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WWE SummerSlam is all set to pop off tonight (Sun., Aug. 19, 2018) from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York at 7:00 p.m. ET, live on the WWE Network. You may also be able to watch this on pay-per-view (PPV) if your cable provider is carrying the event.
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WWE SUMMERSLAM QUICK RESULTS
Roman Reigns def. Brock Lesnar
Ronda Rousey def. Alexa Bliss
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jeff Hardy
Finn Balor def. Baron Corbin
The Miz def. Daniel Bryan
Samoa Joe def. AJ Styles by DQ
Charlotte Flair def. Carmella and Becky Lynch
Braun Strowman def. Kevin Owens
The New Day def. The Bludgeon Brothers by DQ
Seth Rollins def. Dolph Ziggler
The B-Team def. The Revival
Cedric Alexander def. Drew Gulak
Andrade Almas & Zelina Vega def. Rusev & Lana
WWE SUMMERSLAM LIVE BLOG & MATCH COVERAGE
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The pre-show kicks off with Renee Young welcoming us to the show and introducing her pre-show panel, tonight comprised of Booker T, Sam Roberts, and David Otunga. They run through the card match by match in short to shill for the WWE Network before tossing to John “Bradshaw” Layfield and Peter Rosenberg reporting from the entryway, where they recap Dean Ambrose’s return from Monday.
Video package and panel discussion of the SmackDown Women’s Championship match follows. New Day get a promo backstage talking about how special Brooklyn is to them, being where their record-setting title reign began, Francesca was born, and a Slip ‘n Slide incident that the others don’t want Big E to talk about happened. They claim they’re going to win the titles back to close the promo out.
Panel discussion of Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens is up next, followed by a video package hyping WWE’s presence in New York for SummerSlam up. Miz vs. Daniel Bryan is up next for package and discussion, followed by the Raw Women’s Championship. We go backstage with Rusev Day getting ready for their match when Aiden English rolls up saying he has the perfect song for them tonight.
Rusev tells him no, tonight is about them, so he’s staying behind.
Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega vs. Rusev Day (Lana & Rusev) (Mixed Tag Team Match)
Rusev and Almas to start, Andrade with a shove in the corner, rolling out, back in, off the ropes, ducking lariats, tranquilo in the ropes! Rusev Day taunt back, Cien bails again, to the apron, slingshot dropkick, chop on the floor, throwing the Bulgarian Lion back inside for knees in the corner. Rusev turns him around, right hand jabs and stomps until referee Mike Chioda orders him to back off.
Front chancery, straight suplex, right hand, but Vega runs interference and Almas is able to put Rusev hard into the post! To the apron... TRIANGLE CHOKE IN THE ROPES! Breaking at the count, following with a standing armbar but the Bulgarian Brute hosses himself back to his feet and throws open-hand strikes to try and break. Andrade stays on him, choking him over the ropes, and when Zelina gets a cheap shot in Rusev steels himself and goes for the tag.
Vega pulls Lana off the apron, Almas with a running knee in the corner, inverted tornado DDT... NOPE! Back to the armbar, Rusev tries a suplex to escape but Cien floats over, back to the inverted tornado DDT but the Bulgarian Lion shrugs him off and knocks him to the floor! Tag made, Lana clears house with a series of one-handed bulldogs, Spinaroonie, knees to the back of the neck against the ropes and a big neckbreaker for two!
Zelina rolls to the floor, Lana follows after her and smashes her face into the apron before throwing her back in the ring. Back elbow up on the charge, scoop and a slam gets two, but on a charge Vega trips her up and puts her face into the turnbuckles! Big front kick, squaring her up but Lana gets to her feet and cuts the charge off with a roundhouse kick!
Primal roar, Almas on the apron for interference, Rusev pulls him down but gets put into the barricade. Lana picks a leg, turns it into a facebuster of sorts, slapping Andrade on the apron, Zelina capitalizes on her distraction...
Andrade “Cien” Almas & Zelina Vega win by pinfall with a schoolboy pin from Vega on Lana with her feet on the ropes.
The panel, now joined by Jerry “the King” Lawler in place of Sam Roberts, discusses the match we just saw and then shills for the WWE Network for those of you watching on YouTube once again. Charly Caruso runs into Paul Heyman backstage and interviews him about the state of his relationship with Brock Lesnar but he begs off like he can’t follow her question and doubles down on his narrative about Brock getting rid of Roman Reigns tonight.
Panel discussion of the match follows. We go backstage with Kurt Angle, Paige, and DRAKE MAVERICK talking general manager business. They put each other’s talent and matchups over until Constable Baron Corbin rolls up talking about how he’s hoping Angle is on top of everything tonight because he doesn’t want to get a call from Stephanie McMahon. Kurt tells him to serve Brock his steak or go get ready for his match and Baron says he doesn’t need to prepare.
