There could be more matches announced for WWE SummerSlam despite the show just being days away from taking place. 

Currently, there are 10 matches set but the card is reportedly not complete quite yet. Vince McMahon is still considering adding more matches to the show, according to Dave Meltzer, who noted the news on Wrestling Observer Radio. 

Aleister Black vs. Sami Zayn was supposed to take place but that match was pulled from the pay-per-view and booked on Tuesday’s SmackDown Live. 

According to the report, there’s a meeting scheduled for the show. While 10 matches have been announced, WWE currently has 11 matches listed internally.

Meltzer noted that the card is completely fluid and he has yet to get a card for the show. He noted that could be matches taken away or there could be matches added. 

He brought up how Drew McIntyre and Cedric Alexander is still on the card but not announced. He doesn’t think WWE will add Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Ali or Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan as WWE is apparently adamant about those matches not taking place. 

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event this Sunday, August 11, 2019. 

Updated WWE SummerSlam Card

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya – Submission Match
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
• Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Ricochet
• Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus
• Goldberg vs. Dolph Ziggler
• WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak vs. Oney Lorcan

A new match involving WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak has been announced for the upcoming SummerSlam PPV.

Tuesday’s episode of 205 Live was headlined by Ariya Daivari vs. Jack Gallagher vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Tony Nese vs. Oney Lorcan vs. Kalisto in a Six-Pack Challenge Match. 

Lorcan ended up winning this match. As a result, he has earned the right to become the new #1 contender for the Cruiserweight Title and challenge Gulak for it at SummerSlam. 

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. Here is the updated card:

Updated WWE SummerSlam Card

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya – Submission Match
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
• Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Ricochet
• Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus
• Aleister Black vs. Sami Zayn
• Goldberg vs. Dolph Ziggler
• WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak vs. Oney Lorcan

What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.

We noted before how WWE made the rumored Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus match official for SummerSlam during this week’s episode of SmackDown Live.

Though this wasn’t the only bout which was announced during the show and the company also confirmed Aleister Black’s match for the upcoming PPV.

Black was featured in a backstage segment during the broadcast where he talked about his Extreme Rules match with Cesaro and then the former NXT Champion called out any superstar to come and fight him.

This challenge was answered by fellow former NXT Star Sami Zayn, who in another backstage segment, said that he will beat Black and expose him for being all hype at the upcoming PPV.

Updated SummerSlam Match Card

After the addition of this bout, the number of announced matches for the SummerSlam PPV has become 10. You can check out an updated match card for the event below:

• WWE Universal Championship Match: Seth Rollins vs. Brock Lesnar (c)
• WWE Championship Match: Randy Orton vs. Kofi Kingston (c)
• RAW Women’s Championship Match: Natalya vs. Becky Lynch (c)
• SmackDown Women’s Championship Match: Ember Moon vs. Bayley (c)
• WWE United States Championship Match: Ricochet vs. AJ Styles (c)
• Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens: Owens will quit WWE if he loses.
• Bray Wyatt vs. Finn Balor
• Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz
• Sami Zayn vs. Aleister Black
• Trish Stratus vs. Charlotte Flair

SummerSlam will take place from Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Sunday, August 11.

WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus is back and has her return match booked. 

On Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live in Memphis, TN at the FedExForum, the former WWE Women’s Champion appeared on a special edition of Jerry Lawler’s interview segment, “the King’s Court.” 

• WWE SmackDown Live Results (7/30)

Lawler asked Trish if she ever wishes about coming back to the ring and having that one final match. This led Flair to come out and challenging her to a match at SummerSlam, which Stratus accepted. 

This comes after last week where it was reported that WWE and Stratus were in talks to have the legendary pro wrestler work at this show.

WWE SummerSlam Card

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network.

Here is the updated card:

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
• Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Ricochet
• Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus
• Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz

It appears that WWE is listening to its fanbase regarding the runtime of their shows. 

Fans picked up on the fact that WWE’s YouTube banner features promotional material for  SummerSlam’s Kickoff show. On the image, it lists that the show will start at 6 P.M. Eastern. 

Thus, this would be a change as typically, the pre-shows for WWE’s tent pole events– SummerSlam, WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, and Survivor Series— feature a two-hour pre-show. 

It means that SummerSlam would have a one-hour pre-show just like the other minor PPV events. You can see the image here: 

It’s no secret that the majority of WWE fans haven’t been happy with WWE for the length of their pay-per-view events as they think the shows are too long. 

