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SummerSlam Results: Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz
After an incredibly physical WWE Championship match, the next match at SummerSlam was eight years in the making as the very personal feud between The Miz and Daniel Bryan came to a head.
With his fist in a ball, Bryan couldn’t wait to finally make ‘The A-Lister’ taste his knuckles, but the early head games by Miz forced him to wait just a bit longer. The Miz looked to use some of Bryan’s trademark offense against him in the beginning, but it was short-lived and those knuckle sandwiches were finally served up. However, ‘The A-Lister’ is no slouch inside the squared circle, showing Bryan that he was capable of delivering technical maneuvers with his own version of a surfboard.
Unfortunately for Miz, nobody knows better how to escape the hold and Daniel returned the favor before zeroing in with the Yes Kicks. His aggression would lead to a minor mistake that had Bryan crotched on the top rope and ‘The A-Lister’ would take control of the match, again showing his technical prowess with a cravate and stiff knees to the skull. Some heavy offense would follow by The Miz, peppering Bryan with big lefts before getting a little too overconfident. A flurry of big maneuvers by Daniel would follow, planting Miz into the canvas, flying to the outside and burying kicks to the chest, but ‘The A-Lister’ would show why he’s held numerous titles in the WWE and prevent a three count on multiple occasions.
After a barrage of slaps to the face and a stiff roundhouse kick to the head, Bryan would line up for the running knee that was countered into a Figure Four, then countered back into the Yes Lock. Miz would fight it off, catapulting Bryan head-first into the corner and following with a Skull Crushing Finale for a near fall, much to the dismay of ‘The A-Lister’. The fight would be taken to the apron where a missed kick by Bryan ended up landing into the ring post, leading to Miz slapping on the Figure Four, but Daniel would hang on long enough to reverse the pressure.
A flurry of heavy elbows would lead to the Yes Lock with Miz barely escaping to the outside, taking the fight out in front of Maryse at ringside who would hand her husband a foreign object out of the official’s vision. One shot and a quick cover, and that was all she wrote for Daniel.
THIS is going to be AWESOME, and @mikethemiz is EXTRA pumped!#SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/g92JEb1W7D
— WWE (@WWE) August 20, 2018
Is @barclayscenter ready for this one? YES! YES! YES!#SummerSlam @WWEDanielBryan pic.twitter.com/cgOeVKHi1V
— WWE (@WWE) August 20, 2018
Consider @mikethemiz officially PUNCHED IN THE FACE by @WWEDanielBryan! #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/u3cHzy1bN9
— WWE SummerSlam (@SummerSlam) August 20, 2018
OK, @mikethemiz! OK!#SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/nshGYPkga9
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 20, 2018
ELATION on the face of @mikethemiz as he DEFEATS @WWEDanielBryan at #SummerSlam!
Was there something in his hand though? pic.twitter.com/39rhDEmyua
— WWE (@WWE) August 20, 2018
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Did your picks win points?
The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!
Here are your Gold League standings!
- Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
- Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
- Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
- Rush: 0-1, 0 points
- Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
- Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points
Here are your Blue League standings!
- Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
- Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
- Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
- Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
- Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
- Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete
My Thoughts:
Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.
Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.
In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.
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Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”
Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:
Blue League
- Bryan Danielson
- Andrade El Idolo
- Brody King
- Claudio Castagnoli
- Daniel Garcia
- Eddie Kingston
Gold League
- Jon Moxley
- Swerve Strickland
- Rush
- Mark Briscoe
- Jay Lethal
- Jay White
Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:
- Every match has a 20 minute time limit
- The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
- EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action
Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!
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