10 Expectations Vs. Reality For WWE SummerSlam 2020
8. Asuka Vs. Sasha Banks
Expectation:
There's such a compelling, ferocious quality to the Asuka Vs. Sasha Banks dynamic, and in a better world in which any of this sh*t matters, you can almost see the babyface flashing her teeth within Sasha's manipulated exterior to hide a long-term story in plain sight. This is kinetic, substantive stuff with a vibe of dangerous energy both controlled and otherwise. Sasha's ultra-committed work sometimes threatens to collapse under the weight of its ambition, but it yields a heart-racing rhythm that smashes the ever-living f*ck out of WWE's off-putting, synthetic gloop. SummerSlam should be no different. This should rule.
But there's always, always a "should" in WWE. This promotion should work. It has the talent. It has the money. It has the time. It has...
...a lunatic at the wheel!
Quite literally: Wild Card, bitches!
Reality:
"...and then the bell rang," used to be Bruce Prichard's pithy assessment of a character with all sizzle and no steak, as Jim Ross was fond of saying. Now, it can be reframed to explain Prichard's own carny yes-man bullsh*t. When the bell rings now, it's the finish. This was a damn good match...
"...and then the bell rang."
Asuka wins but the decision is reversed because it's opposite day because Bayley said so.