still the major shareholder until the fusion between AOL and Time Warner, *that's* what killed WCW. AOL Time Warner decided they didn't want to do anything with it anymore and they sold it, and Vince McMahon bought it. Warner Bros. Discover *does not own AEW* . Tony Khan does, and the Khan family is pretty damn rich.

[@gernblanston2652]

That third hour of Raw is never going away. A bad third hour rating is still almost double the average primetime ratings that USA normally gets. USA loves that third hour. USA is down 13% year over year in the ratings. Except when it comes to Raw. They are slightly up. Same with AEW. TBS is down 15%. AEW has been up 3% in the overall rating and down 2% in the demo. Basically steady. Both companies are going to get a pile of money thrown at them when negotiations begin. Edit: What killed WCW was that Turner owned WCW. So, when it was canceled there was nobody to try and take it to other networks. AEW is not owned by Turner. They can negotiate with other networks.

[@SageVallant]

I want to see Luke's Winter is Coming.

[@adamstark1850]

Jericho resigned until 2025. Come on guys, you're a wrestling news channel. You should know this!

[@BigbaldDaveTunes]

Wrestletalk is the wwe of wrestling news, their not wrestling news their sports entertainment news. So it’s where history/ real news gets forgotten/changed for their own content Narrative. Most them can’t remember what happens all year, even though they make the actual video 🤦🏻‍♂️😂

[@pescadinha23]

Brian Pillman Jr as an NXT main eventer would be good for sure!

[@stevenhanley5505]

When Luke talks about Rampage doing about what was originally expected, but often lower, where is he getting those figures? Is he just using the network's original hopes for Dynamite? Which is on prime time on Wednesday? When the guys analyse ratings it rarely comes across like they know what they're talking about.

[@AtomicCody]

My predictions for 2023. - Sarray wins the AEW Women's Championship at some point in the year. - Vince McMahon is brought back as an on-screen character. - WWE will have some involvement at the Forbidden Door show between New Japan and AEW. - Roman Reigns loses the WWE Championship, but continues his run as Universal Championship until Wrestlemania 40 next year. - CM Punk returns to WWE with FTR to feud with The Bloodline. - Tommaso Ciampa returns from his injury and slowly reforms DIY with Johnny Gargano. - Ronda Rousey leaves WWE after Wrestlemania 39 and retires from wrestling for good. - WWE starts their global expansion project with NXT, starting south of the border with NXT Mexico and pushes Dragon Lee as the top guy. - The Bloodline keeps Sami Zayn in the fold, but decides to boot out Jey Uso instead. This picks back up the feud between Jey and Roman that started back in 2020. - Ric Flair has another match, because that old man doesn't know the meaning of retirement.

[@jharmo2]

I will back your last prediction.

[@MonoPython]

Luke’s reaction to 13:30 is priceless 😂

[@perfectparadox6206]

2023 prediction- Dustin Rhodes will have his last match in aew and it will be an AEW championship match at a TV special where he will tap out to MJF, note this will not be his retirement match as he will save that for cody

[@matthennessy146]

Always love these Wrestetalk Year predictions videos so excited

[@summeyanthony]

My crazy prediction: NBC Universal makes a huge offer to get Smackdown back on the USA network and air it on Wednesdays to go head to head with AEW. Then, Fox outbids Warner (due to their merger with Discovery) and puts AEW on Fridays in Smackdown's place but pays less than what they were paying for Smackdown and Rampage moves to FX1 (hopefully in a better timeslot).

[@gernblanston2652]

That would be completely ridiculous. But, I can 100% see it happening. I'm mad that I didn't think of this. Nice job.

[@alexthebat9012]

33:32 if we include non AEW championships which changed hands on AEW shows, not including ROH shows, in 2022: 5x AEW world title changes 6x TNT title changes 4x AEW Tag title changes 1x Trios title changes (2 if you include inaugural champs) 3x Women’s title changes 1x All Atlantic title change (2 if you include inaugural champ) 1x IWGP Tag title 1x ROH world title 1x ROH women’s title 1x ROH Pure title Totalling 24 (26 if you include inaugural trios and all Atlantic) title changes on AEW TV and PPV in 2022, so 35 is not entirely out of the question.

