Saturday 16 March 2024

More Mania XL Markets Published

With more WrestleMania XL matches confirmed by World Wrestling Entertainment this week, the oddsmakers from BetOnline have added new markets to their coverage of the April 6 and 7 extravaganza.

First up, the market for the battle between the Usos sees Jey a -1,000 favourite to Jimmy's +500.

The United States Championship market lists the titleholder, Logan Paul, as the fave. He's -200 over the other two match participants: Randy Orton (+180) and Kevin Owens (+650).

Finally, betting on the LA Knight .vs. AJ Styles match has Knight at -500. Those looking for Styles to get the W can currently find him at +300.

View BetOnline's Pro Wrestling Page

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Mania XL's IC Title Match Gets A Market

BetOnline has began to take wagers on the WWE Intercontinental Championship match that has been announced for WrestleMania XL.

On last night's edition of WWE Monday Night Raw, Sami Zayn was a gauntlet match to become number one contender to Gunther's title. 

As of the time of writing, both men are at -120 pick 'em.

WrestleMania XL - IC Title Match

A couple of other Mania markets have been adjusted by BetOnline since my last update from a couple of days ago.

The team of Roman Reigns and The Rock has continued its descent from underdogs into favourites for their night one tag team match against Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins.

WrestleMania XL Betting

As you can see, by viewing the table above, the favourites are now -500 while their opponents have moved out to +300. 

Rhodes and Rollins were at -300 when I first came across the market over the weekend.

Seth Rollins has also drifted out in the market for his singles match at WrestleMania.

WWE WrestleMania XL Betting

Drew McIntyre's odds to get a decision over the World Heavyweight Champion have now landed into -600. They were previously at -500.

This move means Seth Rollins' price to successfully defend the strap against McIntyre has risen to +350.

Sunday 10 March 2024

Reigns and Rock Become Mania Favourites

Roman Reigns and The Rock have become favourites to beat Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes at WrestleMania XL.

In a post published yesterday, I noted that the BetOnline staff had installed a market for the main event of night one of this year's Mania. I pointed out my surprise that the firm had opted to place Reigns and The Rock as underdogs considering the match's stipulations which would put Cody Rhodes at a disadvantage for his title shot against Roman Reigns the following evening should The Bloodline members win the tag contest.

As of the time of writing, Reigns and The Rock are now at -140. That's down from yesterday's +200. Their opponents have been moved up from -300 to +100.

WrestleMania XL Betting

There has also been an adjustment made to the aforementioned match between Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes.

As you can see below, the odds for a Rhodes victory has fallen back into -700 with Reigns moving out from the previous price of +350 to +400.

WrestleMania XL Betting

On Friday, it was established that - should Rhodes fail to beat Reigns on Sunday April 7th - he will no longer be able to challenge for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship. 

I think that's a cool wrinkle to the storyline considering Rhodes lost to a similar stipulation in AEW. However, I cannot see history repeating itself with this title challenge.

Saturday 9 March 2024

BetOnline Releases Mania XL Night One Main Event Odds

BetOnline has published a market for the now confirmed tag team match that will headline night one of WWE WrestleMania XL.

The bookmakers have priced Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins as favourites to win the bout against Roman Reigns and The Rock.

As of the time of writing, the odds are -300 to Rhodes and Rollins while their opponents are +200.

WWE WrestleMania XL - Night One

The match stipulation makes me ponder whether the bookmakers have sided with the wrong team on this one.

Should Rollins and Rhodes win this match, the main event of the following evening - which will see Roman Reigns defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Rhodes - will have no participation from other members of The Bloodline.

A loss for Rollins and Rhodes puts some jeopardy on Rhodes' title shot going into night two as he'll be entering the contest off a loss while the champ is entering with a W.

In a somewhat similar situation, Rollins will enter his title defence - against Drew McIntyre - with a loss and - from storyline - that should put more pressure on the champ.

Of course, there is also a scenario where a loss for Roman Reigns and The Rock would plant animosity between the two cousins and lead to something between the two further along in their own storyline.

But, as it stands, I feel that the underdogs are the correct play here because it puts Rollins and Rhodes at a disadvantage for their respective matches and shifts the odds (not the betting odds!) in favour of The Bloodline for Sunday's main event.

View BetOnline's WWE Odds

Thursday 29 February 2024

Studies Show 56% Of The US Rooting For Roman To Reign At WrestleMania XL

Last year, ahead of WrestleMania XXXIX, BetOnline sent me an InfoMap using data from Twitter to suggest that sixty-eight percent of the US was rooting for Cody Rhodes to unseat Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

A year, on we now have a new InfoMap from BetOnline using a similar approach of data collection.

WrestleMania XL InfoMap - Reigns .vs. Rhodes

The team at BetOnline looked over 110,000 tweets bearing phrases like 'Cody Rhodes will win', 'Roman Reigns will win' and hashtags like #TeamRhodes and #TribalChief to reach a conclusion which points to twenty-eight States siding with the titleholder and twenty-two rooting for Cody Rhodes.

