Seth Rollins versus Riddle has been cancelled for Summerslam, so we’ll take a look at
the reasons why it was pulled.
We’ll also check out Triple H’s first big plans as head of creative, AJ Mendez,
and much more
Let’s start things things off with the biggest news regarding Summerslam and that was the
last second cancellation of the Seth Rollins versus Riddle match
Riddle and Seth Rollins first started their program with each other a few weeks before
the Money In The Bank event
Riddle and Rollins working with each other was pretty big to see because everyone remembers
the outside of the ring controversy that was once going on between Seth Rollins and Riddle,
where reports claimed that Seth never wanted to work with Riddle
But everything that was there was able to be squashed and Rollins was now open to the
feud
So when Riddle versus Seth Rollins first kicked off, fans were extra excited because we were
seeing a feud that at one point we thought we’ll never see
So it was great to actually see that rivalry kick off
Despite losing a majority of his recent feuds this year, everything Seth Rollins has touched
this year has been turning into gold
He kicked off the year with the Roman Reigns feud
That was a match that everyone was waiting on for a long time and the story definitely
delivered
Seth Rollins was the only individual that appeared to successfully get into Roman’s
head and get under his skin as well
Seth made Roman’s character definitely a bit shaky with all the callbacks to The Shield
and all the mind games
So the story was great and a lot of fun to see unfold.
Fans were just disappointed with the actual ending to the match and story, which was just
a no-contest result
Then Seth Rollins would enter his feud with Cody Rhodes for a legendary trilogy of matches
Seth then lose all three of the matches, but the story and the feud was just perfect
Even in three straight losses, Seth Rollins came out of it on fire
That led him to the Riddle feud and it was going strong until the go-home edition of
Raw before Summerslam
The closing moments of Raw ended with a brutal attack from Seth Rollins on Riddle
It was a great ending to Raw because that ending made you wonder if Riddle would still
be able to compete at Summerslam or not
And fast forward to this week’s episode of WWE’s The Bump and they announced that
Riddle will not be medically cleared to compete at Summerslam following the attack from Seth
Rollins
So what just happened here and why did one of the most highly anticipated Summerslam
matches get pulled at the last second
Well according to reports, this cancellation is just a result of some creative adjustments
that are going on right now in WWE
That match was pulled from Summerslam, but it wasn’t fully cancelled from ever taking
place
Reports claim that WWE is most likely postponing it for September’s Clash At The Castle event
Seth Rollins took to Twitter to issue an apology for fans who wanted to see him in action at
Summerslam, he had this to say, quote:
“For anyone who purchased a ticket to SummerSlam hoping to see me in action, I apologize.
I did everything I could over the last 6 months to earn my spot on this show, but some things
are out of my control.
Thank you for always singing my song.
They’ll hear ya someday.”
End quote
Some fans were confused by this tweet because is this tweet in character or out of character?
If the match was just randomly cancelled out of no where then maybe it’ll be easier to
understand
but in the storyline universe, Seth Rollins’ character was the one to brutally attack Riddle
and get his own match cancelled at Summerslam, so it’s hard for him to really blame anyone
else besides himself
So the tweet was most likely out of character with Seth Rollins just voicing his thoughts
on being left out of the second biggest show of the year
The removal of Riddle versus Seth Rollins really hurts the depth of the Summerslam card,
and for some fans, that was the match they were looking forward to the most, so it definitely
hurts in a lot of aspects
The biggest question now is if Seth Rollins will legitimately be kept off the show or
if he’ll be given a new role at the last second
Some fans suggested the idea of Seth Rollins being added into the Roman Reigns versus Brock
Lesnar main event for the undisputed universal title
But that’ll be tricky because that means you’ll have to get rid of the Last Man Standing
stipulation if Seth Rollins joined
Some fans wonder if we’ll see something similar to Wrestlemania 38, where Seth Rollins
can come out to the ring and demand a match until a mystery opponent accepts his open
challenge match
Of course it’s gonna be hard to do this again and try to out-beat Cody Rhodes’ special
return when he was the mystery opponent for Seth Rollins, but maybe they can have a nice
mini surprise opponent to take on Seth Rollins
It’ll be a great surprise match and will also keep Seth Rollins in action on the card,
while his match with Riddle would still be taking place at Clash At The Castle
So the rumored reason for the cancellation is just the on going creative changes that
are going on right now
Maybe they want the extra few weeks for Seth Rollins versus Riddle in order to add more
depth to the storyline
If any of that is the case then it’ll still be great
Fans would be even more impatient to see Rollins versus Riddle and WWE gets a few more extra
weeks to add onto the story, so it seems like a win-win, but we’ll have to see what Seth
Rollins’ Summerslam role will turn into
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Speaking of creative changes and adjustments, more news has been coming out regarding Triple
H’s creative plans
WrestleVotes reports that Triple H is looking to make a “creative splash” in the near
future, but only if it makes proper sense
The report claims that Triple H was eying the Summerslam event to possibly be the event
where this splash takes place at
Summerslam will be the first major event since Vince’s retirement and the first major show
with Triple H in power
So the report claimed that Triple H will start looking to make some big impact starting with
Summerslam and continuing right after Summerslam
Summerslam is arguably the second biggest show of the year and less than a few weeks
later, you also have Clash At The Castle, the first UK special event in decades, so
the pressure is definitely on here for Triple H
He probably has a lot he wants to do here in the month of august coming out of a Summerslam
and heading into Clash At The Castle, so we’ll see what Triple H has planned
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In other news, Britt Baker recently spoke with SportsKeeda and was asked if she would
ever like to see AJ Mendez return to the ring
Britt had this to say on AJ, quote:
I would love to see AJ in the ring again.
She did so much for women’s wrestling, and I think there’s so much more that she can
do.
And even if she doesn’t know that or she’s unaware of it, there’s still so many girls
that look up to her, myself included.
But now, I see myself on an even playing field with her.
I feel like I could be better than AJ.
So let’s get in the ring and see.
I would love for her to come out of retirement.
I would love for her to be in an AEW ring.
I would love to have possibly a mixed tag match with her significant other and my significant
other, if the planets aligned.”
End quote
AJ’s answer to the idea of returning to the ring is that she’s not ever planning
on it happening, but also said never say never
So no one knows if we’ll ever see a wrestling return from AJ, but if she ever does consider
it, a mixed tag team match with her husband CM Punk is not a bad idea at all
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