Saturday, August 21, 2021

WWE SummerSlam | Predictions

WWE SummerSlam will take place from The Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. It is the first Pay-Per-View to be held on a Saturday Night in recent memory. Let's begin the predictions.  

Match Card 
Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal
Two former members of 3MB will face each in the best event of the summer, the disappointing aspect here is their past history has not been spoken about on tv that much, Veer and Shanky will attempt to distract Drew here to help Jinder, however, it will not be enough. Predicted Winner: Drew McIntyre.

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match

The Usos (c) vs. Rey & Dominik Mysterio
Expecting Jimmy and Jey to remain champions here, it's time for them to move on to other opposition, perhaps a team that wants the smoke. Predicted Winners: and still SmackDown Tag Team Champions. The Usos.

RAW Women's Championship Match
Nikki Cross (c) vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair
While it was great to see Nikki win her first Women's Championship a few weeks ago, there is a sense that her reign may be coming to an end here, particularly with Charlotte name dropping Becky's name in the past weeks, which may lead to The Man returning to WWE TV and on RAW this Monday Night to set up their title match for the next pay per view, remember Becky never lost her title before going on leave. Predicted Winner: And NEW RAW Women's Champion. Charlotte Flair.

RAW Tag Team Championship Match
AJ Styles & Omos (c) vs. Riddle & Randy Orton
Perhaps the best story on RAW is RK-Bro, which will lead to a tag title win for Riddle and Orton, in terms of AJ and Omos, they may have a one on one feud, after that Omos would be a good challenger for the United States Championship. Predicted Winners: and NEW RAW Tag Team Champions. Riddle and Randy Orton. 

Edge vs. Seth Rollins
A storyline going on from 2014 when Seth was in the Authority, and he was close to stomping Edge that year on RAW, this will no doubt be a fantastic match, leading to The Rated-R Superstar getting revenge from that time and the win. Predicted Winner: Edge. 

United States Championship Match 
Sheamus (c) vs. Damien Priest
The Celtic Warrior to pick up the win against Preist, with help from his face mask and after the match he will remove it and reveal he is not injured after all, in standard heel fashion. Predicted Winner: and still United States Champion. Sheamus. 

Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie 
Predicting a win for Bliss here after Piper Niven costs Eva the match. leading to their split and own one on one feud. Predicted Winner: Alexa Bliss.  

SmackDown Women's Championship Match
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Sasha Banks
Bianca won the Women's Championship at WrestleMania Night One and ever since then, her title defences have been nothing of note unfortunately due to bad creative booking, which is why a win for the EST against The Boss will raise her game again. Predicted Winner: and still SmackDown Women's Champion. Bianca Belair.

WWE Championship Match
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Goldberg
If we have learned anything from watching Goldberg matches on pay per view in the past, it's that they do not last long in terms of match duration, the storyline has been based around Goldberg's son, Gage, who may get involved here, at the closing stages of the match, but it will be not enough to help his dad win the title. Predicted Winner: and still WWE Champion. Bobby Lashley.

The fight may continue after the match, leading to Goldberg spearing Lashley and Big E cashing in the Money in the Bank successfully to become the new WWE Champion, should he get his briefcase back from Baron Corbin before this match.

Universal Championship Match 
Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena

The last time these two met was at No Mercy 2017, a match won by Reigns, expecting the same outcome here, in terms of match quality, this one will either be evenly contested to the end or a dominant win for The Head of The Table, shades of Brock v Cena at SummerSlam 2014. Predicted Winner: and still Universal Champion. Roman Reigns.

The predictions are now complete, sure to check back here for the review-ish tomorrow.