Cageside Seats - WWE SummerSlam 2020 live streaming results, recaps, reactions, videos, more!Inside Pro Wrestlinghttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48257/CSS-Logo-fv.png2020-09-14T11:05:00-04:00http://www.cagesideseats.com/rss/stream/211619952020-09-14T11:05:00-04:002020-09-14T11:05:00-04:00Vince McMahon is a big Dominik Mysterio fan
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<p id="nItDnR">WWE Network’s<em> </em><a href="https://watch.wwe.com/episode/SummerSlam-2020-148854"><em>The Day O</em>f special for <em>SummerSlam</em> 2020</a> debuted on the streaming service this past weekend. The clip making the rounds from the behind-the-scenes look at the Aug. 24 event at Orlando’s Amway Center features Vince McMahon greeting Dominik Mysterio at gorilla position after his match with Seth Rollins.</p>
<p id="OVPCmN">Of course, it’s unlikely that the Chairman & CEO of WWE was going to have anything but praise for Rey’s son after his PPV debut. But this is still a very nice scene between the man responsible for modern wrestling, and a young man who could play a big role in its future.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Vince McMahon’s words for <a href="https://twitter.com/35_Dominik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@35_Dominik</a> after his match with Seth Rollins at SummerSlam “You should be very, very proud of yourself.” <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WWEDayOf?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WWEDayOf</a> <a href="https://t.co/V8jtCUKBic">pic.twitter.com/V8jtCUKBic</a></p>— frank | #MFFL (@TheNextBlGThing) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheNextBlGThing/status/1305152016541298688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2020</a>
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<blockquote><p id="xeasJR">“Congratulations. Very few people can get that kind of reaction whenever they’re in the ring, no matter how long they’ve been in the business. So, you should be very, very proud of yourself.”</p></blockquote>
<p id="WJTLYT">The cynical take is that Dominik was performing in an empty building, so we don’t really know what kind of reaction he gets. But if you watch the full scene, where Vince greets him after his mother greets him with tears in her eyes and there’s a line of producers waiting to shake the younger Mysterio’s hand, it’s hard to be cynical. </p>
<p id="MCIzOb">Plus, Dom has proven pretty good at getting reactions out of fans watching on screens around the world, so there’s no need to be a cynic. He’s not there yet, but the kid clearly has the talent and charisma to put it together and get there.</p>
<p id="mubMdj">So naturally McMahon’s a fan. And we’re fans of wholesome backstage scenes of Vince. It’s win/win baby!</p>
<p id="safRcn">Just don’t remind mom about the kendo stick beating her boy took prior to SummerSlam. That was too much.</p>
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https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/9/14/21436196/vince-mcmahon-greets-hugs-praises-dominik-mysterio-video-wwe-summerslamSean Rueter2020-08-29T16:00:00-04:002020-08-29T16:00:00-04:00This version of Roman Reigns was desperately needed
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<p id="g7RY4S">Some places do power rankings. Here at Cageside, we do a stock report.</p>
<p id="1Wjd3F">In this weekly series, we identify three Superstars (or groups of Superstars) who are on their way up, and three that are moving in the opposite direction. After a busy week that included <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/23/21397660/wwe-summerslam-2020-results-live-streaming-match-coverage-braun-strowman-bray-wyatt-orton-mcintyre"><em>SummerSlam 2020</em></a>, Keith Lee being <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/24/21400345/keith-lee-debut-wwe-raw-randy-orton-promo">called up</a> to <em>Raw</em>, and Sami Zayn <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/28/21406262/sami-zayn-returns-wwe-smackdown-jeff-hardy-intercontinental-championship">returning</a> to <em>SmackDown</em>, a lot of fortunes were changed.</p>
<p id="C7ww3m">With that in mind, let’s see whose stock has decreased the most this week:</p>
<h4 id="lak5Ql">Stock Down #3: Braun Strowman</h4>
