2022 WWE Excessive Guidelines predictions, card, matches, PPV preview, begin time, location, date

October 8, 2022

WWE Excessive Guidelines goes down on Saturday with a match card comprised of untamed gimmick matches, as is customary. The highlight can be specializing in the ladies, nonetheless, as each the Uncooked and SmackDown ladies’s titles can be on the road in a ladder match and conventional Excessive Guidelines bout, respectively. 

Liv Morgan is about to place the SmackDown ladies’s championship on the road towards Ronda Rousey in an Excessive Guidelines match, which means there aren’t any guidelines and the match can solely be gained by pinfall or submission. In the meantime, Bianca Belair will defend the Uncooked ladies’s title towards Harm CTRL chief Bayley in a ladder match.

Let’s take a better take a look at who our CBS Sports activities consultants predict will come out on high at WWE Excessive Guidelines, which begins Saturday at 8 p.m. ET from Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia and streams stay on Peacock.  

2022 WWE Excessive Guidelines predictions

SmackDown Girls’s Championship — Liv Morgan (c) vs. Ronda Rousey (Excessive Guidelines Match)

The pairing of Morgan and Rousey has been extraordinarily troublesome for WWE to navigate. Regardless of this actuality, WWE has gone again to the properly but once more. Morgan’s match with Sonya Deville confirmed she has the power to “get excessive” however the Rousey/Morgan dynamic revolves round Rousey’s bodily dominance. That dominance led to a weird SummerSlam match the place Rousey “gained” as Morgan tapped out to an armbar — after a match by which Rousey dominated each second — however the referee as a substitute counted Rousey’s shoulders down to permit Morgan to retain her title. The shortage of guidelines ought to enable Morgan to battle again with out having to go actually blow-for-blow. This looks like an excuse to let Morgan get a clear win and transfer previous Rousey, although WWE deciding to simply give the belt again to Rousey is in play as properly. Choose: Liv Morgan retains the title — Brent Brookhouse

I’d have anticipated an extended run for Morgan after her monumental cash-in at Cash within the Financial institution. Sadly, the fan response to her subsequent reign has been lower than stellar. Props for WWE for making an attempt to present her an edge, however she has but to get better her momentum within the aftermath of SummerSlam. It is time to hand the strap to anti-hero Rousey and provides Morgan one other title shot down the road. Choose: Ronda Rousey wins the title — Shakiel Mahjouri

Uncooked Girls’s Championship — Bianca Belair (c) vs. Bayley (Ladder Match)

Belair is a large expertise and her title reign has not been mishandled. That stated, she’s working out of viable opponents whereas Bayley and Harm CTRL have been purple scorching since returning to the principle roster. WWE appears very desirous about robust factions for the time being and including the Uncooked title to the tag belts make Harm CTRL the ladies’s locker room’s model of The Bloodline. That is a very good cause for Bayley to go over right here. Choose: Bayley wins the title — Brookhouse

There’s nothing flawed with giving Bayley the title and Harm CTRL dominion over the ladies’s roster. The issue is a dominant faction already exists. The Bloodline has managed the lion’s share of titles for a very long time now and replicating the identical expertise on the ladies’s facet feels redundant. Harm CTRL has sufficient longterm potential to delay Bayley’s inevitable title win. Let Belair roll with it for some time longer. Choose: Bianca Belair retains the title — Mahjouri

Matt Riddle vs. Seth Rollins (Struggle Pit Match)

Whereas Rollins has principally dominated the rivalry, it appears a given Riddle will get his win sooner or later. Inserting the match within the “Struggle Pit” and permitting Riddle’s MMA background to take management provides them the best likelihood to take action. Daniel Cormier because the particular visitor referee would not look like it is one thing that will result in any actual shenanigans, however might result in a arrange for a Brock Lesnar match. Riddle ought to simply win a enjoyable scrap right here. Choose: Matt Riddle wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)

Edge vs. Finn Balor (“I Give up” Match)

Balor is one other famous person who ought to obtain higher therapy in a artistic surroundings led by Triple H. He was a made man in NXT and was pegged for giant issues previous to an damage early into his major roster run. The Judgement Day is determined for momentum and the group already misplaced to Edge and Rey Mysterio at Conflict on the Fortress. Balor ought to emerge victorious via some devious technique of coercing a resignation from Edge. Choose: Finn Balor wins — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)

Karrion Kross vs. Drew McIntyre (Strap Match)

WWE has achieved an excellent job of portraying Kross as a real risk since he and Scarlet made their shock debuts in August. Kross wants this win greater than McIntyre does. It is a possibility to implant a contemporary face right into a major occasion scene that’s slowly therapeutic underneath Triple H’s supervision. If WWE have been going to drag the set off on McIntyre, they’d have achieved so at Conflict on the Fortress. Count on Kross to have his hand raised in a hard-hitting match. Choose: Karrion Kross wins — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)

The Brawling Brutes vs. Imperium (Good Previous Original Donnybrook Match)

There’s nothing flawed with a wild conflict between two teams of brawlers. Sheamus and Gunther have already created magic collectively and now they battle with their groups backing them up. Imperium might stand to proceed to construct some momentum as they do not have a frontrunner who’s as established as bulletproof like Sheamus. They need to get the win right here. Choose: Imperium wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)

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