WWE’s Unhealthy Blood premium dwell occasion on Saturday is aptly named, with the cardboard that includes a number of main grudge matches which have been constructed up for months. Two of these matches will draw important consideration, with CM Punk assembly Drew McIntyre inside Hell in a Cell and Roman Reigns returning to motion to workforce with Cody Rhodes towards Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu of the Bloodline.
Punk and McIntyre’s points have seen them feuding for months, with issues getting more and more violent. It solely made sense that their points would lastly land them inside one in all WWE’s most notorious matches.
As for Reigns, he has been out of motion since dropping the undisputed WWE championship to Rhodes at WrestleMania. In Reigns’ absence, Sikoa has taken management of the Bloodline and reworked the group right into a pack of untamed canine. Reigns lastly made his return in current weeks, attacking Sikoa and his Bloodline, resulting in a tense team-up with Rhodes.
Elsewhere on the cardboard, the continuing rivalry between ladies’s world champion Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley provides a brand new chapter when the 2 sq. off. They’ve been at one another’s throats since Dominik Mysterio left Ripley for Morgan in an epic betrayal at SummerSlam. Mysterio will not be capable of help Morgan this time, nevertheless, as he will likely be locked in a shark tank.
Together with that feud is the continuing battle between Damian Priest and his former stablemate Finn Balor. Priest, together with Ripley, have been thought-about the leaders of The Judgement Day for a very long time earlier than Mysterio and Balor turned on them each at SummerSlam. Balor value Priest the world heavyweight title and Priest has been out for revenge ever since, largely dropping the numbers sport to the formidable Judgement Day and its 5 members. Now, Priest and Balor will sq. off and Judgement Day is prone to issue in a roundabout way.
Let’s check out who the CBS Sports activities specialists are selecting to win in every match on Saturday’s card.
WWE Unhealthy Blood 2024 predictions
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre (Hell in a Cell): Each males have promised important ranges of violence — and blood — on this one. McIntyre received their first assembly and Punk received the second. It actually comes all the way down to who “wants” the win extra. Punk is a legend and will most likely come out of issues fantastic if he would not win the general feud, however his return to WWE was such an enormous deal after which he was shelved by damage rapidly, it solely is smart for him to come back out the victor in his first main storyline. Hopefully, each males can ship a match that matches the extent of anticipation followers have for it and keep wholesome within the course of. Choose: CM Punk wins — Brent Brookhouse (additionally Shakiel Mahjouri)
Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu: Beating WWE’s two greatest stars of the final 5 years is strictly what the brand new Bloodline want heading into Survivor Sequence. There’s sufficient going towards Reigns and Rhodes that you may give their foes the nod on Saturday. The WrestleMania rivals have an uneasy alliance towards a workforce with higher chemistry. Reigns also can lean on ring rust, competing for the primary time in six months. It is necessary that Fatu and Sikoa are positioned strongly forward of a hypothesized Bloodline vs. Bloodline battle on the finish of November. Give the brand new blood the nod. Choose: Sikoa & Fatu win — Mahjouri
Whereas I can actually see the logic in having the brand new Bloodline win, Reigns returning to the ring for the primary time since dropping the title to Rhodes at WrestleMania actually appears to tilt issues in his workforce’s route. The story of Sikoa’s Bloodline is not one in all domination a lot as it’s of a brand new, out-of-control nature that’s going to ultimately trigger instability. Dropping in these moments — particularly if it is Sikoa who takes the pin — furthers the storyline and offers Reigns his huge comeback second. Choose: Rhodes & Reigns win — Brookhouse
Ladies’s World Championship — Liv Morgan (c) vs. Rhea Ripley: That is the hardest name on the cardboard and actually this might go both approach. Uncooked has an enormous drawback within the ladies’s locker room. Who is able to problem the winner of this feud? Just because it looks like the reply to that query in the meanwhile is “no one,” it makes me suppose Morgan retains to tug out the problems with Ripley one other month or two, even when Dominik Mysterio is locked in a shark tank for the match. Choose: Liv Morgan wins — Brookhouse (additionally Mahjouri)
WWE Ladies’s Championship — Nia Jax (c) vs. Bayley: WWE underneath Paul Levesque’s inventive reign prefers sustained title reigns. There’s the occasional sizzling potato-ing, similar to with the intercontinental title, nevertheless it’s not the established order. Jax is simply two months into her WWE ladies’s title reign and is rematching the lady she beat for the title. Bayley received the title in a pleasant WrestleMania second however the subsequent reign wasn’t memorable. The dynamic between Jax and Tiffany Stratton is way extra fascinating and needs to be prioritized. Choose: Nia Jax wins — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)
Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor: The Judgment Day matches are a few of the tougher ones to guage. A lot of it comes all the way down to how lengthy WWE needs to tug out the story. The villainous faction has a firmly established presence on Uncooked. That considerably shields Balor and firm from start-stop reserving. Priest defied expectations as a transitional world champion with a very good title reign. It is necessary he is booked strongly except WWE needs to desert the time they invested in him. Choose: Damian Priest wins — Mahjouri (additionally Brookhouse)
