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As seen on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live, AJ Styles pinned Chris Jericho in a Fatal 3-Way for US Championship to capture the title. Kevin Owens announced after the match that he wants his rematch for the Title on next week’s show.
Also confirmed for next week’s show is John Cena facing Nakamura for a shot at the WWE Championship against Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam.
As seen at Sunday’s WWE Battleground event, The Great Khali returned to the company and helped assist Jinder Mahal retain his WWE Championship Title against Randy Orton in a Punjabi Prison match.
Bryan Alvarez mentioned on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live that the company could be moving towards a tag match between The Great Khali and Randy Orton at this year’s SummerSlam. It was noted earlier today that Khali was brought back to the company to help get Jinder over. If a tag match at SummerSlam is the plan, that would mean that Jinder would be teaming with Khali at the event. This would also mean that the WWE Championship title will not be defended on the card.
We should have a clearer understand after Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live in the direction the company is going. The original plan was for Mahal to defend the WWE Championship against John Cena but those plans could now be off the table.
After his victory against Randy Orton at Sunday’s WWE Battleground event, WWE Champion Jinder Mahal spoke with Indian Express and teased a possible match against John Cena.
“I put the ‘vipers’ legacy to rest. I beat a fourteen time World Champion three times in a row. Whose legacy am I going to put to rest – maybe John Cena. He has a legacy of his own, I would like love nothing more than to use his legacy as a stepping stone and cement my own legacy.”
It’s been rumored for a while now that they may actually compete against each other over of the WWE Championship at this year’s SummerSlam. It should be known what direction they are going with the WWE Championship title at SummerSlam after this week’s SmackDown Live episode.
Natalya defeated Lana, Becky Lynch, Tamina and Charlotte in a Fatal 5-Way match at tonight’s WWE Battleground event to earn a shot at the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the upcoming WWE Summerslam event.
No other matches have been officially set for the event.
WWE SummerSlam will take place on August 20, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. As always, we will have live coverage of the event.
The original plan heading into this year’s SummerSlam event would have seen Jinder Mahal defending the WWE Championship against John Cena, however that doesn’t appear to be the case anymore.
Dave Meltzer reported on the latest installment of Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE appears to be building towards a match between Cena and AJ Styles at SummerSlam this year. Meltzer indicated that the planned match between Cena and Mahal may still take place at a later date but they aren’t doing it now.
Coming out of Monday’s RAW, there is speculation that the main event for next month’s SummerSlam will see Brock Lesnar defending his WWE Universal Title against Roman Reigns, Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman in a Fatal 4-Way match.
Dave Meltzer discussed the possibility of the match being a 3-way for the championship on Monday’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio, however those those plans may change. The belief is that Braun will make an appearance on next week’s RAW during the #1 contendership for the Universal Title match between Joe and Roman. This will play into storyline and setup the 4-Way at SummerSlam.
One of the reasons WWE would want setup a multi-persons match is because it would allow them to have an “out” for either Lesnar or Roman. Basically, Lesnar wouldn’t have to pin Roman and Roman wouldn’t have to pin Lesnar with other competitors in the match.
Here are the early betting odds for the upcoming WWE Battleground event:
Flag match between John Cena and Rusev. Cena is favored at -400, meaning it would take a successful $400 bet to win +100. Rusev is a +280 underdog in this match.
The WWE Championship match, a Punjabi Prisonmatch, sees the champion Jinder Mahal as a projected -200 favorite. The underdog, Randy Orton, is a +250 underdog.
WWE Battleground takes place on July 23rd from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. As always, we will have live play-by-play coverage.
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After it was reported that former TNA President Dixie Carter will appear on WWE 24 – Kurt Angle: Homecoming this Monday night after RAW on the WWE Network, Carter offered her congratulations to TNA alumnus AJ Styles on winning the United States Championship from Kevin Owens Friday night at Madison Square Garden.
Carter tweeted the following in response to Matt Hardy congratulating Styles.
Here is footage of Styles capturing the title Friday night.
Tye Dillinger sent out the following tweet after The Miz issued an open invitation to anyone who wanted a shot as his Intercontinental Championship on tonight’s RAW Talk.