Cedric Alexander (c) vs. Drew Gulak (WWE Cruiserweight Championship)
Alexander backing Gulak up into the corner, breaking at referee Danilo Anfibio’s insistence and they get into the collar and elbow. Again Cedric backs him into the corner and is pulled aside. Front chancery, into a cover, intense mat grappling, Drew picks a leg but can’t get a hold and gets kicked off into the corner. Back to the lockup, this time Gulak gets him in the corner and breaks with a shot to the breadbasket.
Frankensteiner denied, Gu-Lock on but Alexander’s able to panic out of it and hit a dropkick! To the floor, Cedric with a huge palm strike, chops, back in, big forearm, but Drew cuts him off with a front kick on the springboard! Headed around the floor, reverse chinlock neckbreaker over the knee off the apron! Smashing him into the apron, taking the champion back inside, applying a neck crank to work him over!
Alexander fights to his feet, right hand, Drew catches a second... TRUE URANAGE ONLY GETS TWO! Drawing him up, knocking him down with a lariat, disdainful stomps, back up for another devastating lariat, only good for a nearfall and he locks a rear chinlock in. Back to his feet, Gulak shifts to a hanging Gory Special, wrenching the champion’s neck across his shoulder!
Cedric rolls over,throws a cracking elbow, slugging it out, to the apron, Alexander hits the springboard swinging reverse STO! Slow to capitalize, both men rising to their feet, Gulak runs into a kick, an uppercut, charging forearms, whip reverse, big neckbreaker drop into mounted punches! In with chops, clutching his neck, whip, Drew hangs short on the ropes and bails... CEDRIC WITH THE TOPE CON GIRO!
Neck still bothering him as he throws Gulak into the ring, the maestro of Catch Point is able to cut him off with right hands. Enzuigiri in return, springboard... DREW CUTS HIM OFF WITH A RIGHT AND ALEXANDER CRUMPLES TO THE MAT! THE GU-LOCK IS IN ON THE ROPES! Breaking at the count, Gulak is fired up, big cover, only a nearfall! Dragging him in the center of the ring, looking for the Gu-Lock but Cedric is struggling against him.
Drew putting his weight into it, shoved off, Alexander drops him with a back elbow! Slugging it out again, Cedric dodges most of Gulak’s shots but gets rocked by a palm strike! Jockeying for position, trading pins, Drew bridges up out of one, backslide denied... HE CATCHES THE NEURALYZER INTO AN ANKLE LOCK! REVERSED TO A PIN, ONLY TWO! STANDING SPANISH FLY BUT GULAK REVERSES INTO A NEARFALL!
Trading pins...
Cedric Alexander wins by pinfall with a folding Oklahoma roll to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
Back to the panel, they toss to JBL and Rosenberg for some more discussion of the SmackDown Women’s Match before moving onto a video package and panel discussion of the WWE Championship match. Samoa Joe is interviewed by satellite, saying he’s in full control over every action he makes, he’s not wracked by guilt like AJ Styles is, and he has Styles just where he wants him.
Every word he’s said has rung true, otherwise why would AJ be upset? All he does is spit the truth. He says he’s in AJ’s head and he’s gonna take advantage of him acting like a victim tonight. He questions whether Styles actually does all this for his family again, and every time AJ brings his explosiveness into the ring with him, he’s blunted it and put him out, and he’s taken titles from him everywhere they’ve been. Tonight will be no different.
He tells AJ that he has a unique opportunity to let him correct his issues in life by handing him the title, and one way or the other the best advice he can give him tonight is to have a pillow ready, because he’s going to put him to sleep.
The B-Team (Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel) (c) vs. the Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) (WWE Raw Tag Team Championship)
Dallas and Dawson to start, collar and elbow, headlock takeover from Bo, Scott gets to his feet, off the ropes, blind tag, Wilder picks a leg, dragon screw connects! Clear the apron, Axel comes in... SHATTER MACHINE TAKES HIM OUT! Blood in the water, Dallas barely able to get to his feet but he’s throwing wild hands to try and get away. Dawson tags back in, missile dropkick Hart Attack gets two!
Wrenching and tearing the leg, slamming it into the mat, stepover toehold and he falls back on it before wrenching at the ankle! Seated toehold, Bo reaching, praying, he gets some separation off a kick but nobody’s home for the tag and Scott stalks after him and gets him back in his corner with ease. Tag to Wilder, putting boots to him in stereo, seated senton to the leg over the bottom rope!
Back to the stepover toehold, tagging Dawson back in, standing stump puller with a hamstring kick! Overhead elbow, Dallas throwing elbows for separation but Scott gets another dragon screw off! Spinning toehold, Bo kicks him into the post, schoolboy for two! Curtis crawling back up on the apron, Wilder tags in, boots him off to the floor, big uppercut, quick tag back to Dawson sets up Demolition Decapitation... NOPE!