Since the launch of WWE’s streaming service, WWE Network, the length of these pay-per-view events have been extended. The big four shows can last anywhere from four to six hours long. While their B-list shows are three and a half hours long. 

The company does this to tout during their quarterly revenue conference calls with their investors about how many hours of content that fans watch on the WWE Network. 

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena.

WWE United States Champion AJ Styles has received his opponent at WWE’s next pay-per-view event, SummerSlam. 

During Monday’s episode of RAW in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Verizon Arena, WWE held a Gauntlet Match to determine who will be the next star in line to challenge for the strap. 

Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, Cesaro, Sami Zayn and Andrade were the stars that competed in this contest. As a result of Ricochet winning, he will get a shot against “The Phenomenal One” to dethrone him as champion at SummerSlam.

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:

Updated WWE SummerSlam Card

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
• Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
• WWE United States Champion AJ Styles vs. Ricochet

What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.

After successfully retaining the WWE Championship, Kofi Kingston set his sight on the next block – WWE SummerSlam. Kingston wrote, “And we’re on to #SummerSlam…”

The man who is set to face Kingston for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam – Randy Orton, replied to the tweet, coldly reminding him that he’s coming for his title and how lucky he has been at SummerSlam events when it comes to title matches.

To this, Kingston snapped back and said that he’s not the same person that Orton was able to bury back in 2009. He warned Kingston that SummerSlam will be very different.

You can see their interaction below:

• Related: Kofi Kingston Chooses His Opponent At WWE SummerSlam

Orton still didn’t stop with his jabs and posted a pic in a jocular vein from his vacation with his wife in the Maldives. The caption read, “Day 3 of my #WWE Championship winning workout regimen. I can already feel the gains, and yes I am tan af. Today was balancing while intoxicated and tomorrow @kim.orton01 will help me with my oxygen deprivation training.”

The back and forth between Kingston and Orton has been entertaining so far and it only builds up well towards their eventual meeting in the ring. Meanwhile the current card for the event looks something like this:

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
• Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt

The WWE is in for a big weekend next month as they hold their SummerSlam pay-per-view event as well as NXT TakeOver: Toronto II. 

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that SummerSlam is close to sold out with the cheapest ticket on the secondary market is $127.50 and there are 1,710 available.

Regarding NXT TakeOver: Toronto, the show is said to not be close to selling out as there are still around 1,000 secondary market tickets available with a low price of $32. 

Both events will be held by the company in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. NXT TakeOver will take place on August 10th while SummerSlam takes place the following night. 

Update On Ticket Sales For WWE MSG TV Events

WWE will also hold RAW and SmackDown TV events at the same arena on the Monday and Tuesday that follows. NXT Champion Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano will headline NXT. 

WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon, and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton are being billed as the top matches at SummerSlam. 

What are your thoughts on these shows? Sound off in the comment section.

The official poster for this year’s WWE SummerSlam show has been released. 

It features Roman Reigns, Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, and WWE Champion Kofi Kingston. You can see it here:

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks.

The company has yet to announce which match will serve as the main event but it will likely be WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins. Here is the updated card:

Updated WWE SummerSlam Card

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton
• Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt
• Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus

What are your thoughts on this poster? Sound off in the comment section.

A new match has been announced for the upcoming WWE SummerSlam PPV as WWE Champion Kofi Kingston has chosen his opponent. 

During Tuesday’s episode of SmackDown Live, Kingston issued a challenge for SummerSlam but noted that he would like to choose his opponent. He would then call out Randy Orton, who proceeded to come out.

Kingston brought up their history back in 2009 with Kingston famously hitting the boom drop from the stands through a table on Orton at MSG. Orton stated that he could take the title whenever he wants as he doesn’t think Kofi should be WWE Champion. 

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:

Updated WWE SummerSlam Card

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Natalya
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley vs. Ember Moon
• Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon – If Owens Loses He’s Forced To Quit WWE
• WWE Champion Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton

What are your thoughts on this match being added to the card? Sound off in the comment section.

WWE started to announce some of the top matches taking place at this year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event earlier this week. 

These announcements came on both their flagship show, Monday Night RAW, and SmackDown Live. One of the biggest matches announced thus far is WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins, which will likely end up serving as the main event. 

The betting odds are out for this show and while there are only three matches so far, the odds suggest that no titles will change hands. 

