Spoiler On Seth Rollins Opponent For WWE SummerSlam 2023

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A spoiler has emerged on WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins’ planned opponent for SummerSlam 2023 in Detroit on August 5.

Rollins’ last title defence came at Money in the Bank on July 1 against Finn Balor, but he’s remained embroiled with Balor’s Judgment Day group ever since then.

Well, there’s a good reason for that, as according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio, the plan for SummerSlam is actually a rematch between Rollins and Balor.

Balor and the rest of Judgment Day appeared on NXT this week, with Balor and Damian Priest beating NXT Champion Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams in the main event, with Balor pinning Hayes.

Some people might have thought Balor pinning Hayes signified Balor being added to the NXT Title match at the Great American Bash on July 30 with Hayes and Ilja Dragunov to make it a three-way, but Meltzer believes that to be unlikely because there’s a move to protect Balor ahead of the Rollins match.

Meltzer said:

“Finn is wrestling Seth, that’s for SummerSlam.

“Finn’s being protected right now. Finn’s beating everyone because they’ve got to get Finn back ready for Seth.

“I do know that the plan was that Finn’s going over (winning) constantly because they’ve got to rehab him for Seth because that’s at SummerSlam.”

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There aren’t actually any matches official for SummerSlam yet, but if all plans go ahead, the card will likely be as follows (plus potentially anything else that we don’t know about yet):

Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso – Undisputed WWE Universal Championship

Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins (c) vs. Finn Balor – WWE World Heavyweight Championship

Brock Lesnar vs. Cody Rhodes

Gunther (c) vs. Drew McIntyre – Intercontinental Championship

Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez – WWE Women’s World Championship

Asuka (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Charlotte Flair – WWE Women’s Championship

Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus

Logan Paul vs. Ricochet

Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler

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