Another Look At Undertaker Appearance Odds At Paddy Power

It has been nearly a day since the Paddy Power Sportsbook published a prop bet where customers could place stakes on The Undertaker making an in-ring appearance at Battleground this Sunday.

When I first became aware of the market shortly after its publication, the 'Yes' option was available at 6/4 with 'No' favoured at '1/2'.

I took the 'Yes' option at the time. More on why later on.

Within less than an hour, the 'Yes' had been backed into 6/5 with 'No' then adjusted to 8/13. These prices remained stationary for most of the night. 

As of right now, the 'Yes' has dipped to 11/10 with 'No' at 4/6.

In my opinion, this could go one of two ways (obviously!). 

The 'No' might appeal to those who think Brock Lesnar will lose to Seth Rollins on Sunday. Say for example - and this is an out of the box example - Sting helps Rollins defeat Lesnar to close out the show. This then leads to Rollins bragging on the following night's episode of Raw that he was the man who defeated the person who ended Undertaker's WrestleMania winning streak. It could go in numerous directions from there but the gist of it is Undertaker will not appear at Battleground but at a later date to set up what ever the plan is for SummerSlam.

And then there's the 'Yes' option. 

WWE will announce its latest subscriber numbers to investors on July 30th, so the company will need to bag as many new sign-ups before then. Having the rumour that Sting and/or The Undertaker might be at Battleground is a good way to nab some curious subscribers. Then, you have to factor in the fact that - if the company actually does have either wrestler appear on the show - they could potentially bring in another load of subscribers who hear about the news after the fact. 

Undertaker  being at Battleground in some form is more valuable this month than it would if he showed up on Raw to build up August's SummerSlam. WWE need the customers locked in for the July 30th announcement. 

If you would like to bet on either of these options, the market can be found under 'Appearance' on Paddy Power's WWE Betting Page.

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