SUMMERSLAM 2019 WINNERS AND HOLY SHIT PREDICTIONS

This is  a wild time in professional wrestling. We are a little over two months away from SMACKDOWN moving over to Fridays on FOX and the premiere of AEW, a legit competitor (or at least it seems), on TNT. We are heading to the end of probably the best competition in wrestling, New Japan’s G1 tournament, which appears to have elevated the profile of that organization. There is serious talk of NXT moving over to FS1 to compete head-to-head with AEW. So, we get SUMMERSLAM this Sunday and, more exciting, NXT TAKEOVER: TORONTO on Saturday night. I’m not excited.

The WWE, in my opinion, continues to make a mess of the product and, as the new TV deals approach, has completely eradicated the distinction between the brand. The company needs to do a lot of work to separate the wrestlers again since I find it hard to believe that FOX and COMCAST are going to be OK with the crossovers. What started out as the “wildcard rule” has deteriorated into pandemonium. I find it hard to remember what brand several of the talent are on and the belts have all become insignificant. The heat in the women’s division has subsided with the whole Becky Two Belts gimmick having a short shelf life. The buildup to Seth/Brock has been lame. At least KO is building momentum, The Club is sort of reforming and there’s always Samoa Joe.

I look at the SUMMERSLAM card and it feels sort of meh with more singles matches than I recall on a WWE PPV card and none really generating the heat you would expect from one of the big four PPV’s. I again expect NXT to overdeliver and outshine the main roster and there’s G1 this weekend.

Anyway, here are my choices and Holy Shit predictions for the card. I assume all matches have finishes knowing that will not be the case.

DREW/ONEY CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

I don’t care but probably 💩💩💩💩 ½

TRISH/CHARLOTTE

This is a strange one given that this is in Trish’s home town. The WWE does tend to have locals loose and I really hope that this is the case here because Charlotte is in the  company’s top five (women and men) and, with some of the talent down in NXT coming up, there are several women that she can put over like no other in the business. Trish will give it her all but….

Winner: Charlotte 💩💩

GOLDBERG/DOLPH

Dolph has a specific role in the WWE as the dude that has never gotten the respect and gold that he deserves. Losing only adds to his persona of having to lay down to others. Win or lose there’s a Sean Michaels match in Dolph’s future because he is a pretty good wrestler.

Winner: Goldberg 💩

AJ/RICHOCHET

This should be match of the night and I have to believe that they will keep the strap on AJ with all the gold on The OC thus setting up something with the also golden NEW DAY down the road. Also, Ricochet needs the journey to continue. He will be top dog at some point, just not right now.

Winner: AJ 💩💩💩💩 ½

FINN/FIEND

This starts the program for Bray and, with Finn taking some time off, we know the outcome. When Finn returns we will get the Demon/Fiend matchup. Time for Bray to go on a winning streak and he will be an attraction on either RAW or SMACKDOWN because I have no idea which brand he is on.

Winner: Bray (Fiend) 💩💩

KO/SHANE

The Kevin Owens “Stone Cold” program can only have one outcome here. KO is my favorite wrestler at the moment and seeing him turn face has been fun and for this to matter…

Winner: Shane McMahon 💩💩💩💩 and let’s see how the KO leaving the WWE story plays out because you know he ain’t leaving.

KOFI/RANDY

Should be a solid match but no way Kofi drops the belt. Not much more to say other than Kofi really hasn’t had a great program yet which is sad.

Winner: Kofi 💩💩 ½

BAYLEY/EMBER MOON

I don’t see many title changes on this card so this could be where the hugger turns heel after losing to EM and being pissed that she offered her the chance. Maybe this is where Sasha returns and costs her the belt. Either way…

Winner: Ember Moon 💩 ½

BECKY/NATTY

Props to Natty who is a solid worker but, seriously, other than this being another Canadian on the card, I don’t get it. There are so many solid women wrestlers who are being wasted and I feel no heat for this match. I miss Nia Jax.

Winner: Becky 💩

BROCK/SETH

They are most likely paying Brock a shit ton of money to have the strap when the new TV deal kicks in and Seth has been pathetic for a while now. These beatings haven’t helped. After the last two Brock beat downs the logical story would be for Seth to prevail but, nah.

Winner: Brock 💩💩

Yeah, I’ll watch but this is a pretty meh SUMMERSLAM card. If I were the WWE I would have FOX and USA agree to a new WWE draft the week before the new deal and air it on both platforms. Make a big deal about a new start and a real brand split because this shit ain’t working and…AEW,NXT,NJPW are better alternatives.