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WWE SummerSlam 2019 Match Card Predictions: The Fiend is here

By Kevin Parvizi

NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 23: Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt stare each other down at the WWE SummerSlam 2015 at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on August 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 23: Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt stare each other down at the WWE SummerSlam 2015 at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on August 23, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by JP Yim/Getty Images) /
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Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship

I really can’t believe we’re doing this match again, but I’m kind of looking forward to seeing how Paul Heyman layers this title match differently from the first one. It’s almost inconceivable for Seth Rollins to beat Brock Lesnar twice in one calendar year and go 2-0 on major PPVs against WWE’s most strongly booked wrestler, but few things about this program have been predictable.

After Rollins lost the Universal Title to Lesnar via cash-in to close Extreme Rules, he won a 10-man battle royal the next night on Raw to earn a title opportunity against Lesnar at WWE SummerSlam 2019.

It seems like Roman Reigns should be the one to beat Lesnar twice and win the Universal Title back, but it may be foolish to discount Rollins’s chances of a main event triumph. Though his reign was, admittedly, a failure, Rollins had essentially zero chance of succeeding as champion with the way WWE were booking him. I mean, how could he be expected to salvage a program against Baron Corbin? (Then again, someone like Kofi Kingston would have no trouble making everything he touches must-see…)

Next. Tessa Blanchard vs. Sami Callihan will be for a world title shot. dark

As much as I hate to see Lesnar in this part-time champion gimmick, Rollins really shouldn’t win this match. Nobody likes repeat stories that have a hollow meaning, and that’s what this victory would be for Rollins.

He had his moment at WrestleMania 35 and didn’t really follow up on it as champion, because this is the cold truth with Rollins: If he isn’t having great matches, nobody cares about his work as a babyface. He’s a great wrestler, but he’s limited as a babyface champion to the quality of opponents WWE gives him. Unlike Reigns or Kingston, Rollins doesn’t elevate the opponent to his or the title’s status.

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