10 Expectations Vs. Reality For WWE SummerSlam 2021

8. What Games Will Lilly Play?

Bobby Lashley Bill Goldberg WWE Champion SummerSlam 2021
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Expectation:

If SummerSlam this year is effectively WrestleMania 37 II, cast your mind back to the second night of April's astonishingly great WWE offering.

What wasn't astonishingly great was Randy Orton Vs. The Fiend. It was a sh*t-show.

The Fiend returned from incinerated hell to sell for Randy Orton's usual array of wrestling holds and throws, rendering the entire thing a farce well before it transcended even that. As black goo trickled down Alexa's forehead, the Fiend looked on in disappointment and, distracted, Randy Orton pinned him. Surely, WWE won't kill a character dead like that again.

Reality:

They spent a great deal of time building The Fiend, and they jobbed him out with a distraction finish. Also, WWE kills characters dead all the time through its very booking. WWE RAW is more of a homicide department procedural than a pro wrestling show.

WWE are limited in what they can do because Lilly is a f*cking doll. It will puppeteer Doudrop, who will sadly be forced to embarrass herself by entering the ring in a state of possession, which nobody could ever get over, and turn on Eva Marie as the crowd turn on her in kind.

Imagine a WWE wrestler actively wishing to go back to NXT UK lol. Well, imagine no more!

That's the reality!

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