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Betting Odds on Cena vs Nakamura for This Tuesday on Smackdown Live

The following odds are sourced from 5Dimes. Bets are taken from players worldwide.

Bet on Cena vs Nakamura on Smackdown

For the first time ever, bets are being taken for a WWE televised match, as opposed to odds only being offered on PPV matches that we have seen in the past. This may become a trend, but for now it’s limited to one match only and it is a match with high stakes. The match being the first ever match between John Cena and Shinuke Nakamura and the states being which competitor goes on to challenge WWE Champion Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam. The match in question will happen live on Smackdown, Tuesday August 1.

Not only are there high stakes in this match, but this is also a much discussed “dream match” that has been discussed ever since Nakamura joined the WWE’s developmental program last year. Once would assume this match would be huge enough to be on PPV itself, and it definitely is. This match is probably drawing more interest than either Cena or Nakamura would challenging Mahal for the championship.

The television ratings as of recent have approached abysmal levels and this match may be designed to be broadcasted live on Smackdown to attempt to correct these low ratings. With sports books taking notice enough to designate odds this is a strong indication that WWE will succeed with this attraction.

Right now John Cena is slightly favored at -145 to Nakamura’s +105. These odds are close and can be looked to as very close to even. To editorialize, the chances of a draw or non-finish leading to both men participating in the SummerSlam match challenging Jinder is a fair, if not likely, prediction. When gambling it must be mentioned that draws or non-finishes result in the bet being canceled and money refunded.

Source: 5Dimes

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Updated: New Favorite in Women’s Fatal 5 Way at WWE Battleground, Full Updated Odds

The following odds are sourced from 5Dimes. Bets are taken from players worldwide.
(Updated 2:22pm EST and again at 6:33PM, watch 5Dimes for the latest numbers!) 

Natalya Rallies the Sports Books Worldwide

As of press time, the “smart money odds” for tonight’s WWE Battleground have not emerged, but there is a shocking line move. Natalya is now favored to win the Fatal 5 Way Match in the women’s division whereas yesterday Charlotte was the projected winner. What is shocking about this is that oddsmakers had Natalya at +1200 yesterday, at the time the least favored other than Tamina. No word on why gamblers are backing Natalya here. Should be interesting to find out if this shift is result of a leak from insiders.

In another major turn of events, odds have shifted in favor of Randy Orton to beat Jinder Mahal for the WWE Championship Title.  As of last updates Jinder Mahal is once again favored to retain the WWE Championship over Orton.

The flag match has widened slightly continues to widen with John Cena favored even heavier at -1350. Bets were being taken on this particular match for weeks and Rusev was never close to being favored to win at anytime. A Rusev win would be one of the greatest upsets in PPV history. Other than Cena, Tye Dillinger actually the best odds of winning his match at -1200 as well. Dillinger will be facing Aiden English.  And English is now favored to win as of the time of this final update!

Also we are seeing the odds in the US Title match shift from AJ Styles retaining the belt to Kevin Owens taking it away  And the odds upset yet again with AJ back in favor.

The Usos are still favored to successfully retain, but these matches are a lot closer in the odds than they could be right now. The New Day is currently favored to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles! Shinsuke Nakamura is still favored to overcome Baron Corbin Corbin is now slated to beat Nakamura   Nakamura is now favored and Mike Kanellis is has even odds against Sami Zayn.

WWE Championship – Punjabi Prison Match

Jinder Mahal(c) -1020 vs Randy Orton +540

WWE United States Championship

AJ Styles(c) -490 vs Kevin Owens +330

Smackdown Tag Team Championship

The Usos(c) +400 vs The New Day -600

Flag Match

John Cena -1350 vs Rusev +650

Fatal 5 Way for the Smackdown Women’s Championship #1 Contendership

Natalya -210 Charlotte +180 vs Becky Lynch +4750 vs Lana +6000 vs Tamina +8000

Shinsuke Nakamura -260 vs Baron Corbin +180

Aiden English -185 vs Tye Dillenger +145

Sami Zayn -120 vs Mike Kanellis -120

 

Source: 5Dimes

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WWE Battleground – Find Out Who is Favored by Sports Books

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The following odds are sourced from Paddy Power and while the odds can be followed anywhere in the world, bets are accepted from a limited number of nations including The United Kingdom, Ireland, Channel Islands, Finland, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Malta, Norway, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates. Visit Paddy Power [clink id=”14″ target=”_blank”]by clicking here.[/clink]

Paddy Power has set odds for all 7 announced matches for this Sunday’s WWE Battleground in Philadelphia and on the WWE Network. Both The Punjabi Prison Match and The Flag Match have had odds available for weeks but this is more extensive. It’s worth mentioning that The Flag match had odds set by 5Dimes immediately after Great Balls of Fire ended and this could be why the odds are so lopsided there with it being available to the larger market for a long period of time.

