Nick Aldis Odds-On To Face Randy Orton At Mania

Nick Aldis is an odds-on favourite to oppose Randy Orton at next weekend's WWE WrestleMania 41.

The BetOnline Sportsbook has recently installed a market which allows customers to gamble on who they believe will face The Viper at the showcase event.

Smackdown's General Manager tops the list, currently at odds of -110. 

Going by WWE storylines, Aldis as Orton's Mania dance partner makes perfect sense as a backup plan because there has been tension between the pair for months. 

The most recent episode of WWE Smackdown saw Orton RKO Aldis shortly after an injured Kevin Owens announced he couldn't compete against Orton at Mania.. The GM told Orton he too would be off the Mania card resulting in Orton executing his finisher to his storyline boss.

All of the selections, along with their current prices, as of the time of writing, can be viewed in the image immediately below.  

BetOnline took down the Kevin Owens .vs. Randy Orton WrestleMania 41 match market shortly after Owens' injury was confirmed at last week's Smackdown taping. 

The book had opened last month with Orton a -1,500 favourite to Owens' +600. However, before closing, the market listed Orton at -1,000 to Owens' +550.

I'll have a full rundown of the sportsbook's Mania 41 markets later this weekend as WrestleMania Week looms before us.

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Over Half Of The US Is Rooting For John Cena To Win The Royal Rumble

Over half of the United States of America is rooting for John Cena to win the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble this weekend. That is the result from research BetOnline's staff have carried out over the past seven days using data from X (formerly Twitter).

The sportsbook's researchers tallied phrases like 'John Cena will win the Royal Rumble,' 'CM Punk should win the Royal Rumble', 'The Rock will win the Royal Rumble' and other similar sentences using names from the WWE roster in order to find a clear 

A sample of over 100,000 tweets/posts from people in the USA were tracked for this project.

Cena is liked by twenty-six states. Following Cena is CM Punk (13 states), The Rock (5 states), Seth Rollins (4 states) and Roman Reigns, who has Arizona and Washington throwing up their ones

As of the time of writing, BetOnline lists John Cena as the odds-on favourite to win the Rumble in the company's outright winner market. He's -110. That's a drop from the +375 I first recorded him at on Tuesday November 26th.

Unlike the order of the research, the second-favourite in the betting is Seth Rollins at +175. Then it's Punk (+225), Roman Reigns (+300) and The Rock (+1,200) followed by a a plethora of other selections.

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Becky Lynch Wins Women's World Championship At +600

Becky Lynch won the Women's World Championship at odds of +600 last night.

As mentioned in yesterday's post, the oddsmakers from BetOnline had installed a market in which customers could gamble on who they believed would victoriously walk out of the Monday Night Raw battle royal for the vacant Women's World Championship.

The title was previously held by Rhea Ripley, who was injured during a backstage fight with Liv Morgan which aired on the April 8th edition of Raw resulting in Ripley having to vacate the strap a week later.

With Morgan being in the early stages of a feud with Ripley, and being there when the injury occurred, the oddsmakers placed her as the odds-on favourite to win the battle royal and succeed her foe as champion.

Lynch was +600 when I wrote about the market last night. She was behind Morgan (-275), Bianca Belair (+275) and Jade Cargill (+400) in the upper part of the twenty-two women list which was priced up.

The odds for every participant can be read in Yesterday's Post. Check out BetOnline's Wrestling Page for the latest markets.

Barrasso Backtracks On Gunther Rumble Winner Story

In another follow up to a Sports Illustrated article posted yesterday by Justin Barrasso, it looks like the author has now backtracked on what he wrote yesterday about Gunther potentially winning Saturday's Royal Rumble.

Barrasso's update states that he 'reported spoilers for Sports Illustrated yesterday regarding the Royal Rumble and WrestleMania 40. I reported what was detailed to me by previously reliable sources. It appears this was a deliberate attempt at misinformation and misinformation that is being spread through WWE itself.'