<p id="QYcj5q">Strowman’s reign as Universal champion came to an end at <em>SummerSlam</em>. He’s still in a good spot, but he’s hardly living up to his claim that he’s “the most evil son of a bitch” that anyone has ever laid eyes on. Hell, he’s only the third most evil wrestler in his own storyline, and appears to be the obvious guy to take the pin in an upcoming triple threat match against Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt at <em>Payback 2020</em>. </p>
<h4 id="Q2N02l">Stock Down #2: Viking Raiders</h4>
<p id="xs1hHZ">Following up on Erik being <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/22/21397161/wwe-stock-report-aug-2020-jeff-hardy-ricochet-mustafa-ali-baszler-mickie-james-cesaro-viking-raiders">put to sleep</a> by Dolph Ziggler on the previous episode of <em>Raw Underground</em>, this week (<a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/24/21398669/wwe-raw-results-live-blog-aug-24-2020-summerslam-fallout-keith-lee-debut-drew-mcinytre-randy-orton">Aug. 24</a>) both Erik and Ivar got their asses handed to them (by The Hurt Business) in Shane McMahon’s underground fight club.</p>
<h4 id="8GX8O8">Stock Down #1: Drew Gulak and Shorty G</h4>
<p id="5RprSg">I’m throwing these two together into one entry because they were each presented as jobbers during separate matches last night (<a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/28/21405123/wwe-smackdown-results-live-blog-aug-28-2020-roman-reigns-returns-contract-signing-miz-tv-big-e">Aug. 28</a>) on <em>SmackDown</em>. It’s worse for Gulak because he was completely steamrolled in his match, even though it’s not too long ago that he was pinning AJ Styles and <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/7/3/21313024/aj-styles-still-intercontinental-champion-drew-gulak-wwe-smackdown">contending</a> for the Intercontinental championship. </p>
<p id="fXZVc9">Now let’s see whose stock has increased the most this week:</p>
<h4 id="xWUcSH">Stock Up #3: Asuka</h4>
<p id="CdE5sX">Asuka <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/23/21398401/wwe-summerslam-2020-results-asuka-defeats-sasha-banks-raw-womens-title-bayley-issues">regained</a> the <em>Raw</em> women’s championship at <em>SummerSlam</em> when she defeated Sasha Banks. The Empress of Tomorrow then brought that feud to an end when she tapped Banks out again the next night on <em>Raw</em>. Asuka is the clear top babyface in the WWE women’s division. </p>
<h4 id="iV1yTE">Stock Up #2: Street Profits</h4>
<p id="Ws96mZ">Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/23/21398433/wwe-summerslam-2020-results-the-street-profits-raw-tag-team-champions-andrade-angel-garza-vega">retained</a> the <em>Raw</em> tag team titles at <em>SummerSlam</em> against Andrade and Angel Garza. Ford then defeated Garza in a singles match on <em>Raw</em> the next night. The Street Profits are already the <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/7/16/21327914/street-profits-longest-raw-tag-team-championship-reign">longest</a> reigning <em>Raw</em> tag champs in years, and there doesn’t appear to be much remaining competition that poses a threat.</p>
<p id="hN2G2y">Montez Ford especially looks like a breakout star; his frog splash finishing move is one of the coolest things in WWE right now.</p>
<h4 id="agdapt">Stock Up #1: Roman Reigns & Paul Heyman</h4>
<p id="D7DWCp">Roman Reigns delivered on the “You’ll never see it coming!” tagline by <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/23/21398402/wwe-summerslam-2020-results-roman-reigns-returns-bray-wyatt-universal-champ">returning</a> to WWE at <em>SummerSlam</em>. He <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/28/21406366/roman-reigns-paul-heyman-guy-wwe-smackdown">aligned</a> himself with Paul Heyman by the end of the week, and <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/24/21400278/wwe-payback-2020-roman-reigns-bray-wyatt-braun-strowman-universal-championship">already</a> has a chance to become the Universal champion tomorrow night (Aug. 30) at <em>Payback 2020</em>. </p>
<p id="PwSSmc">Reigns and Becky Lynch are arguably the two biggest stars in WWE, and both have been <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/6/29/21306922/roman-reigns-sitting-out-covid-wrestlers-travel-quarantine-concerns">missing</a> from television for months. The top of the card desperately <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/24/21398570/roman-reigns-return-wwe-summerslam-2020-reaction">needed</a> Roman back. He appears to have embraced a new attitude, as well as a mysterious relationship with Paul Heyman, which immediately makes him the most intriguing wrestler in the promotion. Is Roman Reigns finally a heel?</p>
