GDT: WWE SummerSlam (20th August 2017) - One Part Hinderer, Four Parts Hoss

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Kimi

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Welcome to WWE: SummerSlam, the “second really long show of the year†PPV!

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WWE Universal Championship - Fatal 4-Way Match
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Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe vs Brock Lesnar (c) vs Braun Strowman

WWE World Championship - Singles Match
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Jinder Mahal (c) vs Shinsuke Nakamura

WWE Raw Women’s Championship - Singles Match
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Alexa Bliss (c) vs Sasha Banks

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship - Singles Match
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Naomi (c) vs Natalya


WWE United States Championship - Singles Match
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AJ Styles (c) vs Kevin Owens

w/ Shane McMahon as special guest referee

WWE Raw Tag Team Championship - Tag Team Match
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Cesaaro & Sheamus (c) vs Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins

Singles Match
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John Cena vs Baron Corbin

Singles Match
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Finn Bálor vs Bray Wyatt

Singles Match
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Randy Orton vs Rusev

Singles Match
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Big Show vs Big Cass

/w Enzo Amore suspended above the ring in a shark cage

WWE Cruiserweight Championship - Singles Match - Pre-Show
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Akira Tozawa (c) vs Neville

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship - Tag Team Match - Pre-Show
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The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, & Big E) (c) vs The Usos (Jey & Jimmy Uso)

Six-Man Tag Team Match - Pre-Show
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Jason Jordan & The Hardy Boyz (Matt & Jeff Hardy) vs The Miz & The Miztourage (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel)
 
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dahrougem2

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12 matches. Even with moving a couple to the pre show, I think there are some that will get cut very short. Here's to hoping Naomi/Natalya is one of those matches
 

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It'll probably be about 4 hours...really curious to see how long the main event runs. I have to believe they're not trying to squeeze end of this show in the 11:00 window.

Cena-AJ was 23+ minutes and Finn-Seth went 19+ in last year's show. If it was a Brock 1-on-1...it wouldn't go past 10 minutes. With the other guys in the match, I'm think 15 at the very least. Brock-Cena-Rollins at Rumble '15 went close to 23 minutes.
 

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I'd have Naomi/Natalya, Neville/Tozawa, and Cass/Big Show on the pre-show. I think Carmella cashes in this Sunday though so they probably want the first ever women's cash-in to happen on the actual PPV.
 

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I'd have Naomi/Natalya, Neville/Tozawa, and Cass/Big Show on the pre-show. I think Carmella cashes in this Sunday though so they probably want the first ever women's cash-in to happen on the actual PPV.

This. If the SD womens match is on the actual show then Carmella cashes in. But those are the 3 matches that should be on the pre-show.
 

NYRFAN218

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If I recall correctly, they started having some matches at 5 PM last year. Idk how long the preshow is this year but if that's the case again, they'll have plenty of time for all of the matches.
 

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It's a two hour pre-show, then a four hour PPV. They won't have any problems getting the matches in, just a case of which matches go where (and which matches WWE want to kill by having their standard death spots).
 

The Lunatic Fridge

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I still can't believe jinder ****ing mahal is on the cover of a summerslam and AJ Styles is not. The same AJ styles who was buried in a back row for the rumble poster which if i remember correctly, he was WWE champion for.
 

GKJ

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Trin and Nattie were featured on the poster, so they were never on the pre-show.

They've pushed Carmella's cash-in too much for her to do it, and they can't have the first cash-in be failed. And they can't have Ellsworth interfere.

Looking forward to being there again this year.
 

The Lunatic Fridge

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Charolette wouldn't even be on the show if she was challenging for the title, so thats irrelevant. You can't just keep giving the same people title shots, eventually you gotta reward other people or long time employees who put up with your **** storylines.
 

GKJ

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Charolette wouldn't even be on the show if she was challenging for the title, so thats irrelevant. You can't just keep giving the same people title shots, eventually you gotta reward other people or long time employees who put up with your **** storylines.

No you don't, you make the biggest match that you can make. The SD Women is obviously Total Divas-driven.
 

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No you don't, you make the biggest match that you can make. The SD Women is obviously Total Divas-driven.

Agreed, specially since its a big 4 PPV as well. Also Charlotte nor Becky have been have title shots in a while since that stupid Welcoming Committee storyline. The Naomi/Charlotte story never wrapped up.

Instead we get a very boring match no one cares about
 

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Agreed, specially since its a big 4 PPV as well. Also Charlotte nor Becky have been have title shots in a while since that stupid Welcoming Committee storyline. The Naomi/Charlotte story never wrapped up.

Instead we get a very boring match no one cares about
It's a WWE PPV, so you need to have that kind of match to fill in their designated 'death slots'. So no one caring is partly design.
 

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No you don't, you make the biggest match that you can make. The SD Women is obviously Total Divas-driven.

People want to claim there are other talents worth pushing, but it still isn't true outside of Bliss and eventually Asuka.

Right now the biggest talents and biggest draws are the horsewomen. The other women just aren't very good.
 

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Tag match added to the pre-show, Jason Jordan & The Hardy Boyz vs The Miz & The Miztourage. The two other pre-show matches are the Cruiserweight title re-match and the Smackdown tag titles.
 
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