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Sami Zayn vs. Mike Kanellis (w/ Maria Kanellis)
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Sami Zayn vs. Mike Kanellis (w/ Maria Kanellis)
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ZitatAlles anzeigenWWE Battleground 2017 Speculation: Potential Matches For John Cena At Summerslam
John Cena will face Rusev at the Battleground Pay-Per-View in a flag match. The winner will be decided when either Cena or Rusev are able to retrieve their country’s flag. The match itself should be decent. What the important thing to think about here is how this match has the chance to set up some pretty great stuff at Summerslam.
Bryan Alvarez on Wrestling Observer Live had some good points about the flag match. He says that he sees two potential outcomes that can lead to big Summerslam matches.
The first scenario is that John Cena wins the flag match against Rusev. As a result, Cena would probably move on to something new at Summerslam and we wouldn’t see Rusev get a rematch. If this happens, Alvarez speculates that Cena could challenge AJ Styles for the United States Championship at Summerslam. This match was teased on Smackdown Live a few weeks ago when Styles and Cena went face to face.
The second scenario is that Cena loses the flag match to Rusev. This would likely see a rematch between the two at Summerslam. If this happens, Alvarez speculates that WWE could do Nakamura vs Styles at Summerslam. This match was teased on the July 18th episode of Smackdown Live.
Certainly some interesting things to think about depending on what happens on Sunday.
A wildcard scenario could also be Cena feuding with Jinder Mahal at Summerslam for the title. This would require both Cena and Jinder to win their matches.
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ZitatAlles anzeigenWWE Battleground 2017 Speculation On What The ‘Fashion Files’ Reveal Will Be
This week’s episode of Smackdown Live featured the ‘Fashion X-Files’. After weeks and weeks of trying to crack the case, it appears as if we are getting a resolution soon. The final part of the segment saw Tyler Breeze holding up a piece of paper that said: ‘Battleground’. WWE also teased that the case was going to be concluded on Sunday.
Let’s speculate on what could happen on Sunday and what could be the big reveal.
With the amount of tag teams splitting up recently, we think that this will be WWE’s way to introduce a new team to the fold. Speculation was heavily on American Alpha as the ones who trashed Breezango’s office before the storyline with Jason Jordan and Kurt Angle was revealed. So if not Alpha, who will it be?
One of the biggest hints from this past week’s episode (we think) was Tyler Breeze and Fandango looking up and saying “They’re Here”. This might have been a big tease for who trashed their office. You might remember Luke Harper and Erick Rowan teaming together as members of the Wyatt Family. They would constantly say “We’re Here” in promos.
Harper and Rowan are doing nothing at the moment and could be a way to bring them back on television.
If it is not Harper and Rowan, we have to think it will be somebody completely unexpected. Maybe a tag team getting called up from NXT? Maybe WWE bringing in a new team as a surprise?
It also might be a team traded from RAW. Jason Jordan came over to RAW from Smackdown with no trade mentioned, maybe a RAW tag team is sent the other way?
WWE - World Wrestling Entertainment
"WWE Battleground 2017"
23.07.2017 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
ZitatAlles anzeigenKickoff Match: Aiden English vs. Tye Dillinger
They worked a basic back and forth, with English initially taking control but Tye quickly fought back and flashed the 10 at him. This is a true battle of bad hairlines as the ref backs off Tye, allowing English to get in a cheap shot and take control of the match. English is showing a more aggressive side, taking the heat so of course just as the crowd seemingly gets into it they go to a break. Post break, English was covering for 2 but Tye kicked out at 2. English slow things down and works a headlock, grounding Tye. English heads up top and jumps into a dropkick. Tye then fired up with chops, strikes and knees. A clothesline followed, but English bails to the floor. Tye follows to the floor, English cuts him off and then walks into a spinebuster for a near fall. Tye sets English up top, but English fights him off and head butts him to the mat. English hits a high cross but Tye rolls through and covers for 2. English fights off the Tye breaker and hits a face first DDT for 2. English gets frustrated, mocks Tye and pulls him up and Tye escapes and they trade pin attempts. Tye fires up, gets slammed to the buckles and English hits an unnamed flatliner for the win.