<p id="4uHUHZ">There you have it, Cagesiders. Whose stock do you think has changed the most this week?</p>
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<p id="xbLGcG">When a WWE pay-per-view (PPV) event is on the horizon, the staff of Cageside Seats usually offers <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/22/21395795/wwe-summerslam-2020-predictions">predictions</a> for all of the advertised matches on the card. This data can be used to calculate a simple predictability rating for any event.</p>
<p id="UUYv9s">Six different staff members predicted the winners for the matches that took place on Aug. 23 at <em>SummerSlam 2020</em>. Staff members received credit for a correct prediction of the winner of any match, even if they were wrong about the context of that victory.</p>
<p id="7Wjnxc">The Cageside Seats <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/22/21396787/wwe-summerslam-2020-full-match-apollo-crews-mvp-preview">match preview</a> articles for <em>SummerSlam</em> also offered polls allowing Cagesiders the chance to weigh in with their predictions.</p>
<p id="ozCwJh">The following chart contains the prediction results for these matches. The leftmost column includes the match list. Below each staff member’s name, the number “1” is a correct prediction and the number “0” is an incorrect prediction. Empty boxes indicate where no prediction data was available. The rightmost column contains the overall predictability rating for every match, and the very last row shows the overall accuracy of each individual staff member.</p>
<p id="X16gys">The line for Drew McIntyre’s match can be interpreted as follows: “4 out of 7 predictions for McIntyre’s match were correct, which is a predictability rating of 57.1%.”</p>
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<p id="58bkxW">These numbers add up to 37 correct predictions and 19 incorrect predictions, which means the overall predictability rating for <em>SummerSlam 2020</em> is 66.1%.</p>
<p id="DX39X0">This increases the overall predictability rating for 2020 WWE PPVs from 63.6% up to 64.0% (240 correct vs. 135 incorrect predictions). For comparison’s sake, the overall predictability ratings each year from from 2015 through 2019 were 63.4%, 61.1%, 61.6%, 58.7%, and 63.7%, respectively.</p>
<p id="fKeyLi">Now here are the voting percentages from the Cageside community polls for the winners of these matches:</p>
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<li id="0FoRI3">65%: Apollo Crews over MVP</li>
<li id="Y5trXa">40%: Bayley over Asuka</li>
<li id="wfo47q">42%: Street Profits over Andrade & Garza</li>
<li id="fNezD1">83%: Mandy Rose over Sonya Deville</li>
<li id="BTz0ME">58%: Seth Rollins over Dominik Mysterio</li>
<li id="H4vKuk">79%: Asuka over Sasha Banks</li>
<li id="8ErIsH">31%: Drew McIntyre over Randy Orton</li>
<li id="BNI9IZ">90%: Bray Wyatt over Braun Strowman</li>
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<p id="SVAqpw">The results show that the easiest matches of the night to predict were Wyatt defeating Strowman, and Rose beating Deville. The trickiest match for the fan vote was McIntyre beating Orton. </p>
<p id="FMEln2">Four of the eight matches were easy to predict, and the Cageside staff didn’t completely whiff on any of the remaining four matches, which means the overall predictability rating remained above average. Overall, the winners of these matches were not hard to see coming, despite the “You’ll never see it coming!” tagline for the pay-per-view. </p>
<p id="E8DC5F">The staff of Cageside Seats had a good night with predicting the winners at<em> SummerSlam 2020</em>. How did you fare, Cagesiders?</p>
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/28/21405827/wwe-summerslam-2020-staff-community-predictions-right-wrong-percentageCain A. Knight2020-08-27T23:30:00-04:002020-08-27T23:30:00-04:00Sasha Banks is really bad at defending the Raw women’s championship
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<p id="fqWC4a">The <em>Raw</em> women’s championship debuted in mid-2016 when WWE split the <em>Raw</em> and <em>SmackDown</em> brands. According to the data at <a href="https://www.cagematch.net/?id=5&nr=2906">CageMatch.net</a>, there have been 18 separate championship reigns since the title debuted. Five of those 18 reigns belong to Sasha Banks, which is more than anybody else. </p>
