AJ Styles Wants Main Event Match at WrestleMania Against Nakamura
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Seth Rollins Appears at SmackDown Event & Challenges Jinder Mahal
Seth Rollins made an appearance at Saturday’s WWE Live Event and challenged Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship. The incident went down while Jinder Mahal was cutting an in-ring promo and Rollins made his surprise appearance and cut a promo as well. This led to a match between the two. The match ended in disqualification when the Singh brothers interfered.
You can check out footage below:
Originally Shinsuke Nakamura was scheduled to face Mahal at the event, however Rollins’ filled in as the replacement.
Road Dogg Responds to Complaints About Nakamura’s Entrance Being Cut
Lead SmackDown creative writer Road Dogg responded to fans on Twitter that complained about Shinsuke Nakamura’s entrance on Smackdown Live being cut to commercial. He made the following remarks:
Thanks. We run a television show, they have commercials. See how sarcasm sounds?!
— Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) June 14, 2017
No sir, we can’t. You guys never cease to amaze me. It was NOT a mistake nor a poor decision. Business decisions are unpopular at times.
— Brian G. James (@WWERoadDogg) June 14, 2017
WWE Officially Announces John Cena’s WWE Return
WWE officially announced that John Cena will be making his return to WWE programming on the July 4th episode of SmackDown Live.
To combat low ratings, WWE is planning a big show for July 4th with Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal, Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler.
Baron Corbin the New Favorite to Win Money in the Bank
While appearing on Sunday’s installment of Live Audio Wrestling, Dave Meltzer discussed the upcoming Money in the Bank Ladder match that will see Baron Corbin, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Dolph Ziggler, Shinsuke Nakamura, and AJ Styles competing for the Money in the Bank briefcase.
Dave Meltzer indicated that Baron Corbin is the favorite to win the match as the company is really high on him at the moment. “Yeah, I think there’s a pretty good chance [of Baron Corbin winning],” said Meltzer.
He continued, “He’s the guy that [WWE] is talking about elevating because… I don’t know. I don’t see him against Jinder. A lot of the times, the Money in the Bank winner is someone that you don’t really think of as at that level, and usually they end up winning the championship. Sometimes it works, like with Edge, and sometimes it doesn’t.”
It was reported last week that Nakamura was the early favorite to win the bout. As we get closer to the event, things will likely change as they always do within WWE.
WWE Planning Huge SmackDown Live Episode
WWE has plans to make the June 13th SmackDown Live episode in New Orleans a major show because of WrestleMania 34 taking place there.
Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal was announced but it’s likely that the match will be changed or made into a dark match since they are now scheduled for the Money in the Bank event. Two other matches planned for the event include Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler.
Spoiler on Two Matches for Tonight’s SmackDown Live
The following matches are rumored to take place on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live:
* Kevin Owens & Dolph Ziggler vs. AJ Styles & Shinsuke Nakamura
* Multi-woman match to determine #1 contender for Naomi at Money in the Bank.
Already confirmed for the show:
* Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch vs. Natalya and Carmella
* Shane McMahon’s Money In the Bank announcement
* New WWE Champion Jinder Mahal hosts a Punjabi Celebration
Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage of tonight’s show. Also, check out Ringsidetalk.net for our live fan discussion!