Credit: Chris Smith of Forbes.com<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s WrestleMania is fast approaching and WWE\u2019s biggest night of the year, like any other major sports-entertainment event, has fans looking to bet on the action. To that end, online sportsbook Bovada has released its betting lines for Sunday\u2019s marquee event and, much to the likely dismay of many fans, the good guy is expected to win.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s an odd sentence to write, but this has been an odd build to WrestleMania. Underdog Roman Reigns will take on WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar in WrestleMania 31\u2032s main event. But unlike last year\u2019s WrestleMania, which ended with a sold-out arena roaring in celebration of underdog Daniel Bryan\u2019s long-awaited championship victory, this year\u2019s event instead has many fans rooting against the good guy.<\/p>\n
That sentiment bloomed when Reigns won January\u2019s Royal Rumble, defeating fan favorites like Bryan, Dolph Ziggler and Dean Ambrose en route to earning a guaranteed title shot at WrestleMania. The outcome led to an immediate hostile reaction from fans who seemed to believe that Reigns was unfairly put over more talented and harder working talent. In-arena fans showered a celebrating Reigns with boos while the #CancelWWENetwork hashtag quickly became a top trend on Twitter TWTR +6.21%.<\/p>\n
Things haven\u2019t gotten much better in the weeks since. Reigns is still getting booed, and many of those boos turned to outright laughter when Monday night\u2019s go-home episode of RAW ended with Reigns and Lesnar having a literal tug-of-war with the title belt like two petulant children fighting over a favorite toy. It\u2019s the latest in WWE\u2019s recent string of terrible content that has left many fans dreading that Reigns\u2019 steady rise to the top isn\u2019t getting cut short anytime soon.<\/p>\n
And at least one sportsbook appears to feel the same way. Bovada currently has Reigns favored to win the main event, with his odds at -170 to +130 for champion Brock Lesnar. It\u2019s worth noting, however, that though Reigns is favored, his odds of victory are hardly overwhelming. In fact, betting odds for the title fight are some of the closest on the card. Whether that ought to be a sign of hope for those pulling for Lesnar remains to be seen.<\/p>\n
The biggest favorite of the night is Sting, who will be appearing in a WWE ring for the first time in his long and storied career. The former WCW star has odds of -700 to defeat in-story king heel Triple H. In other words, you\u2019d need to bet $700 on Sting just to win $100. Another heavy favorite is John Cena, with -450 odds to defeat current United States Champion Rusev.<\/p>\n
Though you can bet on wrestling, it\u2019s something we don\u2019t recommend. The matches are predetermined, so putting money on them is like betting on how a movie will end. And given how unpredictable WWE can be, it\u2019s an especially risky move. Last year\u2019s \u201csure thing\u201d was an Undertaker win over Brock Lesnar. But that expected outcome got flipped on its head in one of WWE\u2019s most surprising twists ever \u2013 and that twist also revealed that some gamblers seemed to know the outcome in advance.<\/p>\n
Below are Bovada\u2019s odds, as of Tuesday afternoon, for every announced match at this year\u2019s WrestleMania.<\/p>\n
A quick note on money lines for those who aren\u2019t already familiar. A negative number denotes the match\u2019s favorite, while a positive number is for an underdog. The money line for the favored competitor represents how much money you need to wager in order to win $100; the line for an underdog is how much money you\u2019d win on a successful $100 bet.<\/p>\n
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns<\/p>\n
Roman Reigns -170, Brock Lesnar +130<\/p>\n
Intercontinental Championship Ladder Match<\/p>\n
Daniel Bryan 3\/2, Dean Ambrose 9\/4, Dolph Ziggler 8\/1, Bad News Barrett (c) 9\/1, Luke Harper 20\/1, Stardust 25\/1, R-Truth 35\/1<\/p>\n
United States Championship Match: Rusev (c) vs. John Cena<\/p>\n
John Cena -450, Rusev +275<\/p>\n
Sting vs. Triple H<\/p>\n
Sting -700, Triple H +400<\/p>\n
The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt<\/p>\n
The Undertaker -350, Bray Wyatt +225<\/p>\n
Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton<\/p>\n
Seth Rollins -135, Randy Orton -105<\/p>\n
Divas Tag Team TISI +0.03% Match<\/p>\n
A.J. Lee & Paige -350, The Bella Twins +225<\/p>\n
Annual Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal<\/strong><\/p>\n Damien Mizdow 5\/4<\/p>\n Sheamus 7\/4<\/p>\n Ryback 6\/1<\/p>\n Mark Henry 8\/1<\/p>\n Big Show 12\/1<\/p>\n Curtis Axel, Erick Rowan, Kane and The Miz 18\/1<\/p>\n Fandango and Titus O\u2019Neil 25\/1<\/p>\n Goldust, Heath Slater, Jack Swagger and Sin Cara 40\/1<\/p>\n Adam Rose, Darren Young, Konnor and Zack Ryder 50\/1<\/p>\n As of publish, there were no odds posted for The Field, which would include any participants not listed above. That pick won last year\u2019s event thanks to Cesaro\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n Pre-Show Fatal Four-way Tag Team Championship Match<\/strong><\/p>\n Tyson Kidd & Cesaro (c) +175<\/p>\n The New Day +275<\/p>\n Los Matadores +500<\/p>\n The Usos +600<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Forbes.com reports that current WrestleMania 31 Betting Odds Say Roman Reigns Will Defeat Brock Lesnar, More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17781,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[103,656,53,48],"class_list":["post-18149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-lesnar","tag-reigns","tag-wrestlemania","tag-wwe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18150,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18149\/revisions\/18150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}