WWE Summerslam Day 1 SCOOPS THREAD, News Update, Debunkthon (Patreon)

Hey Guys, SRS here! We're combining the Debunkathon and the general news update with our Summerslam SCOOPS THREAD!

Media day news

Overlooked Kevin Owens note

Brock Lesnar

Ryan Garcia

TNA news

Debunkathon

Betting Odds

We'd noted Kevin Owens got into Minneapolis last night. Media illiterates pointed out that he has photo ops this weekend, which was in the story. They didn't seem to notice that we reported he'd pushed for an on screen return in some capacity earlier this year. He was also seen around the media area Saturday morning.

As we also noted, Kevin Owens was at the WWE Performance Center training this week.

As Wrestlevotes reported, Brock Lesnar is not expected to retire after his match with Oba Femi.

As of this week, Oba Femi, Gunther, and CM Punk were the creative favorites for night 1 of Summerslam. Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp had also heard CM Punk was speculated internally to leave as champion.

There were a number of wrestlers internally who wanted nothing to do with Ryan Garcia on WWE Raw.

Lola Vice, Blake Monroe, Je'Von Evans and Lyra Valkyria did media for WWE on Saturday morning

Ethan Page, The Miz, Nattie, and Matt Cardona are all scheduled for media tomorrow.

We've had a number of people message us about certain people being in town. Wrestlecon is running in Minneapolis, so there's going to be a ton of people at the show that normally wouldn't be there.

JoJo Offerman is at the show today

Other news:

Tatevik and Leela Feist among the Andrade girls on Wednesday's Dynamite.

We're told that as of 4:30 AM Thursday, there were already four dozen people lined up for a Cody Rhodes meet and greet.

Drumstick put some heavy resources and promotional dollars into their WWE partnership with Cody, we're told.

There are still other companies working on MyAEW deals.

If you want to learn how to join the Fightful Select discord, follow the instructions here!

DEBUNKATHON

Just a note for clarity, this isn't how it works. The LeBron-Cleveland meeting wasn't "off the record," Shams got the information off the record. You can't ethically report off the record information without a couple of on the record or on background sources. People can't just decide an entire meeting is "off the record" and it becomes unreportable.

There are no reports of Ilja Dragunov or Jordynne Grace leaving the company. Facebook has dogshit reporting and this Viper account sucks too.

The RajMuker account is also just an outright liar. People close to Rusev shot this down immediately.'

Match Order (subject to change)

Liv Morgan vs. IYO SKY

Bloodline vs. Royce Keys, LA Knight, Solo Sikoa

Gunther vs. Nick Aldis

Fatal Influence vs. Bella Twins and Paige

Cody Rhodes vs. CM Punk

Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar

Betting Odds

Betting odds courtesy of MYBOOKIE. https://mybookie.website/joinwithFIGHTFUL

Oba Femi, Gunther are heavy favorites in the odds.

Bloodline, Liv Morgan, CM Punk are slight favorites, as are Fatal Influence. The women's match isn't listed on MyBookie.

CM Punk is a heavy pick for Fightful, as is Oba Femi.