5 Reasons why WrestleMania issues will help SummerSlam

The world is a pretty weird place right now with professional wrestling being the least of anyone's worries. Alas, while that may be the case, it's our job to speculate and ponder over what could happen next in this crazy business - and that's exactly what we're going to do.

WrestleMania 36 is set to be taped later this week in what many consider to be a fairly unprecedented move from WWE. Because it'll be taped, the expectation is that we're going to be in for a very different Showcase of the Immortals than we're used to seeing.

While that may not be great for Mania itself, we tend to believe that it'll actually be quite a good thing for another show: SummerSlam.

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#5 Hot Boston crowd

Boston always comes prepared

While there's no guarantee that crowds are going to be allowed to re-enter arenas by the time SummerSlam is scheduled to take place on August 23, the popular opinion is that any form of lockdown will be lifted by that point in the year - we can hope.

This year the event is set to go down in Boston at the TD Garden, which we all know for being one of the hottest cities on the planet for a great wrestling show. The lineage of SummerSlam over the course of the last few years has exclusively allowed for the best North American cities to host The Biggest Party of the Summer, and we're expecting that trend to continue.

If this is the first major show WWE puts on after fans are given the opportunity to come back into arenas, then we could be in for one hell of a night as the WWE Universe celebrates being able to take a step closer towards normality.

#4 WrestleMania rematches

Rematches are part of the process in WWE

There are a handful of matches on the WrestleMania 36 card that, while good and intriguing, would be made so much more impactful if a crowd was in attendance to see it happen.

WWE has a history of trying again at SummerSlam with bouts that didn't quite work out at 'Mania, and we wouldn't be at all shocked to see them go down this route with something like Brock Lesnar vs Drew McIntyre or Edge vs Randy Orton.

Many fans fear that quite a few heels could walk away with big wins at 'Mania courtesy of there being no fans in attendance to react to it, and if that's the case, SummerSlam is the place for them to reverse that.

We understand that there's a whole lot of 'ifs and buts' featured in this scenario, but Brock Lesnar vs Seth Rollins taught us anything, its that SummerSlam can be a useful tool for pressing the reboot button if it doesn't work out as you'd planned the first time.

#3 Next big four show

Let's bring some prestige back to the big four

If you take one look at the WWE calendar you'll know that the next big show after WrestleMania is always SummerSlam, four months on from WWE's showpiece event.

Most years it feels like the shine from WrestleMania season has gone by the time SummerSlam rolls around, which makes sense considering a whole third of the year has gone by in that time.

In these unique circumstances, though, SummerSlam is going to be pivotal to getting us back on the straight and narrow.

Instead of focusing on the fall-out from WrestleMania, WWE is going to go hard in the paint with SummerSlam. They'll want to bring any fans back around that may have, understandably, allowed their attention on the product to drift ever so slightly.

We need to start thinking of the big four shows as something more than what they've been as of late because that's the whole point of their 'big four' nickname. That goes for the Royal Rumble and Survivor Series, too.

#2 Forcing WWE’s Hand

They need to take it seriously

For years now it feels like SummerSlam has fallen victim to the WWE calendar, and by that, we mean the company seems forced into a situation whereby they must do everything they can to put on a show of real value.

SummerSlam seems to fall third in line behind WrestleMania and Royal Rumble in terms of importance, and to a certain extent, we can understand that. However, the impact of the coronavirus outbreak will almost definitely open the eyes of the higher-ups to the potential that SummerSlam holds.

If they do not pull off a tremendous show, considering just how much time they've got to build towards it now, there's going to be an awful lot of ridicule from the masses - especially for those international fans traveling over to the United States to watch it live.

If this ends up being the best SummerSlam of the last five or 10 years, then you can bet we'll see a big SummerSlam stadium show before too long.

#1 Sasha Banks

She's the boss for a reason

Actually being able to build a star and keep them in a position of relevance is something that every pro wrestling company struggles to do, and that's because it's very difficult to do.

Now, though, there has never been a better time to pull the trigger on taking one Superstar in particular to that next level. We are, of course, referring to Sasha Banks.

The Boss will be featured in the Six-Pack Elimination Match for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36, but WWE appears to be holding off on a one-on-one match between Banks and Bayley for somewhere down the line.

Perhaps that's because they want to do Bayley vs Sasha Banks for the SD Women's Championship in Boston, Sasha's hometown, five years on from their iconic TakeOver match.

A match of that magnitude could even serve as the main event of the show if WWE builds towards it in the right way. Many will want to see Bayley revert back to being a babyface, but regardless of the alignments involved, this could be very special.