<p id="lLFjDL">That’s a lot of championship reigns, but Banks is terrible at retaining the title once she wins it. In four of her five reigns, she won the title on an episode of <em>Raw</em> and then lost it on the next pay-per-view event. In all five reigns, Banks lost the championship in her very first televised defense. </p>
<p id="T7dajO">Here are all of the relevant details for her five championship reigns:</p>
<p id="VxBIbz"><strong>Reign #1: 27 days</strong></p>
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<li id="oPjWYs">Banks defeated Charlotte Flair to win the title on the July 25, 2016 episode of <em>Raw</em>.</li>
<li id="ejYjIe">She lost the title to Flair on Aug. 21, 2016 at <em>SummerSlam</em>.</li>
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<p id="K9spxq"><strong>Reign #2: 27 days</strong></p>
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<li id="bLmFRe">Banks defeated Flair to win the title on the Oct. 3, 2016 episode of <em>Raw</em>.</li>
<li id="fnvcdi">She lost the title to Flair on Oct. 30, 2016 at <em>Hell in a Cell</em>. </li>
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<p id="OMCEud"><strong>Reign #3: 20 days</strong></p>
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<li id="LDNiTj">Banks defeated Flair to win the title on the Nov. 28, 2016 episode of <em>Raw</em>.</li>
<li id="QvAsAH">She lost the title to Flair on Dec. 18, 2016 at <em>Roadblock: End of the Line</em>.</li>
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<p id="ZLyjZh"><strong>Reign #4: 8 days</strong></p>
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<li id="X6aiIn">Banks defeated Alexa Bliss to win the title on Aug. 20, 2017 at <em>SummerSlam</em>.</li>
<li id="gmrXtP">She lost the title to Bliss on the Aug. 28, 2017 episode of <em>Raw</em>. </li>
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<p id="McTgnH"><strong>Reign #5: 27 days</strong></p>
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<li id="bfqmlM">Banks defeated Asuka by count out to win the title on the July 27, 2020 episode of <em>Raw</em>.</li>
<li id="gzne8H">She lost the title to Asuka on Aug. 23, 2020 at <em>SummerSlam</em>.</li>
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<p id="LZEzUQ">None of her five reigns have reached 30 days in length, if you start counting on the day the title change aired on television, rather than the date of the taping. Overall, her five reigns come in at 109 days in cumulative length; Sasha recently <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/7/27/21340418/sasha-banks-tweets-thanks-vince-mcmahon-short-raw-womens-title-reigns">thanked</a> Vince McMahon for these inglorious stats. </p>
<p id="5071fq">Do you think this pattern will plague Sasha for the rest of her career, or will she eventually find a way to successfully defend singles gold on the WWE main roster?</p>
https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/27/21404582/sasha-banks-raw-womens-championship-defense-reigns-title-stats-list-loseCain A. Knight2020-08-27T16:00:00-04:002020-08-27T16:00:00-04:00McIntyre still has not headlined a pay-per-view as WWE champion
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<p id="l4yVoe">Drew McIntyre has been the top male babyface in WWE throughout 2020. He began the year by winning the Royal Rumble match, and then he <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/4/5/21209058/wrestlemania-36-results-drew-mcintyre-wins-wwe-championship-brock-lesnar">defeated</a> Brock Lesnar for the WWE championship at <em>WrestleMania 36</em>. Since winning the top prize in the promotion, McIntyre has gone on to successfully defend the gold on all four WWE pay-per-view events, including a victory over Randy Orton at <em>SummerSlam</em>.</p>
<p id="lnGQsc">That’s all well and good, but I happen to be a wrestling fan with a strange fascination for <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/6/18/21294421/wwe-ppv-main-event-list-history-corbin-kofi-kingston-becky-lynch-undertaker-cena-reigns-mcintyre">keeping track</a> of which wrestlers are chosen for pay-per-view (PPV) main event matches. It always stands out when the WWE champion doesn’t headline a PPV. McIntyre did main event <em>WrestleMania 36</em> against <s>Big Show</s> Lesnar, but he was the challenger on that night. Drew has not headlined any subsequent PPV as the defending WWE champion.</p>
