It Just Keeps Going. Changes Made To Summerslam Card, Kickoff Show Grows

They almost got there. With Sunday’s Summerslam card all but set, there wasn’t much room to add anything. The show already had eleven matches on the main card alone, which is pushing it even on a four hour pay per view. That being said, WWE has never seemed to mind adding in as much stuff as they can, which is why some changes were made to the Summerslam card this week on Monday Night Raw.

As announced on this week’s show, the Kickoff Show will now feature three matches instead of the previously announced one. In addition to the already announced mixed tag between Rusev/Lana vs. Andrade Cien Almas/Zelina Vega, two title matches were added. Now, the show will also feature the new match of the B Team defending the Raw Tag Team Titles against the Revival and the previously announced (for the main card) Cruiserweight Title match between champion Cedric Alexander and Drew Gulak. The new card will be three Kickoff Show matches and ten regular show matches.

Here’s a preview of one of the title matches.

The B-Team vs. The Revival: Raw, Aug. 6, 2018

Opinion: That’s a good thing for the main show but a bad idea for the Kickoff Show. Last year’s Kickoff Show had the same number of matches and also featured a mostly empty arena which looked embarrassing. I don’t know why we need three matches added on to the start of the show, especially when so few fans are actually in the arena. It’s ok to leave some stuff off the show, but WWE doesn’t seem to agree.

Which of these matches interests you most? Did the right matches get moved to the Kickoff Show? Let us know in the comments below.

Thomas Hall has been a wrestling fan for over thirty years and has seen over 50,000 wrestling matches. He has also been a wrestling reviewer since 2009 with over 5,000 full shows covered. You can find his work at kbwrestlingreviews.com, or check out his Amazon author page with 28 wrestling books. His latest book is the the Complete 2003 Monday Night Raw Reviews.

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