WWE Super ShowDown 2020: 7 last-minute predictions

The 2020 WWE Super ShowDown event will take place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Thursday, February 27.

Seven matches have been announced for the penultimate WWE pay-per-view before WrestleMania 36, including Brock Lesnar vs. Ricochet (WWE Championship) and “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Goldberg (Universal Championship).

Elsewhere on the RAW brand, Seth Rollins and Murphy will put the RAW Tag Team titles on the line against The Street Profits, while AJ Styles, Andrade, Bobby Lashley, Erick Rowan, R-Truth and Rey Mysterio will battle it out in a gauntlet match for the Tuwaiq Trophy.

As for SmackDown, it has been confirmed that The New Day’s Big E and Kofi Kingston will defend the SmackDown Tag Team titles against The Miz and John Morrison, and Roman Reigns’ long-term rivalry with Baron Corbin looks set to culminate in a steel cage match.

There will also be one women’s match on the card, with Naomi challenging Bayley for the SmackDown Women’s Championship following her No.1 contender’s victory over Carmella.

In this article, let’s try to predict the outcome of all seven matches on the show.

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#7 Roman Reigns vs. Baron Corbin (steel cage match)

One year after the Roman Reigns vs. Baron Corbin rivalry began on RAW, WWE revisited the storyline when both men were confirmed as members of the SmackDown roster following the latest draft in October 2019.

The feud has had lots of twists and turns over the last four months, with Corbin gaining the upper hand early on by pouring dog food over his rival on an episode of SmackDown.

Reigns has bounced back from that embarrassment, as well as a loss at TLC, by defeating the 2019 King of the Ring winner in a Falls Count Anywhere match at the Royal Rumble, while he also exacted revenge for the dog food segment by dishing out the same punishment to Corbin.

Now, four weeks on from their Rumble encounter, the two men are set to do battle again in Saudi Arabia, this time in a steel cage match which will, in all likelihood, signal the end of their rivalry.

With that in mind, Reigns is surely going to finish the feud with a victory before moving into a high-profile WrestleMania 36 storyline.

Prediction: Roman Reigns def. Baron Corbin

#6 The New Day vs. The Miz and John Morrison (SmackDown Tag Team Championship)

When WWE began its 10-year agreement to host shows in Saudi Arabia, it would have been safe to assume that the Greatest Royal Rumble, Crown Jewel and Super ShowDown would simply be glorified live events.

However, as it has turned out, WWE’s Saudi shows have produced some important storyline developments over the last two years, including two Universal Championship changes and the return of Shawn Michaels.

With WrestleMania 36 just six weeks away, there is every chance that the SmackDown Tag Team titles will join the list of Saudi title changes when The Miz and John Morrison challenge The New Day’s Big E and Kofi Kingston at Super ShowDown.

The latest episode of SmackDown featured a segment which appeared to hint at a future match between long-term rivals The New Day and The Usos, but The Miz and Morrison’s recent reunion and their increased amount of television time is also difficult to ignore.

WWE often books multi-team Tag Team title matches at WrestleMania, so let’s predict that The Miz and Morrison will pick up the win at Super ShowDown to set up a Fatal 4-Way match against The New Day, The Usos and another SmackDown duo (Heavy Machinery, perhaps?) at 'Mania.

Prediction: The Miz and John Morrison def. The New Day

#5 Bayley vs. Naomi (SmackDown Women's Championship)

Without giving away any possible spoilers, let’s just say the SmackDown Women’s Championship match for WrestleMania 36 is reportedly up in the air with six weeks to go until the event.

Bayley has held the title since reclaiming it from Charlotte Flair on an episode of SmackDown in October 2019, making her the longest-reigning SmackDown Women’s Champion in the title’s three-and-a-half-year history.

There has been speculation ever since Bayley moved to the ‘main roster’ from NXT in the summer of 2016 that WWE could book a rivalry between the former NXT Women's Champion and her long-time friend, Sasha Banks.

However, although the two women competed against each other in five singles matches during their time on Monday Night RAW, they have still never met one-on-one at a WWE PPV event.

With that being said, let’s predict that WWE will finally start building towards Bayley vs. Banks after Super ShowDown, with Naomi simply providing a short-term challenge to the SmackDown Women’s Champion on the road to WrestleMania.