[@danhursty6684]

Chris Jericho has already Re-signed Luke

[@expert5283]

-Sting, Edge, Minoru Suzuki, & Chris Jericho will all retire this year. -MJF’s reign will end after Reigns’s ended. -Oli continues to be a WWE shill, and doesn’t give a Dynamite 5/5 all year -AAA fail to get their WWE deal, and AEW stop working for them for CMLL. -Eddie Kingston will beat MJF for the AEW World Championship at AEW Grand Slam -CM Punk does not return to AEW, his contract is bought out. -WWE has their programming change to TV-14 like previously planned. and lastly: Miro actually returns to TV and has a match with MJF on a TV special episode. (Something that admittedly seems impossible nowadays)

[@Centrifuze]

If Luke's final prediction happens in the way he laid it out, it wouldn't work in WWE's favor. As he said, with it being on USA network, the episodes would be available immediately rather than after 30 days (assuming that's true and how it would work). So anyone who cares about watching both shows is simply going to watch Dynamite live, then catch Smackdown on Peacock later. Having SD be readily available on Peacock and ALSO attempting to go head-to-head just doesn't make any logical sense.

[@Fightful]

I don't even care about subscriptions at this point. I just want to sleep in 2023 -- SRS

[@yuLikeRice]

Although a very silly prediction, I appreciate you guys mentioning it on the podcast. Literally made my morning a lot better today. Much love! ✊ Edit - 36:02

[@megami011]

My big out-of-this world prediction is that FTR will drop the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships to the OC while still under contract to WWE and show up on WWE television with the belts at some point.

[@Cbell27]

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’d love if Rhea and Dom won the titles 😂😂😂. Even the women’s tag belts

[@stevieboy3696]

some of my predictions for the heck of it: - Matt Cardona returns to wwe and wins a world title - Julia Hart wins the TBS title in AEW - Impact and NWA will either work together/ fuze again - Sheamus will retire 1 day after winning the ic title (losing it the day after winning) - The Dark Order will disband in AEW

[@mcfadyenmaffoo]

Predictions for 2023... (I have no clue on the business side of wrestling so I'm avoiding that) 1. Someone, who is a champion on either WWE (main roster) or AEW, will announce a shock retirement. 2. There will be three matches in WWE that get given five stars by Dave Meltzer. 3. Same as Luke, MJF will have the AEW World Championship for the whole year, and Wardlow will be tasked to save AEW, as the final opponent. 4. A New Japan wrestler will make a shock appearance at a WWE PLE. 5. Each member of The Judgement Day will have a title at the same time. 6. Five wrestlers who are fairly well known on AEW will move to WWE. 7. Kenny Omega will appear on the Broken Skull Sessions, after WWE eatablish a good working relationship with New Japan. 8. Ric Flair will have another match. 9. (Highly doubtful of this one but I'd love it) AEW and WWE will work out a deal to have MJF, as World Champion, to appear at the Royal Rumble. He elimates Sami Zayn, and gets thrown out by Cody Rhodes, to win.

[@James-tt7mr]

I feel like Luke must’ve been high when doing these predictions

[@AceTheSkylord]

Here goes:- 1. Agreeing with Luke, I think MJF remains AEW world champion for the entirety of 2023, does the CM Punk MITB 2011 thing with TK, but instead of Wardlow he'll face either Mox or Kenny at Winter Is Coming 2. Fox does not renew Smackdown, but instead of going to USA, it goes to NBC and remains on Friday 3. Mercedes/Sasha Banks actually signs for AEW and is the catalyst for their women's revolution 4. Dragon Lee almost single handedly makes NXT must see again (because I have that much faith in him) 5. Vince goes to trial following all of the allegations, and eventually settles out of court, but the settlements are so large that the only way for him to get that kind of money is for him to sell most if not all of his WWE stake 6. Billy Corgan somehow convinces Hulk Hogan to join NWA, and that product essentially becomes Immortal era TNA, only with a lower budget and way less star power

[@AceTheSkylord]

Huh, so 1 was wrong, 2 was sermingly only half right, 3 is wrong but could've happened if Mercedes didn't get injured, 4 was wrong although I do follow NXT a lot more this year but not necessarily because of Dragon Lee. 5 was sort of right as Vince did sell a lot of his stake in the company but not because of any settlement and 6 is flat out wrong. No clear Ws for me in 2023, hoping 2024 is better

[@themilkman5004]

Also I think regal will only get Brian Pillman and Lee Moriarty since Yuta and Garica seemed to be ingrained into BCC, JAS, and ROH.

