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SummerSlam kicked off in Las Vegas with the RAW Tag Team Title match between AJ Styles & Omos and RK-Bro. This was the first SummerSlam ever to be live on a Saturday. The Kickoff Show saw Big E defeat Baron Corbin to take back his Money in the Bank briefcase.
AJ Styles & Omos (c) vs. RK Bro - RAW Tag Team Title match at SummerSlam
AJ and Randy kicked off the match and AJ was in trouble early on before Omos and Riddle were tagged in. The King of Bros tried for a submission, but Omos dropped him and tagged AJ back in.
Randy returned and hit the draping DDT on AJ before setting up for the RKO. But Omos dragged Styles out of the ring. Riddle took a chokeslam from Omos before sending him into the ring post.
Orton dodged the Phenomenal Forearm back in the ring and hit the RKO on Styles for the big win!
Result: RK-Bro def. AJ Styles & Omos to become the new RAW Tag Team Champions.
Grade: B+
Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie at SummerSlam
Eva fled the ring after the match started, and when she came back, Alexa got a big elbow in. Eva managed to take Alexa down and went to Lilly in the corner and slapped the doll before hitting Alexa.
Alexa lost it and screamed at Eva, unloading on her in the ring. Eva dodged the Twisted Bliss and got a near fall before Alexa spiked her with a DDT for the easy win.
Result: Alexa Bliss def. Eva Marie
After the match, Eva asked Doudrop to help her up, but she got on the mic and announced her mentor as the loser, stole Marie's jacket, and walked off.
Grade: B-
Sheamus (c) vs. Damian Priest - United States Title match at SummerSlam
Priest dominated early on and hit a suplex after sending Sheamus into the corner for a big strike. Sheamus was sent outside before Priest hit a dive over the ropes, and it looked like he had hurt his back in the process.
Sheamus (c) vs. Damian Priest - United States Title match at SummerSlam (contd...)
Sheamus took control of the match and hit a belly-to-back suplex, taking advantage of Priest's possible back injury at SummerSlam. The Celtic Warrior was showboating while Priest was down and locked in a headlock.
Priest came back with a Rana off a counter and hit a tornado DDT before getting caught on the ropes. However, he managed to hit the huge kick from up top for a near fall. Sheamus hit the Alabama Slam for another near fall.
Priest kicked out of a Brogue Kick before he was locked in a submission move and ripped Sheamus' mask off with his hands. Priest hit the Reckoning and picked up the win after the hard-fought match!
Result: Damian Priest def. Sheamus to become the new United States Champion
Grade: A
The Usos (c) vs. Rey & Dominik Mysterio - SmackDown Tag Team Title match at SummerSlam
Rey kicked things off with Jimmy in the ring and The Mysterios sent The Usos outside early on before hitting dives on both of them. Dom went for the Three Amigos but Jimmy sneaked in a tag and Jey dropped Dom from the ropes to the outside.
The Usos (c) vs. Rey & Dominik Mysterio - SmackDown Tag Team Title match at SummerSlam (contd...)
Jimmy was back in at SummerSlam and the Usos isolated Dom, hitting him with a backbreaker and isolating him from Rey. Dom managed to fight back and take Jey down but Jimmy hit him with multiple suplexes, wiping him out.
Dominik blocked the third suplex and hit a neckbreaker off the counter before making the tag to Rey. The Master of The 619 took Jimmy down for a near fall but took a superkick and a splash for a near fall.
Jimmy took a splash from Rey but got his knees up just in time before The Usos hit him with double superkicks and the splash before picking up the win.
Result: The Usos def. Rey & Dominik Mysterio to retain the SmackDown Tag Team Titles
Grade: B
Shinsuke Nakamura was out next with Rick Boogs who gave us a little performance at SummerSlam while Nakamura made his entrance to celebrate with Pat McAfee, arguably the biggest fan of the duo.
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Becky Lynch - SmackDown Women's Title match at SummerSlam
Bianca Belair was out next to face Sasha Banks at SummerSlam, but we learned that The Boss could not perform, and Carmella came out to take her place.
Banks got on the mic to address the change, but Becky Lynch's music hit and the former Women's Champ showed up!