WWE presents the SummerSlam pay-per-view event on Sunday, August 11, 2019 in Toronto, Ontario at the Scotiabank Arena that will air on the WWE Network. 

WWE SummerSlam Betting Odds 

WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. BetOnline has released the odds, which you can see here: 

• WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar -200 (1/2) vs. Seth Rollins +150 (3/2)
• WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch -250 (2/5) vs. Natalya +170 (17/1)
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley -200 (1/2) vs. Ember Moon +150 (3/2)

What are your thoughts on these betting odds and matches thus far announced for this card? What other matches do you expect or want to see be booked for “the biggest party of the summer?” Sound off in the comment section.

A big match is currently being discussed by WWE officials for their second biggest pay-per-view event of the year, SummerSlam.

Although WWE finds themselves in the busiest time of the year, WrestleMania season, the company is already looking ahead and planting seeds for a potential big match.

Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that a match between Becky Lynch and Stephanie McMahon has been suggested for the show. The longtime pro wrestling journalist added that the match “is most definitely not a done deal” while a second source in the company told him that it is being discussed.

The storyline involving Lynch against Stephanie McMahon and Triple H all started after on this week’s WWE TV events. First up was Monday’s episode of RAW where Lynch was “medically suspended” by Stephanie, who was later attacked by SmackDown star. Then, on Tuesday’s SmackDown Live, Lynch had an exchange with HHH to start off the show and later slapped him.

Lynch is scheduled to challenge WWE RAW Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey for the title at WrestleMania 34 in April.

This year’s SummerSlam pay-per-view event takes place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the Scotiabank Arena on August 11, 2019.

After four straight years in Brooklyn, New York, WWE SummerSlam is heading to Toronto in 2019. The news was first reported by ET Canada and later confirmed by WWE.

Next year’s WWE SummerSlam will take place on Sunday, August 11th from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada. The venue will host 4 nights of WWE action as part of SummerSlam weekend.

The full schedule for WWE SummerSlam 2019 weekend includes:

• Saturday, August 10: NXT TakeOver
• Sunday, August 11: SummerSlam
• Monday, August 12: Monday Night Raw
• Tuesday, August 13: SmackDown Live

WWE will also host a number of activities in the city, including a SummerSlam Axxess fan festival at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

“We are thrilled to bring WWE’s biggest event of the summer back to Toronto,” said John Saboor, WWE executive vice-president, special events, in a statement. “We look forward to working with our partners at Tourism Toronto and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment to build a blueprint that welcomes our global fan base to the great city of Toronto.”

Toronto hosted SummerSlam once before back in 2004.

• 10 Takeaways From WWE SummerSlam 2018

WWE Hall Of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin recently reviewed SummerSlam on his podcast, The Steve Austin Show.

One of the key moments from SummerSlam was Becky Lynch’s heel turn. Initially Lynch was to face Carmella for the SmackDown Live Women’s Title in a Singles match. However, upon Charlotte Flair’s return from surgery, she was inserted into the match.

Flair wound up winning the Triple Threat bout and the SDL Women’s Title. After the match, Lynch attacked her now-former friend after becoming fed up. Austin seemed amazed by the reaction Brooklyn had to the moment:

“All the women, damn good.” Austin said, “Carmella, probably the least experienced in the ring, for sure the least experienced, great character though.

“Anyway, they’re telling their story and all-of-a-sudden, the finish goes down, and then, at the end of the match… I want to talk about this, just the psychology and people’s reaction there in Brooklyn, New York, whatever you want to call it.

“Charlotte goes over. She’s happy, obviously. Becky and her are close friends. They hug, and then, just that big ass right hand, slap. And then, more devastation from Becky Lynch and she blows the roof off the place. She’s turning heel and gets a babyface reaction.”

In Austin’s estimation, he believes Charlotte Flair is a far better heel. He also prefers Lynch as a babyface. Austin questions whether or not fans will accept Lynch as a heel:

“I’m a fan of all the women in this match, but I love Charlotte as a heel.” Austin admitted, “Becky, she’s a better babyface than heel, but she’s that fiery individual that people just really love, so I’m wondering if they’ll take her as a heel.

“And I thought Charlotte was very effective in the sell job, kind of sitting there on her ass. I don’t know, awestruck, or dumbfounded, or just devastated of what happened to her. So I thought her selling on the backend of that was very strong and very effective.”

Discussion: What do you make of Austin’s comments about Lynch’s heel turn? Sound off in the comments section!