[@michaeld1889]

Edit to Oli's idea: CM Punk returns to vignette of alllllllll the negative things that have been said about him instead of the "devils greatest trick" quote WITH a new character entirely.

[@bobbym1799]

1-mjf vacated title due to injury/unforseen circumstances 2- John moxley wins tag title with (blk pool combat club) 3- Bray Wyatt vs the fiend( someone dressed as the fiend) 4- edge will win the US championship 5- FTR AND PUNK WIN TRIOS TITLES Edit: making these predictions before I watch the video.

[@jrldbp60]

Does nobody remember Jericho extended his deal in October for 3 years?

[@jrldbp60]

@Jaime A. they don’t. I think either nobody remembers that report or it was debunked.

[@jacksonkennedy1136]

2023 AEW BINGO SHEET: - MJF to be champ all year. - Punk to return. BONUS: align with MJF. - Swerve to win a title and be a top heel. - Sasha Banks to debut and beat Jade at Revolution. - HOB to be trios champs. - Undisputed Elite to reform. - Miro, Andrade or FTR to go back to WWE. - Mox to turn heel. - MJF vs Okada at FD 2.

[@nemotoad9315]

Predictions in order of craziness: 1. MIRO returns in January, and lays waste to the undercard. He gets a short TNT title run in the summer. 2.. Takeshita wins the All-Atlantic Title and defends it at the Cyber fight Festival later that year 3. WWE will try to launch NXT Japan again. They get a foothold and buy one of the smaller Joshi promotions. They will rebrand and begin in 2024. 4. Both AEW and WWE runs "women's night" TV specials. 5. MLW win or get a settlement with the WWE, and Jacob Fatu takes part in the Bloodline. 6. Tony Khan grows weary with the Wrestling world, and looks to sell (both ROH and AEW)

[@dougetue4430]

Jericho just signed this year for a long term contract.

[@keeganknudson]

9:25 well that aged well less than 24 hours later.

[@deadpoolnerd]

Oli's wwe cinematic universe idea is essentially what IDW did with the wwe comics. They wrote kayfabe stories of like the in betweens of feuds. Like I remember one was explaining the formation of Paige with Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose. That formed because originally Paige wanted each of the members of what became the Riott squadd she hyped them up said how great they were... and all three of them beat up Paige and agreed they should be a group. So movie wise it could be fun for some Dexter Lumis immediately comes to mind that could be fun, Sarray and her sailor moon esque transformation could be another fun one.

[@jharmo2]

AEW Prediction: The fans are going to get fully behind Ricky Starks as the one to overthrow MJF, and become their hottest baby face just like Brian was during the "Yes" Movement. WWE Prediction: Bron will be called up to the Main Roster, and will be given a Roman Reigns 2015 push.

[@heyyoitsmebrian]

my wwe prediction ::: roman reigns never loses another match his entire career. he retires from wwe in 2028 still holding both titles and vacates them

[@Brodysseus]

WB has Superman. Discovery has Guy Fieri.

[@bobbill1168]

The Elite vs CM FTR for the trio titles will main event of All Out 2023. There will be a spot in the match where Punk bites Kenny Omega.

[@jordevio9077]

Coming back to this in early September is so fascinating

[@MrFantasticDW]

I TOLD PPL.... if you go back and look at my comments on Wrestle Talk's Punk Videos... I've said it many times... PUNK IS NOT LEAVING AEW... he is fully healing

[@NickSmith-qp2yu]

Rhea Ripley will book an intergender match against possibly Karl Anderson. There will be an injury angle, and Dominic Mysterio will fill in. So in an interview, on live tv, we'll hear Dominic say the phrase, "I'll be subbing for Rhea Ripley tonight."