Dash tags back in, chancery over the ropes but Bo pulls him in for a dragon screw neck whip! Down and out, Axel back up on the apron, both men crawling, reaching... TAGS MADE! Curtis in hot with lariats, big corner elbow, snapmare, fired up, running neck snap, O’Connor roll from Dawson for two! Looking for a suplex, Axel reverse, Perfectplex denied and the match breaks down!
Small package from Dawson, Bo runs over and rolls it over to reverse...
The B-Team win by pinfall with a small package from Curtis Axel on Scott Dawson to retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship.
Back to the panel, they run the card down once more and shill for the WWE Network.
We go backstage with Ronda Rousey for a momet before cutting to Alexa Bliss walking backstage, who declines an interview. Panel discussion for their match follows, and at long last, we get to the Universal Championship match, which gets a full-on video package.
The pre-show concludes with Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins walking backstage.
The main show kicks off with a rather bombastic video of Terry Crews talking to us about how you measure success.
Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins (WWE Intercontinental Championship)
Ziggler keeping his distance at first, collar and elbow, Rollins with a waistlock, shift to a front chancery, side headlock, Dolph gets him in the ropes and referee Darrick Moore forces a break. Drew McIntyre is uncomfortably close and Dean Ambrose comes around to play equalizer. Trading pins, dodge the superkick, block the buckle bomb, Ziggler heads outside for a breather.
Back in, kick to the midsection, right hand, smashing the Architect’s face into the turnbuckles, whipping him across, back body drop scouted, drop down, leapfrog, into a hip toss, looking for the ripcord knee but Ziggler breaks away and bails to the floor again. The seconds hovering, Seth cracks a right hand across Dolph’s face and takes him inside for chops.
Float over the suplex, back body drop to the apron, Rollins catches him with a right but gets the rope kicked into his hamstring and dropped with a neckbreaker for two by the champ. Targeting the knee, stomping away, scraping Seth’s face across the top rope, chop in the corner, to the next corner to smash his face into the turnbuckles. Rollins gets a lick in but Ziggler chops him down to the mat in return and stomps at the knee again!
Whip reversed, Flair Flip and Seth crumples to the floor! Back inside, Dolph grabs a chickenwing chinlock before shifting to a side headlock and throwing his challenger aside. Reverse chinlock follows it up, Rollins fights to his feet but again the champion stomps at his knee for leverage and goes back to the reverse chinlock. Bridging up in it, Seth flags but does not fail and fires himself up to his feet and out with a jawbreaker!
Hobbling, he gets back body dropped to the floor hard! Back in, perched up top, diving crossobdy but Rollins rolls through and gets to his feet, shifting his grip... SUPLEX OVER THE ROPES AND TO THE FLOOR! Beating the count, Seth drags himself up the ropes and gets a boot up on the charge, to the second, up and over, off the ropes, Sling Blade connects!
Charging forearm, a second, but Dolph gets a small package for two! Boot up in the corner, diving blockbuster... only two! Rollins up top, Ziggler crotches him and climbs to meet him, jockeying for position, Seth knocks him down but Dolph gets across the ring. Clothesline to the floor, big suicide dive, back inside, springboard lariat into the ripcord knee strike... NOPE!
Buckle bomb attempt, Ziggler fights out with punches but Seth gets under him again with an electric chair. Dolph turns it into the sleeper hold, Rollins throws him off, neck snap over the top rope from the apron and both guys are increasingly spent. Ziggler yells about finishing it but Seth hits the double leg! Dolph shoves him into the post... HUGE DDT ON THE APRON!
Referee Moore counting... SETH BARELY BEATS THE COUNT! Dolph punching away, grinding his head over the ropes, looking for the Zig Zag but Rollins shrugs him off and hits Avada Kedavra! FROG SPLASH BUT ZIGGLER ROLLS THROUGH INTO A SMALL PACKAGE FOR TWO! Right hands as Seth struggles to get to his feet, mocking him, taunting him, and Rollins fires up with right hands!
Block the Fameasser, setting Dolph up top, they jockey for position... INVERTED SUPERPLEX INTO PAROXYSM CANNOT PUT DOLPH ZIGGER AWAY! Tuning up the band but McIntyre throws Ambrose into the steps for a distraction! Sidestep Blackout, Zig Zag connects... SETH ROLLINS WILL NOT LOSE LIKE THAT! SETH’S BUSTED OPEN! To the corner, O’Connor rolls from both guys, no good, Rollins hoists him up and hits the buckle bomb!
Dean yanks Drew off the apron, Dirty Deeds! Seth turns around... SUPERKICK LAYS ZIGGLER OUT! RUNNING OUT OF THE CORNER, BLACKOUT... IT’S OVER!
