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The road to SummerSlam has been an interesting road full of surprising moments. This was a very good week for the WWE. There were multiple title changes, lengthy quality matches, returning legends, attempted murder and a good Samaritan called Samoa Joe.
Samoa Joe being nice is likely the strangest sight of all in WWE programming this week. As we're still figuring out why Rowan is trying to eliminate Roman Reigns, we'll put that behind us for now and look at the top five WWE moments of the week from August 4th-August 10, 2019.
#Samoa Joe helps Roman Reigns
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Samoa Joe is a very complicated guy. He is more than willing to stalk his opponent’s family at their home and make some very creepy children’s books about them. He isn’t willing, however, to attempt to murder his rivals, it seems. That is clearly a bridge too far for Samoa Joe, something we learned for certain this week.
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It was weird to see Samoa Joe actually being kind of a good guy this week on Monday Night Raw. He first started by demanding an apology for being suspected of the recent attack on Roman Reigns. Based on how horrible Joe has been to his opponents in the past, it didn’t seem out of character if he actually did do it. But the image of Samoa Joe actually helping out Roman after the hit and run was a clear moment of the week.
It could provide some more depth to his character besides just being a monster heel. I am hopeful we will see a better Samoa Joe character after SummerSlam in the fall.
#4 Seth Rollins guarantees a SummerSlam win against Brock Lesnar
It was a disturbing sight to see Seth Rollins getting beaten up by Brock Lesnar last Monday night and the crowd was clearly supporting Lesnar throughout the lengthy attack. It is pretty clear that the WWE has damaged Seth Rollins’ babyface character a lot if Brock Lesnar, the hated part-timer, is getting the audience’s support for Sunday's Universal Championship match.
This week Seth Rollins came out to take another long beating at the hands of Brock Lesnar. It could have elicited sympathy for Seth Rollins by putting him in the clear underdog role for the match. The biggest moment of the attack was the beaten Seth Rollins guaranteeing a win on Sunday. Based on the story we have seen so far, that would be a truly real surprise. Is WWE trying to sell us the story that a very injured Seth Rollins can defeat a healthy Brock Lesnar? Will it get Seth Rollins his support back from the WWE fan base? I guess we shall see on Sunday in Toronto.
#3 New Women’s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross
This Monday ended the 120-day title reign of Billy Kay and Peyton Royce as WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. It will surely go down in the history books as one the worst and most meaningless reigns in existence of WWE championships. It is another example of WWE being unwilling to properly book another tag division.
The match on Monday was a pretty solid match that eventually got the Pittsburgh crowd behind it. Seeing the IIconics eliminated first was certainly a big surprise. Sure, their reign involved them vanishing for months on end but that wasn’t really their fault. They deserved better.
The team of Asuka and Kairi Sane was clearly the crowd's favorite as the match went along but they were unable to pull it off. WWE decided to give it to one of their favorite women, Alexa Bliss. Hopefully, with Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross as the tag team champions, it will lead to more of a role for this belt going forward. I mean it can only be better from here, right?
#2 Goldberg returns for a SummerSlam match
Never doubt the WWE fans' ability to get excited for a pro wrestling legend returning to the wrestling ring.
While WWE was clearly telegraphing Goldberg’s return with the frequent mentions by Dolph Ziggler over the recent weeks, the crowd was still was excited to see the return of the 52-year-old Bill Goldberg on Monday Night Raw. It is proof that nostalgia is a very powerful thing. Or, people are not really watching the Saudi Arabian shows.
This will be a very big moment for Goldberg. He is coming off an awful performance at Super ShowDown in June that was also very dangerous for both competitors involved in the main event. Was it an accident or proof that both wrestlers should retire?
They picked a good opponent to give Goldberg one last chance. Dolph Ziggler is an excellent seller in the ring. I am sure he will do his best on Sunday. Will Goldberg be able to perform well one last time? Judging by what went on Monday, the crowd will be on his side at the very least.
#1 Rowan is revealed as the man behind Roman Reigns' scaffolding incident
I didn’t see that one coming. The mystery of who attacked Roman Reigns has built over the last two weeks. The two violent attacks were set-up in a way that could truly injure the Big Dog in the real world. They would be clear felonies. So, imagine the surprise when it was announced by Buddy Murphy at the end of SmackDown that Rowan was behind these violent attacks on WWE programming.
It was quite surprising that Buddy Murphy said it was only Rowan that attacked Roman Reigns. Why would the lackey of Daniel Bryan attack one of the biggest stars in the company without Daniel Bryan’s help? Would it make sense to push Rowan as the biggest heel to go up against Reigns in the meaningful feuds for the coming months? It leads to a lot of questions and I don’t know if they will all be answered this Sunday at SummerSlam. But, it could add a good element of surprise to Sunday. I mean Roman Reigns has to be part of SummerSlam, right?
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