[@richie404]

Like the Wrestletalk Predictions. 2022 sure was a Crazy and Wild year for Wrestling.

[@hooglyboogly9211]

Instead of the CM Punk recreation by MJF, I think Tony Khan is gonna do his own version of the Montreal Screwjob. Bret was leaving and had the title, so is MJF.

[@matthewpeek6890]

Yeah but no shot MJF is leaving lol

[@LukeNeil]

My predictions, Roman will retire, Omega v Okada V will happen and CM Punk v MJF.

[@StevenB]

At forbidden door 2. It will be AEW vs NJPW vs WWE

[@STEPHENisSTEPHEN]

They would never cut Raw to 2hrs. that’s an extra 60minutes to run advertising

[@jrmbbr]

For the MJF prediction, I would like to see it as a "Race against time" storyline where MJF is still the AEW champion coming into December 2023 and he hasn't re-signed with the company and he is not showing any signs of doing so. So TK, in a state of panic, lines up AEW's 8 best wrestlers and have each of them wrestle MJF in each Dynamite and Rampage of that month in hopes of taking the title off him before he leaves, which could culminate with Wardlow (or CM Punk if they get him back) vs MJF in which MJF wins and hugs and kisses TK on the cheek much like what Judas did in the bible and walks off in the crowd with the title. That would be a nice cliffhanger for the year while also giving us 8 amazing matches in 1 month on live TV. PS: The reason why I didn't go for the "blowing a kiss to TK" spot (even though it would be a nice parallel to Punk) is because I need AEW to stop copying moments in WWE's history. They need to make their own iconic moments.

[@Homerstar]

1. A Wrestler not signed to WWE will make an appearance in the Royal Rumble, either as a one off appearance (e.g. Chris Jericho or Matt Hardy) or a full on debut/return (e.g. Andrade or Nick Aldis) 2. Matt Cardona returns to WWE. Originally returns as Zack Ryder but immediately turns heel and cuts a worked shoot promo against WWE and the fans and officially rebrands himself as Matt Cardona. By the end of the year he will win the US or IC Title. 3. Roman Reigns will attack the Rock on stage at the Oscars to promote their match at Wrestlemania. 4. Dominik Mysterio will force Rey to unmask. 5. Becky Lynch will appear in the MCU.

[@matthennessy146]

Don’t know if I agree with all the returns outside of Bray being bad. Some have underwhelmed some did good with what they’ve been given. Who’s underwhelmed 1 Hit Rowe 2 Dexter Lumis 3 Braun Strowman 4 Sarah Logan Who’s done well & who’s done well with what they’ve been given 1 Bray Wyatt 2 Johnny Gargano 3 Karrion Kross & Scarlet 4 OC & Mia Yim 5 Candice LeRae To early to say 1 Bronson Reed 2 Emma 3 Tegan Nox

[@joeytocd]

Rampage needs an extra hour of airtime and it needs to air live, with weekly cards full of matches you actually WANT to see. That's the solution.

[@davidyoung6649]

I thought that if Fox wants to keep wrestling on their network, they can very easily make a deal with AEW. Good wrestling with big names for less money than what WWE costs.

[@gussgasstation8928]

Just my opinion, but there are a couple of issues. #1 Tony wants to be loyal to WBD, he didn't try and find another home for ROH. #2 Smackdown has brand value, so if Fox believes in Wrestling as a draw it's better to retain Smackdown. Impact will even be cheaper than AEW but the perception will be an issue.

[@davidyoung6649]

@Gus's Gas Station I can understand the issue with TK wanting to be loyal to WB. If SD is pulling in half of what FOX expected from the deal (4M people in 2019), it wouldn't be out of the possibility for AEW to be offered a deal on SD, knowing they're the Number 2 brand in Wrestling and can draw 1.5 million fans on TNT (when they push it).

[@gussgasstation8928]

@@davidyoung6649 The numbers don't add up. I did some research and Smackdown's ratings have been hovering around 1.8 to 2.3 per year since 2009. I might be wrong but I couldn't find if AEW has ever hit a 1.5 rating, I think they did once but I couldn't find it. 2ndly WWE is a more prestigious brand with Smackdown averaging more than double while airing in a dead time slot. Fox can make money with that, in better ways than advertisers.