John Cena is favored at -1000, meaning it would take a $1000 bet just to win $100 because Cena is so favored against Rusev, who is a +500 underdog. A $100 bet on Rusev could win $500. The long odds could also be due to the perception that this is an obvious win for Cena as this is Cena’s PPV return and the fact that the comapany isn’t behind Rusev since getting that unauthorized haircut.

Jinder Mahal is projected at -333 to retain the WWE Championship in the third ever Punjabi Prison Match. Orton is a +220 underdog here. There are strong odds for Mahal, however they will most likely become longer by the day of the event.

The United States Champion, AJ Styles is favored at -300 to retain over Kevin Owens at +188, so these are very similar odds when compared to Mahal vs Orton. The Smackdown Tag Champions, The Usos are actually slight underdogs at +163 to the challengers The New Day’s -227. As always, The New Day could win via countout or DQ, thus getting the win but not winning the championships.

The Women’s Fatal Five Way to determine the #1 contender for Naomi’s Smackdown Women’s Championship has all the competitors set as underdogs but the best odds are currently with Charlotte at +120. This makes sense as she probably has the be combination of star power and in ring skill for a SummerSlam match.

Shinsuke Nakamura is favored at -250 to beat Baron Corbin at +175. Nakamura winning is something he needs whereas Corbin doesn’t because he would still have the MiTB briefcase after taking a loss. The WWE has a history of their MiTB holders losing only to redeem themselves by cashing in a winning a major championship.

Micke Kanellis vs Sami Zayn is the most even odds of all the matches with Kanellis at -137 to Sami’s “even odds”, which would be +100, an even bet. Meanwhile Tye Dillenger is at -200 to Aiden English’s +150. None of these odds are “smart money odds” at this point and expect them to shift and flip dramatically as they usually do.

WWE Championship – Punjabi Prison Match

Jinder Mahal(c) -333 vs Randy Orton +220

WWE United States Championship

AJ Styles(c) -300 vs Kevin Owens +188

Smackdown Tag Team Championship

The Usos(c) +163 vs The New Day -227

Flag Match

John Cena -1000 vs Rusev +500

Fatal 5 Way for the Smackdown Women’s Championship #1 Contendership

Charlotte +120 vs Lana +200 vs Becky Lynch +230 vs Tamina +350 vs Natalya +1000

Shinsuke Nakamura -250 vs Baron Corbin +175

Aiden English +150 vs Tye Dillenger -200

Source – Paddy Power

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Early Odds for WWE Battleground Matches, Rumored Match for Summerslam

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The following odds are from both 5Dimes available globally and Paddy Power, avaialable in limited nations.

Who is Favored to Win at Battleground?

Now that the bets have been settled for Great Balls of Fire, Sportsbooks are already offering odds on the matches announced for 2 of the matches for Battleground in Philadelphia on July 23. More and more players are betting on WWE than ever before, so sportsbooks are becoming competitive by offering the odds earlier and generally always having something wrestling related to wager on.

The first match announced is the flag match between John Cena and Rusev. Cena is favored at -400, meaning it would take a successful $400 bet to win +100. Rusev is a +280 underdog in this match.

This match is available in both the European and Global markets.

The WWE Championship match, a Punjabi Prisonmatch, sees the champion Jinder Mahal as a projected -200 favorite. The underdog, Randy Orton, is a +250 underdog. This match currently only available in the Euro market.

These are simply early projections, and as we have seen with Great Balls of Fire, even the “smart money odds” can flip the day of and before the matches. At GBoF, we have seen both Bray Wyatt and Sasha Banks move from underdog to favorite in dramatic fashion. In both cases the flips held true to the eventual result.

Still, based on these early odds it would be fair to speculate that John Cena challenging Jinder Mahal to become a record breaking 17 time World Champions seems to be where WWE is headed for Summerslam. Jinder hangs on to the championship and Cena gets a big win upon his return to get the rust off.