<p id="rLjMkY">Here is a list of the each WWE PPV since <em>WrestleMania 36</em>, along with the corresponding main event match. McIntyre’s opponent is also listed, as well as some relevant context:</p>
<p id="ggfVjJ"><em><strong>Money in the Bank 2020</strong></em></p>
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<li id="GGhcfF">Main event: Men and Women’s Money in the Bank ladder matches</li>
<li id="50VJga">McIntyre’s opponent: Seth Rollins</li>
<li id="Hc0MqM">Context: Rollins was booked in a WWE championship match despite coming off a loss to Kevin Owens at <em>WrestleMania 36</em>.</li>
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<p id="DQpcQx"><em><strong>Backlash 2020</strong></em></p>
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<li id="DVZSHP">Main event: Edge vs. Randy Orton</li>
<li id="MEuOAN">McIntyre’s opponent: Bobby Lashley</li>
<li id="nJ2qrI">Context: Two months prior to this, Lashley lost against Aleister Black in less than eight minutes at <em>WrestleMania 36</em>. He received a sudden push with a new Full Nelson finisher in the build up to <em>Backlash</em>. Meanwhile, Edge vs. Orton was <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/5/21/21267114/wwe-backlash-edge-randy-orton-greatest-wrestling-match-ever-lol">promoted</a> as The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever.</li>
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<p id="mvEf6y"><em><strong>The Horror Show at Extreme Rules</strong></em></p>
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<li id="oZOX8p">Main event: Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt (Swamp Fight)</li>
<li id="jHtJ8d">McIntyre’s opponent: Dolph Ziggler</li>
<li id="dGFjp9">Context: After losing a feud against Otis, Ziggler was <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/2020/6/19/21296476/rumor-roundup-hardy-urine-styles-trade-ziggler-belair-creative-vince-mcmahon-nxt-elias-undertaker">traded</a> from <em>SmackDown</em> to <em>Raw</em>. He was <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/6/22/21299884/dolph-ziggler-raw-drew-mcintyre-wwe-championship-extreme-rules-2020">immediately</a> granted a WWE championship match against McIntyre, his former tag partner. </li>
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<p id="znTgdg"><em><strong>SummerSlam 2020</strong></em></p>
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<li id="WYx8Rq">Main event: Braun Strowman vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Universal championship match)</li>
<li id="9ejkrM">McIntyre’s opponent: Randy Orton</li>
<li id="UI7hsB">Context: Orton was pushed all summer long as the top heel on <em>Raw</em>, <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/15/21369942/shawn-michaels-confront-randy-orton-aug-17-2020-wwe-raw-ric-flair-rey-mysterio">punting legends</a> like Ric Flair and Shawn Michaels, but it wasn’t enough to main event over The Fiend and a <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/23/21398402/wwe-summerslam-2020-results-roman-reigns-returns-bray-wyatt-universal-champ">surprise return</a> from Roman Reigns. </li>
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<p id="i4nOLe">None of McIntyre’s matches on the first three events felt like they were important enough to main event the card. <em>Money in the Bank</em>’s big attraction was a cinematic ladder match at WWE headquarters. <em>Backlash</em> included “The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever” between Edge and Orton, which was <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/6/4/21280955/wwe-backlash-2020-greatest-wrestling-match-ever-edge-randy-orton-troll-main-event">always</a> the clear main event. <em>Extreme Rules</em> didn’t have an obvious main event match, but being booked in a WWE championship match against mid-carder Dolph Ziggler is a <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/7/19/21330010/wwe-extreme-rules-2020-drew-mcintyre-dolph-ziggler-full-match-preview">surefire</a> way to not headline a card. </p>
<p id="QDEILg"><em>SummerSlam</em> was the card where McIntyre seemingly had the best chance to wrestle in the main event, because WWE’s top babyface (McIntyre) was booked against the top heel (Orton). But there was a big angle planned with the return of Roman Reigns, and that was enough to keep Drew out of the final match of the night.</p>