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Matt Hardy is currently taking a break from in-ring competition. Last week it was reported that Hardy will be taking an extended break to deal with nagging injuries. Hardy’s health will be reevaluated later this year. For now, there’s no indication that Hardy plans on retiring. However, Wrestling Observer Newsletter suggests his in-ring future is in question.

Recently, Hardy has been gearing up for the next chapter of his professional wrestling career. Hardy was recently “shadowing” WWE producers, with some speculating he’s preparing for a backstage role transition.

The 25-year professional wrestling veteran would be a huge asset backstage, as many have raved about his wrestling IQ. On Sunday afternoon before SummerSlam, Hardy took to Twitter to comment on his new role:

Hardy suggested it was strange to be a part of the show in a “different capacity”:

It’s quite strange to be at @WWE @SummerSlam in a different capacity. pic.twitter.com/wXNF18j9M6

— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) August 19, 2018

He also Tweeted out a photo of himself working with WWE broadcaster Mike Rome backstage at the Barclays Center:

I look ok in a suit. pic.twitter.com/DPg7DxLwFm

— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) August 19, 2018

Matt Hardy Confirms His Producer Role

Yesterday, Hardy further elaborated on his backstage role at SummerSlam. He confirmed that he was working as a producer at the show. Hardy said he loved working backstage, and also mentioned he was babysitting his sons at the same time:

I absolutely LOVE this behind the scenes @WWE Summerslam photo. Producing content AND babysitting at the same time. pic.twitter.com/HRrKOFgrpj

— MATT HARDY (@MATTHARDYBRAND) August 23, 2018

Reby Hardy

Hardy’s wife, Reby, had this to say about her husband’s “transitional time” recently on an appearance on the Busted Open satellite radio show:

“Matt is good,” she said. “Matt is right now going through a transitional period. He’s not really sure what he’s going to be doing. His contract is up in March, which I’m not sure many people are aware of.

“But there’s sort of a decision to be made at this point as to whether or not he should continue his in-ring career or if he should pursue something different, which he would totally be up for and would be excited to do, I feel like.

“So, he’s kind of giving it a go right now backstage. He’s at SummerSlam. He’s not on the card but he’s there. And we’re kind of going to see from here. It’s really a transitional time right now.”

Discussion: What do you make of Hardy’s backstage role transition? Do you expect him to wrestle again? Sound off in the comments section below!

WWE Superstar Carmella participated in a roundtable for the European media this past weekend to promote SummerSlam. “The Princess Of Statin Island” was asked who her best friend in WWE is.

Carmella revealed that Bayley is her best friend in WWE, as they came up together in NXT and still talk frequently. She’s admittedly disappointed, however, that they’re currently on different brands:

“Bayley’s my best friend,” Carmella said. “For sure, yeah. We’ve been friends since NXT and um – it sucks cause she’s on Raw and I’m on SmackDown but we still talk every single day and she’s one of my really good friends.”

The interviewer followed up by asking Carmella about tag teaming. She was asked who her ideal tag team partner would be – from WWE’s past or present. Having already worked with him in the Mixed Match Challenge, Carmella named Big E.

She explained that she had a lot of fun working with Big E for the Mixed Match Challenge. Carmella also said she loves pancakes and The New Day:

“If I could have any tag team partner, I would pick Big E. Because we were partners for the Mixed Match Challenge and we had so much fun, and I love pancakes, and he’s just the best. And I love The new Day – so I would pick Big E.”

Discussion: What do you think about Carmella naming Bayley as her best friend in WWE? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below!

Last night at SummerSlam, Roman Reigns finally captured the WWE Universal Championship.

Reigns got his fourth crack at attempting to dethrone Brock Lesnar from World Champion status. Braun Strowman came to the ring before the match started, and declared he’d cash-in his Money In The Bank (MITB) briefcase on the winner.

After Lesnar attacked Strowman at ringside, Reigns hit “The Beast” with a Spear for the three count. Reigns is once again on top of the WWE mountain, and is happy to have the title back on RAW full-time.

