Open: “This is New York City, The Big Apple, The Rock and a Hard Place. It’s more than a city, but a belief, a possibility that we all can believe in. The world comes together tonight to witness history, to it RAW and lay the SmackDown. To make it here, to make it everywhere for that feeling that we all love. For that energy that pumps through all of our veins. The biggest event of the Summer. Tonight, New York lives in me, you, all of us. This is SummerSlam.”

Match #1: Enzo Amore & Big Cass vs. Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens
Jericho & Owens knock Cass of the apron right at the bell, Y2J stays in the ring and hits Enzo with a snap suplex, sends him to the corner for knife-edge chops, irish whip to the ropes is reversed, Jericho ducks a clothesline, but doesn’t avoid a crossbody and Amore unloads with rights. He cracks Y2J with a modified jawbreaker, delivers a fist to Owens on the apron, makes a tag to Cass and Jericho quickly scurries to his corner to tag out. Big Cass grabs Owens from the apron and hauls him into the squared circle, unloads with punches in the corner, KO goes to the knee with kicks, grabs a side headlcok, Cass lifting him up and tossing him to the mat.

He plants The Prize Fighter with a body slam, tags Enzo in and slams him on Owens with a senton for a 2 count, KO quickly goes to the midsection with a knee, makes a tag, Jericho hits the ring and gets caught by an Amore arm drag. He turns and sees Big Cass standing on the apron, turns around and gets nailed by a dropkick from Enzo, Cass tags back in, launches Amore into Y2J in the corner and then instantly tags back out. The Prize Fighter hits the ring to help out, Cass meets him with a knee to the breadbasket, stacks him up against Jericho, looks to launch Enzo in again, but Y2J & KO duck to the outside, so Big Cass decides to toss Amore onto them over the top rope instead.

Amore rolls Y2J back into the ring, puts him in the corner, climbs to the 2nd rope to reign down right hands, catches KO on the apron with a double axe handle, but it allows Jericho to come off the 2nd rope with a boot to the face for 2. Y2J chokes Enzo on the middle rope, KO with a cheap shot behind the referees back, tags in for a double stomp to the ribs, taunts Cass on the apron and then smacks Amore with a chop to the chest. Jericho re-enters the match and snapmares Enzo over for a kick to the spine, clubs away the back and then grounds Amore with a rear chinlock.

Smacktalker Skywalker works to a standing position, hits the ropes, Y2J pops up with a dropkick, hooks the leg for a count of 2, then makes a tag. The Prize Fighter splits Enzo with a fireman’s carry gutbuster, follows with a senton for a 2 count, utilizes a rear chinlock to grind Amore down some more, Enzo fights to his feet, but gets staggered by a forearm shot. KO charges Enzo in the corner and gets smacked by boots to the chin, Amore drops Jericho off the apron with a back elbow, Owens picks the leg to prevent a tag, Y2J tagging in, but gets knocked to the outside.

The Prize Fighter drops off the apron, picks the leg and drags Amore to the outside, Enzo drills him with an enzuigiri, rolls back inside, leaps towards his corner, but Jericho just makes it in to cut him off. Y2J decks Cass with a springboard dropkick to knock him off the apron, KO tags in and comes off the top with the Bullfrog Splash for a near fall, then berates Amore in the corner and puts the boots to him. The official steps in to force a break, Owens rushes in and meets a boot to the chin, Amore to the 2nd rope, KO sweeps the legs to drop him to the canvas and measures for the Cannonball, but misses the mark.

Tags on both sides now and Big Cass with a shoulder block to Y2J, splashes Owens in the corner, drops Jericho with another shoulder block, then cracks KO on the apron with a big boot He plants Jericho with a body slam and delivers the Empire Elbow, measures him for a corner splash, Y2J gets the boots up, charges out, gets sent over the top rope, but lands on his feet on the apron and heads up top. Big Cass surprises Jericho in mid-air with a big boot, tag to Enzo and they set for the Bada Boomshakalaka, Owens yanks Amore off the top rope and crotches him on the turnbuckle, Cass steps out after him, but gets deposited into the ring post.

The Prize Fighter squashes him with a Cannonball into the barricade, Jericho meets Enzo on the top rope for a superplex, Amore pushes him back down, comes off the top with the DDG, drapes an arm over to cover, but KO breaks it up at 2. The Prize Fighter gets clobbered by rights and lefts from Enzo, he pushes Amore to the ropes and launches him into the air, Jericho scoring with the Codebreaker for the win.
Winners: Chris Jericho & Kevin Owens (Jericho/Codebreaker)

• EA’s Take: Good choice to open the show that really got the hometown crowd for Enzo & Cass invested early. A little surprising that Jericho & Owens get the duke because I don’t consider them a “legit” tag team since they’re just a mash-up of singles stars, but maybe this continues?

