With WWE SummerSlam '24 taking place from Cleveland, Ohio tonight, I have just made my first of what should be numerous visits to the BetOnline website for the day.
The sportsbook has markets for all seven bouts that are being advertised for the card. The earliest markets were published around July 12th and I've taken note of their movements ever since. In this post, I'll go through each match and point out which sides the customers have gambled on across the last few weeks.
You'll notice that, in almost all markets, there have been back-and-forth wagering.
WWE Intercontinental Championship
The market for Sami Zayn's WWE Intercontinental Title defence against Bron Breakker has been available since July 24th. I have not witnessed any adjustments made to either selection. The bookies have Breakker as -3,000 favourite to do what he didn't do at Money in the Bank and get the W against Zayn (+900).
WWE United States Championship
Opening in mid-July, the market for Logan Paul's WWE United States Championship defence against LA Knight had Knight as a short-priced favourite. He was -1,000 to Cleveland's Paul at +550.
All of the early price changes sided with the titleholder. His odds fell into +400 within the first week of wagering. They declined into +160 by July 24th.
With Logan Paul's selection dipping, the bookmakers pushed the challenger's odds up to -210. From there, Knight had a two-day spell where his odds dropped moving from the aforementioned -210 into -500.
Before this morning, Paul was once again backed. His odds were moved into +275 from +300. However, the latest adjustment has seen Knight dip from -450 into -600.
Paul is currently +350.
There has been back-and-forth wagering for the match between WWE Women's Champion - Bayley - and Nia Jax. As well as that, there has been a flip between who the bookies consider the match favourite.
As you can see above, I first began following the market for this match on July 12th. At the time, the champion was a -140 favourite. However, all of the early money sided with Nia Jax because the challenger fell from +100 into -150 in the first week.
With Jax moving in, Bayley was pushed up to +110.
Both selections had moved into pick 'em by July 24th. However, from that point, it appears as though the punters were back on the challenger because Jax was moved into -140 a couple of days later. She was at -170 on Tuesday and was placed into -200 sometime within the past day.
Those looking to punt on Bayley can currently find her at +150.
Women's World Championship
Liv Morgan has been the bookies' favourite to successfully retain her Women's World Championship against the returning Rhea Ripley ever since betting began around July 17th.
The champ was backed into -700, from -400, in the early stage of wagering. As a result, Rhea Ripley was moved up to +400 from +250.
Ripley's odds were snipped into +300 by July 24th. However, the next two moves have seen Morgan fall from -500 into -600 and then -900.
Many expect Dominik Mysterio to double cross Rhea Ripley and side with Morgan in this one hence why the returning wrestler has not been defined as favourite.
World Heavyweight Championship
Will Gunther arrive in Germany for the next major show - WWE Bash in Berlin - as World Heavyweight Champion? If we're going by the betting for tonight's challenge against Damian Priest, it looks like the bookies believe so.
Or do they?
As you can see above - BetOnline has had Gunther as a favourite since the market opened on July 12th. However, there have been signs pointing to the Priest being the punters' choice because his odds have reduced at certain points over the past few weeks.
Starting out, Priest was a +400 underdog. His odds dropped into +250 within the first day. From that point, the champion found himself moved out to +600 with Gunther backed from -400 into -1,500 over six days.
Damian Priest bettors then backed the champion down from +600 into +300 between July 19th and earlier this week. However, the overnight action has sided with Gunther once again because the champion's odds have now been increased to +325 while Gunther's have dropped from -500 into -550.
CM Punk .vs. Drew McIntyre
Drew McIntyre has been BetOnline's favourite in the market for his grudge match against CM Punk. Just like with most of the markets for tonight, there is evidence of back-and-forth wagering.
I first began following the betting for this contest on July 24th. At the time, McIntyre was -250 to Punk's +170.
Within the first day, I noticed the favourite drop into +325 while Punk's price was increased to +215. The market remained stationary for over a week until yesterday's visit when I observed Punk's odds had shortened into +135.
The backing of Punk moved his rival's price up to -175, but they have now dropped into -220 while Punk has improved to +155 from yesterday.
Undisputed WWE Championship
This match, which will see Cody Rhodes defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Solo Sikoa, will now be contested under Bloodline Rules.
The wagering has gone one way: on the side of Cody Rhodes.
Rhodes had started out at -1,500 on July 15th. Those odds were cut into -3,000 a couple of days later and were then slashed into -5,000 two days after that.
On the other side of the betting, Sikoa went from +600 to +900 and has been at +1,200 since 19th July.
And that's all for now. I plan to check in a few more times across the day and intend to post further updates closer to the start of the show.