Aiden English defeated Tye Dillinger @ 9:39 via pin
– Jinder Mahal arrived earlier today.
– We get an Orton vs. Mahal video package.
Smackdown Tag Team Championship Match:Champions The Usos vs. The New Day (Kofi & Woods)
Kofi hits a dropkick at the bell, and that allows New Day to run wild. Blind tag by the Usos and they cut of Woods and beat him down in their corner. An Uso hits an enziguri, cutting Woods off and quick tags by the Usos follow. The corner ass splash follows for a near fall as the Usos easily maintain control. A version of the Demolition decapitation follows as the Usos continue to beat on Woods. Woods is set up top and he eats rights and chops, Jey is allegedly in and follows him up. Woods fights him off, he hits head butts and sends Jey to the mat. Woods then hits the missile dropkick, and Jimmy and Kofi tag in. Kofi runs wild, hits the boom drop and then hits a PK to Jey and tosses Jimmy to the floor. Kofi up top and gets caught on the trust fall dive and powerbombed to the floor. They then take out Woods, roll him back in and Jimmy heads up top. He misses and rolls through the splash, allowing Woods to hit a wheelbarrow driver for a good near fall. Jimmy cuts off the honor roll and hits the Blu-ray, and the Usos follow with the pop up Samoan drop for the near fall. Woods fights back, cuts off Jey and takes out Jimmy. Woods follows with the ropewalk elbow drop but jumped into a sliding superkick for a great near fall! Jimmy locks in the tequila sunrise on Woods, but Jimmy transitions to the half crab and pulls Woods center ring. Woods struggles and finally makes the ropes. Kofi blind tags in and the double team double stomp connects, scoring a good near fall. Kofi looks to head up top, now goes springboard but misses, eats a superkick and Jey hits the superfly splash for another great near fall! The crowd is locked in, the Usos go up top and Woods shoves Jey off and Kofi avoids the splash from Jimmy. Kofi’s trouble in paradise and then the Woods ropewalk elbow drop connect and we have new champions!
New Day defeated Champions The Usos @ 13:59 via pin to become the new champions
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin
Corbin talks trash to begin, Nakamura attacks and we’re off. Nakamura works kicks, which cause Corbin to powder to the floor. Nakamura follows, Corbin back in and talks trash again. Corbin then catches Nakamura as he comes back in, working strikes and then laying the boots to him. Corbin slows things down, working a bear hug. Nakamura escapes and looks to lock in a triangle, but Corbin powers out and hits the big boot, covering for 2. Corbin sends Nakamura to the floor and continues to attack the back of Nakamura. Corbin works the heat as we’re back in the ring, and he goes back to the bear hug. Corbin banters with the crowd as he continues to work over Nakamura with the bear hug. Nakamura fights off the chokeslam, and connects with a spin kick. Nakamura continues to make a comeback, finally taking Corbin down and then working him over in the corner. Nakamura lays Corbin in the corner, hits the running knee strike and covers for 2. Corbin does the bossman slide out and back in, hitting a lariat for the near fall. Nakamura again battled back, countering a suplex and laying in knee strikes. The gut buster suplex followed, Nakamura sets for Kinshasa but Corbin counters into deep six for a good near fall. They trade strikes, Nakamura follows with head butts and then hits a sloppy backstabber and follows with the running kick. More kicks by Nakamura follow, he backs off, Corbin is down and Nakamura sets for Kinshasa. Nakamura is stupid and check on Corbin, and Corbin low blows him for the DQ.
Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Baron Corbin @ 12:35 via DQ
– Post match, Nakamura holds his balls so Corbin hits him with the briefcase and hits end of days to stand tall.
– Naomi joins us for commentary.