The writer goes on to apologise for 'errors' in the report and then proceeds to state that speculation and analysis 'point to (Cody) Rhodes winning the Rumble' but noted that there is 'uncertainty (on a Rhodes win) with The Rock involved' and even suggested a scenario where Nick Khan will make a call on Dwayne Johnson being the battle royal winner if Johnson asks him.

Seriously.

As I stated in yesterday's post, you could have jumped to a couple of conclusions and guessed Seth Rollins .vs. Gunther and Cody Rhodes .vs. CM Punk were two matches set for WrestleMania because those parties countered each other in two separate promos on this week's Raw.

I concluded something different from the Rollins/Gunther interaction.

I felt Gunther was introduced to the Seth Rollins story for Mania in case Rollins isn't ready to go and they have Gunther reinjure Rollins somewhere along the road to WrestleMania as an out.

That is wild speculation on my part.

And while I'm being wildly speculative - here's some food for thought.

If Justin Barrasso's sources gave him bad information (and we won't know until Saturday), were they doing this to manipulate the Royal Rumble betting market to get a better price on one of the favourites?

Cargill Joins WWE, Becomes Rumble Favourite

In a press release, and a series of social media posts, World Wrestling Entertainment announced the signing of Jade Cargill yesterday.

This news has resulted in the former All Elite Wrestling TBS Champion becoming a betting favourite to win the 2024 Women's Royal Rumble.

I first noticed Cargill on Sky Bet's market for January's battle royal not long after news of her departure from AEW was doing the rounds. At that time, she was priced at 10/1.

Upon WWE's confirmation, I revisited the Sky Bet website and noticed WWE's  new signing at a shorter 6/1. However, late yesterday evening, that price had shortened to the point where Sky Bet listed Cargill as its 3/1 favourite.

I had backed Cargill with the sportsbook at 6/1 placing the selection in a couple of doubles. One was with Cody Rhodes to win the men's Rumble and the second with The Rock to do so.

As of the time of writing, Paddy Power is offering the better price on a Cargill Rumble victory. 

The Floridian is 10/3 with the Irish bookmaking company. The selection was at that very same price when news of Cargill potentially joining WWE was circulating earlier this month.

5Dimes Is Pulling Out Of Europe

The 5Dimes Sportsbook is in the process of closing its operations within all of Europe.

This is the information that was sent to me by the company itself. The reason behind the closure of its .eu website - it claims - is to look into launching a Canadian-facing website later this year.

Here are some important notes relayed to me by 5Dimes regarding the European closure. Despite not having covered 5Dimes' markets for quite some time, I feel it necessary to give you all a heads-up based on my own experiences in a country that 5Dimes withdrew from eight years ago.

- 5Dimes.eu and 5DEurope.eu will permanently stop accepting wagers as of 11:59PM (Eastern) on May 29th 2023

- All funds available in player accounts will be honoured and paid out accordingly

- The website's cash-our feature will remain accessible for 12 months to allow all customers ample time to withdraw their balances

- 5Dimes' management urges users to cash out as soon as possible and claim that they will send out reminders week-after-week through email, account messages and even phone calls

From personal experience, I strongly recommend complying with the request before May 29th.

In 2015, the company withdrew from the UK without warning leaving British customers unable to access their accounts unless they visited the 5Dimes website through a VPN. 

On the day in question, customers were met with a security message on the 5Dimes websites stating that traffic from the UK had been blocked. 

I am concerned that something similar could happen on May 29th with the users from the European region.

BetOnline Creates UFC/WWE Synergy Specials

Following the news that Endeavor has acquired World Wrestling Entertainment with an aim to add its portfolio alongside the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the oddsmakers from BetOnline have created a handful of betting specials.

The specials were forward to me yesterday. They can be found in the MMA section of the website, so thought I would draw your attention to them in case you're unaware of their existence.

To be straight from the start, I don't particularly find any of these markers appealing. I'll explain my reasons as I get through the list.

