WWE SummerSlam 2017: Assessing The Potential Quality Of All 12 Matches

12. Finn Bàlor Vs. Bray Wyatt

The Demon's reintroduction should imbue this match with the spectacle befitting the second biggest night of the pay-per-view calendar.

Looking at it cynically, dressing Bàlor in his black and red garb is probably the reason WWE have booked it. That doesn't necessarily mean Finn Bàlor Vs. Bray Wyatt will suffer from a lack of storytelling substance - but if WrestleMania 33 is any indication, you can't help but worry that something athletic and exciting isn't of any real concern. There are "moments" to create at stake. Supernatural add-ons aren't out of the realm of possibility, though you'd hope the disaster that was the House Of Horrors is enough for WWE to resist the temptation. Then again, they booked that after they thought projecting images of maggots onto a ring canvas was a good idea. RAW's bloodbath (only, in peak WWE fashion, they couldn't call it blood, and it looked like JR's BBQ sauce) has triggered concerns. Their premature match was only decent, too.

Both men desperately need a blow-away match to prove that they are worthy of the hype. Both are also capable of such a match, rich in psychological mind games and hard-hitting drama (Bàlor is, anyway). Whether we actually see it, and not an exercise in superficiality, is another matter.