Fatal 5 Way Elimination #1 Contender’s Match: Charlotte Flair vs. Lana vs. Becky Lynch vs. Tamina vs. Natalya
Everyone brawls at the bell, with Charlotte beating down Lana and then Tamina taking out Charlotte & Becky. Lana tripped up Becky, took her to the floor and then pulled Natalya to the floor and talked shit. She and Tamina attacked Charlotte back in the ring, double teaming her and easily controlling things. Lana directs Tamina to continue the attack, but Charlotte fights back only to eat a kick as Tamina grabbed her leg to help Lana. They work a long heat on Charlotte until Becky makes the save to even the odds. She and Charlotte hit suplexes to clear the ring and then they battle back and forth, with charlotte cutting her off with a neck breaker, but Natalya is finally back from her nap to break that up. Becky hits the XPLODER, Lana in and XPLODER for her. Tamina back in and she fights off Becky, hits the superkick and then takes out Natalya. Charlotte back in, figure four countered by Natalya. The lariat follows, and Natalya locks in the sharp shooter and Lana breaks it up and covers Charlotte for 2. Becky back in, locks in the disarmher on Lana, but Tamina makes the save and hits the Samoan drop and spears Charlotte to the floor. Lana covers Becky but Becky back to the arm bar and Tamina makes the save again. Becky catches Tamina with the arm bar and Tamina taps at 8:00. Becky then taps Lana @ 8:20. Natalya rolls up Becky with the tights at 8:30. We’re down to Natalya and Charlotte. Charlotte slowly powers up Natalya and powerbombs her for the near fall. Natalya up top but the moonsault eats knees, but it looked pretty as hell. Natalya slams Charlotte to the buckles and then covers for the win.
Natalya won @ 10:55 via pin
– Post match, Naomi offers her a handshake, but Natalya walks away.
US Title Match: Champion AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens
Owens attacks at the bell, controlling until Styles hits an arm drag and sends him to the floor. Owens back in, but as soon as Styles threatens to take control; he powders to the floor again. Back in and Styles hits the dropkick and Owens bails once again. Styles follows to the floor for some brawling, but Owens cut him off and posts Styles balls first. Back in and Owens hits the senton for 2 and takes the heat on Styles, working a chinlock and bantering with the crowd. Styles slowly works to his feet, but Owens drags him back to the mat. Styles keeps trying to fight back, but Owens cuts him off. Styles then blocks the senton, fires up with strikes but Owens plants him with a DDT. Owens tries again to keep Styles grounded, but Styles again lays in strikes and kicks and then levels Owens with the lariat. Styles follows with the sliding forearm and then the corner splash. Owens battles back, but Styles hits the wheelbarrow slam for 2. Styles tries to pick up Owens, but then transitions and blocks the superkick, teases the clash but Owens stun guns him off the ropes for 2. Styles then hit the ushigorishi for 2. Styles looks for the springboard 450, but eats knee, and Owens covers for 2. Owens followed with the cannonball, again, covering for 2. Owens is frustrated now, sets Styles up top and follows him up. They battle for position, Styles looks for the sunset bomb but then gets the torture rack and hits the torture rack bomb for 2. Styles up top now, but Owens crotches him. Owens follows him up and Styles fights, slips out and slams Owens off the buckles. The springboard avoided by Owens, sliding to the floor and trips up Styles on the apron. Owens then hits divorce court, targeting the shoulder that Styles is favoring. Styles hits the desperation PELE, looks for the clash but the shoulder gave out and Owens tosses him into the ref for the ref bump. UGH Owens hits the superkick, but Styles counters the pop up powerbomb into the calf crusher but the ref is down. Owens counters out into the crossface on the bad shoulder. Styles fights out ad then he locks in a crossface. Owens fights, and they cradle each other for the double pin. But the ref awards the match to Owens.
Kevin Owens defeated Champion AJ Styles @ 17:45 via pin to become the new champion
– The Singhs meet with Mahal, and apologize that they can’t be there for him tonight. Mahal plans to end Orton and retain his title.