Here's what they have.

1st UFC Fighter to Join WWE
In this market, customers can gamble on the '1st UFC Fighter to Join WWE' post-merger. The sportsbook has  Derrick Lewis listed at the top of the betting at +400. 

The rule in this market, as with most markets, states that this 'must occur in 2023 in an official WWE match'.

A 2023 timeframe isn't enough, in my opinion.

I could see some guys coming to TV with the intent to promote upcoming fights in the future especially if they're local to the area WWE is running. For example, I would not be surprised if Paddy Pimblett were brought in for a promo or angle when WWE is in the UK, but I cannot envision him 'in an official WWE match' by the end of 2023.

Only the names listed below qualify for this bet.

Nationality of 1st UFC Fighter to Join WWE
With Derrick Lewis favourite in the previous market, it's understandable to see 'American' at -125 in the market in which allows customers to gamble on the nationality of the '1st UFC Fighter to Join WWE'.

Just like with the previous market, the rules state that this 'Must occur in 2023 in an official WWE match' 

Will Dana White Become President of WWE?
When Endeavor announced its intent to have WWE and UFC under the same umbrella, the company revealed that Vince McMahon would be the executive chairman underneath CEO Ari Emanuel. As well as that, Dana White would retain his role as UFC President and Nick Khan was listed as WWE President.

+2,500 for Dana White to find his way into the job of WWE President would require a lot of things to fall into place (and for Nick Khan to obviously fall out of place!). Add in that this must happen within nine months and it seems, on paper, to be very unlikely.

Will There be a UFC Tag Team Matchup?
I find the wording of this market to be quite ambiguous especially if I were to be facetious and ponder whether the bookmaker is asking if UFC will offer tag team fighting. 

In my opinion, no athletic commission would ever allow this to happen in regulated combat sport. This especially within the next nine months because - once again - the term states that this must happen in 2023.

If I were to overlook that this is in the MMA section of the sportsbook and go with the idea that the sportsbook is asking if there will be a WWE tag team match with UFC fighters involved, then I would still doubt we'll see it within the parameter of 2023.

Will There be a UFC/WWE Co-Event in 2024?
Upon seeing this market for the first time, I liked that it had a bit more leeway by allowing the rest of 2023 and all of 2024 for this to play through. 

I do envision a scenario where either WWE or the UFC piggybacks on the other's big events. For example - if WWE were to host a show during UFC' s International Fight Week or vice versa.

The rules state that the co-event 'must happen at same venue or same day, or on consecutive two days with both UFC and WWE occurring'.

Going by how it's priced up, the bookmakers evidently think there is a shot of there being a UFC and WWE co-event within the next twenty months because the 'Yes' is a -140 favourite. 

I wouldn't argue with anyone thinking about siding with 'No' (+100), though. A lot of things have to be put in place while both entities navigate this new era as business relatives.

When available, these markets can be found under 'MMA Props' in the MMA section of the BetOnline Website.

62% Of The US Is Rooting For The American Nightmare

BetOnline has published an InfoMap using Twitter data to determine which US States are rooting for Roman Reigns or Cody Rhodes for their WrestleMania 39 clash this weekend.

62% of the coverage is in favour of Cody Rhodes while nineteen States are siding with the current Undisputed WWE Universal Champion - Roman Reigns.

This data was collected from over 180,000 tweets posted over the last thirty days primarily using the hashtags of #TribalChief for Roman Reigns and #AmericanNightmare for Rhodes.

The consensus pick remains a -550 favourite to win his challenge in Sunday's main event. A decision for the titleholder will pay out at odds of +325.

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A Post About That CNBC Article

The first conclusion I came to, upon reading the CNBC article which reports that World Wrestling Entertainment is looking into getting US sports betting regulators to oversee betting on professional wrestling, was that WWE's intent is to assist its business partner - Draft Kings - by allowing it to offer WWE match betting in its sportsbook.

