The Big Dog booked his place as Lesnar's opponent after beating Bobby Lashley in the main event of last night's Raw.
As most visitors are aware, Sky Bet and the oddsmakers from Kambi had markets up for last night's contest.
Kambi's markets were taken down at around 5PM BST last night. They closed with Reigns a 4/9 favourite. Sky Bet - on the other hand - had their match odds up until around 10PM with Reigns closing as a 2/5 favourite.
Lashley closed at 6/4 (Kambi) and 7/4 (Sky Bet).
Kambi also accepted wagers on how last night's match would conclude. I had a feeling that the bout would end in a no contest to set up a triple threat between Lesnar, Lashley and Reigns, but this didn't come to fruition. Reigns won via pinfall.
Date/Time
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Pinfall / Submission
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Any Other Method
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18/7 4:00PM
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8/13
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23/20
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20/7 4:30PM
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4/5
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9/10
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23/7 4:30PM
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EVS
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7/10
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The eventual winning selection closed at EVS. It had started out as an 8/13 favourite.
With Lesnar versus Reigns now confirmed for SummerSlam, this means that the 'Feud' market where customers could place wagers on who would win any future match between the two will now be absent whenever these markets are republished.
As you can see in the table below, despite remaining an underdog throughout, the customers had backed Lesnar winning the next meeting. He started off at 4/1 and was down to 5/2 before closing yesterday evening.
Seeing Lesnar backed in the market was very surprising. Based on storyline, a one-on-one match between Lesnar and Reigns has to see Roman Reigns finally prevail after his previous failed attempts.
Sky Bet is the first to put up odds for the match. The firm has placed Reigns as an 8/11 favourite to Brock Lesnar's EVS.
On last night's Raw, it was announced that Braun Strowman will put up his Money in the Bank briefcase against Kevin Owens at SummerSlam.
From a betting perspective, the holder of the briefcase - at the time of the contract being executed - has no bearing on how any Money in the Bank cash-ins are settled. If Owens winds up winning the briefcase on August 19th, any bets on a cash-in will still be in play.
While on the topic, Kambi's market - where clients can place bets on the show the briefcase is cashed in was adjusted yesterday with the selection for the Money in the Bank holder executing his contract on 'Raw or Smackdown' having been lowered.
A cash-in on either of WWE's main TV shows went down to 3s from 4/1. A PPV or a cash-in on any other WWE show remains a favourite, but it has moved up from 1/8 to 1/5.
While I was writing about the Bobby Lashley .vs. Roman Reigns match, I prefaced what I wrote with an 'on paper, it should be a Roman Reigns win'. Well, in regards to Strowman .vs. Kevin Owens at SummerSlam - on paper - it looks like a Braun Strowman win considering he 'lost' to Kevin Owens at Extreme Rules.
With that said - and I know I'm contradicting what I usually do by not buying too much stock in releases that are sent to arenas months in advance - Roman Reigns versus Kevin Owens is one of the matches that was sent to the arena that is hosting Hell in a Cell on September 18th. So, I shall have that somewhere in the back of my mind when watching the story unfold on Raw as we head towards SummerSlam.
Sky Bet's market for Strowman versus Owens was published as I was finishing up this post. It has opened with Strowman a short-priced favourite at 1/3. A successful bet on Owens will pay out at 9/4.
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