Early Betting Odds for Top Two Battleground Matches; Styles/Owens

As early as now, Sportsbooks has already released the odds on the top two matches announced for the upcoming WWE Battleground PPV that will come to us from Philadelphia on July 23. Every new PPV event, more and more players are betting on WWE than ever before. That is why sportsbooks are becoming competitive by offering the odds earlier and generally always having something wrestling related to wager on.
The first match is the WWE Championship match, a Punjabi Prison Match, this sees the champion Jinder Mahal a favorite at -200. The underdog, Randy Orton, is at +250. This match is currently only available in the Euro market.
The second match is the flag match between John Cena and Rusev. Cena is favored at -400, meaning it would take a successful $400 bet to win +100. Rusev is a +280 underdog in this match. This match is available in both the European and Global markets.

These are simply early projections, and as we have seen with past PPVs, even the “smart money odds” can switch the day before the PPV and even before the matches. At the last PPV WWE Great Balls of Fire, we have seen both Bray Wyatt and Sasha Banks move from underdog to favorite in dramatic fashion. In both cases the flips held true to the eventual result.
Still, based on these early odds it would be fair to speculate that John Cena will be challenging Jinder Mahal to become a record breaking 17 time World Champion this coming WWE Summerslam. Jinder hangs on to the championship and Cena gets a big win upon his return to get the rust off.
After AJ Styles’ recent US title win over Kevin Owens at a house show in New York over the weekend, it appears their scheduled match for the title at Battleground has been taken off the card, at least for now. On WWE.com’s official preview for the PPV, only three matches are listed:
– Jinder Mahal vs. Randy Orton (Punjabi Prison WWE Title Match)
– John Cena vs. Rusev (Flag Match)
– Usos vs. New Day (Tag Team Title Match)

It is expected that this situation will be addressed on Smackdown tonight.
Source: betwrestling.com