WWE Summerslam 2021 (Contains Spoilers)

PTH2009

First ever Summerslam Saturday night

Card TBC

Rumours are that Bobby Lashley is NEXT

Loughc

Seth Rollins vs Edge and

reigns vs Cena seem to be locked in as well.

JP Liz V1

How is Cena next for Reigns?

I feel for Cesaro, was hoping his push would continue ending with a world title reign

Agent Coulson

WWE following in the footsteps of AEW who have aired there last few PPV's in cinemas in the US and have struck a deal with a chain of US cinemas to air Summerslam in them.

Agent Coulson

I want a 3 way dance between The Rock, Cena & Goldberg since they are all returning for this.

JP Liz V1

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117650932#Comment_117650932

The Rock to confront Reigns and Usos?

I'd love to see Heyman get Rock Bottomed

Loughc

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117650932#Comment_117650932

Yeah the Rock isn’t returning until Survivor Series at the earliest.

JP Liz V1

RKBro likely against Styles and Omos for the RAW tag titles

B.A._Baracus

Rumors now saying SummerSlam cancelled and wwe will be back to ThunderDome shortly as the Delta variant is becoming a bigger issue.

We shall see....

Furious-Red

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117705603#Comment_117705603

Im pretty sure the take up of vaccines has slowed down in America with only about 60% fully vaccinated and its mostly the red states are not taking it.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117648881#Comment_117648881

Except WWE did it first a few years ago and the first few wrestlemanias were shown in cinemas.

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117705603#Comment_117705603

Well there’s a reinstatement of mask mandates in Nevada so if WWE do go ahead in Nevada then there’ll be an arena full of people in masks.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117705603#Comment_117705603

Yep latest update is WWE has secured a building for Thunderdome 3.0

Looks like summerfest won’t be the event they thought it would be.

J. Marston

Well, that's shíte. Roman/Cena has a big fight feel and a crowd would've been great for it.

citytillidie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117648881#Comment_117648881

I watched a few WWE PPV's in the cinema while living in Canada in 2001 and 2010 so not really a new thing.

JP Liz V1

WWE SUMMERSLAM 2021 MATCH CARD

• WWE Universal Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs John Cena
• WWE Championship: Bobby Lashley (c) vs Goldberg
• WWE Raw Women's Championship: Nikki Cross (c) vs Rhea Ripley vs Charlotte Flair
• WWE SmackDown Women's Championship: Bianca Belair (c) vs Sasha Banks
• WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships: The Uso's (c) vs Rey/Dominik Mysterio
• WWE United States Championship: Sheamus (c) vs Damian Priest
• Edge vs Seth Rollins

Itssoeasy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117707298#Comment_117707298

Presumably if wwe are doing that then AEW will have to do the same given they are the same industry and issues with Covid would impact them the same.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117758941#Comment_117758941

I’m sure AEW Have backup plans like WWE it makes sense as the delta variant rips through America.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117758931#Comment_117758931

Card is so meh.

There’s no chance Reigns is losing so where’s the stakes. Oldberg will be 1 and done again after he eats another loss.

The only interesting match is Edge/Rollins even then Edge isn’t the future of this biz.

JP Liz V1

I love it to end with Big E cashing in on Bobby, winning the Raw title

CastorTroy

Corbin to cash in. 🤔

Cena referred to it as the grandest stage of them all. Guess Mania has been forgotten

Pentecost

Looks like Bianca v Sasha is in doubt as both missed live events over the weekend due to "unforeseen circumstances" which you would assume means they have been impacted by Covid in some way.

JP Liz V1

Eva Marie vs. Alexa Bliss now added

CastorTroy

Match of the night contender.

2ndcoming

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117758947#Comment_117758947

Just from looking at their tour dates I think AEW have been a bit cuter in their venue selections. Mostly northern states like NY / Penn / Illinois which aren't being as badly affected this time around. The vast bulk of the current cases are in the southern states where vaccination uptake has been lowest.

orecir

Really looking forward to seeing this from an aesthetic point of view in the raiders stadium which is incredible.

