Two matches officially made are Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose vs. Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper; and The Miz vs. Big Show vs. Ryback for the Intercontinental title.
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That’s because the WWE is heavily promoting the fact that TV’s Oliver Queen, Stephen Amell, will be a guest on tonight’s episode of Monday Night Raw from Seattle.
Brock Lesnar returned to SummerSlam for the first time in a decade when he battled Triple H at the Staples Center on August 19, 2012. The question is how the company handles the legends on the go-home show. His appearance is the biggest escalation yet of an ongoing war of words – one waged primarily on Twitter to this point – between the actor and a wrestler who knows something about costumed alter egos: Cody Rhodes, now better known as Stardust.
However, it will take something special to top the last time SummerSlam came to the Big Apple, way back in 2002. From lightning strikes to caskets, Undertaker must do something terrifying to get inside Lesnar’s mind. Is that still enough for a 4-hour SummerSlam show?
This past Monday on “RAW”, WWE world heavyweight champion Seth Rollins challenged Unites States champion John Cena for a title vs. title, victor take all match to take place at “SummerSlam”. It is worth noting that John Cena sustained a broken nose in his fight against Seth Rollins in an episode of RAW.
WWE should have ran with the damage Cena’s face suffered. Cena’s been WWE’s “lead dog” during an era where WWE has transitioned in numerous ways, and now has finally seemed to settle on a new progressive vision for wrestling and entertainment.
The key to adding excitement will be adding another member to the Wyatt Family.
Whether it’s Solomon Crowe, Adam Rose as Leo Kruger or someone else, it would be an interesting twist over the next two weeks as the heels take the advantage in the upcoming PPV match. Even though it’s only August 9, the WWE Creative team is either confirming matches already, or teasing them to make official in the next two weeks. This also sets the stage for a bigger swerve to come. The fan is banned from attending the future events of WWE.
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