Shortly after the PPV, Reigns’ uncle and WWE Hall Of Famer, Rikishi, congratulated his nephew. Rikishi took to Twitter and offered a congratulatory message to “The Big Dog”:

And NEW @WWE Universal Champion @SamoanDynasty1 @WWERomanReigns ??#MaloUsoGalue pic.twitter.com/x0Hi26b67P

— RIKISHI FATU (@TheREALRIKISHI) August 20, 2018

Speaking of SummerSlam, you can check out the full results from the show here:

• WWE Universal Championship: Roman Reigns def. (C) Brock Lesnar
• WWE Championship: (C) AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe ended in a No Contest
• WWE RAW Women’s Championship: Ronda Rousey def. (C) Alexa Bliss
• WWE Intercontinental Championship: Seth Rollins def. (C) Dolph Ziggler
• WWE United States Championship: (C) Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jeff Hardy
• WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship: Charlotte Flair def. (C) Carmella and Becky Lynch
• Braun Strowman def. Kevin Owens
• Finn Balor def. Baron Corbin
• The Miz def. Daniel Bryan
• WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The New Day ended in a Disqualification

Kickoff Show

• WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Cedric Alexander def. Drew Gulak
• Zelina Vega & Andrade Almas def. Lana & Rusev
• WWE RAW Tag Team Championship: (C) The B-Team def. The Revival

Last night’s SummerSlam pay-per-view (PPV) ended with a historic moment.

Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar for the WWE Universal Championship in the main event. Prior to the match, Braun Strowman came out to the ring with a microphone. He said he would challenge the winner of the match after its conclusion with his Money In The Bank (MITB) briefcase.

At one point in the match, Lesnar sent Reigns crashing into Strowman outside. Lesnar proceeded to attack Strowman with an F5, the MITB briefcase and a steel chair. Once he got back into the ring, however, Reigns hit him with another Spear for the three count.

Reigns celebrated on the top rope as the show went off-air. After the show, Reigns continued to celebrate in front of fans at the Barclays Center. Strowman then stood up as Reigns left to the back.

He limped to the top of the entrance ramp and picked up his MITB briefcase, which Lesnar threw earlier. Strowman took one last look back at the crowd before heading back backstage.

It should be interesting to see how the storyline between Reigns, Lesnar and Strowman progresses on tonight’s episode of Monday Night RAW.

Discussion: What did you think of last night’s SummerSlam PPV? How do you feel about Reigns winning the Universal Title? Sound off in the comments below!

Reason For Chant During SummerSlam Main Event

Last night’s main event of SummerSlam crowned a new Universal Champion. Roman Reigns finally defeated Brock Lesnar to win the World Title. During the match, however, fans began chanting something rather interesting.

A chant of “a**hole” broke out while Lesnar was taking Reigns to Suplex City. It turns out, a SummerSlam security guard confiscated a beach ball that was brought out by some fans. WWE has had several issues with beach balls in the past and have really been cracking down on them at shows.

Another notable chant that broke out during the show was “TNA” during the WWE Championship match between AJ Styles and Samoa Joe.

Discussion: What do you think about WWE’s issues with beach balls? Should they be banned? Let us know in the comments!

Lashley Congratulates Reigns

As mentioned, Roman Reigns won the Universal Title in the main event of SummerSlam last night. In his fourth World Title match-up against Brock Lesnar, Reigns finally got his hand raised.

Reigns’ former rival and Universal Title hopeful, Bobby Lashley, took to Twitter to congratulate Reigns. Lashley gave Reigns props for “slaying The Beast”:

“Congrats Big Dog @WWERomanReigns on slaying the beast and winning that #UniversalChampionship.”

Congrats Big Dog @WWERomanReigns on slaying the beast and winning that #UniversalChampionship. ?? ?? #dontletthesmilefoolya

— Bobby Lashley (@fightbobby) August 20, 2018

For the seventh time in her career, Charlotte Flair is the women’s champion after defeating Becky Lynch and Carmella at SummerSlam.

After making her return to action, Flair was able to overcome both champion and challenger in a triple threat match.

A lot was made during the match about the friendship between Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch, which definitely played a major part in the outcome.

The end sequence saw Becky Lynch nearly get the submission with the ‘Disarmer’ but Charlotte was able to reverse the position by hiting her with ‘Natural Selection’.

Charlotte got the pin to earn the title as Carmella’s reign as champion comes to an end.

QUEEN @MsCharlotteWWE is a ???????-TIME CHAMPION!#SummerSlam #WomensTitle pic.twitter.com/cLlRTYr83d

— WWE (@WWE) August 20, 2018

Afterwards, as Charlotte embraced her friend, Becky Lynch turned on her with a big punch that brought the Brooklyn crowd to its feet with chants of ‘you deserved it’ throughout the arena.

