WWE SummerSlam Betting Odds: Who Will Walk out Champion?

The first round of WWE SummerSlam betting odds are out, courtesy of the folks at Bet Wrestling. These odds can often be a good indicator of who is looking to win in their respective matches.

Sometimes on the day of the show, the “smart money” comes in and a few of the matches make a 180 degree turn. At that point, the odds are usually locked in pretty close to what actually happens, although there are sometimes still some surprises that go against the odds.

If you aren’t familiar with how betting odds work, the competitor with a “-” in front of their name is the favorite to win. A “+” after the name means they are the underdog. The larger the number, the more of a favorite or underdog that person is.

Here are the early odds for SummerSlam.

WWE Universal Championship – Fatal 4-Way
Brock Lesnar (c) -335 vs Samoa Joe +275 vs Roman Reigns +700 vs Braun Strowman +1000

WWE Championship
Jinder Mahal (c) +250 vs Shinsuke Nakamura -400

WWE RAW Women’s Championship
Alexa Bliss (c) -125 vs Sasha Banks -112

WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship
Naomi (c) -250 vs Natalya +175
(Odds for Carmella successfully cashing in the Money In The Bank briefcase are +150)

WWE United States Championship
AJ Styles (c) -500 vs Kevin Owens +300

WWE RAW Tag Team Championship
Cesaro and Sheamus (c) +300 vs Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins -500

WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship
The New Day (c) -167 vs The Usos +120

WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Akira Tozawa (c) -125 vs Neville -112

John Cena -167 vs Baron Corbin +120

Randy Orton +110 vs Rusev -155

Finn Balor -770 vs Bray Wyatt +400

Big Show +400 vs Big Cass -770

The Hardy Boyz and Jason Jordan +100 vs The Miztourage -139

The most shocking part of the odds so far is that Nakamura is a favorite to win the SmackDown World title, as of this writing. Brock Lesnar is the favorite to come out Universal Champion. Interestingly, both Sasha Banks and Alexa Bliss are on the negative/favorite side (which means it would require a higher bet to win money on them), with Bliss being ever so slightly more favored. The same goes for the Cruiserweight title match, with Tozawa slightly favored over Neville.

Finn Balor is the heaviest favorite on the show right now, at -700. Translation of those odds is that it would require a $700 bet to win $100 on him due to how heavily favored he is. That makes sense as it wouldn’t make much sense from a booking perspective to have Balor lose in the first match where he has portrayed “The Demon” in a year.