Monday 24 July 2017

Kevin Owens Wins As Battleground 2017 Underdog

Kevin Owens has just won the US Championship from AJ Styles after entering their match as a +1,650 outsider.

You can see how the betting went in the table below.

Date/Time
AJ Styles
Kevin Owens
22/7 8:30pm
-210
+160
11:30pm
"
"
23/7 6am
"
"
1pm
"
"
5pm
"
"
5:50pm
-135
-105
6:10pm
+100
-140
7:30pm
+180
-260
8pm
"
"
9:10pm
"
"
10pm
+250
-350
11pm
+200
-280
11:25pm
-260
+180
24/7 12am
-4,950
+1,650
PPV
"
"
MATCH
"
"

AJ Styles became a -4,950 favourite at a time when heavy price changes were made shortly before the event's Kick Off started.

Odds from 5Dimes.
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11 comments:

  1. Todd Williams24 July 2017 at 02:53

    AJ's shoulder was up. If the finish is overturned on SD, will they settle the match in AJ's favor?

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    1. David Taylor24 July 2017 at 02:55

      No, markets are settled on the result at the end of the broadcast.

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    2. Jordan24 July 2017 at 02:57

      The finish was designed so that on Smackdown we will see a still image of both their shoulders down so AJ should still be champion and KO will have to give him the title back which will set up another match etc.

      Unfortunately it means KO still wins here, even if the result gets overturned due to the above rule.

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    3. Todd Williams24 July 2017 at 03:02

      That's incredibly frustrating, but I understand that's how it works. I haven't seen a clear favorite lose like this in a very long time.

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    4. Jordan24 July 2017 at 03:04

      The last time I remember was maybe Tyler Breeze against Dolph Ziggler a loooong time ago... I'm not counting Undertaksr/Lesnar because Lesnar had heavy bets before the PPV/Match unlike KO here.

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  2. Unknown24 July 2017 at 10:39

    This has got to be a last minute change otherwise odds would not have changed as much...there have been these instances previously and i'm sure wwe keep an eye on odds to throw a curve ball

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    1. David Taylor24 July 2017 at 14:11

      Read a bit about it today and AJ was meant to have won, so it was a botched finish.

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    2. Todd Williams24 July 2017 at 16:28

      David, would you mind providing a link to where you saw that?

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    3. David Taylor24 July 2017 at 16:51

      People were discussing it on Twitter this morning but - after posting my comment - someone else brought up to me that he thinks it was a set up for KO vs Shane McMahon feud.

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    4. Todd Williams24 July 2017 at 19:04

      I just read that the original plan was to have AJ kick out, confusion to reign, and Shane to come out and restart the match, leading to AJ winning clean and retaining the title. So perhaps it was both a botched finish AND a set up for an eventual Shane vs. Owens match, which seems highly plausible. We'll find out more tomorrow night.

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    5. David Taylor24 July 2017 at 19:23

      Interesting.This would explain why they had the graphic ready stating that Owens was US Champion as well.

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