Seth Rollins wins by pinfall with Blackout, winning the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
The Shield boys celebrate together without incident.
The Bella Twins are interviewed backstage, talking about how WWE will always be a big part of their lives and how right now they’re focused on all their business dealings and not really thinking about wrestling at Evolution, but of course they’ve talked about it. For tonight, though, they’re just here to have fun and see Ronda Rousey make history.
Bludgeon Brothers (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (c) vs. New Day (Big E & Xavier Woods) (WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship)
Rowan and Woods to start, the big man runs him over with a reverse roundhouse and tags Harper in! Big boot gets two, gator roll into a grounded reverse chinlock, Xavier gets to his feet but gets dropped right back down and Erick tags back in. Elbow drop, off the ropes, big splash and the combo is only good for one! Standing neck crank, shifting to the double-fisted head vise, clubbing Woods down, pumphandle backbreaker follows!
Luke tags in, slingshot senton atomico, tag back to Rowan, clear the apron, powerslam E on the floor and they head back to throw Woods to the floor, he escapes a back suplex powerbomb attempt and then Frankensteiner’s Harper into the steel steps! Big gets the tag and throws both tag champs around with belly-to-belly suplexes on the floor! A third in the ring for Luke, hip swivel, off the ropes, big splash of his own!
Big Ending denied, off the ropes, Harper catches him with the Michinoku Driver... NOPE! Tag to Rowan, E slips out of a double-team, puts Erick hard into the post but walks into a superkick! XAVIER WOODS TOPE CON GIRO! HARPER LEVELS HIM WITH TRUCK STOP! BIG E SUICIDE SPEAR! Rowan dives onto E! Back inside, the double crucifix powerbomb... WOODS WITH THE SAVE!
Gamengiri staggers Erick, enzuigiri for Luke after the tag, thinking tornado DDT but Harper hands him over into a wheelbarrow, repeated headbutts... BRODIE BOMB! Kofi Kingston eats a back body drop on the floor and Big avenges him with the Big Ending! Xavier floats over a back suplex, makes the tag, superkick staggers E on the apron but he recovers... ROCK BOTTOM OFF THE APRON INTO A LUNGBLOWER FROM WOODS!
He tags back in, climbs up top... but Harper rolls out of the ring! Xavier considers it for a moment... LIMIT BREAKER TO THE FLOOR! Back inside, tag to Big, scooping him up but Rowan comes over with the mallet and knocks Xavier off the turnbuckle...
New Day win by disqualification.
Erick beats on E with the mallet some before Luke takes it from him, seemingly to back him off... and rams E in the ribs with the hammer!
We see Jon Stewart in the front row.
Braun Strowman (c) vs. Kevin Owens (Money in the Bank Briefcase)
Repeated Stinger splashes from Strowman at the bell but Owens dodges a third and bails to the floor. The monster follows... POUNCE! A SECOND ONE IN FRONT OF THE ANNOUNCE POSITION! In the ring and back out, KO lands a superkick in the entry but Braun shrugs it off and chokeslams him on the diamond plate! Back inside, scooping him up...
Braun Strowman wins by pinfall with a running powerslam to retain the Money in the Bank briefcase.
Becky Lynch vs. Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte Flair (WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship)
Carmella jawing at Charlotte, moonwalking, she gets in on Becky with a forearm but Flair is right on her. Boot up in the corner, sidestep Lynch, springboard kick, snapmare, off the ropes for a leg drop, elbow drop, but the turning leg drop comes up empty and the champ throws a dropkick for a pin that gets broken up by the Queen. Slap to the back of the neck, Mella runs away to convince Becky Charlotte did it, they fend her off and argue about it.
Off the ropes, into a hip toss from Lynch and Flair lands a baseball slide. Lynch with a schoolboy attempt, Charlotte’s Web, both come up empty, leg pick into a lateral press, Matrix evasion! Off the ropes, arm drags from the Lasskicker into a kneeling armbar, trying to shift to Dis-Arm-Her but Charlotte reverses to a pin! Whip into the corner, Flair Flip, shoulder block, Flair to the floor and Carmella puts her into the post!
Following it up by putting Becky into the steel steps, back inside with the cover, only two so Mella shifts to mounted punches, screaming the whole way. Reverse chinlock, Lynch to her feet to escape but Carmella gets a lariat off to knock her down. Flair back in, hairpull mat slam from the champion gets two and she follows it with overhead elbows into a reverse chinlock.
Charlotte out, Becky in, champ nails her with a dropkick and scrapes her face into the mat repeatedly while screaming about how she’ll never be champion. Big right hand, mocking her, Lynch gets an O’Connor roll, reversed, Flair in and she knocks Lynch’s block off with a big boot! Catching a kick from Carmella, throwing chops, big exploder suplexes to follow, a back suplex to finish the trifecta and into a kip-up!