Now, almost a day removed from reading the piece and following a discussion with somebody with a superior view of the US betting landscape to me, I still believe that is what WWE's intent is to get Colorado and Michigan to legalise pro wrestling wagering.

The CNBC article sets out an intriguing scenario in which WWE will have to adhere to transparency by having future results relayed to each regulatory body to ensure that gambling is not compromised.

To make sure everything is above board, '(WWE's) creative executives don't plan to inform wrestlers who will win until hours before the match'. The notion sounds ludicrous because it would mean the talent won't know the desired match outcome until markets have been taken off the board. If, of course, they really are going to do it by the book.

The quest for validity from sportsbook regulators brings with it questions. Many of them. 

What happens to those wrestlers who choreograph their entire matches? For example, the women's Royal Rumble match has been rehearsed in recent years. Does that mean there will be no markets for the women's Rumble because it requires people outside of the executives to be around to tell stories within the match?

As for the men's Royal Rumble - will each performer only know their entry number and the persons they have to eliminate - or be eliminated by - moments before they hit the ring? 

I've focused on the Royal Rumble matches because they're the biggest drawing bouts for sportsbooks, but - even if I were to pivot the spotlight to a one-on-one singles contest, I reach the same conclusion: the lure of the advertising Dollar seems more trouble than it's worth for WWE.

Not that this hasn't stopped the company in the past.

To put it bluntly, WWE could very well be compromising its own creative process to make it compromise-free for current, and potential, sportsbook partners.

Seth Rollins .vs. Riddle Pulled From SummerSlam 2022 Card

Following an injury to Riddle, his SummerSlam 2022 match against Seth Rollins has been postponed.

The news was broken a few minutes ago by Kayla Braxton on WWE's Internet show, The Bump. 

WWE's Twitter account has also relayed the news.

Seth Rollins' attack of Riddle, on Monday's Raw, is what is being blamed for the postponement. Riddle's medical disqualification is said to be due to a 'brachial plexus injury (a stinger)'.

Interestingly, I noticed earlier today that Rollins had become a favourite to beat Riddle in the SummerSlam market from BetOnline.

Rollins had started out as a +110 underdog. However, when I checked in this morning, I noticed his price had been cut into -130 with Riddle having moved up from -150 to -110.

Of the three European-based betting firms I wrote about yesterday, Sky Bet is the only one which has - as of the time of writing - suspended betting on the match.

Odds from BetOnline's Pro Wrestling Markets

Ric Flair's Last Match Specials Update For July 24

It has been a couple of days since I last wrote about BetOnline's markets for Ric Flair's Last Match. In this post, I'll bring you up to date with the changes I noticed yesterday morning. Those prices are unchanged as of this morning.

Match Winners

No change in the match winners market. Ric Flair and Andrade El Idolo remain -2,250 over the +750 for Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal.

First To Bleed

Ric Flair is now a -190 favourite to bleed first. When I last wrote about the market, he was +125. As a result, Jay Lethal has risen to +400 from +275 while Jeff Jarrett (+175 second-favourite) and Andrade El Idolo (+450) have stayed.

Ric Flair Move Performed First

The Knife Edge Chop is now -600 to be Ric Flair's first performed move during the match. It was -500 when I last wrote about it. 

'Will A Guitar Be Broken?' Prop Market

The prop market which asks whether or not a guitar will be broken saw 'Yes' fall into -200 sometime before 11:15AM BST yesterday morning, It was previously -130. 'No' is now up from +150 after starting out a -200 favourite earlier this week.

All prices correct as of the time of publishing. View the latest on BetOnline's Pro Wrestling Page.

Flair And Andrade Now -2,250 Faves Over Jarrett And Lethal

Ric Flair and Andrade El Idolo are now -2,250 favourites to beat Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal in Flair's last match next weekend.

BetOnline, the firm which has published betting markets for match, initially had Flair and his son-in-law as -2,000 when I first wrote about the market three days ago.

