10 Expectations Vs. Reality For WWE SummerSlam 2020
9. Asuka Vs. Bayley
Expectation:
Well, we've seen X amounts of matches between Asuka, Bayley, and Sasha Banks, so we have a fair indication of their quality. We have a robust indication of quality. This programme has been stamped on, tampered with, smashed across the room, dropped down a toilet, set on fire, pissed on, sh*t on, and left to rust in a torrential downpour, and for all of the sh*tty booking, it remains just about intact as a great if now incredibly familiar series of wrestling matches. Bayley's patter is still abysmal, and she can't make abysmal on purpose funny, but by Christ she has grasped how to work as a heel: her mockery of Kairi Sane is far more powerful than her mockery of Michael Cole, and there's a new viciousness and snap to her counter game that far better sells her desperation than the bullsh*t finishes she, as a WWE Superstar TM, is inundated with.
This will be great!
Except...
Reality:
As far as finishes go, WWE's are only slightly less repulsive than borrowing your da's sock. So expect Sasha Banks to come out dressed as Stephanie McMahon, reveal that the loser is actually the winner, and Asuka to fall for it and take the three.