#MondayMotivation: 7 Things To Look Forward To This Week In Wrestling (July 17)
3. SummerSlam Takes Shape
Monday Night Raw's main event has been set, with Samoa Joe taking on Roman Reigns to determine exactly who goes to SummerSlam to take on Universal Champion Brock Lesnar.
It's the latest encounter to keep Monday Night Raw's super-charged main event picture fuelled, but last week's episode knowingly left alone the whereabouts of one key participant in the chaos.
Braun Strowman is unquestionably the biggest babyface of the four, with heel Samoa Joe, tweener Brock Lesnar and the ubiquitously untethered Roman Reigns all vying for the title from their platform of near-misses and lucky escapes.
As Great Balls of Fire's Ambulance Match victor and the man more responsible for Monday Night Raw's watchability than just about any other performer in the last 12 months, it seems unconscionable that Strowman won't be involved in the summer's biggest encounter.
'The Monster Among Men' is the missing piece of Raw's main event puzzle, and a traditionally fuzzy ending to the Joe/Reigns clash would be unusually welcome in order to permit him to bullishly march back into the Universal title picture. Furthermore, it provides the SummerSlam main event with at least three weekly regulars, combating the typical issue of Brock Lesnar's contractually-mandated inconsistency.