Sources: 5Dimes and Paddy Power

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Bray Wyatt Now Favored to Defeat Seth Rollins, Final Odds for All WWE Great Balls of Fire Matches

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The following odds have been sourced by[clink id=”1″ target=”_blank”] 5Dimes[/clink], offering gambling on Pro Wrestling Globally. 

Shocking Odds Shift

A major change has in the Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt match at tonight’s Great Balls of Fire PPV([clink id=”2″ target=”_blank”]Watch by getting your a free month of the WWE Network[/clink]). Yesterday Rollins was a -750 favorite and now is an underdog at +535. Bray Wyatt is now favored at -1350. Other than this, definite favorites in the global market have now held on since it was reported Friday that the smart money odds had apparently been in earlier than usually.

Were the smart odds wrong? Was a last minute booking change? Smart money odds have the history of emerging after they’ve hit the global market, but the major shift took place when the odds were only offered in the European market. Rollins vs Wyatt is definitely an outcome that is up in the air because of this.

Huge Favorites in Top Matches

The Global markets had been set on Saturday and they virtually identical to the European odds and the odds widened for the runaway favorites in every match. Brock Lesnar(-2000) is still the heaviest favorite of every performed with listed odds. Someone could win money on Brock Lesnar, but would have to risk $2000 to win only $100. Lesnar’s challenger to his Universal Championship, Samoa Joe(+1000), would be pulling off a huge upset if he manages to beat Brock, even by DQ or Count Out.

The Ambulance match with Braun Strowman(-1320) vs Roman Reigns(+650) still has Braun as the favorite and it’s worth mentioning that the early odds saw Reigns as the projected winner. This complete flip makes me wonder if Roman’s title opportunity at Summerslam is in jeopordy because he would need to remain a strong #1 contender to presumably Lesnar. Defeating Strowman in the Ambulance Match would more than accomplish this.

In other matches:

Big Cass(-1580) is heavily favored to defeat his long time but now former friend tag team partner Enzo Amore (+700).

The Miz(-1425) is expected to retain his Intercontinental Championship against Dean Ambrose(+625)

Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus(-1275) are projected to retain against The Hardy Boyz(+625) in a 30 minute Iron Man match.

Another champion, Alexa Bliss(-1050) is expected to hang onto the Raw Women’s Championship when Bliss defends against Sasha Banks(+535). Expect Bliss to move on to Nia Jax at Summerslam.

The Cruiserweight Championship match between Neville and Akira Tozawa has no odds as of press time.

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Who is Favored to Win Every Match at WWE Great Balls of Fire?

WWE Great Balls of Fire Betting Odds

The following odds are sourced from Paddy Power and while the odds can be followed anywhere in the world, bets are accepted from a limited number of nations including The United Kingdom, Ireland, Channel Islands, Finland, Greece, Japan, New Zealand, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Gibraltar, Malta, Norway, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates. [clink id=”14″ target=”_blank”]Visit Paddy Power by clicking here.[/clink]

Early odds for this Sunday’s Great Balls of Fire have been set by European bookmakers and early projections show all the champions except the Tag Champions retaining. However, most of these lines are very close and this goes for all matches on the card with one glaring exception. The exception is the Universal Championship match with Brock Lesnar heavily favored at -1667, which is about 94% chance of winning. Samoa Joe, the challenger, is a +700 underdog, so a $100 bet would yield $700 upon success. Conversely, it would take $1667 just to make $100 on Brock.

Alexa Bliss and The Miz are both projected to retain at -278, while Cesaro and Sheamus are slight underdogs at +125. In the case of Bliss, the obvious build it her vs Nia Jax for SummerSlam, so her walking out as champion is the most sensible outcome looking forward.

Bray Wyatt at -175 is favored to defeat Seth Rollins at this time and Big Cass is favored at -250 to beat Enzo in the first match of their feud. Keep in mind, these are the early odds and they can shift dramatically as well as flip completely in the other direction. Once these matches are offered in the global market, the major shifts start happening even more as more people are placing bets, which moves the line so sports books remain balanced.

