Pinfalls: WWE Clash in Paris

Tomorrow, TKO and the WWE present Clash in Paris, the last PPV (or PLE) under the current system. Moving forward, WWE programming, including PPVs will move to different platforms at a much higher cost.

On Pinfalls: WWE Clash in Paris, my podcast partner Tommy Else and I do our usual analysis of the matches and make our predictions. Tommy has a three win lead on me this year and a two win lifetime lead. With about 250 predictions over five years, that is pretty close, but kudos to Tommy for his edge.

On this special Pinfalls though, we spend the first half discussing the new WWE arrangement and discussing the future of Pinfalls. This will be our last WWE PPV predictions show, as we firmly believe in #boycottWWE, Pinfalls will continue in some way.

For now, make your predictions and watch Pinfalls: WWE Clash in Paris to see ours. Enjoy the show and let us know your thoughts.

Pinfalls: WWE SummerSlam

WWE SummerSlam is today. That also means Pinfalls is back. My The Johngy "OR ELSE" podcast partner Tommy Else and I analyze the 12 matches and predict the winners.

Inow trail Tommy by two wins this year and one lifetime. I do not give out spoilers, but with 12 matches, there is a good chance for some disagreements.

Make your predictions. Then, watch our video at Pinfalls: WWE SummerSlam.

Pinfalls: WWE Evolution

WWE Evolution is back tomorrow. The all-women's event returns after a several year absence and I am happy about that.

My The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Tommy Else and I analyze the card and make our predictions. I still trail Tommy by one win this year, but in our fifth year of Pinfalls, we are tied overall.

Make your picks and then watch Pinfalls: WWE Evolution to see ours. Check back here for more coverage.

Pinfalls: WWE Night of Champions

WWE Night of Champions is tonight. My The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Tommy Elese and I analyze the card and make our predictions.

Check the video at Pinfalls: WWE Night of Champions. Make your picks and see how you do against us.

Pinfalls: WWE Money in the Bank

Pinfalls returns with a deep dive into WWE Money in the Bank, which airs today. My The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Tommy Else and I made our predictions and added some other topics to the discussion.

There are only four scheduled matches:

Cody Rhodes & Jey Uso vs. John Cena & Logan Paul

Women's Intercontinental Champion

Lyra Valkyria vs. Becky Lynch

MITB Women's Ladder Match

Solo Sikoa, LA Knight, Seth Rollins, Penta, Andrade and El Grande Americano

MITB Men's Ladder Match

Alexa Bliss, Rhea Ripley, Roxanne Perez, Guila, Naomi and Stephanie Vaquer

Lately Tommy has been building his lead in wins. This year, Tommy is 22-4, while I trail at 19-7, which is still pretty good. Tommy now leads me by two wins lifetime.

We also discussed the R Truth situation. Could it be part of a big storyline or am I just playing booker.

Lastly, we paid tribute to Valhalla, otherwise known as Sarah Logan or Crazy Mary Dobson, our old pal from Resistance Pro. WWE announced they were not renewing her contract. Sarah is enjoying her life, but it i still bittersweet seeing her WWE stint and probably her wrestling career end.

Make your picks and then watch the video at Pinfalls: WWE Money in the Bank. Enjoy the show!

Pinfalls: WWE Backlash

WWE airs Backlash today on the Peacock Network. My The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Tommy Else and I are back to make our predictions.

Tommy has once again taken the lead on me this year and lifetime. This year, Tommy is 17-4, while I am 15-6 (still really good).

WWE website lists four matches, but other places show five. Either way, we discussed the five.

Undisputed WWE Championship

John Cena (c) vs. Randy Orton

Women’s Intercontinental Championship

Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Becky Lynch

Pat McAfee vs. Gunther

United States Championship

Jacob Fatu (c) vs. LA Knight vs. Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre (Fatal 4-Way Match)

WWE Intercontinental Championship

Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. PENTA

We did not agree on everything. We actually even disagreed on the purpose of one of the matches. Watch the video at Pinfalls: WWE Backlash and see how we did. Check back here for our future predictons.

