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Rumored Matches for This Year’s SummerSlam Event
The following matches are being rumored for this year’s SummerSlam event, courtesy of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman
John Cena vs. Jinder Mahal
Triple H vs. Kurt Angle
With WWE holding for back-to-back shows in the row at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, they are expecting to make this show as big as possible. Those events include NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III on August 19th, SummerSlam on the 20th, RAW on the 21st and SmackDown Live on the 22nd.
Reason Why WWE Split Up DIY at NXT Takeover
As seen at Saturday’s WWE NXT Takeover: Chicago event, WWE did an angle that saw Tommaso Ciampa attack his partner Johnny Gargano after their loss to Authors of Pain for the NXT Championship.
Dave Meltzer discussed the incident on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio and indicated that the two are headed to the main roster soon. This is the reason they decided to split them as the company didn’t want to bring them to the main roster as a tag team.
Ember Moon Out of Action for Six Months
WWE aired footage during tonight’s NXT Takeover pre-show of Ember Moon talking about her injury and revealed that she will miss up to six months of in-ring action on NXT. She mentioned that she is thankful that the injury wasn’t more serious or even fatal.
Ember indicated that she would be going after the NXT Women’s Championship once she returns.
Join us for our live NXT Takeover discussion on RingsideTalk.net!
Pete Dunne Reacts to Winning The UK Championship Title
As seen on tonight’s NXT Takeover: Chicago event, Pete Dunne defeated Tyler Bate to capture the WWE UK Championship Title. Dunne reacted to his championship victory with the following:
3 years ago I sat in the allstate arena watching RAW after flying myself out to the US. Tonight I won a @WWE title in the same building.
— Pete Dunne (@PeteDunneYxB) May 21, 2017
What to Expect at Tonight’s NXT Takeover: Chicago
WWE heads to Chicago tonight for NXT Takeover. The following matches are confirmed for the event:
NXT Championship
Bobby Roode (Champion) vs. Hideo Itami
NXT Women’s Championship – Triple Threat Match
Asuka (Champion) vs. Ruby Riot vs. Nikki Cross
NXT Tag Team Championship – Ladder Match
Authors Of Pain (Champions) vs. #DIY
WWE United Kingdom Championship
Tyler Bate (Champion) vs. Pete Dunne
Roderick Strong vs. Eric Young
Check back here at 8PM ET for our live play-by-play coverage.
Tommaso Ciampa Suffers Injury
Tommaso Ciampa suffered an injury at Thursday’s NXT Live Event in Highland Heights, KY.
Ciampa and Johnny Gargano were facing Sanity and after a few minutes into the match, Ciampa dived off the ring apron onto Sanity and hurt his left leg. The match was stopped and ruled a no-contest. Ciampa hopped to the back yelling, “get me the f–k out of here.”
Ciampa and Gargano are scheduled to face NXT Tag Team Champions The Authors of Pain for the titles at NXT: Takeover this Saturday. It’s unknown at this time if that match is still taking place. We will keep you updated.
Update: Triple H brought up Tommaso Ciampa’s injury during today’s conference call and said that Ciampa turned his ankle but there was no break or fracture. The match for tomorrow night is still on but the medical team will make the final decision if Ciampa will be cleared to wrestle or not.