Well, theres no real way to tell.
At the same time, it would be incredibly damaging to Mahal.
You would be burying him for the rest of his career.
Hed be a champion in the same way Jack Swagger was.
So the rematch will likely see Mahal go over again.
Then, whats his match forSummerSlam?
It could be AJ Styles, or whoever winsMoney in the Bank.It could be Shinsuke Nakamura.
Cenas schedule is filling up, but Id be surprised if he was back for a one-offSmackDownappearance.
Hes back for something that will build toSummerSlam, and Mahal could be that something.
But Cena isnt full-time, and hes not going to go over.
Its entirely likely that he takes another break afterSummerSlamis complete, so that means Mahal retains again.
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Then, were talking about September, or even October before he drops the belt.
Mahal beat Randy Orton, and he seems primed to do it again.
Hes a good-enough wrestler, but hes not AJ Styles.
Jinder Mahal, to reach that next level, will need to do it on the mic.
Hell need to work on his facial expressions and hold back on the generic mad-face look.
Aside from that, however, WWE is just killing Shinsuke Nakamura.
WWEs insistence on 50-50, even-steven booking is the reason the company has no stars right now.
They arent making Nakamuras appearances feel special, whatsoever.
That being said, the Usos vs. New Day should be a fun feud.
On most weeks, its just Bayley, Alexa Bliss, and Sasha Banks.
Where is Nia Jax?
Breezango beat The Colons
Breezango has something special happening right now.
Orton-Mahal Promo
This episode has been really heavy on the talking segments.
This was a pretty basic promo between Randy Orton and WWE Champion Jinder Mahal.
For some reason, theyre going with patriotic Randy Orton, which really makes zero sense.
Other than that silly Marine movie, Orton isnt known to be overly patriotic.
At least not in the sense of his WWE character.
Mahal is still leaning heavily on his they hate me because of where Im from stuff.
For what its worth, Cena announced on Twitter this week that he would be back on July 4.
Hmm, thats a patriotic day, no?
Cena vs. Mahal headlining the July 4SmackDownfor the WWE Title?
The trick is, WWE needs to build up Styles without shoving Ziggler back down the chart.
No one has gained anything.
Thats where WWE is at this point, though.
No one is getting over.