Pinfalls: WWE WrestleMania 41

WWE WrestleMania 41 is later today and tomorrow. The grandaddy of them all is now a two day event, much to the disdain of my The Johngy "OR ELSE" podcast Tommy Else and I. Nevertheless, we forge forward and recorded Pinfalls.

The big matches are John Cena versus Cody Rhodes and a Triple Threat of Seth Rollins vs. CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns, but we cover all matches. We agreed on most, but did have some differences in winners, developments and aftermaths.

Tommy has once again pulled into a lifetime tie with me. This year, he is 7-2, while I am 6-3. 

You can watch the episode at Pinfalls: WWE WrestleMania 41. Make your picks and see how you do against us.

Pinfalls: WWE Elimination Camber 2025

WWE's Elimination Chamber event return this Saturday. That means my The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Tommy Ese and I return with another edition of Pinfalls.

The Elimination Chamber airs live on the Peacock Network at 6 p.m. CST on Saturday. It is being held at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Canada.

There are four matches and one additional segment:

The Rock is coming to WWE Elimination Chamber to see if Cody Rhodes will agree to be 'his champion'

Men's Elimination Chamber Match

Women's Elimination Chamber Match

Tiffany Stratton & Trish Stratus vs. Nia Jax & Candice LeRae

Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (Unsanctioned Match)

I never reveal our picks outside of the video, but we did have dome disagreement in outcome and situations. I thought this was a fairly preidctable show, but maybe the WWE will surprise me. 

Make your picks and watch Pinfalls: WWE Elimination Chamber to see how yours compare to ours. Feel free to leave your picks in the comments.

Pinfalls: WWE Royal Rumble 2025

Let's get ready to rumble! My The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Tommy Else and I are definitely ready to rumble and so is the WWE.

The WWE Royal Rumble is Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana starting at 5 p.m. CST on Netflix. This will be the 38th annual Royal Rumble. In 1988, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan won the first Royal Rumble. Last year Cody Rhodes won the Men's Rumble by eliminating CM Punk. Asuka won the first Women's Royal Rumble in 2018, while Bayley won last year by eliminating Liv Morgan. No woman has ever won twice, but several could accomplish that feat this year.

There are four matches on the card:

Men's Royal Rumble

Women's Royal Rumble

Undisputed WWE Championship (Ladder Match)

Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens

WWE Tag Team Championship (2 of 3 falls)

DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampo (c) vs. Motor City Machine Gun (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)

Being the first event of the year, Tommy and I start fresh in our battle. I won in 2021 and last year, while Tommy took 2022-23, but I hold a slim one win lead lifetime.

Make your predictions, watch the video here and see how you do against us. Check theeverydayfan.com wrestling coverage.

Pinfalls: WWE Survivor Series 2024

WWE Survivor Series airs at 5 p.m. Central Standard Time on the Peacock Network. As always, my The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Tommy Else and I analyze the card and make our predictions.

There are five matches scheduled:

WarGames Match

Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, The Usos & CM Punk vs. Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa & "Big" Bronson Reed (WarGames Match)

World Heavyweight Champion

Gunther (c) vs. Damian Priest

WarGames Match

Rhea Ripley, Bianca Belair, Bayley, Naomi & IYO SKY vs. Liv Morgan, Nia Jax, Raquel Rodriguez, Tiffany Stratton & Candice LeRae

United States Champion

LA Knight (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Intercontinental Champion - Triple Threat

Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus vs. Ludwig Kaiser

For the yar, Tommy is a stellar 43-21. I, however, lead him by five wins at 48-16. This also gibes me a two win lifetime lead.

Make your picks, watch our video and see how we all do.

Pinfalls: WWE Crown Jewel 2024

WWE Crown Jewel 2024 airs today at noon (CST). Emanating from the Mohammed Abdo Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, it is the sixth Crown Jewel event.

Debuting in 2018, Crown Jewel has been held every year except 2020 (due to the pandemic). Part of a 10-year partnership in support of Saudi Vision 2030, the event's name refers to Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia.

