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Last Minute Shift In Betting Odds for Tonight’s WWE Battleground Event
Below are the final betting odds for tonight’s WWE Battleground event. It should be noted that there were several changes in odds from our post earlier today.
(Note: The lower the number, the more favorable they are of winning the match)
WWE Championship – Punjabi Prison Match
Jinder Mahal(c) -7500 vs Randy Orton +2500
WWE United States Championship
AJ Styles(c) -4950 vs Kevin Owens +1650
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The New Day -5700 vs The Usos(c) +1900
Flag Match
John Cena -350 vs Rusev +250
Fatal 5 Way for the Smackdown Women’s Championship #1 Contendership
Natalya -1700 vs Charlotte +1100 vs Becky Lynch +5000 vs Lana +6500 vs Tamina +9500
Shinsuke Nakamura -2450 vs Baron Corbin +1150
Sami Zayn -3250 vs Mike Kanellis +1350
First Match Set for WWE SummerSlam
Natalya defeated Lana, Becky Lynch, Tamina and Charlotte in a Fatal 5-Way match at tonight’s WWE Battleground event to earn a shot at the SmackDown Women’s Championship at the upcoming WWE Summerslam event.
No other matches have been officially set for the event.
WWE SummerSlam will take place on August 20, 2017, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. As always, we will have live coverage of the event.
New Match Added to Money in the Bank
WWE has announced that Zack Ryder will team with Mojo Rawley to take on Primo and Epico at Sunday’s Money in the Bank event in the kickoff pre-show. Here is the updated card:
WWE Title match
Jinder Mahal (c) (with The Singh Brothers) vs. Randy Orton
MITB ladder match
Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Smackdown tag team titles match
The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) (c) vs. The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and/or Xavier Woods)
Women’s MITB ladder match
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Natalya vs. Tamina vs. Carmella (with James Ellsworth)
Smackdown Women’s title match
Naomi (c) vs. Lana
Kickoff match
Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley vs. Primo and Epico
New Match Announced for Money in the Bank
WWE announced on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live that Naomi will defend her SmackDown Women’s Championship against Lana at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view. Here is the updated card for the show:
WWE Championship
Randy Orton vs. Jinder Mahal
SmackDown Women’s Championship
Lana vs. Naomi
Money in the Bank Ladder Match
AJ Styles vs. Baron Corbin vs. Sami Zayn vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Nakamura vs. Kevin Owens
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match
Tamina vs. Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch vs. Natalya vs. Carmella
SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The New Day vs. The Usos
Money in the Bank will take place on June 18, 2017 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. As always, we will be providing live play-by-play coverage of the event.
The Next Challenger for the SmackDown Women’s Championship
As seen at Sunday’s WWE Backlash event, Natayla ended up getting the victory for her team in the six-women tag match that featured herself teaming with Carmella and Tamina to take on the team of Naomi, Charlotte and Becky Lynch.
Dave Meltzer indicated on Wrestling Observer Radio that the plan is for Natalya to be the next challenger for Naomi’s SmackDown Women’s Championship at a future date and that’s the reason she got the win for her team.
There was speculation a while back that Charlotte would possibly do a turn at Backlash to set up a match between Naomi and Charlotte at a later date. That obviously wasn’t done here and the company is now going with Natalya vs. Naomi moving forward.