Hi and welcome back to the blog, Summerslam will be presented from the Amway Center, the first major event held outside of the Performance Center, there will not be any fans phsyically in attendance, fans will instead be able to attend and be seen virtually on LED boards in a new experience called: Thunderdome. It's time for the match predictions.
Hair vs.Hair Match
Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville
Looking at the match line up so far, I’ve chosen this one to
go on first, this has been a long rivalry played out on TV that has been nice
to watch. Rose and Deville have been really good in their respected Face &
Heel roles. The slogan of “You’ll Never See It Coming” has been hyped up for
this event and because of that, I see Otis running out with his Money in the
Bank briefcase and tell Sonya that if she doesn’t cut Mandy’s hair then she can
have the briefcase. Sonya agrees and she is given the MITB by Otis.
RAW Tag Team Championship Match
Street Profits vs.
Andrade & Angel Garza
On a recent episode of RAW thanks to video footage, it was
revealed Zelina Vega had poisoned Montez Ford all those weeks ago. I had
Andrade & Garza locked in as new tag champions and align them with Randy
Orton at the end of the night to form Legacy 2.0 the aligning may happen but
without the tag titles. Predicted Winners: Street Profits.
Hope you are enjoying the read so far, business is about to pick up!
RAW Women’s Championship Match
Sasha Banks vs. Asuka
Asuka won the battle royal on the past episode of SmackDown.
I thought they were going to do a triple threat match with both titles on the
line in separate matches which would’ve been a nice throwback to WrestleMania
2000, they could still do that stipulation but time is running out. Back to
this match, there will be a new RAW Women’s Champion crowned here. Predicted
Winner: Asuka.
SmackDown Women’s Championship Match
Bayley vs. Asuka
I’m not sure if this match will go on straight after the RAW
Women’s Championship because I, obviously do not know the order of the matches.
Bayley will be counting on an upset Sasha to help her out if she gets into
trouble in this match, I see a scenario of Shayna Baszler getting involved to
try and cost Asuka which will backfire. Predicted Winner: Asuka. While Asuka is celebrating in the ring, Shayna attacks Asuka
and says she wants the RAW Women’s Championship and then Sonya Deville’s music
hits, she cashes in the Money in the Bank briefcase and becomes the SmackDown
Women’s Champion. Did you see that coming? Goes along with the tagline of the
show right? That was fun to write about.
United
States Championship Match
Apollo Crews vs. MVP
When “The Hurt Business” appeared on RAW Underground weeks
ago I was interested in seeing where WWE Creative were going with this, however
they haven’t appeared on that segment since then. MVP is great on the mic but
as a challenger for the title? that should go to Bobby Lashley. Predicted
Winner: Apollo Crews.
Universal Championship Match
Braun Strowman vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt
I’ve been following this storyline from start to finish,
it’s been entertaining, I like that they included Alexa Bliss here because we
know that she and Braun are close, so the thought of Bray trying to cause
friction between the two adds to the drama, we have also seen the two act
differently ever since encountering “The Fiend” the consistency in character
changes continue, Finn Balor and Seth Rollins are other examples of that. After
much deliberation, I sense that the friction between Alexa and Braun is just a
set up and they will be successful in fooling “The Fiend” Predicted Winner:
Braun Strowman.
Street Fight
Dominik Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins
Dominik has impressed a lot during the “Performance Center
era” and in this feud, he will put up a hell of a fight but in a losing effort.
Tag Team match at Payback? Predicted Winner: Seth Rollins.
WWE Championship Match
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton
It’s time to talk about the main event, We all knew this
match was going to happen ever since “The Viper” won at Backlash against Edge.
Since then, he has the momentum, taking out legends via the punt kick. Drew has
unfortunately lost his since Wrestlemania, which goes to show how important the
crowds are at events. One of the legends punted was Ric Flair (or was he?) if
you remember, the lights went out on everytime Orton went for the punt which
makes me believe that is was clever ruse orchestrated by the two former
Evolution members. I see Flair making a “shock” appearance and help Orton win
the title and then the commentary team would mention the tag line of “You’ll
never see it coming” in some way. They could also say that line if Andrade
& Garza join Orton. In regards to what “RETRIBUTION” do? I just want them
to cause mayhem throughout the event.
The SummerSlam predictions are complete, whether they play out on television, we shall see. I’m very much looking forward to seeing how it all unfolds on Sunday night / Monday morning. Thank you for reading.