Once again, my The Johngy “OR ELSE” Podcast partner Tommy Else and I analyze the card and make our predictions. Tommy still trails me by four wins this year. I also have a slim one win lifetime win over him.

In the past, I have been critical of Crown Jewel. I don't mind it being a cash grab, but I hate matches potentially added and decided because of the audience. The WWE should be above that. This year, the Crown Jewel championships have been added. 

That brings a lot of questions. Will the championships be defended? If so, will they only be defended yearly at the Crown Jewel event? I lean towards liking it only defended annually at Crown Jewel. My only reservation is having a “champ” of every event. WWE already has King of the Ring and Royal Rumble. This makes a third event title. Still, it is better than creating a new title to be defending with too  numerous other titles. 

Aside from that title giving meaning to two of the matches, the other ones don't seem as random as usual. This feels lie a regular WWE Premium Live Event.

It is a loaded card with seven matches:

Six-Man Tag Team Match

Roman Reigns & The Usos vs. The Bloodline

Men's Crown Jewel Championship

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther

Women's Crown Jewel Championship

WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax vs. Women's World Champion Liv Morgan

Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. "Big" Bronson Reed

Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens

United States Championship

LA Knight (c) vs. Andrade vs. Carmelo Hayes (Triple Threat Match) 

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship

Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair (c) vs. Kairi Sane & IYO SKY vs. Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson vs. Chelsea Green & Piper Niven (Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match)

Make your predictions and then watch our video at Pinfalls: WWE Crown Jewel 2024 to see how we compare. Enjoy the show..

Pinfalls: WWE Bad Blood 2024

My The Johngy “OR ELSE” Podcast partner Tommy Else and I are back with Pinfalls: WWE Bad Blood 2024. As usual, we delve into the matches and storylines, ultimately predicting the winners and potential aftermath situations.

Bad Blood will air live on the Peacock Network today at 5 p.m. CST. It is being held at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. Bad Street U.S.A. Will celebrate the return of WWE producer Michael P.S. Hayes.

Debuting as Badd Blood in October 1997, as part of the In Your House pay-per-view series. It returned six years later, renamed Bad Blood, as its own PPV for a two-year run before disappearing again. This year, it returns after a two decade absence.

As has been the case with many of the Premium Live Events under the Paul Levesque reign, there are five matches on the card (at least of our Tuesday recording). Those matches are:

Damian Priest vs. Finn Bálor

Women’s World Championship

Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley

(with "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio suspended above the ring in a shark cage)

Cody Rhodes & Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa & Jacob Fatu

WWE Women’s Championship

Nia Jax vs. Bayley

Hell in a Cell

CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre

While Tommy and I agree these are solid matches, we also feel this is more of a filler event to carry the WWE to the next big event, Survivor Series. (While Crown Jewel is next, Survivor Series is one of the four big WWE PLEs.)

Going into Bad Blood, I lead Tommy by four wins this year and have retaken the lifetime lead by one year. Bad Blood gives us five chances to change the stats, but I never spoil our picks here. You have to watch the video to learn what we predict.

Make your picks and then watch our video to see how yours compares with ours. Then enjoy Bad Blood on Saturday and return to theeverydayfan.com for recaps and more wrestling coverage.

Pinfalls: WWE Bash in Berlin

WWE presents Bash in Berlin streaming live on today, at noon CST on Peacock. Airing from Uber Arena, it will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.

On Pinfalls: WWE Bash in Berlin, my The Johngy “OR ELSE” Podcast partner Tommy Else and I delve into the match card. We analyze the matches, predict the outcomes and discuss possible aftermaths. For the year, I'm up three wins on Tommy, but lifetime, we are tied.

There are five matches on the card:

Undisputed WWE Championship

Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens

World Heavyweight Championship

Gunther (c) vs. Randy Orton

Mixed Tag Team Match

Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley vs. "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio & Liv Morgan

Strap Match

CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship

The Unholy Union (c) vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill

Make your picks and watch Pinfalls: WWE Bash in Berlin to see how they compare with ours. Enjoy WWE Bash in Berlin and check back theeverydayfan.com for recaps and more wrestling content.

