5 Possible main events for WWE SummerSlam 2019 after Extreme Rules

WWE SummerSlam 2019 will take place at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Canada on Sunday, August 11.

Although WWE is yet to announce any matches for the event, the Extreme Rules pay-per-view on July 14 appeared to set up several possible encounters for the next ‘Big 4’ show on the WWE calendar.

The main event, for example, saw Seth Rollins & Becky Lynch retain the Universal Championship and Raw Women’s Championship against Baron Corbin & Lacey Evans, only for Brock Lesnar to spoil the party by successfully cashing in his Money In The Bank contract on Rollins.

Elsewhere, Kofi Kingston defeated Samoa Joe to extend his three-month reign with the WWE Championship, while The Undertaker & Roman Reigns won a No Holds Barred tag team match against Shane McMahon & Drew McIntyre.

With the outcomes from Extreme Rules in mind, let’s take a look at five matches that would be worthy of headlining this year’s SummerSlam.

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#5 Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins

Triple H and the McMahons announced in December 2018 that automatic rematch clauses no longer exist in WWE, which means Seth Rollins is not necessarily guaranteed another opportunity against Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship.

However, given the circumstances, it would be extremely harsh on the former Shield member if he were to suddenly drop out of the Universal title reckoning following an impromptu 15-second match.

Charlotte Flair did not receive a rematch for the SmackDown Women’s Championship when Bayley cashed in her Money In The Bank contract to win the title from “The Queen” in May, but she was at least given a chance to regain it by taking part in a #1 contender match on SmackDown Live.

In Rollins’ case, a rematch against Lesnar might not be fans’ preferred choice as the main event of SummerSlam – it went on first at WrestleMania 35, after all – but it feels like the next natural step to take in this ongoing storyline.

#4 The Undertaker vs. Roman Reigns

The Undertaker surprisingly joined forces with Roman Reigns last month when he helped his former WrestleMania rival to survive an attack from Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre on Raw.

Fast forward to Extreme Rules and the two duos battled it out in a well-received No Holds Barred tag team match, with the impressive “Deadman” picking up the win for his team following a Tombstone Piledriver on McMahon.

It was recently reported by the Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer that WWE is advertising The Undertaker vs. McIntyre locally for SummerSlam, but he has been told that nothing should be read into it (i.e. Undertaker’s opponent is still unknown).

Although McIntyre would make sense from a storyline perspective, a rematch two-and-a-half years in the making between ‘Taker and Reigns would be a lot more intriguing.

Why? Because not only would the outcome be difficult to call, but Reigns has said in out-of-character interviews that he was disappointed with his own performance against “The Phenom” in their WrestleMania 33 main event in 2017.

Now, with more storyline build-up, Big Dog vs. Big Dog II would be worthy of the SummerSlam main event.

#3 Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey

With just four weeks to go until SummerSlam, Becky Lynch has been left without an obvious challenger for the Raw Women’s Championship following her latest win over Lacey Evans at Extreme Rules.

On the Raw roster, nobody from the women’s division has built up enough momentum to be deemed worthy of facing Lynch in a high-profile match at a ‘Big 4’ event, while the only major female star without a storyline on SmackDown Live right now is Charlotte Flair, but fans have seen that match dozens of times.

That only really leaves three possible challengers for “The Man”:

• Beth Phoenix (she has had back-and-forth Twitter spats with Lynch since April, leading to speculation about a match)
• Ronda Rousey (currently inactive due to a broken hand but rumored to be on her way back)
• Sasha Banks (absent since WrestleMania but destined to be involved in a big storyline upon her return)

Out of those three options, the Rousey match is the most worthy of being a main event, especially after Lynch insulted “The Baddest Woman on the Planet” yet again in recent media interviews.

#2 Multi-man match for the WWE Championship

Heading into Extreme Rules, Samoa Joe lost all seven previous matches in which he had challenged for the Universal Championship (vs. Brock Lesnar) or WWE Championship (vs. AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan).

After that abysmal record continued against WWE champion Kofi Kingston on Sunday, it seems unlikely that “The Samoan Submission Machine” will be granted another one-on-one shot at SmackDown Live’s top title at this year's SummerSlam.

There is a chance that he could remain in the title picture, of course, just like he did in 2017 with the Universal Championship when he lost against Brock Lesnar in the main event of Great Balls of Fire.

However, with so many Superstars waiting for their chance as singles competitors on the blue brand (Ali, Andrade, Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, Randy Orton, Sheamus etc), a multi-man WWE Championship match would be a lot more appealing.

#1 Brock Lesnar vs. Bray Wyatt

From a storyline perspective, Brock Lesnar vs. Seth Rollins is the obvious direction that WWE could take for the Universal Championship match at the SummerSlam pay-per-view.

However, there is so much intrigue and speculation surrounding Bray Wyatt – and his new “Fiend” character – right now, and the majority of WWE fans would be a lot more interested in seeing the ‘Firefly Fun House’ host go one-on-one with Lesnar instead of Rollins.

There have been multiple reports over the last few weeks suggesting that Wyatt has been backstage at several WWE shows recently and he is scheduled to make his in-ring return at SummerSlam.

If that is the case, then there would be no better way to reintroduce the former Wyatt Family leader to the ring than by having him face WWE’s most destructive Superstar in a never-before-seen main event for the Universal Championship.