Flag Match: Rusev vs. John Cena
You have to get your flag, take it up the ramp and place it on your country’s pedestal. I just want to take the time to thank John Cena for defending us against the Bulgarian (who is only evil because of that) who seems to be a nice fellow and is just trying to live the American dream. Slow beginning with both battling for their flags, they battled up top and Cena hit a bulldog off the ropes and then climbed. Rusev cut him off with the electric chair drop. Rusev takes control, beating on Cena in the corner. So not only are we working an outdated relic of a stipulation form the 80s, we’re using the Nikolai Volkoff vs. Corporal Kirschner match style as well. The crowd cares so little that there is just random noise in the background, they care so little that they can’t even muster up “Lets Go Cena/Cena Sucks” chants; thankfully the crowd was so quiet that I could hear Cena call his comeback to Rusev. Rusev stopped that, climbed but Cena stopped him from getting his flag and sent him to the mat. Cena went for the fameasser off the top and ate a powerbomb. Rusev got his flag and then posted himself, running into an AA after that. The crowd starts to show a bit of life a Cena climbs for the flag but Rusev cuts him off, only to get caught in the STF. Rusev taps but it doesn’t matter due to the stipulation. Cena gets his flag but walks into the superkick, dropping the flag on the ground. Rusev grabs his flag and starts to head up the ramp, but gets cut off and slammed to the steps. Cena grabs the US flag and heads up the ramp. Rusev cuts that off and he slams Cena to the steps. Rusev then hits him with the steps, he tried to head up the ramp and he and Cena brawl up the ramp without their flags. Cena runs off the pedestal, but Rusev catches him and hits the sack of shit slam. Rusev sets up tables, take Cena on top of the US podium and they battle for position and Cena escapes. Cena grabs the flag, but gets cut off as this continues to go on and on and on. Cena looks to plant the flag, but Rusev hits him with the flag stand and applies the accolade. Rusev grabs the flag, looks to plant it but Cena stops him and they continue to battle. Cena escapes the accolade, walks Rusev up the steps and AAs him through a table. He plants the flag and wins.
John Cena defeated Rusev @ 21:00
– We see the Fashion Police in their office, hoping to find out who has been messing with them for months. The Ascension arrive and say it was them, but aren’t very convincing. They joke about it being a let down, but Fandango says they weren’t even at the show last week because they were at the Eddie Money concert they had tickets for. The lights go out and Fandango gets a flashlight, but Breeze is laid out. Fandango is then attacked, and is dragged out of the office. This must continue.
Sami Zayn vs. Mike Kanellis
Kanellis beat Sami on Smackdown in around three-minutes last week. Sami runs wild early, attacking with grounded punches and then working over Kanellis in the corner. Sami then sent him to the floor, but Maria saved Mike from the dive and yelled at Sami. Mike hits a big right to Sami, back in and Kanellis hits a clothesline for 2. Kanellis works the heat, laying in the rights on Sami. Clotheslines and a big boot follow, and Kanellis covers for 2. Mike then takes time to give Maria a kiss, and grounds Sami. Sami fires back, hitting clotheslines and then a backdrop. Sami tosses Kanellis to the floor and follows with a tope. Back in and Sami hits a high cross for 2. The tornado DT follows, and Maria in to save Mike like on Smackdown. Sami foolishly argues with her, but manages to hit the XPLODER into the corner, the helluva and Kanellis is done.
