Wrestlemania 40: Bayley Big Betting Favorite (-1250) to Win Title

Once thick as thieves, Bayley and Iyo Sky are now bitter enemies heading into

Wrestlemania 40. Returning from injury at the 2022 edition of Summerslam, Bayley

didn’t come back alone. Both Dakota Kai and the Genius of the Sky stood side-by-side

with the Role Model, now as the heel trio known as Damage CTRL. The group would

add two new members along the way in The Kabuki Warriors, Asuka and Kairi Sane,

who previously had their differences with Bayley but all was now forgiven en route to

Championship domination.

Now, with Iyo as the WWE Women’s Champion and The Kabuki Warriors as WWE

Women’s Tag Team Champions, the group has a stranglehold on the Smackdown

Women’s Division. That being said, Bayley is considered the biggest threat to Sky’s

current reign and to her control of Friday Nights.

Bayley or Bust

The 2024 Royal Rumble winner was blindsided by the group that she created a year

and a half ago. After overhearing the rest of the group talk about her behind her back,

Bayley would go on to confront her fellow Damage CTRL cohorts. That’s where they

proceeded to hand the Role Model a beatdown and effectively kicked her out of the

group. Bayley would then confirm her intentions to challenge Iyo for the WWE Women’s

Championship at Wrestlemania 40, turning her face in the process.

We haven’t seen her as a babyface since 2019 and she hasn’t held a championship

since October 2020. After despising who she became for half a decade, the fans are

behind Bayley once again and are clamoring for her to capture gold for a seventh time.

At this moment, she is really the only option that makes sense to take the title from Iyo.

You have their history and she is an established talent that the fans are already behind.

The stars are aligned for her to hold Championship gold once again.

It’s all about CTRL

Since cashing in her Money in the Bank contract and capturing the WWE Women’s

Championship at Summerslam last year, Sky has risen to the challenge of being a title

holder in the WWE. Already a former NXT Women’s Champion, she does have the

experience of being the face of a division. She drew a line in the sand when her and the

rest of Damage CTRL put the boots to Bayley.

Much like Rhea Ripley, the booking for Sky has seen the champ only defend her title

once on TV or a PLE this year. That being said, there won’t be any worry of ring rust as

the Genius of the Sky has been active on live events, teaming with various members of

Damage CTRL throughout the beginning of the year.

The Pick: Bayley (-1250)

It’s definitely time for a change in the WWE Women’s title picture on Smackdown and

what better time and place to shake things up than on The Grandest Stage of Them All?

And while Bayley’s name isn’t in the same realm as say Becky Lynch, she’s been

around long enough that the fans care about her and a win would actually mean

something. Bayley needs to get her comeuppance on the group and more specifically

Iyo Sky. What better way than to take the one thing she cares about most in the world,

the WWE Women’s Championship.

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