[@zac5855]

I have 2, with one being a back up if the first fails. Firstly, CM Punk and FTR vs The Elite is the biggest feud of the summer. Failing that, my second prediction is CM Punk signs with New Japan

[@lisacuddyrus]

My 5 Bold predictions for 2023: 1)AEW will book "3 stages of Hell" - type match. Witch ends after 2 stages (2-0). 2)Jamie Hayter vs Jade Cargill will Main event a AEW PPV. 3)Sami Zayn still will be in Bloodline after 1st Title Match against Roman Reigns for Undisputed WWE Universal championship 4)Man's Royal Rumble Winner Challenges NXT Men's World champion for Title on WM XXXIX 5) 2 of 8 this people at least will Compete in 30-Men (Or Female) Royal Rumble match: Linda McMahon, Shane McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Eric Bischoff, Bad Bunny, Logan Paul, Johnny Knoxville, Snooki.

[@gecklives73]

The Elite win the Trios titles, run amuck through all challengers. Kenny Omega grabs the mic after running through ALL trios and says we beat them all there is no one left! FTR comes out and says you didn't beat us yet! Omega and the Bucks laugh and mock them, que Punks music. The crowd goes nuts!

[@michaelplowman8674]

The biggest positive to having wrestling on your network is that it fills 50 to 150 hours where any non sports show is typically 22 hours tops.

[@Sam-zw5kk]

36:52, this guy may know something we don't.

[@marcos.a8814]

Oli forgets that the reason that CM Punk kiss spot was so special was because 1) it hadn't be done before 2)punk signed a new contract on the same day as money in the bank If you do that with MJF you're pretty much confirming that he's going to stay in AEW

[@Natef321]

I think Punk returns and continues to exist in a separate bubble from The Elite. Both parties were already doing that anyways before the falling out.

[@maturanita]

@N F sometimes I feel the same way, others I do believe Punk is done with AEW. Do not see him returning to WWE under Trips, but Levesque does have a bright and ambitious mind and knows that re-signing Punk would be a decisive blow to AEW, so who knows…

[@dnm1499]

LMAO YOU CALLED IT

[@CHEESENATER]

Jericho already signed a new deal till 2025. Also i feel like Yuta, Garcia and Moriarty will have at least signed 3-5 year deals so they won't be available in 2023 and no one cares about Pillman jr because he sucks.

[@TheMikeyChaos]

I predict Tony Kahn will book a worked "Montreal Screwjob" angle to stop MJF before the bidding war of 2024

[@nemotoad9315]

Wild Prediction 1: Dustin Rhodes will win the NWA Championship next year and also retire

[@sarahmariex476]

1. MJF has a big fallout with TK, gets stripped of the belt leading to an interim champion needing to be crowned and the year is filled with speculation on what will happen with him next 2. Bray Wyatt gets frustrated with WWE and walks out 3. Sasha Banks appears in WWE, NJPW and AEW all in one year 4. CM Punk does a shoot interview about AEW (like the art of wrestling) that becomes a PR nightmare for AEW

[@TheBlackamura]

My predictions: 1. HHH brings back the Big Gold Belt as the "World Heavyweight Championship" and the Universal Championship gets absorbed into the WWE Championship. 2. We get a new unique AEW x ROH PPV a la Forbidden Door 3. Mercedes becomes a double champ, holding the AEW Women's World and TBS Championships 4. Josh Alexander signs for WWE 5. NWA and Impact merge to become NWA Impact

[@mrcorona5175]

If I were you I’d save the ROH x AEW ppv idea in like 2-3 years when people don’t automatically go “wait that’s an AEW talent wrestling another AEW talent”

[@dnm1499]

Nice

[@mauriceconway2624]

I predict: - All of the Elite will be gone from AEW - Nick Khan get fired to take fall for no new Fox deal - Bruce Prichard gets fired as response to low ratings - CM Punk returns - The Rock buys a stake in WWE

[@TheFuddFactory]

26:25 as a Brit that moved to Sweden.. you lost me as soon as you said Sweden! I swear I’m the only one in the whole country that likes wrestling! When I 1st moved to Sweden I found a Swedish cometary on EuroSport of week old wrestling. I thought “good way to learn the language” every move was an axe handle or a elbow drop! Even a leg drop was a elbow drop!!!