Backstage: SmackDown Live Commissioner Shane McMahon & SmackDown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan are walking down the hallway when they run into RAW General Manager Mick Foley. They all greet each other before exchanging words about which brand’s matches with be better tonight when Jon Stewart and his son walk in. Stewart talks about loving the RAW vs. SmackDown competition, but has to know how Foley can be working with Stephanie. Stephanie McMahon walks in behind him and doesn’t appreciate his bad comments about her, wondering what good it is to have power if you can’t abuse it? WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day come in and don’t think there’s any reason for all the tension, stating they hold a power that can’t be abused, the power of positivity, asking if they can borrow Jon for a minute and walking off.

Match #2 for the WWE Women’s Championship – Dana Brooke Banned From Ringside – Charlotte vs. WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks
Charlotte avoids the opening lock-up an ducks into the ropes, they tie-up and the challenger backs Sasha to the corner, the champion slaps her in the face, grabs a side headlock and gets pushed off to the ropes. The Boss scores with a running hurricanrana, Charlotte rushes back in, Banks with a roll-up, switches to the Bank Statement and the challenger quickly squirms under the bottom rope to the outside. Charlotte steps back to the apron, surprises the champion with a shoulder to the midsection, slingshots through the ropes into the ring, rolls through and looks for the Figure Eight, but gets kicked away.

She swings wildly with a knife-edge chop, Banks ducks it and scores with one of her own, locks hands with the challenger scales the corner to the top rope for an arm drag, Charlotte staggers to the corner, side-steps The Boss charging in, rushes in herself and Sasha hops up, flinging her face-first into the 2nd turnbuckle using her legs. She goes to the 2nd rope and sets for a tornado DDT, Charlotte slips out of it, planks the champion across the top in the corner, chokes her with the bottom of her boot bending the Banks backwards, Sasha kicks her way free, the challenger climbs back up, lifts Sasha and drops her legs-first across the ropes and she drops to the mat off the back of her head.

The challenger covers for a count of 2, the official checks with The Boss, Charlotte stays on her, picks her up for a powerbomb, The Boss slides out into a backslide for 2, but can’t capitalize and gets leveled by a forearm shot. Charlotte picks her back up for a Gory special, switches to a backslide of her own for a 1 count, Banks sneaks in forearm shots, blocks a big boot, connects with a knee strikes and starts building momentum with clotheslines and a dropkick. She lines Charlotte up in the corner and rushes in, the challenger gets the boots up, Sasha catches the feet, swings them across the ropes to set for the dropping double knees, Charlotte slides back through, cracks the champion with a backbreaker, slams her to the mat and gains a near fall.

The challenger sends Banks sternum-first into the turnbuckles and hammers her with knees to the lower back, props her on the top turnbuckle for a superplex, the champion fights it off, comes off the 2nd rope with a hurricanrana, Charlotte rolls through and tries the Figure Eight, but gets kicked away. She runs at the challenger and gets hip tossed into the turnbuckles, Charlotte locks her in the tree of woe and puts the boots to Sasha, props her on the top turnbuckle, positions for a 2nd rope razor’s edge and the champion counters into a hurricanrana.

Both ladies are down and stagger to a standing position, they trade shots on the way to their feet, The Boss slaps away at Charlotte, lines her up for running double knees in the corner, but the challanger side-steps it. Charlotte comes running in now, The Boss hops up to the top turnbuckle, slaps on a corner boston crab, plants the challenger across the middle rope, drives down the dropping double knees and gains a near fall. The champion shoots Charlotte into the corner, the challenger flips herself to the apron, catches Sasha running in with a kick to the knee, climbs to the 2nd rope from the apron and pulls Banks up for a superplex, gets pushed down to the floor, The Boss climbs to the top rope and jumps off with double knees to the floor.