Becky tossed Carmella outside and into the steel steps before getting back in the ring to take Mella's place in the match.
Lynch hit a big right hook and went for the Manhandle Slam to get the win in quick time and become new SmackDown Women's Champion at SummerSlam.
Result: Becky Lynch def. Bianca Belair to become the new SmackDown Women's Champion
Grade: C
2020 Olympic Medalists Tamyra and Gable came out to celebrate before SummerSlam continued.
Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam
Drew unloaded on Jinder from the get-go and went for an early Claymore, but Jinder fled outside.
Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal at SummerSlam (contd...)
Jinder tried to convince Drew that they were friends before attacking the Scotsman himself at SummerSlam. Jinder got some big kicks before stomping him with his knees on the apron.
Drew hit the Glasgow Kiss and some Suplexes before going for the Futureshock DDT. Drew went for the Claymore countdown and hit the move for the win.
Result: Drew McIntyre def. Jinder Mahal
Veer and Shanky came in to help Jinder up after the match, and Drew went at them with his sword, but the trio quickly fled the ring together.
Grade: C+
Nikki A.S.H (c) vs. Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley - RAW Women's Title match at SummerSlam
Nikki tossed Ripley outside early on before facing Charlotte in the ring. Rhea came back and Charlotte tossed Nikki into her before hitting a backbreaker on Ripley.
Nikki hit a crossbody on Charlotte but took a big Slam, being dropped on top of Rhea. Charlotte went up top for a moonsault on both opponents, but Rhea blocked it while Nikki got out of the way.
Nikki A.S.H (c) vs. Charlotte vs. Rhea Ripley - RAW Women's Title match at SummerSlam (contd...)
Ripley took a big boot before kicking Nikki off the apron at SummerSlam and got a near fall on Charlotte with a suplex. Flair brought Ripley off the apron before Nikki hit her with a Tornado DDT from the ropes.
Flair had Nikki up in the air when Ripley came behind and hit Flair with a suplex, taking out both women. Ripley and Flair started brawling at ringside when Nikki hit a dive on both of them.
Charlotte countered a double team attempt with a double DDT before tossing both of them out of the ring. Charlotte hit the moonsault on both of them, sending Nikki into the barricades.
Ripley locked in a submission in the ring before Charlotte came in and took a boot from Rhea. Ripley locked in the same submission on Flair, but The Queen reversed it into Figure Eight.
Nikki broke up the move and reversed a Riptide into a DDT. Nikki went up top but missed the crossbody before Flair got the Figure Eight locked in on her, making her tap out at SummerSlam.
Result: Charlotte def. Nikki A.S.H & Rhea Ripley to become the new RAW Women's Champion.
Grade: A
Edge vs. Seth Rollins at SummerSlam
Edge walked out to the Brood's entrance theme and appeared on a flaming stage before switching to his original song at SummerSlam. Rollins and Edge started slow with chain wrestling ending with the WWE Hall Of Famer tossing Rollins out with some stiff hooks.
Seth went back in the ring and was sent out once more off a counter. Outside, Edge was sent into the ring post before Rollins sat him down next to the steel steps and bounced his head and neck off the metal.
Rollins hit a neck breaker in the ring, and it looked like he was not taking any chances with the Hall of Famer. Rollins was punishing Edge and hit the sling blade. Edge rolled away from him before he could hit the stomp.
The Rated- R Superstar came back with a counter and set Rollins up on the top rope, but Seth dropped him and hit a splash. Rollins was set up for a superplex, but Edge reversed it into a top rope neckbreaker at SummerSlam, hurting himself on the fall.
Edge vs. Seth Rollins at SummerSlam (contd...)
Edge hit the Edge-cution for a near fall before Seth managed to send him into the turnbuckles at SummerSlam. Rollins got a superplex in and hit the Falcon Arrow before Edge countered with a Glam Slam, a tribute to his wife Beth Phoenix, and got a near fall.
Edge blocked another stomp and speared Rollins off the apron to the outside. Edge sent Seth into the screen on the apron, and the thing just shut off. Edge went for a spear in the ring, but Rollins countered it with a Pedigree.
