WWE SummerSlam Rumor Roundup: Why Goldberg is facing Ziggler, Huge match cancelled?

We're just a few days away from WWE's biggest show of the summer, SummerSlam. The top match on the card sees Brock Lesnar defending the Universal Championship against Seth Rollins.

We also have Kofi Kingston defending the WWE Championship against old rival Randy Orton. Some titles like the IC title, on the other hand, won't be on the card. With SummerSlam now just days away, let's take a look at the latest WWE SummerSlam rumors from the show.

Big SummerSlam match cancelled?

Roman Reigns was attacked on an episode of SmackDown Live

It looks like one big match for SummerSlam is no longer on the card. Roman Reigns was set to face Daniel Bryan at the biggest part of the summer but the match has now been postponed to a later date.

The original plan for SummerSlam was for Daniel Bryan to have been revealed as Reigns’ attacker. However, WWE seems to have decided to push the match to the next PPV after revealing Rowan as the attacker instead.

Here’s what Dave Meltzer had to say on Wrestling Observer Radio:

Daniel Bryan's career-changing announcement has been scrapped. They are not going to wrestle. But some angle may happen. That's been scrapped (Daniel Bryan's career-changing announcement). However, they are going to do the reveal for this thing which they are almost at. I can't imagine them doing SummerSlam and not having Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan on the show at all.

They are not going to wrestle but they may do the reveal or something like that on the show or something. Some angle. Obviously, they are going to continue the angle that will lead to something on the following PPV. That angel was going, I guess they lost their timing on it and now it's not ready for the PPV.

Possible reason why Dolph Ziggler was chosen to face Goldberg

Goldberg

One of the latest matches added to the WWE SummerSlam card sees former world champion Dolph Ziggler facing returning WWE legend Goldberg.

Goldberg’s last WWE match saw him face The Undertaker at Super ShowDown in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. That match pretty much ended up as a disaster, especially after Goldberg concussed himself after running into the ring post.

A Sportskeeda source told us about the possible reason why Ziggler was the Superstar handpicked to face Goldberg. Here’s what our source told us:

“For his experience. Everyone looks good wrestling with Dolph. WWE loves Dolph. There’s nothing he can’t do.”

We were also told the following as a possible reason:

“You remember the Jackhammer? I do. We all do. Dolph’s safe and he doesn’t weigh too much, really.”

Dolph Ziggler is a Superstar who can make Goldberg look great in the ring by bumping around for the legend. Ziggler’s standing also won’t be hurt by a quick squash match.

Why Sami Zayn versus Aleister Black was removed from SummerSlam

Aleister Black

Sami Zayn versus Aleister Black was originally slated to be on the WWE SummerSlam card but ended up taking place on SmackDown last week. The reason behind this seems to have something to do with Vince McMahon rewriting most of SmackDown at the last moment earlier this week.

Dave Meltzer gave us more details behind what happened on this week’s episode of Wrestling Observer Radio:

“So the deal with Aleister Black and Sami Zayn was when Vince showed up and didn't like SmackDown. He tore the whole show apart. When he was done with the stuff he didn't like and then changing the main event, they had an hour to fill. And so one of the ideas for that hour was, well, what can we do in this hour? Let's put Aleister Black's match with Sami Zayn on. So, that was one of the things they did to fill the hole. They took that off the PPV and that's the reason that's off the PPV."

More matches could still be added to SummerSlam

Buddy Murphy and Roman Reigns

Although we won’t be seeing Daniel Bryan versus Roman Reigns at SummerSlam, we could still see Reigns in action this Sunday. Reigns could still face Buddy Murphy at WWE SummerSlam so that the two men can hash out their issues inside the ring.

Another match that could be added to the SummerSlam card is Drew McIntyre vs Cedric Alexander. McIntyre and Alexander have been feuding for a few weeks now with Alexander even pinning McIntyre clean.

One match we will NOT see at SummerSlam is an Intercontinental title bout between Shinsuke Nakamura and Mustafa Ali. Fans expected the IC title to be on the card and Mustafa Ali seemed to the one set for the title shot but it looks like the title won't be defended at the show.

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