As a result of the favourites' price shortening, a decision for Jarrett and Lethal has been pushed out from +700 to +750.

A couple of other markets have changed since I visited BetOnline's website yesterday.

The price for Ric Flair to be the first person to bleed in the contest has now dipped from +150 into +125. I had noted - in yesterday's post - that the option had drifted up from +100 to +150.

Ric Flair's knife edge chop continues to fall in the special which allows customers to gamble on the first move Flair performs in the match.

The option is now a -500 favourite. It was -110 on Tuesday evening.

The sportsbook is still offering its customers the opportunity to gamble on a prop market which asks whether a guitar will be broken or not. 

'Yes', which as I pointed out on Tuesday surprisingly started out a +150 underdog, remains a -130 favourite over the -110 for 'No'.

In another surprised I expressed this week, BetOnline had republished a market which allowed customers to gamble on the colour of Flair's robe despite the market initially being pulled once Flair had revealed the white robe in a video. 

The market has once again been taken down. When I last saw it, 'White' had fallen from +600 into -150.

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BetOnline Republishes Ric Flair Robe Special

BetOnline has surprisingly republished a market to its coverage of Ric Flair's last match.

In a post published yesterday morning, I noted that the special - which allows customers to gamble on the robe Ric Flair will wear to the ring for what is being billed as his final match when he teams with Andrade El Idolo against Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett - had been taken off the board.

I surmised the reason why betting had been suspended was due to the fact that Flair had unveiled the final robe.

The predominantly white garment is a tribute to Flair's earliest robe, which was created by Olivia Walker. Before the market was closed, 'White' was +600. As you'll see below, the selection is now a -150 favourite.

The previous favourite - Gold - which was +150 is now a +200 second-favourite.

Flair to execute a 'Knife Edge Chop' as his first move in the match has continued to drop in another special.

The favourite, which started off at -110, has now fallen into -400.

In a post published yesterday evening, I pointed out that 'Yes' had fallen into -120 from +150 in a proposition market which asked whether a guitar would be broken in the contest.

'Yes' starting off as an underdog was surprising considering Jeff Jarrett uses a guitar as part of his gimmick.

The 'First To Bleed' special has refreshed with three of the four selections moving out. 

The 'Ric Flair' selection fell from +175 into +100 yesterday. However, it has now risen to +150. The second-favourite - 'Jeff Jarrett' - which had risen to +150 from +125 - is now at +175.

A punt on 'Jay Lethal' is now priced +250. That's up from +235. 

The bookmakers have kept Andrade's price at +400.

As for the regular match winners market - Flair and Andrade remain favourites. They're -2,000. A decision for Jarrett and Lethal will pay out at +700.

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BetOnline's Guitar Prop Bet Now At Pick 'Em Plus More

A BetOnline proposition market, for what is being billed as Ric Flair's last match, has changed today.

In a post published yesterday, I noted that the betting firm had created the market asking customers whether or not a guitar will be broken in the contest, which will see Ric Flair team up with Andrade El Idolo to take on Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett.

With Jarrett spending the majority of his career using a guitar as a foreign object in his matches, I was surprised to see the oddsmakers had given +150 odds to 'Yes'.

I revisited the market this morning and those prices were still on offer. However, upon this evening's visit, I've noticed that the 'Yes' has since fallen into -120.

The option which will pay out if no guitar is broken - 'No' - has moved from -200 favourite up to -120.

The prop market isn't the only special for Ric Flair's last match to change since this morning's update.

Earlier today, I noted that the odds for Flair's first performed move to be the 'Knife Edge Chop' had dipped into -120 from -110. The selection has once again descended. This time into -300.

All but one of the remaining markets have drifted out following the odds for the Knife Edge Chop moving in.

Ric Flair is now the betting favourite to bleed first.

As I wrote in yesterday's post, the market - which is offering prices on the wrestler who bleeds first - opened with Jeff Jarrett as the +125 fave. He was followed by Flair at +175. However, Flair's odds have now dipped into +100 while Double J has risen to +150.

