It sure seems like WWE is behind Elias as one of their top heel characters. He doesn’t have a match at SummerSlam but WWE has booked him for a live concert at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City on the night before the pay-per-view.
WWE has also announced that Elias will be performing his greatest song during the SummerSlam pay-per-view. According to the preview on WWE.com, Elias promises that this will be “his single greatest song to date during The Biggest Event of the Summer.”
Let the speculation to begin on who will interrupt him. Elias has been calling out The Rock in recent weeks but it seems more likely that this will be another angle with Bobby Lashley. We’ll find out on Sunday night.
Here is the updated SummerSlam card:
WWE Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (Champion) vs. Roman Reigns
WWE Championship
AJ Styles (Champion) vs. Samoa Joe
Raw Women’s Championship
Alexa Bliss (Champion) vs. Ronda Rousey
Smackdown Women’s Championship – Triple Threat Match
Carmella (Champion) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair
Intercontinental Championship
Dolph Ziggler (Champion) vs. Seth Rollins
United States Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura (Champion) vs. Jeff Hardy
Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The Bludgeon Brothers (Champions) vs. The New Day
If Strowman loses, Owens gets the MITB case
Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens
Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin
Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz
Special concert from Elias
Kickoff Show – WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Cedric Alexander (Champion) vs. Drew Gulak
Kickoff Show
Rusev and Lana vs. Andrade Cien Almas and Zelina Vega
Kickoff Show – Raw Tag Team Championship
The B-Team (Champions) vs. The Revival
SummerSlam will take place on Sunday, August 19 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY. The Kickoff show will start at 5 pm eastern and the main card will start at 7 pm eastern and will run almost 5 hours. Yes, that means almost 7 hours of WWE on Sunday night.