[@pontusolsson7289]

Me too

[@williamtoccijr9579]

If AEW changes networks…I can see the All-Atlantic and TNT titles being renamed to International and Television titles

[@dennisleighton2342]

I predict a surprise working relationship with AEW and WWE. With talent spots during each other's programming before a Forbidden Door with a Mox v Reigns main event

[@phhsdj]

I wish but I don’t think that will happen this year. Next year maybe. They still need to work though wwe contract tempting

[@RasenKamehamehaX100]

I don't think that happens until 2024 unfortunately.

[@fluffer324]

haven't been watching the podcast channel too long, i would love if they linked the previous year's entrys whenever they did yearly videos

[@moefaez760]

Predictions : WWE 1. Roman Reigns is losing 1 of his belts in Wrestlemania 2. Riddle will be release 3. Roddy Strong finally gets called up to the main roster 4. Rush & Andrade will get out of their contracts from AEW & joins Dragon Lee in WWE to reunite their faction AEW - 1. MJF will have a faction that will help him (but he's not in it) 2. Serena Deep will be woman's champion 3. Blackpool combat club disbanded (Mox turns heel) 4. Edge will be All Elite & reunite with Christian Hot takes : TNA & NWA will be a 1 company again like the old days.. NWA/TNA

[@Tempo1337]

Oli. Please understand how TV deals work, particularly what WBD is doing. They are doubling down on AEW because they don't have to produce it. This has been stated repeatedly by literally everyone in the know. WCW's fall due to change in management was because the network OWNED and PAYED FOR the promotion, they were on the hook for all of WCW's expenses. WBD/AEW relationship is completely different. WTF are you talking about!?

[@jae-dawg4419]

Since y’all didnt really do any NXT Related Predictions😊 here’s are mine MVP does Hurt Business 2.0 and calls up either just Carmelo Hayes or both Melo and Trick Williams Bron Breakker does gets booked like 2002 Brock/WCW Goldberg and goes on a huge win streak gaining the Intercontinental Championship near end of year LA Knight wins Money In The Bank Cora Jade NXT Women’s Champion Grayson Waller is NXT Champion in a Heel Way (Low Blow or pulling tights) NXT introduces some sort of Money In The Bank or King Of The Ring Equivalent

[@JTRAPDOOR1]

Predictions: 1. Edge retires 2. Vince returns 3. Miro will leave Aew 4. Gunther will become Walter again and will become longest reigning intercon champ for the last few years. 5. Logan Paul will have some controversy that gets him suspended/fired from WWE 6. Bron Brekker will move to the main roster after Summerslam. 7. AEW will mass release or allow people to leave but in a high number 8. Bray Wyatt will not start a stable. 9. Sami Zayn will win the rumble and Ronda will win the women's royal rumble. 10. Big E will return

[@OllieRodriguez]

My 2, 2023 Predictions are: 1. CM Punk will return to wrestling (most likely for AEW) BUT no matter where he returns he will be under something like a legends deal/contract due to how injury prone he seems to be. 2. Jamie Hayter & Saraya will face each other for the AEW Womens World Championship in AEWS UK show's main event

[@justinjohnson8551]

one thing that is interesting is the term injury prone. is it injury prone or bad luck. how did both injuries happen? and if it wouldn't matter who it was they would have suffered the same injuries that would be bad luck. if not then he is injury prone.

[@OllieRodriguez]

@@justinjohnson8551 I think a lot of it is down to punks 7 year hiatus, plus age, plus stepping out of rhythm from the flow he found himself doing before breaking his foot

[@justinjohnson8551]

@@OllieRodriguez i don't know about that statlander had two knee injuries back to back. darius martin two leg injuries back to back. sh*t happens sometimes.

