Rusev & Lana vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas & Zelina Vega (Kickoff Match) The B-Team (c) vs. The Revival (Kickoff Show) Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Drew Gulak (For the Cruiserweight Championship) Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Jeff Hardy (For the United States Championship) Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch (For the Smackdown Women's Championship) Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins (For the Intercontinental Championship) Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens The Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. The New Day (For the Smackdown Tag Team Championship) Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Ronda Rousey (For the Raw Women's Championship) AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe (For the WWE Championship) Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns (For the Universal Championship) Team Hell No takes on The Usos in their first matchThis is my video recorded with DU Recorder. It's easy to record your screen and livestream. Download link: Android: https://goo.gl/s9D6Mf iOS: https://goo.gl/nXnxyNRusev & Lana vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas & Zelina Vega (Kickoff Match) This feels like a perfect Kickoff match for Summerslam. Rusev vs. Andrade Almas--on its own merit--would be a really great PPV match, and the addition of Zelina Vega and Lana is fine. We'll get to see how these women have evolved as wrestlers a bit more. Regardless, this does feel like a push for Almas and Vega, since Rusev and Lana couldn't be more over right now. Because of that, I'm thinking Almas and Vega will get the win. Our prediction: Almas and Vega win The B-Team (c) vs. The Revival (Kickoff Show) (For the Raw Tag Team Champions) Raw's tag team division is lackluster right now, to say the least. And The Revival should be the team that, well, revives it. However, this is a Kickoff show match on an extremely bloated card. A title change here doesn't make sense. As much as I personally enjoy both of these tag teams, I want to see The Revival win it, but Summerslam is not going to be where this title changes hands. Our prediction: The B-Team wins Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Drew Gulak (For the Cruiserweight Championship) I miss the days where Drew Gulak would come out and mention he had a Powerpoint Presentation, and we'd all laugh at his antics. Now, he's a serious wrestleman and has a shot at winning 205 Live's Cruiserweight Championship from the delightful Cedric Alexander. While Gulak was a dynamite comedic heel, he's evolved into something new and improved, and this seems like the time for him to start a championship run. Our prediction: Gulak wins Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin Why am I enjoying this rivalry so much? It's pretty much just another story where a big guy thinks he can beat up a small guy because there's a size difference. It's a pretty standard story, but what I'm finding so appealing about it is that both of these men are pulling it off. Although this feud has been going on for a bit already, I'd like to see it continue past Summerslam, which means Balor needs the win, so he can use his "Constable" powers to make Balor's life hell, post-PPV. Our prediction: Balor wins The Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. The New Day (For the Smackdown Tag Team Championship) While I'm a fan of both these teams, I have lukewarm feelings towards this match. New Day and Bludgeon Brothers have a history with each other, like when they almost murdered Xavier Woods, so there's some heat behind the match. I see New Day squeaking out a win with all of these men being locked in a giant cage for Hell in a Cell in a rematch next month. Our prediction: The Bludgeon Brothers Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens (For the Money in the Bank contract) On the flip side of the "big vs. small" storylines, here is one featuring two of Raw's most interesting characters that's falling flat for me. Because Strowman's Money in the Bank contract being on the line is a bit of a curveball, this leads me to believe that Owens will win, even though it feels like Strowman should come out on top. Regardless of who wins though, they will be cashing in that contract at the end of the night. Our prediction: Owens wins Secondary prediction: The winner will cash in later in the evening. Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins (For the Intercontinental Championship) Dean Ambrose returning to Raw changes everything about this match. Sure, both Ambrose and Ziggler's buddy Drew McIntyre will be on the sidelines, but that should make this more of a fair fight. There is a large part of me that would love to see Ambrose turn on Rollins at Summerslam, just to see if Rollins can overcome these huge odds, but I don't see that happening. That being said, Rollins will come out as Intercontinental Champion. New prediction: Rollins wins Original prediction below. While the finish for their Ironman match at Extreme Rules was lackluster, this rivalry has been straight fire. It has showcased some phenomenal in-ring action the past couple of months. I could watch Ziggler and Rollins fight foreve
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