<p id="C6cXv1">This actually happened last year as well. Kofi Kingston won the WWE championship at <em>WrestleMania 35</em> (unlike Drew, his title win was not the main event), and then Kingston held the title into October without ever headlining a PPV as the defending champ. This included two championship defenses on PPV against Dolph Ziggler, because <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2019/6/23/18714138/wwe-stomping-grounds-kofi-kingston-dolph-ziggler-full-match-preview">of course</a> it did. Kingston then defended the title against Randy Orton at <em>SummerSlam</em>, in a match that <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2019/8/11/20801376/wwe-summerslam-2019-results-orton-kingston-wwe-title-double-countout">did not</a> have a winner. </p>
<p id="dUvnz1">So, what does this mean for Drew? Unlike Kingston’s <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/27/21404051/kofi-kingston-squash-brock-lesnar-wwe-championship-writer-plan-fox">case</a> from 2019, I don’t think this means that Vince McMahon is not sold on McIntyre as the top star in the promotion. The main difference between Kofi and Drew is that McIntyre has the big win over Brock Lesnar, whereas Kingston was presented as being <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/24/21399021/miz-big-e-talking-smack-argument-kofi-kingston-wwe-title-run-white-privilege">nowhere</a> in Brock’s league. That’s all you need to know to figure out what McMahon thinks of McIntyre in comparison to Kingston.</p>
<p id="GcRAA9">I think Drew’s lack of main events as the defending champ is largely a reflection of <em>Raw</em>’s dearth of top heels to match him up against. When WWE did finally pair him up with a hot heel for <em>SummerSlam</em>, the match took a backseat to the return of Roman Reigns. </p>
<p id="oE1tig">Drew’s absence from the main event is also related to cinematic matches becoming a top focus in WWE during the pandemic era; the main events of <em>Money in the Bank</em>, <em>Backlash</em>, and <em>Extreme Rules</em> were all recorded well ahead of time and did not air live.</p>
<p id="jkbsuG">The window is now closing on McIntyre’s chances of headlining a PPV during his current WWE championship reign. It looks like he’ll miss the next PPV, <em>Payback 2020 </em>(Aug. 30), as a result of a potential (kayfabe) <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/25/21400516/wwe-drew-mcintyre-career-threatening-injuries-three-randy-orton-punts-raw">skull fracture</a> via a <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/25/21401239/matt-jackson-jokes-randy-orton-badly-missed-punt-wwe-raw">whiffed</a> punt from Randy Orton. Assuming McIntyre returns in September, he’ll have to <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/24/21400278/wwe-payback-2020-roman-reigns-bray-wyatt-braun-strowman-universal-championship">compete</a> with Roman Reigns and The Fiend for PPV main event spots, at least in the short-term. With Roman Reigns back in the fold, Drew McIntyre is no longer the top babyface in WWE.</p>
<p id="evdU6L">What do you make of Drew’s inability to main event a PPV as the defending WWE champion? </p>
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https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/27/21399562/drew-mcintyre-no-ppv-main-event-wwe-championCain A. Knight2020-08-26T18:00:00-04:002020-08-26T18:00:00-04:00Cageside Community Star Ratings: Apollo Crews vs. MVP
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<p id="UsqNNY">Welcome to Cageside Community Star Ratings for <em>SummerSlam 2020</em>!</p>
<p id="oZ9ohs">For some wrestling fans, star ratings are a way of life. It’s one thing to say that a match is good or bad, but can you actually put a number on it?</p>
<p id="7xub29">The star rating system is a scale ranging from 0 to 5 with increments of 0.25. A 5-star match is as close to perfect as it gets while a 0-star match is a complete dud.</p>
<p id="SWM4Od">Determining the star rating for a given match is a highly subjective process. In general the goal is to wrap up all the important elements of a match into one simple number. Some factors to consider may include the story and booking of the match, the workrate of the performers, ring psychology, length of the match, audience reaction, and so forth.</p>
<p id="7gXPFH">There is no such thing as a wrong answer, because every wrestling fan consumes this art form in a different way.</p>
