WWE Great Balls of Fire 2017: Match Card, Potential Spoilers, Predictions, More

Everything is in place for WWE Great Balls of Fire 2017 to be Raw's best pay-per-view of the year.

Brock Lesnar will face a fresh, hungry challenger in the biggest match of his WWE career. Former best friends Enzo Amore and Big Cass will wrap their hands around each other's throats. Alexa Bliss will take on Sasha Banks in what is likely to be the Raw women's champ's magnum opus.

And Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman are bound to tear the house down in an Ambulance match at Sunday's PPV.

WWE fans are going to see a lot of the results coming. Cass has to destroy Amore to launch his solo career. Bliss isn't ready to drop the belt. WWE isn't going to upend Lesnar's reign so soon.

The physicality, drama and violent storytelling soon to fill the American Airlines Center in Dallas, though, promise to make up for the lack of surprises.

News, Potential Spoilers

Bliss may be in line to remain queen of the Raw wome's division.

Dave Meltzer noted in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Bliss vs. Nia Jax is likely the route WWE is going for SummerSlam (h/t Raj Giri of Wrestling Inc). If that's the case, Banks is set to lose on Sunday. And Jax could be involved in the bout to further that story.

Credit: WWE.com

The wait for the Hardy Boyz to bring back the "broken" gimmick they used at Impact Wrestling began as soon as they returned to WWE at WrestleMania in April.

Signs point to that transition being on its way. According to Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Randall Ortman of Cageside Seats), Anthem and the Hardys are close to resolving their dispute over the characters.

And Matt Hardy tweeted what is presumably an update on his legal battle:

The Cruiserweight Championship is getting the pre-show treatment again. As Kevin Powers noted on WWE.com, Neville vs. Akira Tozawa is on the Kickoff. 

Match Card

• Seth Rollins vs. Bray Wyatt
• Cesaro and Sheamus vs. The Hardy Boyz (Iron Man match for Raw Tag Team Championships)
• Neville vs. Akira Tozawa (Cruiserweight Championship)
• The Miz vs. Dean Ambrose (Intercontinental Championship)
• Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks (Raw Women's Championship)
• Enzo Amore vs. Big Cass
• Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns (Ambulance match)
• Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe (Universal Championship)

Predictions 

• Wyatt over Rollins.
• Cesaro and Sheamus retain.
• Neville over Tozawa.
• The Miz over Ambrose.
• Bliss over Banks.
• Cass over Amore.
• Reigns over Strowman.
• Lesnar over Joe.

Top Match Previews

Banks survived the onslaught of a monster to earn her shot at Bliss' crown. The Boss won a No. 1 Contender's Gauntlet match at the end of June by outlasting Nia Jax. 

Foreshadowing points to Jax getting a crack at the gold before long. The powerhouse has a tenuous alliance with Bliss. And the champ has promised her a shot at the Raw Women's Championship.

Bliss is likely to get past Banks in the best match of her career to set up a showdown with Jax at SummerSlam.

The collision between Big Cass and Amore doesn't need any championship gold. Their match will be all about revenge as the former tag team partners clash for the first time.

Cass revealed in June that he had been the mystery attacker laying out Amore backstage for weeks. The big man kicked his tag team partner in the mouth to seal the breakup. A seething rivalry has consequently emerged.

This bout is likely meant to be a showcase for Big Cass, a means for him to gain momentum as a singles star. But it's also a chance for Amore to make a major impression. He's been stellar on the mic during this story, and a good showing in the ring would bolster his position with the company in a big way.

And where Cass and Amore's war is only getting started, Strowman and Reigns' battle is set to come to a close.

The two titans have been smashing into each other for months. Strowman battered Reigns until medical staff put him in an ambulance. The Monster Among Men then pushed that vehicle on its side. Reigns retaliated with chair shots to the elbow to write Strowman off TV for a short spell.

Now a most physical match is on its way. Strowman and Reigns will fight until one man is stuffed inside an ambulance and it drives away.

Thanks to its brutality and the intensity of the rivalry, this promises to be memorable.

In a recent interview with Bleacher Report, Strowman said: "Keep your eyes open. There's no telling what I'm going to pick up and smash Roman over the head with."

Strowman and Reigns, though, won't have the market cornered on slobberknockers. Joe's attempt to dethrone Lesnar as universal champ will be a celebration of smashmouth wrestling.

Joe earned this shot at The Beast Incarnate by winning a Fatal 5-Way No. 1 Contender's match at Extreme Rules. He has since been a compelling monster on the screen, choking out Lesnar's manager, Paul Heyman, and leaving the universal champ red-faced and helpless weeks later after an ambush on the entrance ramp.

The more ballsy move would be to crown Joe here. He's proved himself as a marquee talent. He can be far more of a workhorse champ than Lesnar. But it's hard to see that scenario unfolding when Lesnar vs. Strowman or Reigns for the title at SummerSlam is on the table.

The results may not be surprising at the inaugural edition of Great Balls of Fire, but the action is sure to be white-hot.