She rolls the challenger into the squared circle and quickly uses a mahistral cradle for a count of 2, goes for the Backstabber, but it’s blocked. Charlotte looks for Natural Selection, The Boss counters to the Bank Statement, Charlotte scratches and claws her way towards the ropes, gets rolled back to the center of the ring, but manages to squirm away. She surprises Banks with a shoulder to the ribs, cracks her with a modified neckbreaker, uses a chop block to take the champion out at the knees, plants her with Natural Selection, but can’t put it away. Frustration starts setting in for the challenger, she trash talks the champion and slaps her across the face, sends her to the ropes, Sasha with a tilt-a-whirl into the Bank Statement, Charlotte counters into a pinning predicament and we have a new champion.
Winner and NEW WWE Women’s Champion: Charlotte (Roll-Up)

• EA’s Take: Wow! What a shocker! I don’t think ANYBODY expected Charlotte to regain the title tonight, I’m wondering if perhaps Sasha got legit hurt during the match, but then again she was able to continue after that nasty looking spill earlier on. A great match nonetheless, but I do feel like their match on RAW that saw The Boss win the title was better, similarly to how I felt about Cesaro/Sheamus from the Kickoff show. I’m still blown away that Charlotte took back the championship. Maybe that’s why it took place so early on in the card, I figured it would be near the end of the show since the Women’s Division is more important finally.

Backstage: Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson are dressed as doctors again talking about how they still need more samples to find a cure for “ringpostitis” when AJ Styles walks in. They speak about how The Club is running WWE right now, Styles speaking about how he will beat up John Cena once again. Finn Balor appears and they offer him a “Too Sweet” gesture, Finn just smiles and then walks away.

Match #3 for the WWE Intercontinental Championship: WWE Intercontinental Champion The Miz w/Maryse vs. Apollo Crews
Maryse distracts Apollo right at the bell and the champion goes on the attack with kicks and lefts, he chokes Crews on the 2nd rope, hits the ropes and lands on his back with a seated senton. Miz real aggressive early, snapmares Apollo over and hits the ropes for a basement boot that gets a 1 count, The A-Lister goes back to the well again, Crews ducks under it, grabs a roll-up and gets a quick 2 count. Back up and Apollo tries a dropkick that misses the mark, The Miz goes to a schoolboy for a quick 2 of his own, slaps on a chinlock to wear Crews down, Apollo powers to his feet, tosses the champion to the corner and charges in.

Miz elevates him over the top to the apron, the challenger lands on his feet, Miz takes him out at the knees, Apollo drops face-first off the apron, The A-Lister goes out after him and sends him back into the squared circle. The champion takes his time and climbs up top for a double axe handle, the challenger catches him in the air with a dropkick, both guys struggling to their feet know, Apollo blocks right hands and delivers a couple of his own, levels Miz with clotheslines, then scores with a splash in the corner. He hits the ropes for a crossbody, kips up to this feet, plants the champion with an olympic slam, hooks the leg and gains a count of 2.

He positions The A-Lister for the Toss Powerbomb, the champion slides out of it, sets for the Skull Crushing Finale, Apollo uses his strength to power out, connects with an enzuigiri, tries the standing moonsault, but Miz gets the knees up. He grabs Crews for a short DDT, the challenger deadlifts him up into a powerslam for a 2 count, blocks a clothesline for a vertical suplex, Miz, slips out and pushes Apollo to the corner, then rushes in for a clothesline. Crews catches him in the air and tosses him with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex, scores with a standing moonsault that nearly finishes it, The A-Lister tries crawling away under the bottom rope, the challenger wants to drag him back in, the official stepping in to create the break and Miz takes the opening for a kick to the knee.

He grabs Apollo for the Skull Crushing Finale, Crews blocks it again for the Toss Powerbomb, they’re near the ropes and Miz squirms his way out to the apron to avoid it, drops to the floor and decides he’s had enough, walking away. The challenger goes out in pursuit and sends Miz back inside, hops back to the apron, Maryse provides another distraction that allows The A-Lister to sneak in a kick to the ribs, hooks him for the Skull Crushing Finale, Crews counters into a victory roll, but only gets 2. The Miz staggers to the corner, Apollo charges in for a splash and misses the mark, the champion quickly plants him with the Skull Crushing Finale and retains.
Winner and STILL WWE Intercontinental Champion: The Miz (Skull Crushing Finale)

• EA’s Take: This one went pretty well exactly as I pictured it would and the crowd was completely dead due to it’s placement following the shocking Women’s Title match. This was obviously squeezed in as the pacing was really quick. Apollo’s super talented, but he’s not ready for a title yet, not if you believe the IC Title is of importance. Say what you will about Miz, but there’s no denying how great of a heel he is and it should take a stellar babyface to take that strap away from him. Crews just isn’t there yet.

Pages: 1 2 3 4 5