[@phhsdj]

Luke’s last one makes no sense. It’s been reported that fox is happy with where SmackDown is. I mean this was 6 months ago. No one talked about it because the Vince stuff was going on. I think it’s more likely the universal offers nbc then fox not offer

[@SerTahu]

Multiple parts to this one: The interest and viewership for the NWA continues to decline, and Billy Corgan eventually tries to sell the promotion. He fails to find a buyer due to setting too high of an asking price. Eventually he decides to shut the promotion down entirely. After this it is sold off in bits and pieces. WWE pick up the tape library, but more importantly the IP and belts are picked up by Anthem Sports & Entertainment, who own Impact. No one picks up the talent contracts or set. The NWA belts are merged back into the Impact belts, with new belt designs introduced that carry the shape and overall design of the NWA belts, but with the silver/red aesthetic of the Impact belts. The promotion takes on the NWA name, while the weekly show retains the 'Impact' name (i.e. it becomes "NWA: Impact"), bringing things somewhat full circle back to when it was 'NWA: TNA'.

[@christopherdunstan1519]

hello i wish everyone in the comments a happy new year. 2 hour raw??? hmmm

[@WeAreKidVYBE]

WWE Undisputed Champion: Roman Reigns Intercontinental Champion Either Solo Sikoa or GUNTHER US Champion: AJ Styles TAG CHAMPS: KO AND ZAYN Undisputed Womens Champ: Asuka NXT CHAMP: Carmelo Hayes NXT WOMENS CHAMP: Jacy Jayne NXT TAG CHAMPS: The Creed Brothers AEW CHAMP: MJF AEW WOMENS CHAMP: Ruby Soho AEW TAG CHAMPS: The Acclaimed TNT CHAMPION: Bryan Danielson Wrestling Returns: Rikishi The Rock For Bloodline Storyline Released: Drew Gulak, Tozawa, Reginald

[@Homerstar]

36:52 Replace WWE with AEW and that's pretty much what happened.

[@zalordsguard1880]

Wwe already tried an NWA faction with Double J as NWA champion and Cornett as the mouth piece.

[@seankkg]

The benefit of only having Dynamite is that they can put all their focus in it. If WWE didn't have to deal with both Smackdown and Raw they'd probably have a more solid show every week, AEW can take advantage of that.

[@gramamge33]

My 2023 prediction. AEW & WWE will agree to their first contract trades, agreeing to Miro for Ali so each can leave their contracts and debut immediately with the other promotion.

[@danielduquette5588]

To piggy back off Luke’s MJF prediction, but adding an alternative ending. MJF retains over Wardlow and does the CM Punk spot. Tony comes out in this one occasion as MJF makes his way through the crowd, and says that MJF is still contractually obligated to one more match this year (maybe there was a ‘no content’ during his run that didn’t count as a match and MJF missed that detail). Thus MJF has one more match to finish the year and as he waits in the crowd waiting to see the opponent Tony chose as a last ditch effort to get the title back for AEW. That’s when the horns of battle sound, the crowd erupts, and a Miro returns. The match result is up to your imagination. Obviously I’d like to see Miro on my television every week prior to the end of 2023, but if that’s not the case (again) and they’re saving him for a big spot, then use him in the biggest spot possible.

[@TreaMendenhall]

You do know that Jericho already signed an extension to stay with AEW back in October

[@heyyoitsmebrian]

this isnt a prediction, but if anyones going to predict people retiring, heres a handful of older guys that are still on tv::: Sting 63 years old bill goldberg 56 dustin rhodes 53 chris Jericho 52 bully/bubba ray 51 Edge 49 christian cage 49 matt hardy 48 bobby lashley 46 aj styles 45 Brock lesnar 45 john cena : 45 jeff hardy 45 Sheamus 44 Samoa joe 43 randy orton 42

[@thebeanieballer6594]

they just put wwe on Binge which is the Fox streaming service here in australia. I don’t think Smackdown is leaving

[@johnny8771]

Jericho signed an extension I thought

[@jay41908]

It was a work! He had a broken foot and needed more time off what better way to have a backstage fight and write him off tv for awhile! Kenny was injured he needed off tv also!

[@ShivamSharma-st1yr]

Let's wait till the end of the year

[@TheFuddFactory]

25:10 if Punk comes back it’s got to be Omega!!!

[@blairdowker6036]

Luke makes a prediction without making a prediction hahah who else is going to be Rhonda for the tittle 😂