SummerSlam Match Card Predictions !
As the biggest party of the Summer is just around the corner, with just over 3 Weeks left for the event to happen. Fans are expecting some big and extraordinary things to take place in the event. Even though, there's no match announced yet (till the time of writing this blog) Many of the matches already seems to be locked as the Story for that matches have been going around from months prior and they just needs to be official. In this blog, we are going to discuss about SummerSlam's Possible Match Card. We won't be doing any Predictions, or analyzing any spoilers/rumors yet cause there's still time left for the event, so more spoilers are yet to come so we should just leave it for the next time 😉
- SummerSlam would take place on Saturday, August 5, 2023, at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.
- Timings for the event would be different according to the respective time-zone, for example, 8:00 PM ET, 12:00 AM GMT, 5:30 AM IST, 5:00 PM PT and so on.
- Both Raw and SmackDown brand's superstar would feature in the event, and there would be about 8-10 matches in the event (expected but could be more as well)
Match-Card
Roman Reigns V/s Jey Uso
So we are gonna start with the Biggest One of them all and also the possible Main-Event.
"The Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns V/s "Main Event" Jey Uso.
There's no denying that the Bloodline's Storyline is one of best storyline in the modern era. Everything from Sami's entry, all that entertaining stuff, betrayal, drama action, family drama and all, its just been awesome to be said the least. Jey already has challenged Roman on the previous SmackDown and its almost confirmed that Roman will accept the challenge as well which will lead to this ultimate CLASH
Cody Rhodes V/s Brock Lesnar
The Rubber match for the Rivalry, the Part-3 of the trilogy is all set to occur at SummerSlam. This is one of the matches which was confirmed long ago, starting with brock attacking Cody for which we haven't received any sensible reason yet. Still, the rivalry has been really good with both having 1 win each and this would be the tie-breaker. Also a Stipulation to be added is really likely as well which is expected to be announced soon
Becky Lynch V/s Trish Stratus
This Story has been going on since Trish betrayed Becky (on the 17th April edition of Raw) setting up the match at Night of Champions. After the hanging finished at Night of Champion with Zoey Stark attacking Becky and joining Trish, and their clash in between the Women's Money in the Bank match. This rivalry had a mix of everything. It is highly expected that we would watch the end of this storyline with a match at SummerSlam.
Seth Rollins V/s Finn Balor
Seth Rollins V/s Finn Balor is an another encounter expected to take place at SummerSlam. Even though they clashed with each other at Money In The Bank, the finish of that match was rather somewhat of inconclusive. With Damian Priest interfering and "unintentionally" costing Finn the match (or that what finn says so) there's a whole lot to unfold. All the tensions between Finn and Damian is supposed to have a conclusive finish at SummerSlam. The future of Judgment Day would be clear at SummerSlam. Also it would be interesting to see whether Finn comes with his regular persona or the "Demon Balor" persona.
Logan Paul V/s Ricochet
After the crazy spot at Royal Rumble 2023, it was certain that this two has that chemistry need and could do big things if paired with each other. We saw these 2 meet again performing in Men's Money in the Bank. They again did had a crazy spot but this time it was a bit awkward/botched but still Ricochet handled it well. Since then Logan Paul has bashing Ricochet. Starting at his own podcast, Impaulsive. They than had a Promo segment in previous Week's SmackDown talking about that spot and also the internet argument. And now their singles match at SummerSlam is almost set to take place and it is believed to be a Very Solid and entertaining match.
Asuka V/s Charlotte Flair V/s Bianca Belair
With Asuka winning title from Bianca, to Charlotte returning. To be very honest, there's not a lot of talk about his match. Indeed it could be a very good match, but still the buildup has been a bit lackluster. Reports states that this match it take place at SummerSlam and the current storyline is also leading that way.
Gunther V/s Drew McIntyre
Gunther is indeed one of the greatest InterContinental Champion ever. He has done pretty much everything he could do with the IC title and now looking forward to transition to the Main-Event scene. Defeating Gunther is hell of a task, also after such a historic reign he had. Drew is surely a top contender to do so (we would talk about the result later though). Also, as Drew returned in MITB, his intentions were clear for the IC title. And now this match is much expected, However the Imperium and Riddle's involvement would be really interesting and important for this match. We might be able to hear some voices in our head after all 😉😉
Rhea Ripley V/s Raquel Rodriguez
Rhea has been active mostly in Judgment Day and Dom Dom storyline, leaving her own solo identity a bit vague. She had been involved with Natalya in rather some uninteresting matches. Now for SummerSlam her opponent is still unclear, but we still had some glimpse of backstage arguments with Both Becky Lynch and Raquel Rodriguez. Becky is busy with Trish so the most logical name would be Raquel Rodriguez.
Ronda Rousey V/s Shayna Baszler
Anyone saying that they expected Shayna turning on Ronda at MITB would be downright lying. Neither do any reports suggested that nor anyone predicted it. It was surprising, not because we didn't expected that to be ever happening but happening this early was Shocking. We expected this to happen at Royal Rumble or Road-To-WrestleMania time but still it is what it is. Many reports suggest that Ronda wants a leave from WWE (not certain that will she return anytime in the future or not) and Ronda always stated that she wanted a program with Shayna, she got it previously as being her tag partner and now with singles rivalry. Now this match is highly expected for SummerSlam and its gonna be interesting definitely.
Besides all of that, there's a whole lot of Superstars who could have a match/segment at SummerSlam. Edge might have a match at SummerSlam, no word on who his opponent could be. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens are also expected to defend their tag titles. Austin Theory could defend his US Championship against LA Knight. AJ Styles and Karrion Kross are having a feud so they could have a final match at SummerSlam as well. Grayson Waller is also expected to do a segment at SummerSlam with a very big name (same as he did at MITB with John Cena) if not a segment so he could have a match against Edge then. We could also expect some returns happening as they are from the last 3 SummerSlam.
It was also reported that some NXT titles would also be defended in the event, however talks of that has gradually got fewer and is highly unlikely now. This would make the PLE much longer which would Contradict the supposedly motto of Quality > Quantity
So, that's every possible match i can think of happening in SummerSlam. It would undoubtedly a fantastic event with Sold-Out stadium and I hope WWE will deliver in regards to the Hype of the event.
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