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The thrill of a challenger triumphing against a champion won’t happen until the final contest of WWE SummerSlam 2014.
The Miz and AJ Lee are in line to retain their titles thanks to WWE thrusting them into the spotlight and the arc of their current stories. Intercontinental Championship history favors The Miz while the recent flux of the Divas Championship suggests a more sustained title reign is ahead.
It’s Brock Lesnar who is the safest bet to leave the Staples Center with gold in hand.
SummerSlam’s main event will be Lesnar’s first action since marring The Undertaker’s perfect WrestleMania record. That’s bad news for John Cena fans hoping to see him carry on as champ. The bigger, more exciting move is for Lesnar to follow up his last win with another.
The Usos and Sheamus, meanwhile, aren’t on the SummerSlam card and have no clear contender charging at them. They may retain their belts by simply being inactive.
They can watch on, like the fans, as two champs survive and one falls victim to a hulking brute.
Intercontinental Championship: The Miz
Carrying the IC title has put a renewed focus on The Miz and highlighted his new Hollywood persona. Count on that continuing.
It’s been less than two months since he returned to WWE with an elevated sense of self-worth. Losing to Dolph Ziggler would stall the momentum that he’s just begun to build. The Miz has been the center of the story.
