WrestleMania 42 Preview and Predictions, Part 1

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🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Humanoids, we are just days away from WrestleMania 42. David, Kaz, Ben, and Brian draft which matches they are most confident in when it comes to predicting the winner (4:56). They make picks for the following matches: Liv Morgan vs. Stephanie Vaquer (8:59) "The Demon" Finn Bálor vs. Dominik Mysterio (12:15) Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre (18:32) Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar (25:29) Trick Williams vs. Sami Zayn (35:58) Becky Lynch vs. AJ Lee (41:36) Ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship (47:59) Be sure to check out our videos on BlueSky, TikTok, Instagram Threads, and X. Subscribe to the Ringer Wrestling YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, Ben Cruz, and Brian H. Waters Producer: Brian H. Waters Be sure to check out our videos on BlueSky, TikTok, Instagram Threads, and X. Subscribe to the Ringer Wrestling YouTube channel! Hosts: David Shoemaker, Kazeem Famuyide, Ben Cruz, and Brian H. Waters Producer: Brian H. Waters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Cold open question of the week, Kaz.
0:07.8	What's up, Shoes?
0:09.2	It's WrestleMania Week.
0:11.0	Yes.
0:11.7	Getting ready.
0:12.9	Getting in the zone.
0:14.6	It's also Dynasty Week, or the tail end of Dynasty Week.
0:18.1	Okay.
0:18.5	This is that rare weather occurrence or
0:21.8	rare semi-annual occurrence where
0:23.5	it's two wrestling
0:25.2	pay-per-view weeks at the same time.
0:26.7	It's very rare.
0:28.4	If there is a match
0:29.9	on the WrestleMania card
0:31.5	either night that is
0:33.9	better than Kenny Omega
0:35.5	versus MJF,
0:39.3	which one will it be? Um, you see, this is, this is exactly how you set me up for AEW fans to hate me and think that I'm getting paid or I'm, what am I called now?
0:51.3	I'm called WWE State Media.
0:53.3	If you were that worried about it, you could just say none will be that good.
0:58.1	But I don't yuck anybody's yum.
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