Sami Zayn defeated Mike Kanellis @ 7:17 via pin
Punjabi Prison WWE Championship Match: Champion Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton
They brawl right away, Mahal calls for an inner door to be opener, and they fight to escape, but fail as the time ends and the door is closed forever and gets chained up. Mahal hits divorce court and starts to work on the arm of Orton, which is actually a sound strategy so Orton can’t climb the cage. Mahal slowly works the arm, calls for another door to be opened and Orton fights back, hitting a sack of shit slam and then crawls for the Door. The time ends and the second door is closed forever and gets chained up. Mahal tries to climb out, but Orton pulls him back in and then slams Mahal to the cage. Mahal then slams Orton to the cage, the announcers are trying to sell the violence of the match as the fans chant “Delete” & Trust The Process.” Orton “suplexes” Mahal against the cage a few times, which looked like he just stood him up along the cage with no real impact. The third door is opened, and we do 60-seconds of heatless and bland fighting for the door. Mahal at least smartly uses the arm to cut off Orton and the third door closes forever and is now locked. We’re 11-minutes in and we’re now getting some “lets go Jinder” chants. Orton hits the snap slam and draping DDT. Orton has the final door opened, but Mahal cuts him off with a knee strike. Orton then counters the khallas with the RKO, but the Singhs arrive and pull Mahal to the floor and the 4th door is locked now. Mahal climbs the outer cage, Orton climbs the inner cage and jumps to the outer cage (all of that with ease, fucking doors, who needs them?) and brawls with Mahal. Orton knocks off Mahal, and the Singhs attack Orton. Stop me if you’ve heard that before. Orton fights off the Singhs, Mahal climbs and now Orton climbs. They battle back to the floor, Orton fights off all three, tossing little men into the cage. Mahal gets a kendo stick, attacks and beats Orton down. Orton fights off the khallas, gets a kendo stick and beats on Mahal. Orton now climbs, but one of the Singhs climbed through the cage and tries to choke out Orton in the cage. They climb further up top, and Orton knocks Singh off the cage and through a commentary table; I hope that dude got a bonus from that NXT money he was making. Mahal climbs now, but he and Orton drop back to he floor as we hit thee 22-minute mark. Mahal misses a kick, sort of gets a foot caught and Orton hits a draping DDT. Orton then beats on the other Singh with a chair, works over Mahal with it and then looks to climb with Mahal and Singh down. Orton climbs, but the other Singh is up and tries to stop him, but he gets kicked off and to the floor. But the Great Khali is here. Yup. Khali shakes the cage, causing Orton to slide back into the cage. Khali chokes him out allowing Mahal climb, escape and retain the title.
Champion Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton @ 27:45
– End scene.
H o l y S h i t !
Wenn man denkt, mehr Bullshit geht nicht mehr...
Hoffentlich nur ein One Night Only Act, ich denke nicht, dass die WWE sich den Klotz dauerhaft ans Bein binden will.
Und das Flagmatch? fuck me.
Burial des Grauens, davon wird Rusev sich mMn nicht mehr erholen.
Wenn man Cena gewinnen lassen will, dann macht es doch irgendwie so, dass der Gegner nicht immer wie der letzte Vollhonk aussieht.
Es wirkt zeitweise wirklich so, als wolle man SD Live künstlich scheiße halten, um RAW als Mainshow zu pushen.
Ich bin also nicht der einzige, der den PPV öde fand
Ich hab den Event nicht gesehen, kenne aber die Ergs. Mein Urteil kommt später, aber das geflame über Khali ist so erbärmlich. Das passte einfach zur Story und ich glaube nicht das er dauerhaft da sein wird. Der Typ hat sein WWE Gehalt seinem Dorf gespendet, also man kann sich etwas zurücknehmen. Dieses "WWE wird aussterben" Gelaber kotzt einen nur an.
Hab mir die Show auch noch nicht angesehen, aber den Khali Return feier ich. Einfach sehr konsequent in meinen Augen.
Und genau das ist es, konsequentes Booking, zumindest was diese Story angeht. Das verstärkt einfach den Charakter von Mahal und Khali wird sicher nur als Bodyguard eingesetzt. Aber das verstehen wieder die meisten nicht. Sie sehen nur den Namen Khali und fangen an zu schreien. Die Welt besteht halt nicht nur aus CM Punk, Daniel Bryan oder anderen Indystars. Ich mag das einfach. Egal wie mies eine Story ist, sie sollte konsequent gebookt werden und ihr Ende erhalten. Besser als dieses umswitchen, nur damit man die Fans besänftigt.
Allerdings denke ich auch, dass Cena jetzt Mahal den Titel am Slam nehmen wird. Rusev bekam sicher die Niederlage durch den dummen Tweet über Shane. Damit ist Cena gestärkt für den Slam, hoffe aber doch auf eine andere Story.
Ich hätte Rusev so oder so keine Chancen eingeräumt, sind wir mal ehrlich. Der Kerl sitzt bereits seit etlichen Monaten im Doghouse, auch schon vor seiner Verletzung. Mahal vs. Cena und somit Indien vs. USA ist einfach ein zu offensichtliches Thema, als es nicht aufzugreifen. Da kann ich der WWE auch keinen Vorwurf machen, Rusev war halt die ideale Person für den Job. Ist schade für ihn, nur so ist das eben.
