Nancy Pelosi’s $harp Money Picks
This month we have a guest columnist by way of San Francisco's 11th congressional district. While the US government's extended shutdown continues, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been kind enough to lend her analysis to our $harp Money corner column. Despite living on a public servant's salary, Nancy has built a comfortable nest egg through shrewd stock market investments and clearly knows the stock market. She's not just a one-trick pony though. What few people realize is that Nancy has been involved in pro wrestling wagering since her early days with the Italian American community in Baltimore, where her father and brother both served as Mayor.
Watch out Linda McMahon. There's another high-powered woman in Washington who knows pro wrestling.
Nancy's $harp Money Picks:
"I'm mostly going with the overs tonight. As my father Thomas D'Alesandro used to say, "you gotta stay in it to win it." That means being happy winning a bit when the favorites are gonna win and then bet big when the lines are out of wack. I think the lines tonight are mostly right but we'll see more chaos at War Games/Survivor Series and definitely at the Royal Rumble." Nancy also commented that there aren't usually title changes at Saturday Night Main Event. Clearly Nancy knows ball.
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk vs Jey Uso
CM Punk is the favorite at -500.
Yeah, that makes sense. WWE needs a new champion since Seth Rollins injured his shoulder doing that coast to coast flying headbutt move at Crown Jewel. Look, I love the Uso twins and Jey was an interesting experiment as a long shot winner at the Royal Rumble. I'm the first one yeeting in the crowd when Jey comes to San Fran or D.C., but he can't carry the company. The guy gets gassed when he's not doing the hot tag.
Nancy's Pick: CM Punk (-500) to win it with help from Jey's brother Jimmy Uso. Expect Jimmy and Jey Uso to have another feud to make up for their lackluster Wrestlemania match. Expect a lot of superkicks. Yeet! Yeet! The WWE World Heavyweight championship is coming home to CM Punk tonight!
Undisputed WWE Title Match
Cody Rhodes (-600) vs. Drew McIntyre (+350)
Didn't we just see this match already at Wrestlepalooza? Alright, I guess injuries have ravaged this company. I'll put my congressional pension on Drew McIntyre.
Nancy's Pick: Drew McIntyre (+350) by DQ. I love Drew but I also didn't think he's winning the title tonight. Cody is gonna get a longer run with the belt and is the face of the company. If Drew's gonna win, it's gonna be through disqualification. Expect some heelish behavior from Cody Rhodes.
Commentators are saying Cody Rhodes is the best pure babyface since Cena, but they are under-counting how good of a heel Rhodes is. Watch Cody's work in between his WWE stints, including his AEW match against his brother Dustin Rhodes. The guy can play a heel if he needs to. I'll also be cheering for Drew McIntyre.
This site needs prop bets. I bet Cody gets down and dirty here. If there was a chair shot from Cody prop bet, I would take that.
Editor's Note: Since this post went live, WWE has added a stipulation in which Drew McIntyre can win the WWE title by disqualification. Wow, the power of Nancy Pelosi.
WWE Intercontinental Title Triple Threat Match
This is a triple threat match between Dominik Mysterio, Penta, and Rusev. You would think in a triple threat match the odds would be divied up more evenly, but they're not! "Dirty Dom" is the biggest favorite of the night at -1200. I can't disagree with that. Kid is on fire and potentially my bet to be Cena's last opponent in Washington DC. (more on Cena's last match in DC in a future column)
WWE Women's Title Match
Jade Cargill (-500) vs Tiffany Stratton (+300)
Again, this is gonna be a predictable card. Jade just turned heel against Tiffany and they're gonna book her strong. Any booker would have Jade win tonight and then run this feud back. Expect a later match to be more competitive in Tiffany's favor, but Jade Cargill is going over tonight.
This has the elements of being a good longer term feud. Jade Cargill is better used as a heel. She's just so much bigger than Tiffany, the story writes itself. I'd give her Jade the title as a heel and let her run over the smaller faces, like Tiffany and Iyo Skye. That's how we'd do it in Baltimore at least. That's what would draw the most money.
