#Michael is definitely a bully so he’d bump heads with Mike

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The Vanessas and Mikes if they met sooner in FNAF..

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WWE Summerslam 2019 Predictions

Ah, the second biggest show of the year. Up until last week, I was actually worried about this card a bit. There weren’t a lot of huge matches, despite how good a lot of them look, they were just a bit lacking in star power. That was until Trish Stratus was brought in for a huge match with Charlotte, and Dolph Ziggler was fed to Goldberg to make him look good. Even still, there are only ten matches this year, and a lot of titles that aren’t being defended. No tag team titles are on the card despite them being in a feud with each other, and the Women’s tag was bumped to Raw. Ali vs. Nakamura for the IC title was blown off in an okay match at Smackville, while Black vs. Zayn was given away on Smackdown. I have a feeling that we will be getting a Roman Reigns match with either Daniel Bryan, Rowan or Buddy Murphy, which will make eleven, but that still leaves room for one more pre show match if they want to get some people on the card. But it looks like a pretty good show all things considered, and I am definitely excited. Here are my predictions.

We will start things off with Finn Balor vs. The Fiend, Bray Wyatt. Wyatt has been reimagined as someone possessed by a demon, trying to act like a friendly guy so people will let him in. He came out and attacked Finn Balor as his first victim, before also attacking Mick Foley and Kurt Angle on sepearate weeks. Balor challenged Wyatt to settle things at Summerslam, which was accepted. Pretty simple stuff, and easy prediction. Wyatt wins here. He has a new gimmick where he needs to be incredibly dominant so that he can move up into the main event where he belongs, and Balor has been said to be taking some time off after the match. So I could see them having a nice little match, ending in Wyatt seriously injuring Balor for a few months, and then a possible rematch at the Royal Rumble or Mania, Demon vs. Fiend. That’s how I would book it anyway. We’ve seen these two fight before and it wasn’t awesome, but Wyatt has a new lease on life, so the new fire in him may lead to a better match. I’m excited either way. 

Then we have Kevin Owens vs. Shane McMahon. If Owens loses, he is forced to quit WWE. This stems from a conflict between the two where Owens is the voice of the fans. He said that Shane takes up too much TV time, and is taking away from a whole bunch of more deserving stars. So he said that if he can’t beat Shane, he’d rather quit. Shane is obviously going to stack the deck with McIntyre and Elias, but I think Owens pulls out the win. He certainly isn’t on his way out, and they know that X-Pac heat doesn’t work as well if they do it all the damn time. Shane should lose and spend some time away from the product. It’s what the fans want, and it would be for the best. I doubt this will be good. 

Into a legend match, it is Dolph Ziggler vs. Goldberg. It was a winding road to get to this, so bare with me. It started with Ziggler on Miz TV insulting his wife for no reason, so that ended in a brawl. Then Miz had Shawn Michaels on, and Ziggler insulted both of them, saying that legends take up too much TV time and they can’t let go of their glory days. Any time they get in the ring it is embarrassing, and he constantly referenced Goldberg when he talked about that. That is a reference to his piss poor showing at Super Showdown. He and Michaels started to fight after Michaels called Ziggler a knockoff Shawn Michaels, taking out Miz in the process and ending with Ziggler superkicking Michaels.  So then a match between Miz and Ziggler was scheduled. Any time that Ziggler was interviewed in the ensuing weeks, he would crap all over Goldberg for no real reason, and he started to imitate the sweet chin music when he did a superkick. Eventually, he and Miz went to sign a contract for their match, which was weird because it was a very filler match I thought, but Miz told him afterwards that the match wasn’t with him. Everyone’s mind went to Michaels, who was also there for some reason, but then Goldberg came out. He signed the contract as an irate Ziggler ran around ringside until Michaels gave him the sweet chin music. Basically, this match is to make Goldberg look good after an awful Saudi Arabia match. Undertaker did it in the tag match in Extreme Rules, and now Goldberg will do it. The match will probably only be a couple minutes, five tops if they are smart, and Goldberg will have a dominant victory. Ziggler’s selling will be in overdrive, so that’ll be fun to watch, and it actually makes me look forward to this. 

The next match is another legend match in a similar vein: Charlotte Flair vs. Trish Stratus. Trish was on a segment of the king’s court, when Charlotte interrupted. She was furious that she was not on the Summerslam card, so she challenged Stratus to prove that she is the best Women’s wrestler in WWE history. She said that Stratus always wanted one more match, but it is a delusion, and she can’t hang with the women of today. They aren’t models anymore, they are athletes. Stratus said that maybe she can’t hang, but she wants to try. She wants to prove to the fans, her family, and herself that she is still good enough. It is an inspirational story of a veteran against a cocky young upstart, similar to Ziggler and Goldberg but better told. Charlotte should get the win here, because it is a huge match for her, and a win over a legend like Stratus would be great for her career. I think that this will be pretty good, because Stratus wrestled about a year ago, and she was pretty good, so I bet this will at least be okay. 

Into the first of the championship matches, we have the Cruiserweight Championship match: champion Drew Gulak vs. challenger Oney Lorcan. Not a lot of story behind this, because the challenger would have been Mike Kanellis had he beaten Drake Maverick in the unsanctioned match, but he didn’t. So, Maverick put together a Six Pack challenge for #1 contendership, which Lorcan won. That is about it. Both are hard hitting brawlers that can get technical if they want to. I think that Gulak will get the win simply because it isn’t his time to lose yet. Not enough story to make it meaningful, but it should be a pretty good match. Maybe the cruiserweights on the pre-show can steal the show like they have so many times this year. 