The other match participants - Jay Lethal (+235) and Andrade El Idolo (+400) - remain stationary.

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Ric Flair Unveils Retirement Robe

The robe that Ric Flair will wear to the ring for his retirement match next weekend has been unveiled.

Conrad Thompson's Twitter account showed a brief clip of Flair looking, and talking, about the robe and the significance of its colour was posted in the early hours of this morning.

Flair noted that the white predominant colour is reminiscent of the first robe Olivia Walker made for him.

Walker was a seamstress who created robes for many wrestlers back in the day. 

As I mentioned, in a post published yesterday, BetOnline had created a betting market which allowed customers to gamble on the colour of Flair's robe.

White was +600.

The market has obviously been taken off the board now that the colour has been revealed.

The rest of the markets I wrote about yesterday are still available as of this morning. One of the specials differs slightly.

The odds for the first move to be performed by Flair in the match to be a 'Knife Edge Chop' have slid into -120 from -110.

A 'Body Slam' is now up from +500 to +550 while the remaining selections are unchanged.

Ric Flair and Andrade El Idolo are still -2,000 favourites over the +700 for a victory by Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett.

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BetOnline Publishes Markets For 'Ric Flair's Last Match'

With the participants in Ric Flair's last match finally being confirmed, the oddsmakers from BetOnline have published a handful of markets for the July 31st bout.

The contest will be a tag match. It'll see Flair team up with his son-in-law, Andrade El Idolo to take on Jay Lethal and Jeff Jarrett.

As of the time of writing, BetOnline lists Flair and Andrade as -2,000 favourites. A decision in favour of their opponents will pay out at odds of +700.

In an angle posted online yesterday, Flair was attacked by Lethal and Jarrett. It saw Flair bleed. With blood now part of the build (otherwise I would frown at this sort of market being created), the oddsmakers have installed odds on which wrestler will be the 'First to Bleed'.

Jarrett is +125 to be the first to get colour. Then it's Flair at +175 followed by Jay Lethal (+235) and Andrade (+400).

A prop market I like the look of, but am unable to bet on due to geographic restrictions, is one which asks whether a guitar will be broken. With the guitar shot being one of Jeff Jarrett go to moves, and as he'll be working as a heel in the contest, I like the +150 being offered for Yes'.

For those who believe no guitars will be broken during the match, 'No' is being offered as a -200 favourite.

There are a couple of other specials on the board.

In one, customers are asked which Ric Flair move will be performed first. There are six options available with 'Knife Edge Chop' being the -110 fave.

The remaining offers are: Elbow Drop +300, Leg Drop +400, Figure 4 +500, Body Slam +500 and Suplex +900.

Clients will also find a special which asks which colour Flair's robe will be.

Gold tops the list at +150. It's followed by Red +180, Blue +300, White +600, Purple +1,000, Black +1,200, Pink +2,000 and Green +2,500.

The match will air as part of a card promoted by Jim Crockett Promotions from the Nashville Municipal Auditorium a week from Sunday.

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Logan Paul Signs With WWE, First Paul/Miz SummerSlam 2022 Market Published

Yesterday, it was announced that World Wrestling Entertainment had signed Logan Paul to  multi-year deal. It didn't take long for a betting market to be created for what will likely be Paul's first match as an official member of the WWE roster.

In a video filmed at yesterday's contract signing, the new signee called out his WrestleMania tag team partner - The Miz - and indicated that he wanted to wrestle his former ally at this month's SummerSlam.

BetOnline immediately priced up a market for the match with Miz set as a +250 underdog to Paul's -300. By this morning, the favourite had dropped into -400 with Miz now up to +300.

Following a victory over The Mysterios this past April, The Miz turned on his tag team partner. 