Und es ist auch richtig so, denn der "Casual Fan" braucht eben "Hassbilder" bzw. klar definierte Antagonisten. Dass am Ende das Babyface immer oben steht ist ja klar, nur auf dem Weg dahin muss der Heel eben so viel Heat ziehen wie möglich - und Jinder Mahal erfüllt das. Wenn die Leute schreiben "Nein, ich hasse ihn nicht aufgrund seines überzeugenden Heel-Bookings, sondern weil er einfach ein schlechter Worker ist oder den Push zu früh bekommen hat oder was auch immer" dann kann ich nur lachen, denn die WWE workt eben genau diese Leute. In heutigen Zeiten ist es so schwierig ordentlich Heat zu generieren, weil man entweder 1.) etablierte Indy-Darlings dafür nimmt oder 2.) das Booking nicht passt. Und bei Mahal treffen diese beiden Dinge eben nicht zu, deswegen funktioniert er als Heel.
Dass jetzt am Ende Cena wohl über ihn triumphieren wird, ist mal wieder typisch WWE. Ansonsten ist das Booking aber ideal dafür, ein neues Babyface aufzubauen, der die ach so schlimme Regentschaft beendet. Wer weiß: Vielleicht setzt sich Mahal ja überraschend durch und wir erleben noch ein USA vs. Foreigners Match bei der Survivor Series...
ZitatFans in attendance for last night's WWE Battleground pay-per-view from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia noted that a significant number of fans were leaving the arena during the Punjabi Prison main event between Randy Orton and WWE Champion Jinder Mahal. It was also noted by one of our correspondents that the main event finish, with The Great Khali's return, really took everything out of the crowd as it apparently didn't go over well with most.
Wer weiß: Vielleicht setzt sich Mahal ja überraschend durch und wir erleben noch ein USA vs. Foreigners Match bei der Survivor Series...
Das würde ich hart feiern. Mahal, Khali & Singh Brothers vs. Team USA. Einfach weil das so gut in die Story passt. Und da kann Team Indien verlieren, da es nicht um den Titel geht. Würde ich so wirklichen Booken.
Und die Fans verlassen schon die Halle? Wow.. Ich kauf mir eine Karte (kenne vorher die Card!) und verlasse dann den Sitzplatz? Wer ist der wirkliche Idiot?
ZitatAlles anzeigen- New SmackDown Tag Team Champions The New Day made history at WWE Battleground with their title win over The Usos as they are the first tag team to win the RAW Tag Team Titles and the SmackDown Tag Team Titles. The group held the red brand titles twice for a 533 days total.
- Kofi Kingston became the first WWE Superstar to compete at every Battleground pay-per-view with The New Day's SmackDown Tag Team Title win over The Usos last night. This was Kofi's 5th straight year with a match at Battleground. 2013 saw Bray Wyatt defeat Kofi, 2014 saw Kofi compete in a Battle Royal for the WWE Intercontinental Title, 2015 saw The New Day lose to Tag Team Champions The Prime Time Players and 2016 saw The Wyatt Family defeat The New Day in six-man action.
- Kevin Owens became the new WWE United States Champion by defeating AJ Styles at tonight's WWE Battleground pay-per-view in Philadelphia. Owens is now a three-time WWE US Champion. Styles just won the title back at the July 7th WWE live event from Madison Square Garden.
- Jinder Mahal's title reign may be coming to an end according to Sportskeeda. While WWE initially was pushing Mahal hard in order to try and use his nationality as a way to increase their footprint into India, reports indicate that those hopes have cooled and the company is now ready to move the title off of Mahal. There are also backstage reports that John Cena will not only be Jinder's next opponent, but he will be the one to win the WWE Title off of him, likely at SummerSlam. From there, the rumor is that Cena will defend against Baron Corbin, with the latter cashing in his Money in the Bank contract.
ZitatThe Great Khali's return, really took everything out of the crowd as it apparently didn't go over well with most.
Was heißt denn "took everything out of the crowd"? Die Crowd war den ganzen Abend tot, schon lange vor dem Main Event.