Spinning toehold, kicked off, Becky catches her with a knee and heads up top... double missile dropkick! Lariats take the Queen out, finishing with a leg lariat, she’s fired up, ducks a lariat from the champ and clocks her wtih a flying forearm! Rolling solebutt, uppercut, exploder suplex of her own, charging in, up and over to the apron, right hand, up top again but she gets crotched in the corner and the champion hits a handspring Frankensteiner for two!
Hooking the exploder again, champion blocks, Charlotte in with a spear that takes both of them down... NOPE! Mella smashing Flair’s face into the turnbuckles, surveying the scene, trying to figure out what’s next. Jawing at her, hoisting Charlotte up top, going for the handspring... FLAIR COUNTERS WITH AN AVALANCHE STYLES CLASH OF SORTS INTO A BOSTON CRAB!
Figure four leglock applied, getting ready to bridge back... BECKY OFF THE TOP WITH A DIVING LEG DROP BUT CARMELLA BREAKS THE COVER UP! Charlotte rolls to the floor and the remaining two slug it out, forearm for forearm, headbutt for headbutt! To the apron, Carmella knocks her down with a hip thrust, off the ropes... SUICIDE DIVE! The Queen up top... CORKSCREW MOONSAULT TO THE FLOOR!
Back inside, Natural Selection... COUNTERED INTO DIS-ARM-HER! CARMELLA BREAKS IT UP! Becky throws her to the floor, turns around, catches the boot, Rock Bottom... AGAIN THE CHAMPION BREAKS IT UP! Trying to steal a pin with the ropes... NOPE! SUPERKICK! CHARLOTTE BREAKS IT UP THIS TIME! A superkick puts Flair to the floor, Mella screams about being champion, blocks Dis-Arm-Her and hits a superkick but Lynch keeps it together and locks it on... CARMELLA GETS THE ROPES!
Exploder suplex, back to the armbar in the middle of the ring... CHARLOTTE COMES IN WITH NATURAL SELECTION! IT’S OVER!
Charlotte Flair wins by pinfall with Natural Selection on Becky Lynch to win the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Post-match, Lynch and Flair hug several times, soaking in the emotion of the moment... AND BECKY HAULS OFF AND SLAPS HER FACE OFF! Putting boots to her against the ropes, Becky grabs the title and holds it tall! To the floor, she puts Flair into the barricade and then over the announce table!
AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe (WWE Championship)
Joe makes a point of calling out AJ’s wife and daughter in the crowd during introductions and promises them that daddy’s coming home tonight. Styles says they’re here only to see him kick Joe’s ass and we’re off!
Circling, test of strength fakeout into a roundhouse kick but AJ dodges it! TNA chants, what a world! Anyway, collar and elbow, Styles knocks him back into the corner, circling, back to the lockup with Joe in charge this time and referee Mike Chioda counts him off. He breaks with a shove, AJ comes at him hot but Chioda warns Samoa long enough that Styles cools down and grabs a side headlock.
Grounding his challenger, trapping the arm momentarily, Joe gets to his feet and shoots him off but AJ floats over and grabs the headlock right back, going to one knee. Shot off again, this time Samoa bowls him over with a shoulder block! Circling, Styles with probing leg kicks, increasing the intensity to show he means business, but Joe blocks one and takes him down with a leg kick of his own!
Jabs in the corner, he kicks AJ’s leg outta his leg, but Styles is able to get back on him with chops and punches. Slugging it out, Joe off the ropes, leapfrog, drop down, big dropkick from the Phenomenal One! Snapmare to a kick to the back, Samoa back at it with the Tenryu jabs, Styles with the leg kicks and he takes Joe’s legs out from under him!
To the floor, AJ clobbers him with a baseball slide and heads around to catch him with the kick off the apron but Samoa kicks his leg out from under him for a one count. Drawing him up, big chop, Styles fights back in with forearms, trying for a suplex, denied, knee lift to soften him up and this time Joe counters the suplex with a gourdbuster!
AJ rolls to the floor... SAMOA JOE SUICIDE FOREARM STRIKE! Back inside for the cover, only a nearfall and Samoa traps he arm for a neck crank. Big lariat on the escape gets a tight nearfall and Joe grabs a reverse chinlock sleeper hold. Styles posts to his feet, gets a hand in for leverage and escapes with punches. Samoa throwing forearms in return but he gets knocked down to the floor with a big right hand... PLANCHA FOREARM!
Back inside, AJ draws himself up the ropes, Joe knocks him down with a forearm, off the ropes... caught by the gamengiri and staggered! Duck a lariat, Styles Rush, big falling lariat to close the exchange, off the ropes, sliding forearm! Champion fired up, Stinger splash, fireman’s carry denied, to the corner... MOONSAULT INVERTED DDT GETS TWO!
