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SummerSlam is almost here, which is one of the biggest PPVs of the year for WWE. This year's SummerSlam looks set to be an exciting one as WWE programming has turned a corner over the last month or so and has put out a few interesting RAW and SmackDown shows.
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So far, 9 matches have been confirmed for the PPV that will be held on August 11, 2019. Five title matches will be held at the PPV, including a WrestleMania 35 rematch between Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship, while Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton will face off for the WWE Championship.
We will also see a legend return to the ring as Trish Stratus will face off against Charlotte Flair in a singles match.
WWE could announce a few more matches ahead of next weekend's PPV, and here are 5 SummerSlam matches that could be confirmed on RAW & SD:
#5 Drew McIntyre vs Cedric Alexander
Drew McIntyre and Cedric Alexander have been feuding over the last few weeks on RAW, with Alexander even defeating McIntyre on the July 15th episode. In the following week's episode, Alexander was brutalised by McIntyre.
The two then featured in a massive brawl between several Superstars on last week's RAW, where Alexander jumped off the titantron on a group of Superstars, which was probably the highlight of the show.
We could see these two continue their feud on this week's RAW, which could result in a match between the two at SummerSlam. It seems that Alexander is set to get a push, and a match against a top heel like McIntyre will certainly help Alexander's progress to the top, much like how Ali transitioned from 205 Live to the main roster.
#4 The OC vs The Usos - RAW Tag Team Championship
The team of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, who along with AJ Styles are now called The OC, won the RAW Tag Team titles on last week's episode of RAW, winning a triple threat tag team match against The Usos and The Revival.
With their victory, all three OC members hold titles, as AJ Styles is currently the United States champion, with The OC now heels on WWE television.
Styles is set to face Ricochet with the United States title on the line at SummerSlam, but WWE have not yet confirmed a match for the RAW Tag Team titles yet. WWE could perhaps put The OC in a tag team match against The Usos for SummerSlam, as The Usos are possibly the only face tag team on RAW that could go up against The OC at the moment.
Tag team wrestling seems like an afterthought in WWE currently, which means that this match could maybe be on the pre-show.
#3 Shinsuke Nakamura vs Ali - Intercontinental Champion
Shinsuke Nakamura has had an underwhelming last few months on WWE television, despite being the Intercontinental Champion right now.
The Japanese Superstar has been feuding with Ali over the last few weeks and it has been an interesting feud so far. Ali challenged Nakamura for a match at SummerSlam on Twitter, but Nakamura did not accept the challenge, instead asking Ali to wait in line.
The two faced off at the SmackVille show recently, where Nakamura defended his title and won the match, but lost to Ali on last week's SmackDown show, which was a non-title match.
It is quite certain that WWE will confirm this match for SummerSlam on SmackDown as well, although like the RAW Tag Team Championship, this could also be on SummerSlam's pre-show.
Nakamura defeated Finn Balor to win the Intercontinental title at Extreme Rules.
#2 Dolph Ziggler vs Goldberg
There have been reports doing the rounds that Goldberg could return for yet another match after his disastrous last match against The Undertaker at Super ShowDown. Wrestling Observer Newsletter claimed that WWE will scrap the proposed match between Dolph Ziggler and The Miz for SummerSlam, and instead replace the latter with Goldberg.
Ziggler has taken potshots at Goldberg and other WWE legends recently, and that could be one of the ways WWE could build-up towards this match. Goldberg will want to put that previous match against The Undertaker behind him, and we could maybe see him squash the Show Off at SummerSlam.
At last month's Extreme Rules PPV, Ziggler lost in under 20 seconds to Kevin Owens, and a similar ending could happen to him at SummerSlam if he does face Goldberg at the show. We could perhaps see the WWE Hall of Famer interrupt Ziggler's promo on WWE television ahead of SummerSlam, and challenge him to a match.
#1 Roman Reigns vs mystery attacker
Last week's SmackDown Live ended with a cliffhanger as some objects fell on him while he was to challenge someone for SummerSlam. WWE said that it was an error by a forklift driver that led to equipment falling on The Big Dog, and the speculation around who the forklift driver is has gone on for days.
We will most likely find out more details about this on this coming week's SmackDown show, with many predicting that the forklift driver could be Daniel Bryan, who has been teasing a "career-altering announcement" over the last few weeks.
We will learn more about who and why the mystery attacker is and his motive for doing what he did to Reigns this week on SmackDown, while we could also see Reigns challenging this mystery attacker to a match at SummerSlam. The set-up has been perfect by WWE and this would make the match at SummerSlam quite interesting!
