Anyway, 8 of Raw's top stars got the nod and they announced two Fatal Four Ways would take place while the winners of both would face each other in the main event for the chance to face Rollins. One match saw Kevin Owens, Cesaro, Rusev and making his Raw and WWE main roster debut, Finn Balor compete and the other featured ROMAN REIGNS, Chris Jericho, Sami Zayn and Sheamus. With Rollins being a heel, it was obvious that a face was going to win. Finn Balor was able to win his match while, surprise surprise, Roman Reigns won his match. It looked like the obvious match was set; Seth Rollins VS Roman Reigns in a rematch from Money in the Bank right? Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong!
Please tell me someone remembers this...
Yes, in a major shocker, Finn Balor defeated Roman Reigns in his Raw debut to get the opportunity to face Seth Rollins at SummerSlam for the new Universal Title. So, Reigns is really in trouble for that whole suspension thing huh? Is it that or the fact that Balor is a Triple H guy? Regardless of the reason, two former NXT Champions, possibly the two greatest, will battle for WWE's new World Title at one of the biggest PPVs of the year. I got goosebumps just typing that.
Sasha Banks tapped out Charlotte at Battleground during their tag team match, which featured the main roster debut/one off appearance of Bayley! That was an awesome moment. Due to that fact, Sasha finally got her first one on one title match since being on the main roster. In a classic match, Sasha was able to finally achieve her dream and defeated Charlotte to become the 2nd WWE Women's Champion. I clapped, I screamed, I almost cried. Sasha for the 2nd time in her career took a title off of Charlotte. It was a special moment that made the first Raw of the New Era so special. Byron Saxton made the moment even better by calling her the first new champion of the New Era. Sasha's promo afterwards made me swell up with joy. She said, "This is the era of The Boss! This is the era of change! This is the era of women's wrestling!" Just an amazing moment for here. That was then followed by a video of her Facetiming Bayley as the two gushed over the title win. It's only a matter of time before those two tear the roof off whatever arena, or better yet, stadium, they perform at. There was a rumor going around that Bayley and Sasha would wrestle against each other at Wrestlemania 33 which would make a whole lot of sense, seeing how it's in Orlando AKA close to where they both started at NXT. It's one of those poetic moments that WWE sometimes can pull of, like the NXT Women's Title match from Takeover Brooklyn. Anyway, it was a great match, a great moment and a great sign of things to come. The rematch is set for SummerSlam so Raw has two blockbuster matches on their part.
Smackdown's show was...ehhhh. My biggest gripe was that they didn't feature American Alpha, or any tag team they drafted. No, rather, they focused on who would challenge Dean Ambrose next at SummerSlam. Shane and Daniel Bryan went the multiple guys route as well and did a 6 pack challenge featuring John Cena, AJ Styles, Dolph Ziggler, Baron Corbin, Bray Wyatt and a 6 man to be determined by whoever won a battle royal, which Apollo Crews ended up winning. With Cena and Styles in the match, it looked like their second one on one battle would have to wait. Right? RIGHT? Please see the above gif of Edge for the answer. In another MAJOR shocker, Dolph Ziggler was able to win the match by pinning AJ STYLES of all people to advance to SummerSlam. First off, what year is it? Secondly, how awesome would a Styles/Ziggler feud be? Finally, WHAT?!? Dolph Ziggler, the guy who's been losing to Baron Corbin for the first half of the year, is facing Dean Ambrose for the WWE Title at SummerSlam? AT SUMMERSLAM?!?! Now, I think the match will be good and it's definitely a bold move but don't you think they could have waited until Backlash for this match? Or add either Cena and Styles to the match, you know, for star power? Let's be real though, they don't want any match on the card to overshadow their main event of Brock Lesnar VS Randy Orton. I hope Ziggler turns heel and wins the title because I'm kind of bored of good guy Dean already. That would change if he's the one to turn but I digress. Ziggler/Ambrose should be a fantastic match for the title.
So, currently, the SummerSlam card featured Orton/Lesnar, Balor/Rollins, Ambrose/Ziggler and Sasha/Charlotte. The show already features a strong NXT following. I'm guessing Gallows/Anderson VS The New Day will be added but what else? Some kind of multi women match from Smackdown will make it. Styles/Cena II is definitely going to happen, maybe a #1 contender's match. Roman Reigns has to do something. Put him with Kevin Owens. He has nothing to do and the match would be pretty awesome. To be honest, I think Reigns could also face Braun Strowman because you know, he's on his own and WWE is still looking to push Strowman because Vince has a hard on for him. OK, maybe not here but before the end of the year. Miz will defend against Apollo Crews probably. Give the guy something to do. As far as other stars, not sure yet but this is what I got so far...
Orton/Lesnar
Balor/Rollins
Ambrose/Ziggler
Sasha/Charlotte
Cena/Styles II
Club/New Day
Crews/Miz
Reigns/Owens or Strowman
It's a four (probably four and a half) hour show so they have to do more matches than that. This show could be really amazing, just based on the first five matches I listed. If WWE can do this right, they will have an amazing show that will dictate the future of the New Era. I certainly can't wait to see this show. Also, Takeover Brooklyn II obviously with the mega main event of Samoa Joe VS Shinsuke Nakamura!
It's going to be a fantastic wrestling weekend in three weeks!
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