Pinfalls: WWE SummerSlam 2024

Pinfalls returns with a deep dive into WWE SummerSlam 2024. My The Johngy “OR ELSE” podcast partner Tommy Else and I are joined by Joseph White.

Owner and operator of Whitney Collectibles in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Joseph brings a wealth of wrestling knowledge to Pinfalls. One look around his Whitney Collectibles stores reveals his love of wrestling. We'll see how that translates to picking winners.

Emanating from Cleveland Browns Stadium, this is the 37th SummerSlam. Cleveland previously hosted SummerSlam 1996, but from the Gund Arena (now Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse). Hosting the Premium Live Event (I hate that term) will be The Miz.

SummerSlam 2024 features seven matches, including six title matches and one other match with huge title implications.

Undisputed WWE Championship

Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Solo Sikoa

World Heavyweight Championship

Damian Priest (c) vs. Gunther

Women’s World Championship 

Liv Morgan (c) vs. Rhea Ripley

WWE Women’s Championship 

Bayley (c) vs. Nia Jax

United States Championship

Logan Paul (c) vs. LA Knight

Intercontinental Championship 

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Bron Breakker

CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre (With Special Guest Referee Seth "Freakin" Rollins)

I never give out spoilers, but I will admit there was a lot more agreement on these matches than I expected, especially with three people analyzing the matches. We did have some different ideas on the path to our predictions and the aftermath of matches. We never discuss any of this prior to recording.

Make your picks and then watch the video here for our opinions. Enjoy SummerSlam Saturday. Check theeverydayfan.com for more wrestling coverage.

Pinfalls: WWE Money in the Bank 2024

WWE Money in the Bank airs later today from Scotia Bank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. As with every WWE Premium Live Event (PLE, formerly known as Pay-Per-Views or PPVs), my The Johngy "OR ELSE" podcast partner Tommy Else and I are back with Pinfalls. this time, Tommy surprised me with a special guest analyst. Joining us was Scotty "Wonder Boy" Steiner.

Scott, who happens to share his name with Big Poppa Pump, is an old mutual friend from our days together at Resistance Pro Wrestling. A longtime, knowledgeable wrestling fan, as well as a great guy, Scotty was a welcome special guest.

As with most PLEs in the Paul Levesque era, MitB features only five matches:

Intercontinental Championship

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Bron Breakker

Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match

Jey Uso, Carmelo Hayes, Drew McIntyre, Andrade, Chad Gable, LA Knight

Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match

Iyo Sky, Chelsea Green, Taya Valkyrie, Tiffany Stratton, Zoey Stark, Naomi

World Heavyweight Championship

Damian Priest (c) vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs. The Bloodline

With a good showing at the last PLE, Tommy has tied me (28-12) for the year. He now holds a three win advantage lifetime though.

Make your predictions and then watch Pinfalls: WWE Money in the Bank 2024 to see how yours compare to ours. Be sure to check theeverydayfan.com for MitB recap and other great wrestling coverage..

Pinfalls: WWE Clash at the Castle 2024

WWE Clash at the Castle airs later today at 11 a.m. CST from OVO Hydro Glasgow, Scotland. The recurring United Kingdom premium live event debuted in September 2022 in Cardiff, Wales.

That means Pinfalls returns, with my The Johngy “OR ELSE” podcast partner Tommy Else and I analyzing the card and predicting the outcomes. I am ahead of Tommy by one win on the year, although he holds a two win advantage lifetime.

There are five matches scheduled, all championship bouts:

World Heavyweight Championship

Damian Priest vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Women's Championship

Bayley vs. Piper Niven

Intercontinental Championship

Sami Zayn vs. Chad Gable

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship

Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill vs. Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark

Undisputed WWE Championship-"I Quit" Match

Cody Rhodes vs. AJ Styles

Make your picks, watch Pinfalls and then enjoy Clash at the Castle. Then, check theeverydayfan.com for more wrestling coverage.