The majority of interest in a Roman Reigns win hails from Michigan while Maine - according to the research - is Cody Rhodes' strongest State.

This split points to 56% in favour of Reigns. That's surprising because - in 2023, 62% of the US sided with Rhodes and you'd think the majority would once again root for the underdog from a storyline perspective because a lot has been put into the 'Finish the Story' narrative.

From a betting viewpoint, however, Rhodes is far from the underdog.

As of the time of publishing this data, Rhodes is a -600 favourite to do what he didn't do last year and finish the story by beating Reigns.

The titleholder is currently +350.

WWE WrestleMania XL Betting: Reigns .vs. Rhodes

As you'll be able to see, in the table above, the early wagers were on the challenger because Rhodes' price had fallen from -550 into -1,000. However, the most recent adjustments have seen Roman Reigns slide from +500 into the aforementioned +350.

View BetOnline's WWE Markets

Saturday 24 February 2024

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 Betting Favourites

Here are the betting favourites for WWE Elimination Chamber 2024.

  • Rhea Ripley
  • The Judgment Day
  • Drew McIntyre (Men's Elimination Chamber)
  • Becky Lynch (Women's Elimination Chamber)

They are ranked in order of strength - shortest odds first - using the betting markets from BetOnline. 

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Elimination Chamber '24 Betting Update For Saturday Morning

It's less than half an hour before the start of this year's WWE Elimination Chamber event, so I am going to quickly run through the card and share an update about how the betting has gone for each match using the markets from BetOnline.

Before I begin, BetOnline, and the European sportsbooks like Sky Bet and Paddy Power, do not have markets for the women's tag team match which was a late addition to the card.

Here's what they do have, though.

WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship
The market for The Judgment Day (Damian Priest and Finn Balor) versus New Catch Republic (Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate) had been stationary from February 14th right through to early this morning with the champs priced as -2,000 favourites over the +700 for Dunne and Bate.

When I visited the BetOnline Sportsbook this morning, I noticed Prist and Balor's price had dropped into -4,000 resulting in their challengers' odds - as underdogs - being pushed up to +850.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024

WWE Women's World Championship
The only other market which has changed since my recent updates has been in the one for Rhea Ripley's homecoming defence of the WWE Women's World Championship against Nia Jax.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024

Women's Elimination Chamber Match
Becky Lynch remains a -2,000 favourite to win the Women's Elimination Chamber match to determine the WWE Women's Championship holder's opponent for WrestleMania.

As you'll see, in the table below, the favourite initially started out at -5,000. However, wagers on Bianca Belair and Raquel Rodriquez during the betting period, forced the oddsmakers to move Lynch up to the -2,000 from her starting price.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 Betting

Men's Elimination Chamber Match
Just like in the Women's Elimination Chamber match. there is a short-priced -2,000 favourite. In this case, it's Drew McIntyre.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 Betting

Unlike the ladies' market, the betting has sided with the favourite. McIntyre was -165 on February 18th and was then down into -400 over a day later. Then - a day on from that - the price had descended into -2,000.

Thursday 22 February 2024

Elimination Chamber '24 Appearance Markets Published

A few appearance specials, for Saturday's WWE Elimination Chamber event, have been created by BetOnline.

Customers have the opportunity to wager on Andrade (+500), Braun Strowman (+400), Brock Lesnar (+1,000) and Jade Cargill (+200) showing up on the show which will emanate from Perth, Australia.

The elephant in the room is Brock Lesnar's appearance in these specials. 

Considering how Lesnar was reportedly pulled from the Royal Rumble - and more - stemming from allegations made in a lawsuit filed against Vince McMahon and World Wrestling Entertainment, +1,000 is far too low a price.

With that said, it could be argued that Lesnar shouldn't even be available to wager on in this market due to the unlikelihood of him showing up on Saturday.

Andrade and Jade Cargill both made appearances at last month's Royal Rumble and have featured on the TVs following that event.

View BetOnline's WWE Markets

Elimination Chamber '24 Odds Update For Thursday Morning

There have been slight changes made to a couple of match markets for this Saturday's WWE Elimination Chamber event.

The first has seen Raquel Rodriquez's odds to win the women's Elimination Chamber match move in from +800 into +600 overnight.

As a result, the bookmakers have increased the prices for the two names below Rodriquez in the list of participants.

Liv Morgan is now at +1,400 from +1,000 while Naomi is now up to +2,500 from +2,000 where she is beside Tiffany Stratton with the longer odds on the board.

Bianca Belair is still a +500 second-favourite after moving in from +800 a couple of days ago.


Becky Lynch remains the rightful favourite, considering she and Rhea Ripley have teased a match for WrestleMania XL on previous episodes of Raw. She's -2,000.

Speaking of Ripley - here price to successfully defend the Women's World Championship against Nia Jax have fallen for the first time since betting commenced.

The titleholder has moved into -8,000 from -5,000. Here challenger is now out to +1,100 from +1,000.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 Betting

The other markets remain unchanged since my previous updates.

WWE Elimination Chamber 2024 Betting

WWE Elimination Chamber Betting

All of these prices were correct as of 10:30AM GMT today.