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As we enter the final week in the build up to WWE Summerslam 2017, expectations are high for the company's first joint Monday Night Raw and Smackdown Live pay-per-view since WWE Wrestlemania 33. "The Biggest Party of the Summer" has quite a few intriguing matches and storylines and fans are eagerly awaiting the pay-per-view in Brooklyn.
But, along with this excitement also comes trepidation. The WWE Universe have grown wary of the company's questionable booking decisions and it always feels like taking one step forward and two steps back with the creative direction that the company seems to take. And, there's nothing different with Summerslam this year.
The show has the potential for greatness but there are some things that professional wrestling fans just don't want to see happen but chances are these events are almost guaranteed to occur during the course of the four-hour extravaganza.
So, without any further ado, let's get into our list of five things the fans hope won't happen at WWE Summerslam 2017 but surely will:
#5 Both John Cena and Randy Orton don't win
John Cena and Randy Orton are pretty much untouchable at the top of the WWE's food chain. But, they're also seasoned veterans who should be looking to the next generation of WWE Superstars and helping these youngsters get over with the fans. To that respect, both men should be eating a loss at WWE Summerslam 2017.
Cena is up against Mr Money in the Bank, Baron Corbin, while Orton faces off against Rusev. Both younger men are primed for a run at the top and could use a helping hand on the way there. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like both men will be getting their due.
While Cena has done his fair share of putting people over -- especially at Summerslam events these past few years -- Orton is rarely ever asked to lay down for a younger man. One of them might take the loss here but hoping that both Rusev and Corbin will get big wins is wishful thinking at best.
It should be noted that John Cena hasn't won a SummerSlam match since 2010, and hasn't been victorious in a SummerSlam match since 2007! This is a huge streak of Cena that looks to be coming to an end this year. 10 years is a long time, to be fair.
#4 Bray Wyatt is made to look weak
How far Bray Wyatt has fallen since WWE Elimination Chamber 2017 earlier this year. After capturing the WWE Championship by pinning both AJ Styles and John Cena in the same match, it finally looked like the WWE would be giving "The Eater of Worlds" his due. How wrong we were!
Things have gone steadily downhill from there and Bray is back to languishing without any sort of momentum. That is hardly expected to change with his latest feud against Finn Balor. And, I get why the WWE are planning this: Balor needs the victory considering this is his first major angle since returning from injury.
But, that doesn't mean they have to throw Wyatt to the wolves. There can be feuds where both men involved come out looking better than they did going in. But, looking at the WWE's track record with Bray, I would not be holding my breath hoping for it to happen.
#3 AJ Styles vs Kevin Owens has a messy finish
AJ Styles and Kevin Owens really have been shortchanged, according to me. Both men are spectacular wrestlers and have been doing a truly amazing job over the past year and a half. Now, they're embroiled in a feud for the WWE United States Championship and it should be one for the ages. Instead, it's been bogged down by some questionable finishes.
First, we had the 'AJ getting his foot stuck in the announce table finish' which was quite a creative way to extend the feud but only if their next match worked out to be great.
Unfortunately, that encounter was plagued by a terrible finish where AJ lost the belt -- which he had won on a House Show -- only to win it back two nights later on Smackdown Live.
Now, with Shane McMahon added as a Special Guest Referee, there is no way these guys are going to go at it without some sort of dusty finish coming into play yet again.
#2 Baron Corbin cashes in Money in the Bank
The most common theory right now is that Shinsuke Nakamura will be winning the WWE Championship from Jinder Mahal and will immediately drop the belt to Mr Money in the Bank, Baron Corbin, who will cash in on the exhausted "King of Strong Style". It might be predictable but it works because it makes a lot of storyline sense.
The reason why fans don't want Corbin cashing in is that the whole WWE Universe really wants to see Nakamura get an extended run with the gold. It's what a professional wrestler of his calibre deserves, after all.
Also, the matches he has had with Corbin prior to this have been solid but nothing like what he could achieve if he faced off against the likes of AJ Styles. But, there is no way Corbin isn't cashing in at WWE Summerslam 2017.
#1 Brock Lesnar retains
Everyone wants to see the WWE Universal Championship back on a full-time performer. But, after Paul Heyman's announcement that he and Brock Lesnar would both leave the WWE should "The Beast Incarnate" not retain his championship, there is no way he's dropping the belt at WWE Summerslam 2017.
It would be great to see the likes of Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman get a run with the title, but for the moment, there is nobody bigger than Brock Lesnar.