Jockeying for position in the corner, Joe knocks him down with a headbutt... DIVING LEG LARIAT CAN’T PUT AJ STYLES AWAY! Knees to follow it up, headbutt, off the ropes, Manhattan Drop and the Yakuza Kick into the senton... STILL NO! Both men staggered, AJ throwing right hands, fireman’s carry blocked, off the ropes he gets him up... USHIGOROSHI!
Hobbling to his feet, Styles calls for it but Samoa throws him off. Forearm from the apron, got him lined up, nobody home, Joe with the snap scoop powerslam for two! Off the ropes, AJ with a crucifix pin, Joe rolls through, champion with a kick, he gets him up... STYLES CLASH! NOT ENOUGH! Throwing forearms and punches, rocking Samoa in the corner but he wakes up with VICIOUS palm strikes!
Pele kick connects, in the corner, charging... CAUGHT BY THE HUGE ROCK BOTTOM BUT JOE CAN’T CAPITALIZE! Both men down and out, struggling to get to their feet, AJ gets the Calf Killer locked in! Joe crawls and smashes Styles’ face into the mat! THE COQUINA CLUTCH IS IN! AJ reaching, stretching, trying to get a foot on the ropes and he does! Setting the champion up top, Joe going for the Muscle Buster but AJ fights back... AN ENZUIGIRI SENDS HIM CRASHING TO THE FLOOR!
He throws Styles into the steel steps! Samoa gets on the mic and tells AJ’s wife Wendy that it looks like AJ’s not coming home but he’ll be her new daddy! STYLES WAKES UP AND CLOBBERS JOE OFF THE TABLE AND INTO THE TIMEKEEPER’S AREA! AJ IS THROWING CREW MEMBERS AROUND AND WAILS ON JOE’S BACK WITH A CHAIR! HE’S HAD ENOUGH!
Samoa Joe wins by disqualification.
Blood streaming down his face, AJ continues to attack Joe with the chair!
Five-time NWA World Heavyweight Champion Adam Pearce and Fit Finlay manage to pull AJ off of Samoa and try to cool him down! Styles goes out to his wife and daughter and apologizes to his daughter, picking her up momentarily.
Joe strides off angry and full of purpose once he recovers.
We get a WWE Network hype reel showing us what’s coming up in the next couple months.
Elias is in the ring to sing us a song. He does his usual introductory spiel and admits that he was a child once. He then talks up his album as the greatest ever and says he’s debuting his greatest song yet tonight. He dedicates it to all the New Yorkers because the harsh reality of being a disgusting New Yorker is about to be washed away.
He goes to start playing and the neck literally snaps off his guitar. He throws a tantrum and leaves.
Miz rolls up on his former allies the B-Team and talks about how he’s gonna prove he’s better than Daniel Bryan, but if they want to celebrate with his limo after for old time’s sake they’re welcome. They say they’re leaving now, they’re not the Miztourage anymore, and the B stands for Daniel Bryan. They congratulate him on his new show, Miz and Mers, and mention their own show coming up, Total Fellas, but with a B, so it’s spelled Total Bellas.
Moving on...
Daniel Bryan vs. the Miz
Circling, Bryan with his hand up, ready for punchin’... and Miz backs into the ropes for safety. Again with the next corner, collar and elbow into the corner and the A-Lister cracks a left hand off before backing Dan into the corner with more punches! Chest kicks in the corner, referee Charles Robinson counting, and Miz follows it up with two of the running dropkicks!
Goozle to block and Bryan punches him in his face! Chest kicks of his own, the A-Lister gets a side headlock, punches for control, shot off, shoulder block, drop down, leapfrog, big roundhouse kick from the American Dragon! Side headlock punches of his own into a bulldog for two and Bryan draws him up for jabs on the ropes! Whip reversed, and a big knee lift to the midsection gets Miz some breathing room.
Going for the Romero Special, hooking Dan’s arms and he rocks him back into full extension! Bryan posts up out of the hold and fires off hamstring kicks! Leg pick, Romero Special of his own! Into a pin, only two and Dan follows it up with a Yes! Kick and strikes in the corner. Whip across, charging in, Miz crotches him up top and drops him with a lariat!
Pulling the hair, driving his knee into Bryan’s back, shifting to a cravate, Dan gets to his feet, firing body blows off but Miz drops him with knees from the cravate and grounds him! Axehandles to break, Bryan cracking out chops but the A-Lister gets the backbreaker / neckbreaker combo off! Making his fist, Miz closes and punches Dan in the face! Jawing at him, more punches, Bryan to his feet but staggered, turtling up in the corner!