Unfortunately for Dillinger, he’s a SmackDown Superstar and the Intercontinental Championship is on the RAW brand. With SummerSlam being a duel branded pay-per-view there is always a chance that the match could take place but it’s not very likely.
GFW taped the following for an upcoming episode of Impact Wrestling from Orlando, FL tonight.
– Alberto El Patron, El Hijo de Dos Caras, & Dos Caras vs. Homicide, Ortiz, and Santana. Low Ki just joined LAX. LAX win the 6 man after Low Ki’s interference. Alberto took a bit of a while to get up and refs had to help him to the back.
– KM, Fallah Bahh, and Mario Bokara vs Grado, Suicide, and Braxton Sutter. Grado, Sutter, and Suicide win when Grado pins KM. Grado calls out LVN, she comes out with Joseph Park, last week they were interrupted but this week Grado wants an answer. Grado proposes again, Kong comes out and kills Grado, LVN won’t let Kong splash Grado from the top rope.
– EC3 is out, says he is the grandest champion of all time, he’s talking passionately to the Grand Championship Belt. EC3 asks the belt if they want to get out of here and then he exits through the crowd.
– Sienna in the ring in a chair, says she has a mystery opponent at Destination X, won’t leave until she finds out, Karen out. Karen says she doesn’t like Sienna and she has never liked Sienna, the mystery opponent is always ready, it’s Gail Kim. Gail says not only does she plan on beating Sienna, she plans to retire with the Knockouts Title, they brawl after.
– Fantasma & Marufuji defeat Laredo Kid & Garza Jr.
– Kongo Kong defeats Joseph Park & Grado. Kongo tries to big splash but LVN says no, Kong tries to slam her but Tyrus shows up and stares down Kongo, LVN pulls Kongo away.
– LAX beat VOW with a lot of help from the rest of LAX.
– Ishimori defeats ACH, the finals of the Super X Cup will be Taiji Ishimori vs Dezmond Xavier. Ishimori and Xavier have a staredown in front of the trophy.
– Lashley, Trevor Lee, & Low Ki vs Alberto, Sonjay Dutt, & Matt Sydal. Low Ki pins Sonjay Dutt to win it for his team.
– After the tapings ended, there was a celebration for Jeff Jarrett’s 50th birthday. – Alberto El Patron, El Hijo de Dos Caras, & Dos Caras vs. Homicide, Ortiz, and Santana. Low Ki just joined LAX. LAX win the 6 man after Low Ki’s interference. Alberto took a bit of a while to get up and refs had to help him to the back. – KM, Fallah Bahh, and Mario Bokara vs Grado, Suicide, and Braxton Sutter. Grado, Sutter, and Suicide win when Grado pins KM. Grado calls out LVN, she comes out with Joseph Park, last week they were interrupted but this week Grado wants an answer. Grado proposes again, Kong comes out and kills Grado, LVN won’t let Kong splash Grado from the top rope. – EC3 is out, says he is the grandest champion of all time, he’s talking passionately to the Grand Championship Belt. EC3 asks the belt if they want to get out of here and then he exits through the crowd. – Sienna in the ring in a chair, says she has a mystery opponent at Destination X, won’t leave until she finds out, Karen out. Karen says she doesn’t like Sienna and she has never liked Sienna, the mystery opponent is always ready, it’s Gail Kim. Gail says not only does she plan on beating Sienna, she plans to retire with the Knockouts Title, they brawl after. – Fantasma & Marufuji defeat Laredo Kid & Garza Jr. – Kongo Kong defeats Joseph Park & Grado. Kongo tries to big splash but LVN says no, Kong tries to slam her but Tyrus shows up and stares down Kongo, LVN pulls Kongo away. – LAX beat VOW with a lot of help from the rest of LAX. – Ishimori defeats ACH, the finals of the Super X Cup will be Taiji Ishimori vs Dezmond Xavier. Ishimori and Xavier have a staredown in front of the trophy. – Lashley, Trevor Lee, & Low Ki vs Alberto, Sonjay Dutt, & Matt Sydal. Low Ki pins Sonjay Dutt to win it for his team. – After the tapings ended, there was a celebration for Jeff Jarrett’s 50th birthday.