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This week was an important one for WWE, considering that plans for Summerslam are finally underway, after the conclusion of Battleground. We saw some familiar faces return, we saw some big announcements being made and most importantly, if you visited our website, you saw a glimpse of all the news that broke across the sports entertainment world.
Fear not, in case you didn't. In this feature, we round up all the important happenings from WWE and present them to you together, at one place. Welcome to SKFabe, your destination for WWE's hottest updates.
#1 The rematch of the year
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We all know that Brock Lesnar will be defending his Universal Championship at Summerslam against Samoa Joe, Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns in a massive Fatal Four Way match. However, he may not be champion heading into the pay-per-view!
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Lesnar defends his Universal Championship against Samoa Joe at a live event in the Joe Louie Arena. While it is unlikely that he will drop the championship to Samoa Joe, stranger things have happened. It is interesting to note that the two men will be main eventing an event for SmackDown Live.
#2 Two big returns
At Battleground, we saw The Great Khali join forces with his Indian brethren and cost Randy Orton the Punjabi Prison Match. While we expected him to appear on SmackDown Live the night after and possibly even confront Randy Orton to start a Summerslam program, he was conspicuous by his absence.
We were glad to see Chris Jericho return from tour and add star power to the SmackDown Live ranks, this week. He put on a great main event match with Kevin Owens and AJ Styles, and we hope that it wasn't a one-off appearance from him.
#3 The Rock almost became an MMA star
The Rock has achieved greatness in everything he's ever tried, be it football, professional wrestling and even Hollywood. Recently, he revealed that he once considered yet another career path at one point in time. The Rock almost became an MMA star and subsequently decided against it. He made this revelation through a Tweet in response to a post by 'Muscle and Fitness' and made waves across social media almost immediately.
Greg Jackson is a legendary trainer who has trained some of the biggest names in Mixed Martial Arts like the legendary Jon Jones, Carlos Condit, and Holly Holm among others. It would certainly have been interesting to see The Rock inside the octagon fighting with the world's best.
#4 Summerslam spoilers
Over the past week, we've brought you many exclusive pieces about Summerslam. We give you a rundown of all of them, on this very page. In case you do not like spoilers, skip right ahead to the next page!
Jason Jordan is supposed to appear on Miz TV this week, and that is going to launch him into a feud moving forward with The Miz. As a result of the same, Miz will be defending the Intercontinental Championship against Jordan at Summerslam.
While the Miz-Daniel Bryan storyline on SmackDown Live was left without a payoff, Miz and Angle are expected to clash on Raw, following the favouritism showed by Angle to his son, allowing him to compete for the Intercontinental Championship. This will create friction between the two men going forward and maybe even reintroduce Stepanie McMahon on Raw.
No longer attached at the hip to The Miz, Rollins and Ambrose are expected to team up and challenge Cesaro and Sheamus for the tag team championships at Summerslam 2017. They are even expected to win the titles at the pay-per-view according to what we know now. That should be a really good and hard hitting match indeed.
You can read our exclusive here.
#5 A new role for Shawn Michaels
Many have longed for Shawn Michaels to return to WWE yet again. He certainly will do so, but not in the same way fans want him to!
Michaels will be a part of NXT's live events as a producer. This is a new venture for the man and we are certain that he can definitely help those on the roster with his wisdom and his insights. These are the locations where he will be on the road with WWE's developmental brand:
We are certain that the Heart Break Kid will certainly do wonders for NXT in due course.
#6 Talking Smack returned with a twist
Talking Smack may be no more (except after pay-per-view events), but Daniel Bryan and Renee Young have replaced it with a parody show, launched exclusively on TOUT. It's called Smacking Talk and the debut episode showed SmackDown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan revealing himself to be Chad Gable's father. Jason Jordan's partner would have none of it and informed Bryan that their age difference was only five years and no more!
The audience was in splits at the end of the debut episode and we wonder if this was just a one-off show or if there will be more follow-ups in due time.
#7 Whatchoo gonna do brother?
Hulk Hogan has done it all! As immortal and infallible as the man has been over this storied career, this week he proved that he is prone to as much embarrassment as the rest of us!
Yes, let's end our weekly recap on a lighter note, as Hulk Hogan found himself in his tightie whities, locked outside his own house. Thankfully, The Hulkster is doing well, fully dressed, within the confines of his home. Here's wishing you guys a great time until we meet again next week. Stay good, everyone!
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