5 major questions WWE need to answer at SummerSlam 2018

SummerSlam 2018 is approaching fast, and WWE is putting the finishing touches on a match card that seems vaguely interesting to a casual fan. As the sight of witnessing Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar, Jeff Hardy, AJ Styles and Roman Reigns compete in thrilling matches set for the event is enough to prompt a wrestling fan to subscribe to the WWE Network to watch the show. But for fans that love to ask the questions that others overlook, Summerslam 2018 is the perfect show to start researching, as the match card is filled with so many mysteries.

From questioning a superstars ability to be the badass he once was to question the company's dedication to a project they seem disinterested in, this year's edition of Summerslam takes all the questions WWE have avoided for the past few months and puts it all together. Which leaves the company with no choice but to finally answer it, and answer it they shall.

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#1 Is the company serious about Evolution?

Will WWE finally decide on strong champions or cling to their versions of strong heels at this point?

Alexa Bliss and Carmella are two talented 'sports entertainers,' as both these superstars are very good on the mic and excellent in the art of drawing heat. But with these two athletes at the summit of their respective divisions, the divisions are not progressing, and most of that could be accredited to WWE's terrible booking of these two champions. So, the question that needs answering at Summerslam is, will Raw and Smackdown Live have strong Women's Champions walk into Evolution?

As Ronda Rousey takes on Bliss for the Raw Women's Title and Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch and Carmella do battle for the Smackdown Live Women's Title, WWE has a clear shot to answer this question at Summerslam. With Rousey and Flair becoming the new Women's Champions at the event, its safe to say the women's division will get back on the right track, but if Bliss and Carmella prevail via shenanigans at the event, it would be unsurprising, but cheap to use that tactic over and over again. So the question is will WWE evolve their lame booking methods or stay the same in the midst of a revolution?

#2 Is Kevin Owens still "The Prizefighter"?

When will KO make fans chant "fight Owens fight" and not "run Owens run"?

The character Kevin Owens is being asked to portray right now is slightly confusing; is he a sympathetic babyface trying to provide for his family? Or is a coward running away from every single challenge placed in front of him? To most in the WWE Universe, it would be the latter, but for those who have watched KO wrestle for a really long time it is quite evident that he is none of the above, as the character that Owens has perfectly master for years has been the prizefighting badass that would go to any lengths to capture his prize.

And when KO takes on Braun Strowman at Summerslam 2018 for the Money in the Bank briefcase, WWE need to answer a straightforward question, is Kevin Owens still a main event player in the WWE? As right now is being treated as Strowman's crash test dummy, but Owens is much more than that, and WWE needs to once again light the fire underneath him to get the former Universal Champion back on track. The booking plan to do so is quite is easy to create, but it is the question of whether WWE still believes KO has the credibility to be "the prizefighter" again?

#3 Will Samoa Joe ever win 'the big one'?

Joe is too good to not be champion at this point.

The fact that Samoa Joe has not won one single main roster title since he debuted all the way back in 2017 is absolutely mind-boggling, as this is a man that has consistently proven himself as the best wrestler on the mic and one of the best wrestlers that ever stepped foot inside a wrestling ring. So the question is, why hasn't WWE pulled the trigger on the "Samoan submission machine" yet? Well, the answer is not quite clear, as a few months ago, rumours suggested that the reason why Joe moved to Smackdown Live, was due to Vince McMahon wanting to push Joe as the top heel on Smackdown Live, but that has not happened as yet.

So at Summerslam, it seems as if WWE is finally going to answer that question, as Joe takes on his best opponent AJ Styles for the WWE Championship. Now there is no doubt that AJ Styles and Samoa Joe will tear the house down if WWE gave them a chance, but the real question of whether Joe will finally win a World Title is still up for debate. As many times in the past fans thought Joe being a dark horse in every title fight would capture the Universal Title and the IC Title, but he came out empty-handed. Therefore, at Summerslam will Joe finally be known as the WWE Champion or as the dark horse that comes out with nothing once again?

#4 Will the Raw Tag Team division get strong champions at the helm?

Face the facts, the B Team ain't cutting it right now.

The Raw Tag Team division is in total ruins, as WWE made the ultimate mistake of putting all their best teams on Smackdown Live, as The Bar, The Usos, Sanity and The New Day are excelling on the blue brand. But because of the limited two-hour time slot of the blue brand's broadcast, those teams shine but one at a time. While on Raw, the creative team is struggling to make a championship programme with teams that have either lost of all credibility or are so far down the ranks of WWE is hard to believe them as championship material.

But in 2018, WWE has once again proven the fans wrong and taken the aptly named B Team and made them Raw Tag Team Champions, and to be quite honest, has that decision proven to be fruitful? The Raw Tag Team division needs a serious, extremely talented team at the peak, as The B Team, The Deleter of Worlds and even The Revival feel so misused at this point it's hard to believe them as the division's saviors.

So with the Raw Tag Team Title match still to be announced, WWE would be better of trying to put a legit team in that match and let the fans know whether to be invested in the division once again or to change the channel when they book nonsensical matches that only send the division down a hole?

#5 Will Reigns finally beat Lesnar?

For the love of God end this

fued

already.

That picture above is a perfect visual summarization of this terrible feud, as Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar have been playing tug of war with the Univeral Title for far too long now, and it's getting to the point of pure lunacy. At Summerslam, 2018 Reigns will face Lesnar for the freaking fourth time, and the fact that WWE hasn't brought some sought of conclusion to this feud is not the biggest question surrounding this programme. The biggest question that this feud has mustered is, will Reigns finally beat Lesnar?

Now if Reigns beats Lesnar there would be many positives for the fans, as this feud will finally end, Reigns won't be shoehorned into every single number one contender match and Raw will have a perfectly flowing main event scene once again. But with the fact that WWE has eluded Reigns crowing moment for a cheap pop for "the big dog", it leaves fans frustrated with the fact that Lesnar might walk out of the event as champion or there will be a Money in the Bank cash in, which will see Reigns denied the top spot once again which only brand him as the next challenger to the new champion.

It's a cycle that needs to end, and at SummerSlam, WWE needs to tell fans whether the Universal Title scene will have new challenges or the same superstars overstaying their welcome in the main event scene?