The Universal Title match at WWE Stomping Grounds will be Seth Rollins vs Baron Corbin. The match will feature a special guest referee, who will be hand-picked by Baron Corbin.
Corbin never ended up revealing who the referee will be on RAW or Smackdown this week. As a result, we will likely have to wait until Stomping Grounds to find out.
I wanted to pass along my speculation on what I think will happen with the referee at the event.
My theory is that Shane McMahon is going to end up as the special guest referee for the match. Shane doesn’t have a match scheduled for the event and it would make sense for him to want to screw Seth out of his Title. This is because Shane is currently feuding with Roman Reigns, who is Seth’s best buddy.
Also, since Seth has taken out most of the Superstars who have shown interest in being the referee, there aren’t many options left. Maybe Corbin goes with Shane, who has a lot of protection around him?
If Shane is the referee, my theory is that it will end up costing Corbin the match. Reigns seems likely to take out Shane during the match to continue their feud. This would allow another referee to come down to the ring to count the three for Seth to retain. Seems like a decent way for them to go to close the PPV.
That’s how I see it going. Do you agree or disagree with me?
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