The contract signing for a big PPV match is one of the sillier conventions of pro wrestling. Why does it only happen for some bouts? Or are we supposed to think that everyone else on the card has a contract too and they just sign them quietly off camera? Despite that, they’re also often big fun, which could be the case tonight on WWE Raw from Tampa.
This time out, it’s Seth Rollins and Finn Balor who will be picking up pens. Though they’ve clashed over Rollins’ World Heavyweight Championship before, and Seth thought their beef was finished, Finn simply refused to let it die out. Now they will face off one more time at SummerSlam in less than two weeks, but not before making it official on Raw — when there certainly figures to be a high chance for hijinks.
Two more confrontations are being promoted for tonight’s show that figure to solidify matches for SummerSlam. Ricochet has been trying to prove a point to Logan Paul, except the social media superstar is as slow a learner about the conventions of WWE as he is a fast study between the ropes. And since Gunther has prove immune to any number of challenges to his Intercontinental Championship, Drew McIntyre looks to be taking it into his large hands to change that status quo.
Plus Becky Lynch wants a match against Trish Stratus so badly that she quickly agreed to some of Trish’s demands to get it last week. The first of those takes place tonight, when Lynch will face Stratus understudy Zoey Stark and will need to win to get another crack against the WWE Hall of Famer.
As always, Raw will pack this and more into three hours starting at 8 p.m. ET tonight. Tune in on USA or hop back here to Wrestling Junkie for the details on the show.