WWE presented the go-home episode of Raw before SummerSlam 2023, this week where the final builds for the scheduled matches were provided. They also shared a little bit of tweak for the biggest event of the summer’s card after leaving Becky Lynch vs. Trish off it. This did appear to be quite a shocker for the fanbase of the WWE since this one has been a marquee feud.
Since the spring of this year, the program between Becky Lynch and WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus has been going, eyeing a matchup at Summerslam 2023. The two women first came to blow at Night Of Champions back in May, where Stratus got the win with some help from Zoey Stark.
Then in the following weeks, Lynch and Stratus have been going at it each other and it was evident that WWE would book their next encounter for SummerSlam 2023. Lynch also had to win a match on Raw, two weeks ago against Stark to book herself in a rematch against Trish which was then promoted for Summerslam 2023.
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In a twist, WWE announced this week that Lynch vs. Stratus will take place when WWE heads to Canada for Raw in two weeks. According to the reports of Fightful Select, the reason behind WWE deciding to not have the match at SummerSlam 2023 is because they want to showcase the match on Raw unlike at the PLE when they would be forced to give it less time at the event.
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After taking the match off SummerSlam 2023, Dave Meltzer also noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE had to move the match to Winnipeg to make way for the Battle Royal match,
“They took the Trish Stratus match off. That match is being moved to Winnipeg, and that match was scheduled months ago. So, I don’t know if they timed through what they wanted, and they had to make some changes, because that Slim Jim Battle Royal was added, and they’re making a lot of money from that one.”
WWE Summerslam 2023 PLE Match Card
Summerslam 2023 premium live event takes place Saturday, August 5 at the Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan and this is how the card looks like after Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus has been taken off the card,
– Tribal Combat for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship & The Tribal Chief Spot: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso
– Brock Lesnar vs. Cody Rhodes III
– World Heavyweight Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn Balor
– Intercontinental Championship Match: Gunther (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
– WWE Women’s Championship Match: Asuka (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Bianca Belair
– MMA Rules: Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler
– Logan Paul vs. Ricochet
– SummerSlam Battle Royal: LA Knight vs. Sheamus vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Chad Gable vs. Otis vs. TBA