The A-Lister mocking the Yes! Fingers and the American Dragon fires righteous punches of his own back! Backflip up and over, off the ropes, flying lariat and he’s fired up! Running corner dropkicks, chest kicks ensue, he sets Miz up top and hits the avalanche Frankensteiner... NOPE! Strikes in the ropes, whip, Miz in with a kick but he gets back body dropped to the floor... SLINGSHOT DROPKICK!
Bryan up top... DIVING LARIAT TO THE FLOOR! Punching his head in, back in the ring, up top again but the A-Lister cuts him off! Punching away, but Dan slips out and crotches him into the Tree of Woe! Yes! Kicks in the Tree of Woe! Out of the corner, basement dropkick, setting him up... THE BACK SUPERPLEX IS YOUR FIVE MINUTE WARNING! Only a nearfall!
Yes! Kicks in the middle of the ring, duck the buzzsaw, Miz hits his basement DDT but can’t put the American Dragon down for a three count! The A-Lister’s chest red and raw, he rises to his feet and hits his own Yes! Kicks but Bryan is full of steel resolve and leans into the kicks as he rises! Catch the buzzsaw... HUGE PALM STRIKES, THE BATTLARTS SPIRIT LIVES ON IN DANIEL BRYAN!
Dragon screw and the buzzsaw connects! Yes! fingers, charging in... MIZ COUNTERS THE BUSAIKU KNEE INTO A SPINNING TOEHOLD! Bryan fights back, trying to get the Yes! Lock, Miz catapults him into the corner, Skull-Crushing Finale... DANIEL BRYAN WILL NOT LOSE THAT EASY! Bryan slow to get up, Miz has him in his sights and charges in... ROUNDHOUSE KICK WIPES HIM OUT BUT CAN’T KEEP HIM DOWN!
To the apron, Miz fights back with elbows and shoulders, front chancery, jockeying for position over a suplex but Bryan lands on the apron for more chest kicks... MIZ DODGES THE BUZZSAW AND DAN KICKS THE POST FULL-FORCE! Figure four leglock on in the middle of the ring! Dan struggling, trying to reverse the pressure before just throwing punches full-force at the A-Lister’s head!
He rolls over and reverses the pressure! Miz crawling, reaching, struggling... and he gets the ropes for the break! Both men to their feet, slugging it out with what energy they have left, Bryan reverses Skull-Crushing Finale to a victory roll pin, slips out of a second, kick to the back and a crucifix... NOPE! THE AMERICAN DRAGON TRAPS HIS ARM AND RAINS THE OVERHEAD ELBOWS DOWN! THE YES! LOCK IS ON!
The A-Lister crawls, scraping, biting to force a break but Dan punches his head in even more! MIZ GETS HIS HAND ON THE ROPES! He rolls to the floor and Bryan comes off the apron with the diving knee, sending Miz into Maryse’s loving arms! Running dropkick connects in front of her! She passed him something, Bryan hits the slingshot dropkick but when he goes for a second Miz clocks him...
Miz wins by pinfall with a loaded punch and a lateral press.
Commentary replays the footage to try and figure out what Maryse slipped Miz.
We get a house ad for this year’s Mae Young Classic, followed by a long video package for Triple H vs. the Undertaker in Australia this October.
Constable Baron Corbin vs. Finn Balor
Finn is fighting in the Demon paint here and Corbin is shook, complaining this isn’t what he agreed to.
Shotgun dropkick right out the gates, Sling Blade, lariat over the ropes... TOPE CON GIRO! Back inside, Baron flees out the next side, but Finn hits a Sling Blade on the floor! Shotgun dropkick into the barricade and the action heads back inside. Enzuigiri from the apron, up top, diving double stomp to the back of the neck! Shotgun dropkick, headed up top...
Finn Balor wins by pinfall with Coup de Grace.
Daniel Bryan is backstage getting tended to by a trainer with Brie Bella by his side, saying he should have known, and by losing to Miz he proved he’s right and his whole comeback has been a bust. He didn’t fight like that to come back just for somebody like Miz to win! Brie talks him down and tells him his fight isn’t over and he thanks her and tells her to go enjoy the show while he punches walls or whatever.
Jeff Hardy vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (c) (WWE United States Championship)
Hardy keeping his distance as Nakamura throws probing kicks, test of strength and it’s a ruse but Jeff gets away. Shinsuke suckers him in, knee lift, snapmare, stomp comes up empty, Hardy ducks a lariat and has some weird taunts of his own! Knee cuts him off, smash into the corner, corner to corner, taking him on the tour, but a jawbreaker gets countered by a knee and Nakamura takes him to the mat with a half nelson chinlock.