Edge managed to hit the next spear, but Rollins still kicked out! Edge locked in a crossface and slammed Rollins' head into the ring over and over before transitioning to the crossface sleeper hold. Rollins couldn't take it anymore and tapped out, letting Edge pick up the win in one of the best matches WWE has seen this year.
Result: Edge def. Seth Rollins
Grade: A+
We got the final turnout at 51,326 tonight at SummerSlam, a welcome change after a whole year of staring at screens in the Thunderdome.
Miz and Morrison showed up at SummerSlam in a truck. They were about to unveil the Dripstick 2000 but the duo misplaced it. Xavier Woods showed up with a giant water gun and said that he found it in the parking lot.
Miz & Morrison wanted thing back but Xavier asked the audience and they chose to spray Miz & Morrison instead. Woods went for it and hosed the duo down in the ring.
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Goldberg - WWE Championship match at SummerSlam
Goldberg unloaded on Lashley as the match started but Lashley managed to set the WWE Hall Of Famer up for a suplex. However, Goldberg blocked it. He went down and Lashley went up top before Goldberg got back to his feet and dropped the All Mighty back in the ring.
Goldberg set up for the spear but MVP dragged Lashley outside. Goldberg still hit the spear on the outside and sent him back in at SummerSlam.
Goldberg was about to hit another one but MVP hit the WWE Hall Of Famer's knee with his cane. Lashley went for the Hurt Lock but Goldberg broke out.
Bobby Lashley (c) vs. Goldberg - WWE Championship match at SummerSlam (contd...)
Lashley picked Goldberg out on the outside at SummerSlam and sent him into the ring post twice. Back in the ring, the WWE Hall Of Famer could barely stand due to his knee and the referee had to stop the match.
Lashley got a steel chair and went after Goldberg's injured knee. He kept slamming the chair into the WWE Legend and refused to stop. Gage came in and attacked Lashley from behind and the champ locked in the Hurt Lock and took him out.
Result: Bobby Lashley wins due to referee's stoppage.
MVP got the mic and said there was no way Lashley could have known who attacked him before walking out. Goldberg yelled that he was going to kill Bobby as the champ headed backstage.
Grade: B
Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena - WWE Universal Championship match at SummerSlam
Cena and Reigns started off slow and the Cenation Leader tried for a few early rollups and taunted Reigns before Roman dropped him with some strikes. The Tribal Chief was keeping Cena down to try to keep him from landing any big moves and sent him into the corner before getting a near fall off a vertical suplex.
Roman Reigns (c) vs. John Cena - WWE Universal Championship match at SummerSlam (contd...)
Roman tossed Cena outside the ring at SummerSlam and into the steel steps before the referee threatened to count them out but was too afraid to actually do it. Roman knocked Cena's head into the steel steps before posing with the title.
Cena rolled him up in the ring, but Reigns kicked out before taking him down again. Cena had Reigns up for the AA, but The Tribal Chief countered into a DDT and got a near fall.
Cena went for another rollup before Reigns locked in a sleeper hold. Cena got out and hit a clothesline. Cena was caught in the Guillotine before taking a Superman Punch. Reigns went for the Spear but took a big boot and the Five Knuckle Shuffle.
Cena got the Attitude Adjustment, but Reigns kicked out! Reigns fled the ring before hitting a drive-by. Reigns went for a spear but Cena reversed it into an AA into the announce desk.
Reigns set up for the finish and got the Superman Punch back in the ring, but Cena dodged the Spear. Cena took Reigns up top and hit an AA from the second rope but Reigns still kicked out!
Cena took another Superman Punch before hitting the Spear and getting the pin! Roman Reigns retained his title against John Cena at SummerSlam!
Result: Roman Reigns def. John Cena to retain the WWE Universal Championship
Reigns was celebrating after the match when Brock Lesnar returned to WWE and walked out to the ring. Reigns was absolutely awestruck and just walked out of the ring as SummerSlam ended.
Grade: A
PPV grade: A
One of the most eventful PPVs of the year, we saw the return of Becky Lynch and four title changes tonight on SummerSlam. Goldberg took the beating of his life while Edge and Rollins put on one of the greatest matches of their careers. Charlotte crushed Nikki A.S.H's dreams and Reigns retained his title but Brock Lesnar returned and has put The Tribal Chief on notice.