Summerslam from now on in a stadium is going to be huge for the company.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117761837#Comment_117761837

They are cleared

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117765807#Comment_117765807

It could be if Bray returned, imagine the reaction he'd get

Agent Coulson

WWE trying to get Iron Mike Tyson in for the event and to do voice overs for the main event.

orecir

BT Sports summerslam coverage and content this week has been excellent.

Same with their ufc coverage. Second to none.

PTH2009

Looking forward to the event tonight but after last night's moment on AEW rampage it really has glossd over Summerslam

wwe need to counter act this

Pentecost

Not sure what they could do at this stage that could counteract it. They could bring Becky back which would be big but nothing compared to Punk last night.

PTH2009

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117784395#Comment_117784395

A Cena heel turn would be huge but kind of hard to see how it would work

Finn Balor returning as the Demon as he pissed off at Cena

callaway92

Finn Balor returning would have absolutely no klout outside the WWE world to be honest.

It would honestly be a near impossible task due to the length of time Punk was away etc. I actually don’t think I’ve ever seen as much hunger for people wanting to see someone who is still likely able to wrestle at a top level.

Lesnar etc wouldn’t tip the scales.

They should probably go with the flow and concentrate on long-term better booking.

The only ONLY thing o could imagine doing what they’d want would be a Conor McGregor type appearance which ain’t gonna happen anyway.

Necro

Becky, Brock, Rock. That's about all they could utilise which says more about the WWE product than anything.

And only Rock coming back would come near to matching that last night.

None are happening though.

Agent Coulson

There isn't one person connected to the WWE that could hold a live crowd in the palm of their hand for 20 minutes straight of a non scripted promo and leave them wanting more promo time, Hell there is barely anyone there that could hold a live WWE crowds attention for a 20 minute match.

WWE should not try to counter it in any way they need to focus on there own product instead of trying to hotshot old guy returns or celebrity guests to boost numbers.

B.A._Baracus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117784379#Comment_117784379

Any normal business would. But I guess we are talking about wwe here lol.

I can only see two ways of wwe getting better. They either loose to aew financially so much that they are forced to change the product or the company gets sold.

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117784379#Comment_117784379

WWE have already said they will not counter the CM Punk signing. Not that they can anyway. WWE is in the gutter. Just look at the Summerslam card. Awful.

Their biggest match Reigns Cena has the most obvious outcome.

Headshot

I've just read what they've done to the Reigns v Cena match

Why the **** would they even consider doing this, they honestly think their fans are absolutely stupid

I just don't understand what they are thinking

B.A._Baracus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117786125#Comment_117786125

The whole if Reigns loses the title he'll leave wwe stipulation eh.

Yeah it's silly. I think the loser leaves town is stupid in modern wrestling. Fans know if someone's contract is up and if someone is genuinely leaving they won't go over.

Sure it once had a place in wrestling, especially going back to the territory days, not anymore tho.

Loughc

Do WWE not do free trials for the network anymore? I’m not paying for the Summerfest or NXT 36, Samold Joe vs. “I lost my raw debut to Jeff Hardy” Kross.

ThePott

No they stopped the free trials sometime back I think. I'm certain you could find another way to Watchwrestling *cough

JP Liz V1

Rock to return to confront Roman could draw huge

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117786335#Comment_117786335

I don’t trust WWE not to tweet out hours in advance that the rock is to appear.

ThePott

Think they'll save Rock for Survivor Series, 25th Anniversary of his in-ring debut.

PTH2009

12am-Pre show

1am-4.30am- Main show

PTH2009

These BT sports preview shows are odd

The guy presenting looks like he is about burst out laughing

CastorTroy

I see Big E is going to face Corbin on the preshow

CastorTroy

Logan Paul getting booed

ShaneU

Are they going to keep showing that moron Logan Paul at ringside all night? And the Cardi B song is dreadful

ShaneU

And apparently John Cena is the GOAT now go and fcuk off!