Stunner to break, clubbing overhand blows, whip across and Shinsuke slides to the floor! Jeff out after him and Nakamura decks him with a kick from the apron! Setting him on the apron, knee to the face, knee drop across the back of the neck, and the champion takes the action back inside for a nearfall. Back to the half nelson chinlock, and knees to the midsection when the Charismatic Enigma threatens escape.
Off the ropes, Jeff stops himself short, throwing hands, getting a boot up, duck a lariat, off the ropes with a neckbreaker drop! Slugging it out punch for punch, Hardy with the Manhattan Drop to the double leg drop to the basement dropkick combo... NOPE! Kick combo from the champion, choking Jeff over the ropes, inverted exploder blocked, Twist of Fate denied, sidestep the charge and Hardy gets a big lariat in the corner.
Hardyac Arrest countered into the corner knee, blocked, back elbow up, Whisper in the Wind! Only two! Going back, the corner knee connects this time, off the ropes, low-angle Kinshasa... NO GOOD! Falling knees to the ribs, fired up in the corner, Kinshasa countered and Hardy drops him with a dropkick! Twist of Fate connects, up top... SWANTON BOMB! Slow to cover... NAKAMURA GETS THE BOTTOM ROPE!
Picking the leg, drawing him in, another Twist of Fate, up top, Shinsuke to the apron... SWANTON BOMB ON THE APRON BUT NOBODY’S HOME! Dragging him in the ring, axe kick, lying in wait in the corner...
Shinsuke Nakamura wins by pinfall with Kinshasa, retaining the WWE United States Championship.
After the match, Randy Orton makes his entrance. He heads to the ring but thinks better of it and leaves.
Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Ronda Rousey (WWE Raw Women’s Championship)
Rousey rushing in but Bliss backs into the ropes and demands the break. The same pattern plays out a few more times, Alexa goes for a cheap shot and Ronda clocks her hard enough that she rolls to the floor! Back inside, Bliss immediately rolls back to the floor and referee Dan Engler begins counting. Rousey offers her deportment lessons on being champ and even sits down and turns her back to her, covering her eyes in invitation.
Alexa slides in with a reverse chinlock and Ronda rises to her feet and pries her arm off. Fireman’s carry... THE SWINGING DEATH VALLEY DRIVER! Bliss to the floor again, straight-up running away but she’s able to get a hard knee and a right hand in when Rousey slides back in the ring after her. Kick caught, hard facebuster rolls her 360 degrees around!
Flurry of punches, judo throws, those deep violent arm drags, hoisting her back up for another swinging Death Valley Driver! Wristlock, dragging the champ around, asking the crowd if she should break her arm before locking a kneeling Fujiwara armbar on and wrenching back! Shifting, into the cross armbar... IT’S OVER!
Ronda Rousey wins by submission with a cross armbar, winning the WWE Raw Women’s Championship.
Ronda and Natalya share a moment together after the match, and soon enough the Bella Twins join the party. Rousey jumps the barricade and celebrates with her husband after.
On the stage, Ronda dedicates her win to Jim “the Anvil” Neidhart and “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
We get introductions for our main event, when suddenly...
(RRROOOAAARRR!)
Braun Strowman gets on the mic to thunderous “Get these hands!” chants and says everybody knows the history of Money in the Bank and he refuses to be a coward! He’s gonna be standing here the entire match, because at the end of the night, one of them is gonna get These Hands!
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns (WWE Universal Championship)
Reigns with the Superman Punch out the gates! A second! A third! SPEAR! ANOTHER SPEAR! LOOKING FOR THE THIRD BUT BROCK COUNTERS WITH THE GUILLOTINE CHOKE! Roman flagging but not failing as Braun looks on from the entry, the Big Dog gets to his feet... COUNTER SPINEBUSTER! Lesnar goes right back to the guillotine! Reigns stays on his hands and feet, keeping the pressure off, powering to his feet once more... ANOTHER SPINEBUSTER!
Both men down and out and gasping, the Big Dog dry heaving as the Beast takes his gloves off. Roman charges in but gets caught with a German suplex! A second, Brock fired up to take him to Suplex City with a third! Lesnar toying with him, drawing him up, fireman’s carry but Reigns slips out, throws him into the ropes, off the ropes himself, Brock sidesteps... ROMAN TAKES BRAUN OUT WITH A SUICIDE DIVE!
Lesnar out after him... F-5 to Strowman! Throwing Reigns back into the ring, Brock wallops Braun with the briefcase a few times and throws it up the entry! Attacking Braun with a chair, back in the ring, chair still in hand... SPEAR! IT’S OVER! HE DID IT!
ROMAN REIGNS WINS BY PINFALL WITH A SPEAR, WINNING THE WWE UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONSHIP AND ENDING OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE!
THE BIG DOG CELEBRATES WITH HIS TITLE!
THAT’S THE SHOW, FOLKS!