A hint that Paul was looking for revenge played out on this week's edition of Raw when The Miz announced that he and the social media star would return to the ring as a tag team at SummerSlam only for WWE's Kevin Patrick to point out that, the last time the duo shared a ring together, Miz blindsided Paul with a Skull Crushing Finale.

Yesterday's contract news, followed by the promo, obviously suggests that the wheels are now in motion for the two to go one-on-one at the July 30th event from Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

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BetOnline Pro Wrestling Markets News For 23 June

The bookmakers from BetOnline have been busy by putting up some markets for not only upcoming pro wrestling events, but also for two important bouts set for the start of 2023. In this post, I'll bring you up to speed with each news item.

BetOnline Publishes 2 Money in the Bank 2022 Match Markets
Customers of BetOnline can now bet on the results of the two women's championship matches that are scheduled to take place next weekend at WWE Money in the Bank 2022.

As of this evening, Bianca Belair (-1,400) and Ronda Rousey (-1,000) favourites to successfully retain their titles.

Carmella (+550) and Natalya (+450) are the respective challengers.

BetOnline's 2023 WWE Royal Rumble Markets Released
Betting has opened on the two Royal Rumble matches set for next January.

Cody Rhodes is a +125 favourite to win the men's battle royal. He's followed by The Rock at +550 and then Roman Reigns and Big E are each +800.

The women's Royal Rumble market has Becky Lynch at the top with a price of +250. She's followed by Bayley at +450. 

You can view all of the selections in the two markets by Following This Link To BetOnline

New Forbidden Door Match Markets
Earlier this week, BetOnline published markets for this weekend's Forbidden Door event which is a collaboration by AEW and NJPW. Here are the prices for the latest markets to be added to the website.

Gunn Club and Max Caster -200
NJPW LA Dojo +150

Bullet Club -150
Dudes With Attitudes +110

Mystery Opponent -180
Zack Sabre Jr. +140

Jay White -200
Kazuchika Okada +250
Hangman Page +500
Adam Cole

Changes Made To Previous Forbidden Door Markets
Adjustments have been made to the markets that were available before today. Here are all of the changes I've been able to track.

Miro's odds to become the first-ever AEW All-Atlantic Champion have slid into -130 from +125. As a result, the bookmakers have placed early +125 joint-favourite - Malakai Black - out to +175. PAC (+400) and Tomohiro Ishii (+800) have stayed at their opening prices.

FTR's odds to win the three-way for both the ROH World Tag Team Championship and IWGP Tag Team Championship fell from -150 into -310 in the first two days of betting. However, sometime today, their price was moved up slightly to -300.

Roppongi Vice are now +300 while United Empire representatives Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb are +400. They were initially +200 and +275 respectively.

When the market for Thunder Rosa's AEW Women's World Championship defence against Toni Storm was first published, the titleholder was -500 to Storm's +300. By the following evening, Storm was +275 and Rosa had moved up to -450.

By yesterday, Rosa was back to -500 favourite and Storm was moved up to +285.

Will Ospreay's odds to beat Orange Cassidy dropped from -800 into -1,000 sometime before yesterday evening. 

A win for Cassidy is now priced +550. That's up from +400.

Betting on the market for the trios match featuring Le Sex Gods and Minoru Suzuki facing Shota Umino, Wheeler Yuta and Eddie Kingston has seen the former backed from -150 into -300 across the three days of activity.

A win for Umino, Yuta and Wheeler went out from +110 to +200.

Jon Moxley's odds to beat Hiroshi Tanahashi in the match to determine AEW's Interim World Champion have fallen from -250 into -600 since the market was first installed.

Tanahashi - who started out as a +170 underdog - is now out to +350.

Prices were correct as of the time of writing.

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Brock Lesnar Prematurely Placed As MITB Second-Favourite Following June 17 Smackdown Plus More

Brock Lesnar's odds to win this year's Money in the Bank were cut into second-favouritism following his surprise return at the conclusion of last night's WWE Smackdown. However, the adjustment appears to have been premature due to how the return storyline has progressed overnight.

