WWE Rumor Roundup: Big SummerSlam plans changed, Vince McMahon's 'wacky' idea, Backstage news on AJ Styles and more - 29th July 2020

Randy Orton responsible for change in WWE RAW match

.@RandyOrton issued the ultimate #WWEChampionship challenge for @DMcIntyreWWE at @SummerSlam!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/dRFhq7cznp

— WWE (@WWE) July 29, 2020

Dolph Ziggler begged Drew McIntyre for a rematch on WWE RAW last week and the champion reluctantly accepted it after he was given the freedom to pick the stipulation. The match was initially set to be a match for the WWE Championship but things changed before RAW and it was announced as a non-title match.

WWE did not reveal the reason, but now Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer reports that it was because of Randy Orton. WWE reportedly wanted to get The Viper involved in the title picture and thus decided to change the McIntyre vs. Ziggler match. He said:

“Last week one of the segments was going to be Randy Orton going for the title, but it was torn up. Obviously, it was torn up because they were going to do the title match at the next show and they talked about the title match on this show. Then within an hour they decided that they just wanted to make sure that the Orton/McIntyre match was promoted this week because they didn’t promote it last week originally, they delayed it a week, but they promoted it before that [Ziggler] match and [Orton] was directly challenging McIntyre, not the winner so it was a fact because they were doing it that way they had to do it a non-title match.” (h/t WrestleTalk)