Prediction: Bayley def. Naomi

#4 AJ Styles vs. Andrade vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Erick Rowan vs. R-Truth vs. Rey Mysterio (Gauntlet match)

WWE has created new trophies and tournaments at all four of their events in Saudi Arabia so far (50-man Royal Rumble, WWE World Cup, 51-man Battle Royal, WWE Tag Team World Cup), and Super ShowDown 2020 will be no different.

AJ Styles vs. Andrade vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Erick Rowan vs. R-Truth vs. Rey Mysterio (replacement for Rusev) has been announced for the show, with the winner becoming the inaugural holder of the Tuwaiq Trophy.

Looking back at the previous Saudi matches, Braun Strowman and Mansoor’s victories in the Greatest Royal Rumble and Battle Royal, respectively, were very predictable, but Shane McMahon and Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson's World Cup wins took many people by surprise.

All six participants in the Tuwaiq Trophy match are realistic winners, but only Styles is reportedly going to be involved in a marquee singles match at WrestleMania 36 (you can find his rumored opponent here).

For that reason, “The Phenomenal One” needs to build up more momentum than his opponents before ‘Mania, so he should be viewed as the likely winner heading into the match.

Prediction: AJ Styles wins the Tuwaiq Trophy

#3 Seth Rollins and Murphy vs. The Street Profits (RAW Tag Team Championship)

When Seth Rollins joined forces with AOP and Murphy, it looked as though AOP would be the duo within the faction to challenge for the RAW Tag Team titles.

However, Rollins and Murphy surprisingly entered the Tag Team title picture instead of AOP in January and it did not take long before they defeated The Viking Raiders to establish themselves as the top tag team on Monday nights.

Since then, their only victory as a duo came against Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe on the January 27 episode of RAW, and they are now due to defend their titles against The Street Profits at Super ShowDown.

The latest episode of RAW saw Montez Ford produce an impressive performance in a narrow one-on-one loss against Rollins, but it would still be very surprising if he and Angelo Dawkins were able to dethrone the RAW Tag Team Champions in Saudi Arabia.

This should be a very close, entertaining match with Rollins and Murphy emerging as the winners.

Prediction: Seth Rollins and Murphy def. The Street Profits

#2 Brock Lesnar vs. Ricochet (WWE Championship)

Every year before WrestleMania, WWE is faced with the difficult task of finding a credible opponent for a World Champion whose ‘Mania title match is already set in stone.

Last year, for example, Ronda Rousey held the RAW Women’s Championship in February and it was obvious that she would go on to WrestleMania to defend her title against Becky Lynch and/or Charlotte Flair, yet WWE decided to book her in a title rivalry with Ruby Riott just weeks before the event.

Fast forward to 2020 and WWE Champion Brock Lesnar is in a similar position, with Ricochet set to challenge for his title six weeks before “The Beast” is due to go one-on-one with Royal Rumble winner Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania.

Unfortunately for Ricochet, he does not have anywhere near as much momentum as other smaller Lesnar opponents over the last couple of years (AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Finn Balor etc), and this match seems destined to be another destructive win for the WWE Champion on the road to this year’s ‘Mania.

Prediction: Brock Lesnar def. Ricochet

#1 “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Goldberg (Universal Championship)

It is rare for a WWE World Championship match before WrestleMania to be so unpredictable, but that is the situation we find ourselves in with “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt vs. Goldberg.

In 2017, both John Cena (WWE Champion) and Kevin Owens (Universal Champion) lost their titles shortly before WrestleMania (ironically, against Wyatt and Goldberg), and it had been widely reported that they would move away from the World Championship picture ahead of WWE's annual extravaganza.

This year, SmackDown’s storylines have largely focused on “The Fiend” and Roman Reigns, with the latter building up momentum ahead of what was expected to be a Universal Championship challenge at WrestleMania 36.

With Goldberg now in the title picture, there is an outside chance that the WWE Hall of Famer could win the Universal Championship and go into WrestleMania with the title, just like he did in 2017 after defeating Owens, but it would still be somewhat surprising to see “The Fiend” drop the title so close to ‘Mania.

This is a tough one to call, but let’s go for “The Fiend”.

Prediction: “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt def. Goldberg