Choke's Summerslam PPV Predictions
Posted by: choke Aug 12, 2011 | 1689 views | 3 comments
My predictions for Sunday's PPV. I've even tried to guess which actual matches will take place and will update as needed when official matches are announced.
My predictions for Sunday's PPV. I've even tried to guess which actual matches will take place and will update as needed when official matches are announced.
OFFICIAL MATCHES
World Heavyweight Championship: Christian vs Randy Orton in a No Holds Barred match
I think Christian has to retain here for storyline purposes. After what seems like a 10 month feud, to take away the belt so quickly after he wins it would be a letdown. This should be the final match of the feud and move Orton to feud with Mark Henry for a while and Sheamus with Christian (with a little Daniel Bryan and Wade Barrett thrown in for good measure). Never underestimate the WWE's love for having faces with the belts though, but I'll stick with my original thought.
Prediction: CHRISTIAN RETAINS THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (Edge intereference?)
Undisputed WWE Championship match: CM Punk vs John Cena with HHH as Guest Ref
I simply can't call this one with confidence. You could take this storyline in literally 100s of ways regarding HHH helping either wrestler, Cena turning heel (I'd love to see if this is even possible), the Rock's possible involvement, Del Rio possibly cashing in MITB after, or (long shot) Miz and/or R-Truth interfering. And that's not even considering the possibility of a clean finish (ha!) Anyway, I'm just gonna say my ultimate prediction is that CM Punk wins the Undisputed Championship and top it off with a selfish prediction that Del Rio cashes in successfully afterwards
Prediction: CM PUNK WINS THE UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPIONSHIP
Bonus prediction: DEL RIO CASHES IN MITB SUCCESSFULLY WINNING THE UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONSHIP
Divas Championship Match: Kelly Kelly vs Beth Phoenix
If the WWE wants its fans to invest any sort of care into this newly created Phoenix/Natalya heel turn, the only option here is for a Phoenix win. Phoenix and Natalya should run rampant over this division for the foreseeable future only to have one of the smaller more popular divas pull off an upset victory at another important PPV (AJ!)
Prediction: BETH PHOENIX WINS THE WWE DIVAS CHAMPIONSHIP
Sheamus vs Mark Henry
Tough one. The only reason I lean Sheamus is because I believe Christian will retain the World Title and Sheamus is the next natural feud for him. If I felt Orton was going to win I'd pick Henry. Either way, I think these two's next feuds will be against Christian and Orton respectively, no matter who wins this matchup.
Prediction: SHEAMUS WINS
The following are my guesses for the remainder of the matches which have not been officially announced by the WWE
US Championship Match: Dolph Ziggler vs Alex Riley
If this happens my guess is that Ziggler will retain, potentially because I'm biased against Riley and simply don't think he's ready for a belt yet. If they're FINALLY going through with the Vickie and Dolph breakup for good, I could see that costing him the match, but I think the better idea is to have him win without her assistance and make him prove he can generate heat without her.
Prediction: DOLPH ZIGGLER RETAINS WITHOUT VICKIE'S HELP
Daniel Bryan vs Wade Barrett
IF they end up doing this match, I hope they add a stip that it's for the MITB briefcase to make me care about it. Unlike the rest of the internet, I don't want to see Daniel Bryan use it at Wrestlemania as I think there is so much more potential for a wrestlemania World Heavyweight match. Anyway, I like Wade to win this match to keep this feud going for a few months until they start heavily involving Bryan into the World Championship mix.
Prediction: WADE BARRETT WINS
IC Championship Match: Ezekial Jackson vs Cody Rhodes
SMACKDOWN SEMI SPOILER (No result of an actual match). This match is scheduled to air on smackdown tonight (Friday). I have not read who wins, but I'm going to guess that Rhodes wins by some method like countout or DQ that does not relinquish Zeke of the belt. This will lead to Long making a rematch for Summerslam. If that happens, I like Rhodes to win it because I haven't seen people care less about a wrestler than Zeke since the one legged wrestler 8 years ago.
Prediction: CODY RHODES WINS THE IC CHAMPIONSHIP
Other possibilities I wont go into detail on:
Kofi vs Del Rio (Del Rio wins)
R Truth vs Morrison (Morrison wins)
Miz vs Mysterio (Miz wins)
Otunga/McGillicutty vs Santino/??? (Ryder? Bourne?) or maybe the Usos? (If this happens I like them to lose the belts. I doubt it does though. Not enough interest)
Sin Cara vs..... (Probably not, but given his popularity I could see the WWE wanting to push him out ASAP)
Cee-Lo vs My Patience (Cee-Lo wins in a squash)