5 WWE SummerSlam 2020 rumors you need to know

WWE SummerSlam 2020 is just days away, and the 33rd edition of The Greatest Party of the Summer will have a different feel to it. The show, for the first time in the pandemic era, will not be held at the Performance Center. SummerSlam 2020 will be held at the Amway Center, which WWE has dubbed the "Thunderdome".

The Thunderdome will have virtual fans, drone cameras and pyro, to give fans something new. SummerSlam 2020 will have several title matches, and more will likely be confirmed in the days to come.

Let's take a look at 5 WWE SummerSlam 2020 rumors you need to know:

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#5 How long WWE has the Amway Center for after SummerSlam 2020

Footage from inside the Amway Center in Orlando, where WWE is working on its newest creation, the ThunderDome pic.twitter.com/WBx8Xx3U8a

— Justin Barrasso (@JustinBarrasso) August 19, 2020

The Amway Center in Florida will not only play host to SummerSlam but also to RAW and SmackDown, with the Blue brand's go-home show being the first show to be held there.

The venue will be the home of RAW and SmackDown for the next few months, but no fans will be allowed at the venue. Jon Alba of SpecSports 360, recently revealed how long WWE will be at the Amway Center for:

"A rep from the City of Orlando tells me and @MyNews13 #WWE has a use agreement with Amway Center through Oct. 30 with no fans present in the building. So barring an amendment in the agreement, no live fans through October, but WWE gets arena access for all events through then."

Fans will get to experience the Amway Center in all its glory post-SummerSlam 2020 as well as RAW, SmackDown, and other pay-per-views will be held at the venue.

The Thunderdome will have an entirely new stage design, with the faces of fans projected from screens to give a real atmosphere to the show.

#4 How Dominik got his singles match against Seth Rollins at SummerSlam 2020

Dominik and Rey Mysterio

At WWE SummerSlam 2020, Dominik Mysterio, the son of WWE legend Rey Mysterio, will make his in-ring debut. Dominik will face off against The Monday Night Messiah, Seth Rollins, on August 23.

A recent report by Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue reveals that WWE did not actually intend to give Dominik a debut singles match at SummerSlam 2020.

"I really can't see this as anything but a message from Vince McMahon to Rey Mysterio. Something like, if you're son gets hurt that's on you for pushing us to get him involved too early because the WWE did not want Dominik debuting in a solo match at this point, but that's what Rey wanted, and Rey wanted to make sure they did what he wanted before he would look at signing a new contract."

Rey Mysterio's contract with WWE expired earlier this year, and although it hasn't been made official yet, it seems that Mysterio is staying in WWE, as per a recent report by Dave Meltzer.

#3 Why Payback is just a week after SummerSlam 2020

You heard right.One week after #SummerSlam, @itsBayleyWWE and @SashaBanksWWE will have to defend their WWE #WomensTagTitles at #WWEPayback! https://t.co/rp7Uv1PYSV

— WWE (@WWE) August 15, 2020

WWE made a surprising announcement recently about the Payback pay-per-view as they revealed that it will take place just a week after SummerSlam 2020.

According to Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the decision to have Payback just after SummerSlam 2020 is being done as an experiment:

"Just an experiment to see how it works. They must have an idea for a hot angle coming off SummerSlam that they felt needed an immediate follow-up. That or, it was just an idea they are trying."

One match has been confirmed for the show as the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions, Sasha Banks and Bayley, will defend their titles. WWE have yet to reveal who The Golden Role Models will face on August 30, 2020 at the Amway Center. WWE will add more matches following SummerSlam 2020, and the RAW and SmackDown after this weekend's pay-per-view.

The Payback PPV wasn't held in 2018 or 2019, the first time that the PPV did not feature since being first introduced back in 2013.

#2 Potential finish plans for Randy Orton vs Drew McIntyre at SummerSlam 2020

Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton

One match that the WWE Universe is eagerly awaiting to witness at SummerSlam 2020 is the match between WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton. Orton is at his heelish best going into SummerSlam 2020, even attacking his ally and friend Ric Flair, in the lead up to the show.

WWE could have something interesting planned for the match between Orton and McIntyre, with Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue hinting at a potential interference in the match:

"Randy Orton might not have visibly punted Ric Flair but neither did Braun Strowman visibly throw Alexa Bliss to the ground. It doesn't change the fact that WWE wanted Flair written off before the return to live TV. He could still return to cost either Orton or McIntyre at SummerSlam using as controlled an environment as possible. Now that was the original intention, to have Ric Flair somehow involved but the original plan was of course in an attack against McIntyre."

We could possibly see the match ending in disqualification and a rematch slated for the near future.

#1 WWE to set-up a rematch at SummerSlam 2020?

Bray Wyatt and Braun Strowman will face off once again at SummerSlam 2020

Ever since WWE made the announcement that Payback will happen just a week after SummerSlam 2020, fans have been wondering why WWE took this decision.

As per Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Newsletter, WWE could pull off a big swerve by setting up a rematch at SummerSlam 2020 for the following week's Payback pay-per-view. He said that one of the two Championship matches - Drew McIntyre vs Randy Orton, or Braun Strowman vs Bray Wyatt, could happen again at Payback:

"The key will be an angle at Summerslam’s gonna lead to needing an immediate rematch. So it’ll be whatever that angle is, whether it’s Drew and Randy Orton... it’s gonna be one of the two major championship matches is gonna have to have an angle to build for an immediate return.”

Sportskeeda's Tom Colohue also reiterated the same and said that RETRIBUTION could potentially interfere in the main event of SummerSlam to set-up a rematch for the Payback pay-per-view on August 30.