In an Extreme Rules rematch, Ricochet takes on AJ Styles for the United States Championship. The two have been feuding since Styles beat Ricochet in a non title match, proceeding to lose the follow up title match and turning heel on Ricochet. They fought at Extreme Rules with Styles winning the belt, and he and the OC continued to taunt Ricochet afterwards. Ricochet then won a gauntlet match for #1 contendership, defeating Andrade after coming out last. The two just hate each other, because Ricochet loves to stand up to bullies and that is what AJ has become. I think Styles wins here to keep pushing the OC, but I bet he will drop it back to Ricochet after some time apart, maybe even in a ladder match. This is the match I am most looking forward to, and I think it will steal the show. They have the capacity, so let’s see it. 

Then we have Bayley vs. Ember Moon for the Smackdown Women’s Championship. This is a shockingly simple story, with Moon winning a tag match where they teamed together, and Bayley named her the contender. She wanted new names in the mix, and that is what she got. Afterwards, tensions grew as Moon nailed Bayley with an eclipse after a match one week, and Bayley hit a Bayley to belly after another. Bayley did protect Moon from Natalya during an attack, but Moon was wary. This is a dream match of mine that I always wanted to see, but I think Bayley is going to win. I want Moon, but she was pushed out of nowhere. She needs more build if she is gonna be a strong champion. They could put it on her and build her up afterwards, but I don’t think that is likely. They are aiming for a good match rather than an unpredictable one, and that is what they will get. 

Next is Natalya vs. Becky Lynch in a submission match for the Raw Women’s Championship. I actually liked the build to this. Nattie won a fatal 4-way elimination match almost out of nowhere to earn this shot, mostly because she is Canadian and Summerslam is in Toronto. However, the feud has built great, with Lynch telling Nattie that she will destroy her in the match, and that Lynch being around is just what Nattie’s career needs. Nattie said that she has the hometown advantage, and she will carry that wave to a victory. Things slowly escalated to attacks during training and after matches, culminating in Nattie refusing to release a sharpshooter on Lynch during a tag match and getting disqualified. She started to act very erratically, pushing over Trish Stratus when she tried to pull Nattie off of Lynch. On Smackdown, Nattie locked Ember Moon in a sharpshooter on the outside, causing a double countout, and pushing Bayley when she ran out for the save. The friendship has disintegrated, and it is awesome. it became a submission match when they started yelling at each other about who can tap out whom. But like I said, Nattie is only in this spot because she is Canadian, so she will lose. I think this will be a really good match, but she will lose. Becky is retaining here because she needs a rematch with Rousey, one on one, before they can even think about taking the title off of her. 

And in the WWE Championship match, it is Randy Orton challenging Kofi Kingston. The match came to be after Orton pinned Kingston in a 6 man tag, so naturally he got a title opportunity. However, the story goes back further than that. In 2009, ten years ago, Kofi had just as much popularity as he does now, and he was headed into the championship picture, where Orton held the title. However, during a match, Orton repeatedly called Kingston stupid in an attempt to humiliate him. From that day forward, Orton used his privilege as champion to keep Kingston out of that league. (Outside of kayfabe, Kingston was supposed to stay on the mat to get punted in the head, but he got up and Orton got really mad, and cancelled his push using his backstage influence.) So Kingston could’ve had his world title shot a decade ago if it wasn’t for Orton. Orton countered by saying that he was the whole reason he is champion now anyway, because he injured Ali before Elimination Chamber, allowing Kingston to take his place, and Kofimania ensued. He also said that Kingston isn’t good enough to be in the world Championship picture, and he is taking a load off of his back by taking his championship. Good story, and I think Kingston needs to win here. Kingston should lose the championship soon, but not to Orton. He needs to win here to get his revenge. If Orton wins, then everything he said was true, and being held back was perfectly fine. Kingston needs this win more than any other he has had in his title reign, and he will get it. Could be a pretty good match too. 

And in the main event, Seth Rollins challenges Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship. Their story stretches back to 2015, when Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on him and Reigns during their WWE Championship match at Wrestlemania, pinning Reigns to win. Fast forward to 2019, when Rollins won the Royal Rumble, and went on to challenge and beat Lesnar at mania again, this time for the Universal Championship. He did it using a low blow, so kinda cheating, but no one cared. Rollins defeated AJ Styles once, and Baron Corbin like three or four times during his reign, while Lesnar was busy winning the Money in the Bank briefcase at the titular pay per view, albeit in a bullshit way by just walking down at the end and beating up Ali. After an intense Championship match at Extreme Rules, where Baron Corbin gave Lynch an end of days, prompting Rollins to destory him with a chair and several curb stomps, Lesnar cashed in his briefcase and regained his championship. Rollins didn’t stay down though. He won a ten man all star battle royal to qualify for a rematch, and Lesnar put him through hell in the ensuing weeks. He beat him down with like 6 F5′s every week, even giving them onto a chair and a stretcher. But Rollins refused to stay down. Even last week, when he limped down to the ring in defiance to Lesnar’s cocky attitude, and he was massacred once again, further injuring already destroyed ribs. Rollins vowed to win after the attack, saying that this is his livelihood and he needs it. This is a very different story from the one at Wrestlemania. Before he was confident and calm, now he is desperate and an underdog. I think this match will go much longer, and I think that Rollins will win. It’s a longshot, because Lesnar eats underdogs for breakfast, but I feel it. I think that it could be good, but it also could just be a bunch of finishers and a pin like at Wrestlemania. I just can’t stand Lesnar as champion, I need it gone. 

So, those are my predictions. Seems like a show that has a lot of potential, but could go either way. I just really need Rollins to win. Lesnar with a title is bad for business. It really hurts the TV product. But anyway, this is what I think will happen, and I look forward to the show.