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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.
UFC Fighter Cris Cyborg Wants Becky Lynch at SummerSlam
UFC Fighter Cris Cyborg and Becky Lynch’s had yet another exchange on Twitter. This time around a challenge was issued. We noted earlier this week that Cyborg sent out a warning to Triple H to keep Lynch away from her.
Cyborg is now looking for some action and has challenged Becky to a match at this year’s SummerSlam event. She wrote the following:
Becky responded to the challenge with the following remarks:
WWE Teases Huge UFC vs. WWE Feud
During Friday’s Mae Young Classic tapings at Full Sail University, WWE did an angle that saw a tease between WWE and UFC’s Four Horsewomen.
After one of Shayna Baszler’s matches in the tournament, Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Bayley were shown at ringside on the opposite side of Ronda Rousey and her crew. Both sides had words with each other and it was made obvious WWE has something planned between the two sides, as the angle was recorded.
Here is footage from the angle:
Rumored Matches for WWE Battleground
PWInsider reports that WWE is planning to have a 5-way Elimination Match at the upcoming WWE Battleground event that will feature Charlotte, Natalya, Tamina, Becky Lynch and Lana.
As previously noted, it’s expected that they company adds Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin and AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens for the United States title to the card. It was noted over the weekend that the US title match was actually removed from the listing on WWE.com, however it appears they still plan to have the match on the show.
Becky Lynch Says There Will Be Women’s Royal Rumble
While speaking to Amarillo, Becky Lynch made the following remarks about a possible women’s Royal Rumble match:
“I think there’ll definitely be a time where the women get their own Royal Rumble. When you look at the fact that in July there is the Mae Young Classic taking place between 32 women. Then, you have the women in NXT and the women on both brands. I think it’s a year or two away from having our own Royal Rumble, then maybe our tag titles, the sky is the limit.”