WWE Universal Championship

Brock Lesnar(c) -1667 vs Samoa Joe +700

RAW Women’s Championship

Alexa Bliss(c) -278 vs Sasha Banks +170

Intercontinental Championship

The Miz(c) -278 vs Dean Ambrose +170

RAW Tag Team Championship

Cesaro and Sheamus(c) +125 vs Matt and Jeff Hardy -189

Ambulance Match

Roman Reigns -137 vs Braun Strowman +100

Seth Rollins +125 vs Bray Wyatt -175

Enzo Amore +175 vs Big Cass -250

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WWE News Today 7/5/17

WWE News and Rumors July 5, 2017

John Cena Teams Up with Shinsuke Nakamura

After the 205 Live broadcast Tuesday night, the dark match for the live audience saw the team Of John Cena and Shinsuke Nakamura vs Rusev and Baron Corbin. While Nakamura vs Corbin has not yet been officially announced for Battleground, with the recent interactions between the two men this match seems to be inevitable. Both are currently being groomed to be top stars on the Smackdown roster and this match will be of extreme importance to both.

New WWE Network Collections

The WWE Network has added some exciting new choices in its “collections” section. Hall of Famer Razor Ramon has his own collections that are worth checking out. Another new addition is one that is going to get an insane amount of watch time because it is Piper’s Pit. Over 30 years arguable the number one talker in wrestling history is now available on the WWE Network.

Okada Backstage at RAW

After the New Japan G1 in California, IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada headed to Pheonix to visit Finn Balor at WWE RAW. Of course this drew speculation that Okada was in talks to join the WWE, but as mentioned he was simply visiting Balor. This has not been the first time Okada had appeared backstage at WWE as he was also at SummerSlam as a guest of Shinsuke Nakamura.

Kofi’s Massive Screw Up on Live Television

During the Smackdown Rap Battle between The New Day and The Usos, Kofi Kingston seriously botched a line concerning geometry. Kofi referred to a stop sign as a hexagon when the shape is actually an octagon. Kingston posted a video on Instagram mocking himself for the mistake, even editing in a photo of a New Day action figure set that included a stop sign.

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 Another Tag Team Splitting Up?

During the Battle Royal on Smackdown, Mojo Rawley eliminated his tag team partner Zack Ryder. Many feel this will lead to the team splitting but it seems very difficult which would be doing the heel turn. Mojo is the aggressor, but his actions were appropriate given the “every man for himself” nature of a Battle Royal.  For what it’s worth, The Hype Bros were never intended to be a long-running tag team. It has certainly been an effective tactic in integrating Mojo to the main roster.

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WWE News Today 7/1/17

WWE News and Rumors – July 1, 2017

  • Original plans for SummerSlam would have seen Brock Lesnar vs Braun Strowman but now looks like it will be Lesnar vs Roman Reigns. This comes after Roman revealed he is the number one contender for the Universal Championship on Raw. Also expect Alexa Bliss vs Nia Jax as well.
  • A third Naomi vs Lana match for the Smackdown Women’s Championship has been made for the July 4 Smackdown Live. This comes after Lana posted pictures showing she had a shoulder up when the referee counted the pinfall Tuesday night.
  • After a brief breakup, Paige and Alberto El Patron have reconciled and are once again a couple.
  • A trailer for Armed Release but WWE Studios featuring Seth Rollins and Wesley Snipes has been released. This is an action thriller and there is no global release date as of press time.

  • WWE has released a full match of Bianca Belair vs Aliyah in a Mae Young Classic qualifying match. Belair wrestles strong style and at one point slapped Aliyah extremely hard and the live crowd bought into this.

  • Gunner, who had wrestled for Impact, debuted as Chad Lail at an NXT live event in St Petersburg Thursday night. He is expected to wrestle full time in NXT.
  • Impact Wrestling will be re-branding as Global Force Wrestling to shed the image that has haunted the company from the Dixie Carter era. Jeff Jarrett, founder of GFW, conducted an interview with Sports Illustrated and spoke of the legal battles involving the “Broken” Hardys. Jarrett didn’t say much other than intellectual property belongs to the publisher, which would be Impact Wrestling. Jeff also talked about a five year plan to reinvigorate the company including video on demand and live events.
  • Rumors are abound that The Colons have requested their release from WWE. SuperLuchas.com fueled this by speculating about tee shirts being sold outside the WWE. Fanning the flames, WWC, a promotion in Puerto Rico owned by Carlos Colon, tweeted the article. This appears to be a weak rumor, but The Colons leaving WWE is a possibility even without the rumors.
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Who are the Current Favorites for WWE Money in the Bank?

The following odds are from 5Dimes and represent the Global Market. Currently Mastercard, American Express and Bitcoins are being accepted for deposits. Bets can be made for as low as 50 cent although there is never an obligation to place a wager or make a deposit to view and follow the ever changing odds. Visit 5Dimes by clicking here.