Following his win against Riddle - in the main event of last night's show - WWE Undisputed Universal Champion, Roman Reigns, was confronted by his nemesis. The angle concluded with Lesnar giving his WrestleMania 38 opponent an F5.

As a result of Lesnar's return, his odds to win the July 2nd ladder match were cut from 20/1 into 5/2 on the Paddy Power website.

The reason why it seems like an irrelevant cut is because the closing angle seemed more to do with setting up Reigns' next opponent. That turned out to be the case because WWE has now announced that Reigns and Lesnar will compete once again. 

This time, they'll meet in a last man standing match at SummerSlam on July 30th.

Also on last night's episode of Smackdown, Adam Pearce revealed that Drew McIntyre and Sheamus would both be added to the July 2nd ladder match for the men's Money in the Bank briefcase.

McIntyre, who was a 5/1 second-favourite to win the ladder match yesterday, has risen to 6/1 following Lesnar's decrease. As for Sheamus - his price has fallen from 25/1 into 20s.

Seth Rollins remains a 1/2 favourite. Considering that Reigns .vs. Lesnar is the main event of SummerSlam, I now have a vision of Seth Rollins doing something similar to what he did at WrestleMania 31 and cash in a Money in the Bank contract on those two. 

Racquel Rodriquez won a qualifier to enter the women's Money in the Bank ladder match on last night's show. Her price is now 5/1, which is down from yesterday's 9/1.

Aaliyah (25/1) and Shotzi (16/1) will compete next week to decide who else will join Lacey Evans (5/1), Alexa Bliss (2/1 second-favourite), Liv Morgan (4/1). By then, we'll also know who'll be added out of the Becky Lynch versus Asuka qualifier which will air during Monday's WWE Raw. 

As of the time of writing, Asuka is 10/1 and Lynch is the 5/4 favourite to leave Las Vegas having won the ladder match.

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There is a note in this week's issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter which has strengthened one of the things I wrote about on Monday about Riddle's chances of becoming this year's Mr. Money in the Bank.

Dave Meltzer, when covering the possible reason why Roman Reigns versus Riddle has been moved from the Money in the Bank PPV/PLE to tonight's episode of WWE Smackdown, wrote that the decision to bring the match forward 'should make sense' by the end of tonight's episode.

As I wrote at the start of the week, I am starting to buy into the possibility of Riddle winning the briefcase.

There is a stipulation for tonight which states that Riddle cannot challenge Reigns for the title ever again if he were to lose.

One way to get around that stip is for Riddle to win the ladder match in a little over two weeks.

With Roman Reigns' reported opponent for SummerSlam - Randy Orton - now potentially out for the remainder of 2022, having Riddle lose in a certain way tonight and then win the briefcase on July 2nd could set up a Plan B with Riddle replacing Orton on the SummerSlam card.

When I last wrote about Riddle, and the Money in the Bank betting markets, Paddy Power had him as a 6/1 second-favourite. Following Monday's Raw, which was used to set up the stipulation for tonight, the oddsmakers pushed Riddle's odds for the briefcase win to 14/1.

In contrast - Kambi lists Riddle as a 4/1 joint-second favourite after a slight increase from 7/2.

With Riddle moving out with Paddy Power, the traders have cut the odds for the wrestler I have had at the top of my potential winner rankings since early this year.

Drew McIntyre, who was 16/1 on Monday, is now 5/1 with Paddy Power. To once again compare - McIntyre is alongside Riddle, at 4s, on the websites with Kambi's markets.

On this week's episode of The Bump, McIntyre brought up his intent to win the Money in the Bank briefcase and then use it to challenge Roman Reigns for the Undisputed Universal Championship at Clash at the Castle in September. That was something I considered a possibility before WWE confirmed that there would be a show in the UK in September.

So, as of right now, I will be comfortable with McIntyre or Riddle winning. I still cannot rule out Seth Rollins, but there is no value for me now due to him being the favourite.