ZitatJinder Mahal's title reign may be coming to an end according to Sportskeeda. While WWE initially was pushing Mahal hard in order to try and use his nationality as a way to increase their footprint into India, reports indicate that those hopes have cooled and the company is now ready to move the title off of Mahal. There are also backstage reports that John Cena will not only be Jinder's next opponent, but he will be the one to win the WWE Title off of him, likely at SummerSlam.
Hoffen wir mal, dass es wirklich so kommt. Allzu lange würde Cena den Titel wohl nicht halten, da man ihn als Free Agent angekündigt hat, aber Jinder muss den Titel so schnell wie möglich abgeben. Ich kann SmackDown einfach nicht um Jinder Mahal & Great Khali aufbauen. Sorry, das geht gar nicht.
ZitatHoffen wir mal, dass es wirklich so kommt. Allzu lange würde Cena den Titel wohl nicht halten, da man ihn als Free Agent angekündigt hat, aber Jinder muss den Titel so schnell wie möglich abgeben. Ich kann SmackDown einfach nicht um Jinder Mahal & Great Khali aufbauen. Sorry, das geht gar nicht.
Geht schon, man muss jemanden nur eine Chance geben und Zeit lassen. Aber das ist wohl zu unmodern.
ZitatAlles anzeigenIf you were one of those fans that were questioning the weird ending to the United States Championship match between Kevin Owens and AJ Styles, then you are not alone. We got a ton of feedback after the show and the only thing that I could think of was that they wanted to do a double pin so that they could set up a rematch for SummerSlam.
On Tuesday morning’s Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer had some details on what was planned for that match. About 35 minutes before the show, there was big money on AJ Styles to win the match. As we’ve noted several times on the site, the big money odds almost always reflect what is going to happen on the show because someone in the company leaks the match finishes to the odds makers.
So, here is what Meltzer said about Styles vs. Owens at Battleground:
“That wasn’t supposed to be the finish, that’s all I know. I don’t know if it was changed during the match. I don’t know if it was changed before the match. Styles was supposed to win when the show started. He didn’t win. It wasn’t like it was a ref screw up or anything like that because they could have gone out there and changed it. There was plenty of time to kick out [of the cradle finish] so it wasn’t anything like that. I don’t know what the screw up was or if it was a change at the last minute because Vince changed his mind but that was the deal. The finish was not the finish that there was when the show started. The only thing I heard was there was a discussion about the finish that people on the Smackdown crew knew about but they didn’t know the details of exactly what happened in the match.”
It certainly came off odd to me how there was no replay shown after the pin and the announcers seemed like they didn’t know how to react to the finish. If you watch it back, you’ll notice that Styles was talking to the referee while Owens was celebrating at ringside. It came off like a botched finish to me but Meltzer says that it likely wasn’t a referee screw up.
(Quelle: WrestlinNews.co)
ZitatAs noted, the smart money came in for WWE Battleground shortly before the pay-per-view went on the air. While almost all of the favorites won, there was one exception as AJ Styles was heavily favored to defeat Kevin Owens. Styles was a -4950 favorite when the pay-per-view started while Owens was a +1650 underdog. Owens ended up defeating Styles to win the U.S. Championship for the third time.
The oddsmakers were apparently not wrong, as Dave Meltzer reported on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that Styles was scheduled to win the match when the show started. Meltzer noted that the finish that took place was not the original finish, and it's not known if it was changed during the match or right before.
As noted, Styles - who has been quiet on social media since the pay-per-view - remained in the ring for a while following the match. He was in the ring when the Jinder Mahal - Singh Bros. segment took place backstage and also knocked over a ring step
(Quelle: WrestlingINC)
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Interessante Sache mit AJ und Owens. Mir kam das Finish auch ein wenig seltsam vor. und ich kann mir eigentlich nicht denken, dass sie die Fehde noch länger machen wollen.
Na, mal sehen was nun bei SmackDown passiert, vielleicht gewinnt AJ ihn ja direkt zurück xD
Vielleicht hat einer der beiden auch ein nettes Sümmchen wo gewettet? Oder die WWE selbst, die grad so sparsam ist.