Becky assaulted Charlotte before tossing her over the announce table as she makes her turn from friend to foe in what will undoubtedly become the next big rivalry on Smackdown Live.

FRIENDS NO MORE. @BeckyLynchWWE has HAD IT with coming up short!#SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/hKizZbQj0l

— WWE (@WWE) August 20, 2018

As for Carmella, her title reign came and went without really playing a major part in the result, which has to be a bit of a disappointment considering the heat she has been getting over the past few months.

Now Charlotte once again reigns as champion on Smackdown Live as her seventh reign (combined with the RAW women’s title) begins.

What did you think of the triple threat match between Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch and Carmella?

Seth Rollins brought an equalizer to the ring with him on Sunday night and he’s now a two-time Intercontinental champion after defeating Dolph Ziggler at SummerSlam.

Monday night saw the return of Dean Ambrose after being out of action for the past nine months due to an injured right arm but he was ringside with Rollins to help negate Drew McIntyre.

The plan worked well as Ambrose got involved towards the final few seconds of the match, delivering Dirty Deeds to McIntyre to keep him from interfering in the finish.

A LITTLE HELP FROM HIS FRIEND for @WWERollins…#SummerSlam #DirtyDeeds pic.twitter.com/1BwkZ3FXZe

— WWE SummerSlam (@SummerSlam) August 19, 2018

As for Rollins, he delivered another incredible match with Ziggler as these two hit several incredible spots as the kickoff bout for the main card at SummerSlam.

The end came after Ambrose took out McIntyre and it looked like Ziggler would still take advantage of the distraction with a super kick warmed up for Rollins.

Rollins reversed the moves as he turned around and immediately launched a super kick that clocked Zigger before nailing him with the Stomp to get the pin.

HE'S DONE IT!@WWERollins STOMPS his way to his SECOND reign as #ICChampion to kick off #SummerSlam! pic.twitter.com/BtJUHKz4AV

— WWE (@WWE) August 19, 2018

Rollins is now a two-time Intercontinental champion while putting an end to Ziggler’s latest reign. Considering the heat between these two superstars — now with Ambrose also back in the mix — it’s hard to believe we won’t see Rollins face Ziggler again in the near future.

What were your thoughts on Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler at Summerslam? 

The final betting odds have been released for tonight’s WWE SummerSlam PPV.

Some of the more notable odds include AJ Styles favored to retain his WWE Title at -460 over Samoa Joe, who is the underdog at +320, Roman Reigns favored to beat Brock Lesnar to win the Universal Title, Seth Rollins favored to beat WWE Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler for the strap at -115, and Ronda Rousey favored to beat WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss to win the belt.

The SummerSlam pay-per-view event takes place on tonight in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center and will air on the WWE Network and some traditional pay-per-view outlets.

SummerSlam Betting Odds

Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar(c) +120 vs Roman Reigns -160

WWE Championship: AJ Styles -460(c) vs Samoa Joe +320

RAW Women’s Championship: Alexa Bliss(c) +220 vs Ronda Rousey -300

Smackdown Women’s Championship: Carmella(c) +110 vs Becky Lynch +175 vs Charlotte Flair +255

Intercontinental Championship: Dolph Ziggler(c) -125 vs Seth Rollins -115

United States Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura(c) -530 vs Jeff Hardy +350

Cruiserweight Championship: Cedric Alexander(c) -155 vs Drew Gulak +115

Smackdown Tag Team Championship: The Bludgeon Brother(c) -140 vs The New Day +100

RAW Tag Team Championships: The B Team(c) -290 vs The Revival +210

Braun Strowman -260 vs Kevin Owens +180

Finn Balor -270 vs Constable Corbin +190

Daniel Bryan +150 vs The Miz -190

Andrade Cien Almas and Zelina Vega -290 vs Rusev and Lana +210

What are your thoughts on these betting odds? Sound off in the comment section.

The card for tonight’s (Sunday, August 19, 2018) WWE SummerSlam event has been finalized.

The company has yet to officially announce the main event of this event that takes place in Brooklyn, New York at the Barclays Center and will air on the WWE Network but it will most likely be Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar for the Universal Title.

Other featured matches are AJ Styles defending the WWE Title against Samoa Joe and Alexa Bliss defending the RAW Women’s Title against Ronda Rousey.

