Spoiler: Major Returning WWE Star Set For HUGE SummerSlam 2021 Match

Who's set to challenge for the WWE Title at WWE SummerSlam 2021?

by Michael Sidgwick
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The consistently reliable scoopsters over at Fightful Select broke some big news overnight: Goldberg is scheduled to return to WWE and challenge Bobby Lashley for the WWE Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam 2021.

That was the plan "as of today," wrote Sean Ross Sapp.

It's not quite the big dream match Lashley has long held - that would be a big fight opposite Brock Lesnar - but it's a show of faith in Lashley, all the same. He is scheduled to defend the title against Kofi Kingston at Sunday's Money In The Bank pay-per-view in a match Kofi's superb work has done well to plunge into a shred of doubt. This news would appear to confirm that Kofi has mastered the art of the anti-job face.

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In addition to helping WWE with the self-imposed curfew - WWE has promised fans a definitive endpoint to allow them to make the Manny Pacquiao vs. Errol Spence Jr. fight down the road - this presumably short match represents another chance for Goldberg to redeem himself. He has tainted his aura (if not his drawing power) by entering dismal efforts opposite The Undertaker and The Fiend in recent years.

A short, explosive spear-fest not too dissimilar to the excellent WrestleMania 33 sprint would do said aura no harm.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and surefire Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!