Amell vs Stardust @ Summerslam?

[Lackin]

There will be a celebrity match at this year’s SummerSlam when actor Stephen Amell goes one one with Stardust.

As we noted a few days ago, following their brief altercation at ringside on Raw, there is a plan in place for the star of TV’s Arrow to return to WWE. While a match was considered a possibility, it has now been confirmed by celebrity news website Hollywood Life, who reported that the match will take place at SummerSlam on August 23 in Brooklyn, New York.

While the match hasn’t been confirmed by WWE or Stardust yet, Amell did reference it in atweet saying he had “wrestling moves to learn.” The article also notes that “WWE and Stephen are deciding if he should wrestle as himself or Arrow” and that we should know that answer within a few weeks. If he worked as Arrow it could be an interesting sight with these two characters in the ring.

Amell is a lifelong wrestling fan who is also in tremendous shape and as an actor on a demanding television show with a lot of physical activity where he does his own stunts. He’s also currently filming the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 movie where he’s going to be Casey Jones. Another WWE star, Sheamus, is in the film as Rocksteady.

Since SummerSlam is three months away, Amell will have time to learn some basics and get through a match. Stardust has always been a very good in-ring technician that will be good for Amell to work with. They could probably put together something decent in a five minute match although if he’s capable of more they might get ten minutes. Some celebrities have held their own in the ring while many have not.

In order for the match to actually mean something, WWE will need to spend the next three months booking Stardust better because he loses nearly every one of his matches. While he does get some heel heat when he gets mad at the fans for chanting “Cody” at him, he’s really not close to being a top heel anymore. We should also see Amell make some more appearances to set up the match.

WWE has always embraced celebrity involvement and this is no different. Look for this story to continue over the next three months leading into SummerSlam where this match is likely to take place.

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[Dolph'sZiggler]

lol

 

[Prince Bálor]

Meh, don't care.

 

[Majour]

Who?

 

[Prince Bálor]

Who?

That Arrow guy.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Goldust should be Stephen Amell's trainer and come out with him to the ring and teach him how to use the 'Cross Rhodes'.

 

[Majour]

That Arrow guy.

Oh, some guy from a show I don't watch. What a celebrity...

 

[WarMachine1]

Celebrities have no business actually wrestling in a match. I mean them appearing on the show every once in a while is okay, but putting them in the ring for a match, no. They're overstaying they're welcome as far as I'm concerned.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Oh, some guy from a show I don't watch. What a celebrity...

Casey Jones in the new TMNT haha.

He's considered one of the most popular uprising stars of the last 5 years and he's a HUGE wrestling fan.

 

[The GOAT]

I skimmed past all of this guy's segments on last Monday's Raw, so I'm not likely to give a fuck about some match between he and Stardust on PPV. The fact that they're throwing him in there with someone as low on the card as Stardust (who barely even wins matches anymore) says it all.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

I skimmed past all of this guy's segments on last Monday's Raw, so I'm not likely to give a fuck about some match between he and Stardust on PPV. The fact that they're throwing him in there with someone as low on the card as Stardust (who barely even wins matches anymore) says it all.

lol he's been jobbing out to R-Truth like crazy in the past couple weeks at house shows.. finally picked up a win after like 3 weeks against Zack Ryder yesterday.

 

[Stopspot]

Out of all possible celebrity cross overs, this is one of those I'd cringe the least against

 

[Majour]

Casey Jones in the new TMNT haha.

He's considered one of the most popular uprising stars of the last 5 years and he's a HUGE wrestling fan.

I generally don't care about 98% of the people they choose to book, I'm not their target demographic.

 

[The GOAT]

lol he's been jobbing out to R-Truth like crazy in the past couple weeks at house shows.. finally picked up a win after like 3 weeks against Zack Ryder yesterday.

On a separate note, I think Stardust and R-Truth could make a pretty interesting tag team if they were to throw them together. They'd find a lot of compatibility with one another given they're both very eccentric individuals (albeit in different ways)...

 

[Prince Bálor]

If this actually happens at SummerSlam and Amell goes over Stardust, I'm gonna LOL so hard.