2021 WWE SummerSlam card, matches, date, rumors, predictions, match card, start time, location

It is time for WWE to construct to the largest occasion of the summer season. SummerSlam will happen on Aug. 21 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. That marks a really uncommon case of a WWE pay-per-view going down on a Saturday in addition to the primary time WWE has held SummerSlam inside a soccer stadium.

Issues are already taking form for the summer season spectacular and there are loads extra big matches anticipated to go down. John Cena made his return at Cash within the Financial institution, laying down a problem to common champion Roman Reigns. One other Corridor of Famer made his personal return the subsequent evening, with Invoice Goldberg exhibiting up on Uncooked to situation his personal problem to WWE champion Bobby Lashley.

Issues will proceed to take form within the coming days and weeks as WWE units up an enormous occasion in Las Vegas.

Let’s check out what we all know — and what we count on — at WWE SummerSlam.

WWE SummerSlam matches

Uncooked Girls’s Championship — Nikki A.S.H. (c) vs. Charlotte Aptitude vs. Rhea Ripley: Ripley and Aptitude had been the ladies with the problem when Nikki inserted herself on the finish of an episode of Uncooked, cashing within the Cash within the Financial institution contract to pin Aptitude and win the title. The next Monday, Aptitude demanded a match at SummerSlam with Ripley doing the identical. Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville introduced that it might as an alternative be a triple menace match or the Uncooked ladies’s championship.  

WWE SummerSlam predictions

Common Championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena: Cena made his massive return at Cash within the Financial institution, confronting Reigns after Reigns efficiently defended his title in opposition to Edge. The subsequent evening on Uncooked, Cena made the explanations for his return completely clear. Reigns is, Cena stated, an overexposed and overhyped gimmick that he intends to take the common championship from. Cena plans to deliver Reigns all the way down to earth after almost a 12 months on high of the WWE mountain.

WWE Championship — Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Goldberg: Lashley ran by way of Kofi Kingston at Cash within the Financial institution, re-establishing himself as a violent, dominant champion. After beating Keith Lee the subsequent evening on Uncooked, Goldberg’s music hit as he made his return to WWE earlier than saying to Lashley that “I am subsequent.” Goldberg, 54, is on his final legs as a performer however nonetheless attracts massive reactions from the group. A win for Lashley would proceed to construct on one of the best interval of his skilled profession.

SmackDown Girls’s Championship — Bianca Belair (c) vs. Becky Lynch: Lynch has been teasing her return for thus lengthy that it is laborious to think about it will not occur by SummerSlam. She has been at main occasions and rumors of her return are continuously swirling. It is laborious to think about Lynch not being put right into a title program instantly and with the Uncooked image a bit stuffed up and Belair and not using a clear “proper” challenger for the largest present of the 12 months, this might be the best play for WWE. Until, in fact, Lynch does not come again, or one way or the other matches into the image on Uncooked.

United States Championship — Sheamus (c) vs. Damian Priest: Priest has taken situation with Sheamus’ underhanded ways in opposition to males like Humberto Carrillo and issues appear to be constructing towards an enormous program to place the 2 massive males within the ring collectively in a great midcard match for an enormous pay-per-view.

Uncooked Tag Crew Championship — AJ Types & Omos (c) vs. Randy Orton & Riddle: Orton has been off TV for some time, however WWE appeared totally dedicated to the chemistry he and Riddle had developed. Types and Omos have gotten an fascinating act that want fascinating challengers and lengthening a rivalry with The Viking Raiders does not really feel like a SummerSlam program. This is a perfect tag match for an enormous SummerSlam occasion.