Monday 24 February 2020

Notes About Goldberg's Super ShowDown 2020 Odds

In a follow up to yesterday's post in which I wrote about the report that some rumoured WrestleMania 36 matches appear to have been changed, I have checked in with betting odds for WWE Super ShowDown to see if there have been any changes made to a key match on that card.

The match in question is for the Universal Championship with Bray Wyatt defending the strap against Bill Goldberg.

Yesterday's report noted that the much speculated Bray Wyatt versus Roman Reigns Universal Championship bout could be off the Mania card with Reigns facing Bill Goldberg instead.

This doesn't necessarily mean that Goldberg is winning the strap against Wyatt on Thursday in order to drop it to Reigns on April 5th, but it has forced bettors and bookmakers to entertain the possibility. Here are some notes I've made from this morning's visits to the Wyatt versus Goldberg Super ShowDown 2020 markets.

  • BetOnline has snipped Goldberg from +450 into +425 in its market for Thursday's match. A win for Bray Wyatt is now being offered at -800, which is up from -850
  • 5Dimes now lists the challenger at +400. This is down from the most recent +450. Wyatt is now a -600 fave. This is up from -750
  • William Hill has cut Goldberg from 11/4 into 9/4 and has placed Wyatt at 1/3 from 1/4
  • Kambi's market is back on the board with Bill Goldberg now at 7/5 to get the W on Thursday. The most recent price was 9/4. As a result of the challenger's odds having been snipped, Bray Wyatt is now 1/2 from 2/7
I believe it's important to stress that Dave Meltzer's report from yesterday also pointed out that the John Cena versus Elias match that he said was on for April 5th has now been shelved and, as I wrote yesterday, there could be a correlation.

John Cena chasing his seventeenth world title is a story that has been in WWE's bag for years. Only a fool would think that WWE would not go there and - now that Cena's time is being spent working on movies - this might be the right time to pull the trigger and get that story done to get another 'WrestleMania Moment'.

Therefore, Goldberg winning the title on Thursday to set up Goldberg/Reigns for the strap at Mania, is not as sure a thing as some might think. With that said, he could win the bout but not the belt.

If it goes that way, this would mean Goldberg/Reigns is not for the title, but is still a marquee match on the Mania card and - with Cena/Wyatt for the title - you get two big story matches rather than one if you have the title on the line with Goldberg/Reigns and just have Wyatt/Cena (if that is the plan!) as an undercard bout.

I'm not saying Goldberg isn't winning the strap on Thursday. It's just, as I think about it, it seems to make the most sense to have Wyatt retain and start the Cena chase from the following night's episode of Smackdown.

1 comment:

  1. Cena vies for 17 and Fiend’s revenge for WM 30 and denying him is the story and WM moment. Cena won’t be around to do anything w/or lose it quickly.

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