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak, Lana & Rusev vs. Zelina Vega & Andrade Almas, and WWE RAW Tag Team Champions The B-Team vs. The Revival will take place on the pre-show.

As a reminder, We will be providing live play-by-play coverage of this special later tonight.

The Card

WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns

WWE Champion AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe

WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Ronda Rousey

WWE Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins

WWE United States Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Jeff Hardy

WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion Carmella vs. Becky Lynch Charlotte Flair – Triple Threat Match

Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman – if Owens wins then he gets the MITB contract

Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin

Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The New Day

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak – Kickoff Show

Lana & Rusev vs. Zelina Vega & Andrade Almas – Kickoff Show Match

WWE RAW Tag Team Champions The B-Team vs. The Revival – Kickoff Show Match

What are your thoughts on this card? Sound off in the comment section.

Chris Jericho recently promised his fans that 2019 would be “interesting.” Well judging by his recent pitch to WWE he isn’t far wrong…

Jericho revealed on the latest episode of Talk Is Jericho that he pitched an Intercontinental Champion vs Intercontinental Champion match for Summerslam 2018. Jericho mentioned that he pitched to “a certain head of a certain wrestling company. I’ve got something for you. I said what do you think about Intercontinental champion vs. Intercontinental champion: Jericho vs. Rollins?”

Y2J went on to say that the idea did get a “decent response” but he never heard back from the company. Jericho has been the IWGP Intercontinental Champion since June 9th where he defeated Tetsuya Naito for the belt at Dominion. Jericho has not appeared in New Japan since this win and his last interaction with EVIL suggests a feud between the two.

Rollins is of course no longer the WWE Intercontinental Champion but he will be facing the current IC Champion Dolph Ziggler this Sunday at Summerslam. You can check out the SEScoops staff predictions for the show here.

Would you like to see some NJPW vs WWE matches in either company? Do you think that Jericho will return to WWE in 2018? Let us know in the comments.

WWE’s second biggest night of the year Summerslam is now only a day away. Whilst ‘The Biggest Party of The Summer’ will likely live up to that moniker in more ways than one this year (5 hour show anyone?) there are three potential names that could make their presence known when the Network special airs on Sunday night. Here’s our look at the 3 Potential Returns for WWE Summerslam 2018:

James Ellsworth

The innovator of the ‘no chin music’ may well be back for one last hurrah on WWE’s main roster. Ellsworth has recently been trying to get a #RehireEllsworth hashtag trending and there is a very good chance that he returns to the company Sunday night. WWE Smackdown Women’s Champion Carmella has the odds stacked against her in a triple threat Championship match against Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair, could Ellsworth make a return to help the ‘Princess of Staten Island?’ It’s certainly possible for Ellsworth to return and even cost Carmella the match. WWE are heading into their first ever all women’s PPV Evolution and the possibility of a champ vs champ match between the likes of Flair/Lynch and Bliss/Rousey is certainly not out of the question.

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— James Ellsworth (@realellsworth) August 17, 2018

The Rock

It has been a long time since we have seen ‘The Great One’ featured regularly on WWE programming. The Rock’s participation at Summerslam (if he appears) would most likely be in a segment with Elias.

Elias’ recent comments on RAW calling Miami “the same city that worships a low-life like The Rock” were not accidental. If the main roster rookie could somehow position himself into a segment alongside the biggest movie star in the world then that can only be seen as a positive, it worked wonders for Bray Wyatt…sort of.

The prospect of The Rock returning for a mere in ring ‘concert’ segment and nothing more isn’t exactly exhilarating, but it is extremely likely. Hopefully this will be a boost for Elias and not as detrimental as the aforementioned Wyatt.

John Cena

John Cena

The return of John Cena has certainly been a long time coming. Cena has not been seen in a match since his bout with Triple H at the Greatest Royal Rumble. The question here is how does Cena return, if he does in fact return Sunday?

The most likely scenario for this return is that Cena walks out with a microphone and challenges The Undertaker to one more match at Wrestlemania. Last year’s match between the two WWE legends surely can’t be the final bout between the two with Cena losing in decisive fashion to the Deadman.

The build to a potential career vs career match at Wrestlemania could have the same feel as the second Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels match. John Cena could demand a rematch with ‘Taker and the Phenom could demand that Cena prove that he is worthy of the marquee moment…perhaps a WWE Championship match could tempt ‘Taker?

Who do you think will return at Summerslam? Will anyone make a return? Let us know in the comments