Pinfalls: WWE King and Queen of the Ring 2024

Pinfalls is back. This time, my The Johngy "OR ELSE" Podcast partner Timmy Else and I delve into WWE King and Queen of the Ring.

The PPV airs Saturday, May 25 at noon CST from Saudi Arabia. There are five scheduled matches, although at he time of recording, the final participants in the King and Queen matches had yet to be determined. (That happened last night on SmackDown.) Still, Tommy and I forged ahead and made all of our picks.

The matches are:

Undisputed WWE Champion

Cody Rhodes vs. United States Champion Logan Paul

Women’s World Champion

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Liv Morgan

The 2024 King and Queen of the Ring Tournament

Lyra Valkyria vs. Bianca Belair or Nia Jax (TBD)

Gunther vs. Tama Tonga or Randy Orton (TBD)

Intercontinental Champion (Triple Threat Match)

Sami Zayn (c) vs. Chad Gable vs. Bronson Reed

Make your picks and watch Pinfalls to see what we picked. Then, enjoy the PPV to see how we all do.

The video can be found at Pinfalls: WWE King and Queen of the Ring. Also, see more coverage on theeverydayfan.com.

Pinfalls: WWE Backlash 2024

My "The Johngy 'OR ELSE' Podcast" partner Tommy Else and I are back with Pinfalls: WWE Backlash 2024. The premium lie event airs at 11:30 am CST from France.

As usual, Tommy and I analyze the matches and make our predictions. Although I lead this year and Tommy has won the last two years, we somehow are tied at 93-62 lifetime.

There are five matches announced for Backlash:

Undisputed WWE Championship

Cody Rhodes (c) vs. AJ Styles

World Heavyweight Championship

Damian Priest (c) vs. Jey Uso

Triple threat match for the WWE Women's Championship

Bayley (c) vs. Naomi vs. Tiffany Stratton

WWE Women's Tag Team Championship

The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) (c) vs. Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill

Randy Orton and Kevin Owens vs. The Bloodline (Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga)

Check TheEveryDayFan.com for the full story and for more wrestling coverage. Enjoy the show and see how we all do.

Pinfalls: WWE Elimination Chamber 2024

WWE's Elimination Chamber streams live from Perth, Western Australia, at 5:00 a.m. ET/2:00 a.m PT on Peacock in the United States and WWE Network everywhere else. My podcast partner Tommy Else and I are back with our analysis and predictions.

Created by Triple H (aka Paul Levesque), the Elimination Chamber debuted in 2002. Two wrestlers start each EC match, while the others wait in pods to be released every five minutes. Previously held as matches during other PPVs, EC became its own PPV in 2010.

The announced matches are:

WWE Women's World Championship

Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Nia Jax

Elimination Chamber to determine the No. 1 Contender to the Women's World Title at WrestleMania

Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair vs. Liv Morgan vs. Tiffany Stratton vs. Naomi vs. Raquel Rodriguez

Elimination Chamber to determine the No. 1 Contender to World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at WrestleMania

Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton vs. Bobby Lashley vs. LA Knight vs. Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship

Finn Bálor & Damian Priest (c) vs. Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate

Additionally, Seth "Freakin" Rollins and Cody Rhodes will appear on "The Grayson Waller Effect.”

Check the full coverage on TheEveryDayFan.com and watch the video at Pinfalls: Elimination Chamber on YouTube.

Pinfalls: WWE Royal Rumble 2024

Pinfalls is back. Tommy Else and I are back with analysis and predictions for the 2024 WWE Royal Rumble.

Last year was abbreviated, as life got in the way. Still, Tommy did beat me (30-8 to 25-13) to take his second straight year. He also leads the overall series (80-53 to 56). It's time for a Johngy comeback.

The Royal Rumble takes place today at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. 

At the time of the taping, there were four matches announced:

The Men's Royal Rumble

The Women's Royal Rumble

WWE US Title

Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens

WWE Universal Championship Fatal Fourway

Roman Reigns (c) vs. AJ Styles Vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight 

Enjoy our predictions at Pinfalls on the Johngy's Beat YouTube channel. Also, check theeverydayfan.com for more wrestling coverage.