<p id="Hd1AsX">The purpose of Cageside Community Star Ratings is for the readers to assign star ratings to every single match on a given WWE pay-per-view event. These results will be tabulated and summarized after every match on the pay-per-view has been voted on by the community.</p>
<p id="ISCzjy">The final match up for debate from <em>SummerSlam</em> is Apollo Crews versus MVP. </p>
<p id="2dX6gX">Please select a star rating in the poll below and discuss your thoughts on this match in the comments section.</p>
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https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/26/21398197/community-star-ratings-wwe-summerslam-2020-apollo-crews-mvpCain A. Knight2020-08-26T10:00:00-04:002020-08-26T10:00:00-04:00Cageside Community Star Ratings: Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville
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<p id="UsqNNY">Welcome to Cageside Community Star Ratings for <em>SummerSlam 2020</em>!</p>
<p id="oZ9ohs">For some wrestling fans, star ratings are a way of life. It’s one thing to say that a match is good or bad, but can you actually put a number on it?</p>
<p id="7xub29">The star rating system is a scale ranging from 0 to 5 with increments of 0.25. A 5-star match is as close to perfect as it gets while a 0-star match is a complete dud.</p>
<p id="SWM4Od">Determining the star rating for a given match is a highly subjective process. In general the goal is to wrap up all the important elements of a match into one simple number. Some factors to consider may include the story and booking of the match, the workrate of the performers, ring psychology, length of the match, audience reaction, and so forth.</p>
<p id="7gXPFH">There is no such thing as a wrong answer, because every wrestling fan consumes this art form in a different way.</p>
<p id="Hd1AsX">The purpose of Cageside Community Star Ratings is for the readers to assign star ratings to every single match on a given WWE pay-per-view event. These results will be tabulated and summarized after every match on the pay-per-view has been voted on by the community.</p>
<p id="ISCzjy">The next match up for debate from <em>SummerSlam</em> is Mandy Rose versus Sonya Deville. </p>
<p id="2dX6gX">Please select a star rating in the poll below and discuss your thoughts on this match in the comments section.</p>
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https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/26/21398195/community-star-ratings-wwe-summerslam-2020-mandy-rose-sonya-devilleCain A. Knight2020-08-25T18:00:00-04:002020-08-25T18:00:00-04:00Cageside Community Star Ratings: Street Profits vs. Andrade & Garza
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<p id="UsqNNY">Welcome to Cageside Community Star Ratings for <em>SummerSlam 2020</em>!</p>
<p id="oZ9ohs">For some wrestling fans, star ratings are a way of life. It’s one thing to say that a match is good or bad, but can you actually put a number on it?</p>
<p id="7xub29">The star rating system is a scale ranging from 0 to 5 with increments of 0.25. A 5-star match is as close to perfect as it gets while a 0-star match is a complete dud.</p>
<p id="SWM4Od">Determining the star rating for a given match is a highly subjective process. In general the goal is to wrap up all the important elements of a match into one simple number. Some factors to consider may include the story and booking of the match, the workrate of the performers, ring psychology, length of the match, audience reaction, and so forth.</p>
<p id="7gXPFH">There is no such thing as a wrong answer, because every wrestling fan consumes this art form in a different way.</p>
<p id="Hd1AsX">The purpose of Cageside Community Star Ratings is for the readers to assign star ratings to every single match on a given WWE pay-per-view event. These results will be tabulated and summarized after every match on the pay-per-view has been voted on by the community.</p>
<p id="ISCzjy">The next match up for debate from <em>SummerSlam</em> is Street Profits versus Andrade & Angel Garza. </p>
<p id="2dX6gX">Please select a star rating in the poll below and discuss your thoughts on this match in the comments section.</p>
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https://www.cagesideseats.com/wwe/2020/8/25/21398199/community-star-ratings-wwe-summerslam-2020-street-profits-andrade-angel-garzaCain A. Knight