SummerSlam 08/19/12

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WWE Championship
CM Punk vs. John Cena vs. Big Show

World Championship
Sheamus vs. Alberto Del Rio

Brock Lesnar vs. HHH

Daniel Bryan vs. Kane

Chris Jericho vs. Dolph Ziggler

Intercontinental Championship
The Miz vs. Rey Mysterio

Tag Team Championship
Kofi & R-Truth (w/ Lil' Jimmy) vs. Primetime Players

~Pre-Show~
US Championship
Santino vs. Antonio Ceasaro

[Gronk4M13]

Predictions/wanted card
Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H has been confirmed. I'd imagine it'll have a stipulation tied to it. Street fight, last man standing, steel cage. Not sure who'll win here. Probably Brock as WWE's nearing Wrestlemania and I bet Brock will be of the the main matches of WM 29. I could easily see, and want, Undertaker to come out and save HHH from getting destroyed by Lesnar, setting up Lesnar/Taker.
WWE championship- No idea. If you guys saw Raw, then you know a certain someone turned heel. Cena apparently doesn't get a rematch. I don't know what Daniel Bryan will do at Summerslam.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho. If they give these guys 10 minutes or more, they'll steal the show. I'd bet this will happen because WWE has been hinting at a feud between them for two weeks now.
WHC- Sheamus will face the new #1 contender that will be decided on Smackdown.
Miz vs. Christian. Makes sense to me, it'll probably be an undercard match.
I know Rock won't be at Summerslam.
Maybe Prime Time Players vs. Usos or something.

[Scruffychicken]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gronk4M13

Predictions/wanted card Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H has been confirmed. I'd imagine it'll have a stipulation tied to it. Street fight, last man standing, steel cage. Not sure who'll win here. Probably Brock as WWE's nearing Wrestlemania and I bet Brock will be of the the main matches of WM 29. I could easily see, and want, Undertaker to come out and save HHH from getting destroyed by Lesnar, setting up Lesnar/Taker. WWE championship- No idea. If you guys saw Raw, then you know a certain someone turned heel. Cena apparently doesn't get a rematch. I don't know what Daniel Bryan will do at Summerslam. Dolph Ziggler vs. Chris Jericho. If they give these guys 10 minutes or more, they'll steal the show. I'd bet this will happen because WWE has been hinting at a feud between them for two weeks now. WHC- Sheamus will face the new #1 contender that will be decided on Smackdown. Miz vs. Christian. Makes sense to me, it'll probably be an undercard match. I know Rock won't be at Summerslam. Maybe Prime Time Players vs. Usos or something.

Looking forward to Zig vs. Jericho. Maybe this is the match Dolph needs to REALLY get over. He's right there, but WWE hasn't given him many victories against the upper-card guys. We all know Jericho is willing to put someone over, so I'm hoping we get this.

[TheMatrix31]

I hope I can get to go again this year.

[kingkilla56]

Daniel Bryan better have nothing to do with Charlie Sheen at this PPV.

[GnarlyKing]

Random thought that will never happen, but now that Punk's apparently a heel and neither he or Sheamus have a clear challenger, other than waiting around for Ziggler to cash in, this would be a perfect time to unify the titles and give us a new belt.

[Scruffychicken]

I think Cena will get a rematch at SS v. Punk. Who else is there to go against him? Not sure if they're turning Bryan face, but either way he wouldn't do much to put Punk more over as a heel. Seems like everybody is possibly in the midst of a turn (Jericho, Zigs, Miz) atm.

EDIT: @Gnarlyking
I totally forgot about Sheamus, maybe the only other face that could make Punk into more of a heel, especially if Punk (maybe in a non clean victory) were to beat him and unify the titles.

[TheMatrix31]

Tough to start a feud like that and have it lead to something so big as title unification in three weeks.

Something like that, if done properly, needs months to do.

[kingkilla56]

I feel that if they delete the WHC then even ore wrestlers will be stuck in limbo with nothing to do.

On the flip side, if the remove the smackdown belts, they would be forced to have legitimate story-lines behind their feuds and title prestige will instantly upgrade. Tag division would grow by default, and that would become more legitimate. They E duplicated each level of championship with the WCW merger because they had the man power and character behind it. Now it might do them good to subsidize.

[GnarlyKing]

You're right that ideally it would have more buildup, but most title matches are thrown together just because these days, so why not? I agree that it's time for the WCW belts to be dropped. Having one top-level title has become a must since they're not even trying with WHC to pretend it's even close to equal anymore. I might have been OK with the US title sticking around a few months ago, but considering that they have a joke character holding it and doing nothing while having 2 established guys that were fixtures in the main event in 2011 likely feuding over the IC title, it's also completely useless and obviously not considered anywhere near as important.

That said though, I don't actually expect it to happen. I assume we'll get a Punk/Show/Cena triple threat and honestly have no idea who Sheamus will face.