And there you have it: Orton vs. Lesnar made official indeed for Summerslam...
Battleground Battleground match-ups/card prediction
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And there you have it: Orton vs. Lesnar made official indeed for Summerslam...
I am markin out. They're bringing Randy back in full returning legendary wrestler status.
This card... this is so weird.
It's Battleground. It's technically a C show... That fact isn't lost on me, partially because of everyone and their entire family yelling out "WTF THIS MATCH MUST BE AT SUMMERSLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" which has really put wrestling fans on my last nerve... *ahem* But it's really not lost on me because I'm so used to seeing Battleground as WWE's (non-tarnished) Victory Road, a show full of some strong cards but a whole lot of bullshit finishes to build up to rematches on a better show, and I'd rather see a good standalone Battleground tbh. So when I see a stacked lineup, I want to be excited for this, but know better and understand the company listening to a bunch of whiny tards complaining about "omg why are you giving us good stuff on THIS show and not the OTHER". I hope this show is a 2/10 to spite you.
anyway.
If I'm judging this as New Japan Raw since I barely watch, man do I like this Natalya heel turn. She's been turned on and involved with stupid stuff and watching two chicks ACTUALLY GET ALONG was the straw that broke the camels back and she snapped and attacked Becky, and Becky feeling betrayed and beating up the bitter chick who attacked her for seemingly no reason and I can get into that. I hope the match turns out really well! Nattie's a decent choice to be the "jobber to the stars" and all, rebuilding Becky needs to be high priority. Get the stench of jobbing to Dana off her.
speaking of good builds, I need to check out this Wyatt Family vs New Day stuff
Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens for the LAST TIME and I'm buying it. Man I'm so happy to see these two split up + we get a killer match out of it. Can't wait to see what Zayn does on his own, and it's VERY hard to find 2 bigger no-brainers than "Sami Zayn goes to Smackdown to reunite with Ryan Ward and be the next top guy" and "Kevin Owens stays on Raw where they need as many people to entertain audiences for 30 minute blocks as possible!". Please please PLEASE
I'm not gonna bother predicting Club vs Cena and the Certified G's. I just hope it's something interesting, something that's a little better than "Cena/AJ pins a tag team guy". Hell it's the perfect way to give AJ another pinfall win over Cena amidst a bunch of chaos. Two straight pinfall wins by AJ Styles over John Cena, then you can even split them up right afterwards before Cena gets his win back? Hell yeah! Either way this'll be good.
SHIELD TRIPLE THREAT LAUHN;juia;yhahui;lrgao;ipo dude. All three Shield guys are so horribly miscast right now. Dean Ambrose is the one guy who can be a breakout star on this roster, who can cut promos we'll be talking about 20 years later, and he's a comedy character. Seth Rollins busts his ass and gives more effort in the ring than arguably any other person on the roster, and he's a coward heel. Roman Reigns is the most hatable smug prick in the world who has everything handed to him, and he's a smiling babyface. All three guys are literally backwards to where they should be in one way or another... yet we're still looking forward to the match. Maybe we aren't so negative after all... Anyway I almost want to call runins because Battleground... I WANT to see Ambrose retain, but if the rest of his reign will be like what I've seen of this one why bother... I damn sure won't complain about Seth winning, but that's kinda treading water... Roman winning seems to be the right call here, because rioting in the stands is interest and a big reaction and will damn sure draw attention like Royal Rumble Rebellion I and II did. So much heat.
It's Battleground. It's technically a C show... That fact isn't lost on me, partially because of everyone and their entire family yelling out "WTF THIS MATCH MUST BE AT SUMMERSLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" which has really put wrestling fans on my last nerve... *ahem* But it's really not lost on me because I'm so used to seeing Battleground as WWE's (non-tarnished) Victory Road, a show full of some strong cards but a whole lot of bullshit finishes to build up to rematches on a better show, and I'd rather see a good standalone Battleground tbh. So when I see a stacked lineup, I want to be excited for this, but know better and understand the company listening to a bunch of whiny tards complaining about "omg why are you giving us good stuff on THIS show and not the OTHER". I hope this show is a 2/10 to spite you.
anyway.
If I'm judging this as New Japan Raw since I barely watch, man do I like this Natalya heel turn. She's been turned on and involved with stupid stuff and watching two chicks ACTUALLY GET ALONG was the straw that broke the camels back and she snapped and attacked Becky, and Becky feeling betrayed and beating up the bitter chick who attacked her for seemingly no reason and I can get into that. I hope the match turns out really well! Nattie's a decent choice to be the "jobber to the stars" and all, rebuilding Becky needs to be high priority. Get the stench of jobbing to Dana off her.
speaking of good builds, I need to check out this Wyatt Family vs New Day stuff
Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens for the LAST TIME and I'm buying it. Man I'm so happy to see these two split up + we get a killer match out of it. Can't wait to see what Zayn does on his own, and it's VERY hard to find 2 bigger no-brainers than "Sami Zayn goes to Smackdown to reunite with Ryan Ward and be the next top guy" and "Kevin Owens stays on Raw where they need as many people to entertain audiences for 30 minute blocks as possible!". Please please PLEASE
I'm not gonna bother predicting Club vs Cena and the Certified G's. I just hope it's something interesting, something that's a little better than "Cena/AJ pins a tag team guy". Hell it's the perfect way to give AJ another pinfall win over Cena amidst a bunch of chaos. Two straight pinfall wins by AJ Styles over John Cena, then you can even split them up right afterwards before Cena gets his win back? Hell yeah! Either way this'll be good.
SHIELD TRIPLE THREAT LAUHN;juia;yhahui;lrgao;ipo dude. All three Shield guys are so horribly miscast right now. Dean Ambrose is the one guy who can be a breakout star on this roster, who can cut promos we'll be talking about 20 years later, and he's a comedy character. Seth Rollins busts his ass and gives more effort in the ring than arguably any other person on the roster, and he's a coward heel. Roman Reigns is the most hatable smug prick in the world who has everything handed to him, and he's a smiling babyface. All three guys are literally backwards to where they should be in one way or another... yet we're still looking forward to the match. Maybe we aren't so negative after all... Anyway I almost want to call runins because Battleground... I WANT to see Ambrose retain, but if the rest of his reign will be like what I've seen of this one why bother... I damn sure won't complain about Seth winning, but that's kinda treading water... Roman winning seems to be the right call here, because rioting in the stands is interest and a big reaction and will damn sure draw attention like Royal Rumble Rebellion I and II did. So much heat.
Updated the OP and added the following matches: The Miz vs Darren Young for the IC title and Rusev vs Zack Ryder for the US title
He's only had one match since becoming the student of Backlund, and that was on last night's RAW where he won the Battle Royal to become the #1 contender for the IC title.
Technically, he didn't do anything to win, Crews and Corbin eliminated each other. lol
According to this week's SD tapings, Sasha Banks and a mystery partner vs Charlotte & Dana Brooke will take place at Battleground.
The Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho and Randy Orton will also take place at the PPV.
The Highlight Reel with Chris Jericho and Randy Orton will also take place at the PPV.