Use Betting Odds for WWE Money in the Bank Predictions

While it doesn’t appear that the smart money has come in for tonight’s Money in the Bank as of press time, the odds have moved significantly. For days the Usos vs New Day match was an even bet with no favorite but now the Usos are favored to retain at -185 but these odds are the closest call of the entire card. The New Day are +145 so a $100 bet would win 4145 with them being the underdogs.

Baron Corbin is favored to win the MitB match, as he has been all along with odds of -350 so anything other than Corbin capturing the briefcase would be considered an upset. The competitor with the next best chances would be Shinsuke Nakamura, with odds of +500. In the Women’s MitB Carmella’s odds have increased with her now at -265 after being the favorite all along. Charlotte has the next best chances at +400.

Jinder Mahal has the most favorable odds on the card at -900. Orton winning in his hometown would be the greatest upset that could happen tonight. Naomi is favored to successfully retain the Smackdown Women’s Championship at -270.

The smart money may still come in, sometimes this happens immediately before the event and often they don’t happen at all. Worth mentioning is that the smart odds were 100% correct in their projections at Extreme Rules earlier this month.

WWE Money in the Bank Match

Baron Corbin -350

Sami Zayn +1200

Kevin Owens +2200

AJ Styles +1300

Shinsuke Nakamura +500

Dolph Ziggler +5000

WWE Women’s Money in the Bank Match

Carmella -265

Becky Lynch +1050

Natalya +750

Charlotte Flair +400

Tamina +6000

WWE Championship Match

Jinder Mahal(c) -900 vs Randy Orton +500

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Match

Naomi(c) -270 vs Lana +190

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship

The Usos(c) -185 vs The New Day +145

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Updated Odds for WWE Money in the Bank, All Matches Have Odds, Special Prop Bets

These odds have been sourced from both 5Dimes and Paddy Power. The MitB Matches are available now at 5Dimes, a sports book that caters to the worldwide market. Everything else is from Paddy Power, which is available in the UK, Ireland and a few other nations.

Taking an updated look at the betting odds for WWE’s Money in the Bank PPV this Sunday reveals slight line moves, new matches with odds available and some interesting prop bets. The MitB match itself still has Baron Corbin as the favorite to win and these odds have become even more favorable and now sit at -190. In addition there are odds for how long this match will last in the form of an over/under. Under 24 minutes is slightly more favored at -137 compared to 24 minutes or more at -110. It’s noticeable that both the over or under have the minus sign and the number after the minus represents how much would be needed to bet to win $100.

Odds for the Women’s MitB match have also been added with Carmella the most favored at -145. This could be driven by the possibility of James Ellsworth to get involved and he actually has odds of +110 to be ejected from ringside during the match. Nikki Bella for some reason has odds of +300 to appear at ringside during the match,. There are even odds on if the briefcase will be cashed in during the event itself at +500. As for match length the over/under is 20 minutes with odds of -137 for under and -110 for 20 or more.

Both Jinder Mahal and Naomi are favored to successfully defend the WWE Championship and Smackdown Women’s Championships respectively, while the Smackdown Tag Team Championships are in a dead heat with both the Usos and The New Day at -120.

WWE Money in the Bank Match

Baron Corbin -190

Sami Zayn +650

Kevin Owens +650

AJ Styles +750

Shinsuke Nakamura +450

Dolph Ziggler +1500

WWE Women’s Money in the Bank Match

Carmella -145

Becky Lynch +350

Natalya +365

Charlotte Flair +950

Tamina +2800

WWE Championship Match

Jinder Mahal(c) -250 vs Randy Orton +175

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship Match

Naomi(c) -500 vs Lana +300

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship

The Usos(c) -120 vs The New Day -120

Length of Men’s MitB Match

Under 24 Minutes -137

24 Minutes or More -110

Length of Women’s MitB Match

Under 20 Minutes -137

20 Minutes or More -110

Length of WWE Championship Match

Under 18 Minutes -120

18 Minutes or More -120

MitB Men’s Special Bets

Rusev to Appear Ringside During the Match +400

Breifcase to be Cashed in the Night of MitB +500

MitB Women’s Special Bets

James Ellsworth to be Ejected from Ringside +110

Nikki Bella to Appear at Ringside +300

Briefcase to be Cashed in at Event +500

Source: 5Dimes and Paddy Power

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