AJ’s SummerSlam 2021 Results & Review

Well moving forward the narrative will be about how WWE counters AEWs big moves. So did WWE plan for any big returns? Good matches? Was this SummerSlam one to remember?

Welcome everyone to SummerSlam where the old people are getting the world title opportunities and we get the fun matches done early that everyone will talk about for weeks, it must be 2021! As much as I kid, we do have a decent card tonight and fun matches to boot. Cena facing Reigns, Goldberg facing Lashley and much more so lets go on and let’s get No Sleep Till Brooklyn going!!!

…Oh they aren’t in New York? Uhhh Viva Las Vegas? Viva Las Vegas! Let’s get the main show started!

Results:

• RK-Bro vs AJ Styles and Omos(c) for the RAW Tag Tea m Championships – RK-Bro wins via RKO – *** ½  – TITLE CHANGE!!!
• Eva Marie(w/ Doudrop)  vs Alexa Bliss – Alexa Bliss wins via DDT – *
• Damien Priest vs Sheamus(c) for the United States Championship – Damien Priest wins via Reckoning – *** ¼ – TITLE CHANGE!!!
• Los Mysterios vs The Usos(c) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championships – The Usos win via Splash – ** ¾ – TITLE DEFENSE!!
• Bianca Belair(c) vs ??? for the SmackDown Women’s Championship – ??? wins via Uranage – SQUASH – TITLE CHANGE!!!
• Jinder Mahal vs Drew McIntyre – McIntyre wins via Claymore Kick – ** ¼
• Charlotte Flair vs Rhea Ripley vs Nikki ASH(c) for the RAW Women’s Championship – Charlotte wins via Figure 8 – ** ¾ – TITLE CHANGE!!!
• Edge vs Seth Rollins – Edge wins via Arm Capture Sleeper – **** ¾
• Goldberg vs Bobby Lashley(c) for the WWE Championship – Lashley wins via Ref Stoppage – *** – TITLE DEFENSE!!
• John Cena vs Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) for the WWE Universal Championship – **** ½ – TITLE DEFENSE!!

Review:

RK-Bro vs AJ Styles and Omos-

Randy and AJ start off the match and making things happen in the beginning and Orton gets the advantage right away and tags Riddle in and Orton also assists Riddle on a standing Broton. AJ gets frustrated and tags Omos in to manhandle Riddle and does so efficiently. Riddle actually gets a little bit of offense and tries to put the big man in a sleeper but to no avail as Omos slams Riddle off him and Styles tags in, continuing the work. Riddle makes a form of separation with a knee strike and tags Orton in and he attacks AJ and Omos like a house of fire and when coiled, Omos pulls AJ out and Riddle makes chance against Omos and they get the big guy stunned for a good while as Styles tries to finish off Orton in the ring after eliminating Riddle from competition. We have old faithful for the win, an RKO out of nowhere.

Eva Marie vs Alexa Bliss –

Eva tries to charge at Alexa Bliss but Bliss moves out of the way constantly from Eva’s attacks. As soon as Eva gets a form of offense started, she goes to attack the doll and Bliss snaps on her. Bliss goes for a Twisted Bliss but Eva dodges it and tries to actually win, pinning Alexa regardless for a two. Alexa gets a separation and gets a DDT off to beat Eva. Hooray… the crowd goes mild!!! At least Doudrop got heres and had some fun in the expense of Eva so… that’s good.

Damien Priest vs Sheamus-

Both men starting off in the ol’ Collar and Elbow, Sheamus gets a headlock takedown and both men are showing they are evenly matched with power and size but Sheamus is more crafty than Priest in the early fight but Priest gets it going shortly after.  Priest gets a good momentum started but with the step up Tope he does, he did something to his back and Sheamus now takes advantage of that injury, going for the back and shoulders of Damien Priest.

Sheamus keeps the attack on the back going more and more, even when Priest gets separation, Sheamus continues until Sheamus stops the Beats and talks some shit before getting attacked by Priest, getting the momentum swing in his favor, kicks and strikes stunning Sheamus, diving Wheel Kick to knock the champion off but Sheamus gets a reversal of the Reckoning and tries to fly himself as Priest catches him but catches Priest and reverses whatever he has in mind as Priest is reeling again. Sheamus gets ready for the Brogue Kick but Priest gets a kick of his own off to hit the South Side of Heaven. Both men evenly matched still, even with the back injury as Sheamus goes to now do a Heel Hook but Priest rips the protective mask from Sheamus and goes for the face of the champion and Damien gives Sheamus a little bit of Reckoning to win the United States Championship.

Los Mysterios vs The Usos

(I missed the opening of the match due to Peacock sucking the suffix of it’s name so bear with me for this one. I caught up to Dominik facing off against the Usos as Dom did his real dad’s signature, the Three Amigos.)

Dominik gets his momentum going with the Three Amigos and tries to get things going but the brothers gets rocked in a two on one as the Usos start to take full control. Dom breaks away and gets to Rey so he can get the fight going for his team, doing a two on one of his own but he has experience in that department throughout his career. Even with some superkicks and even a splash but Rey doesn’t stay down as Dom comes in and picks off Jey Uso with the double splash and Jimmy took too much time and Rey gets the advantage now, hitting 619 but Jimmy gets the knees up for the splash and the Usos hit the Superkicks and a splash to keep the tag team championships.

After this, we have a nice little SmackDahn celebration for King Nakamura and his Intercontinental Championship victory last night along with Rick Booooooooooooooooooooooogs on the Guitar and Pat McAfee on the table. This is the sole reason why SmackDahn is better than RAW. I’m just gonna say it.

Bianca Belair vs ??? –

Apparently there is no match against Sasha Banks but there is a rematch that Bianca had… against Carmella. Bianca gets a microphone and says she’ll face Sasha another time but she’s going to beat the hell out of Carmella until we hear the Mom’s Music. I mean the Man. Becky Lynch returns before the bell rings. Becky gets the standing ovation and begins to take apart Carmella to eliminate her from this match it seems. Becky asks if the EST wants to fight The Man and we got a match!

Becky goes to do a handshake, snuffs Belair with a strike and does a variant of a Rock Bottom and wins. There is no surprise. That’s it. New Champ. Its cool, don’t get me wrong. That was just the match. I’m here to cover matches.

Jinder Mahal vs Drew McIntyre-

Drew starts off fast with the ruthless attacks back and forth as Drew already reads the Claymore Countdown but Jinder rolls out. Drew is just man handling Jinder, even trying to bait him in and after that, Jinder gets control after a heavy kick to the head and takes it to Drew over and over but even then, it won’t matter because Drew still takes over and does his own version of Suplex City and lands a Future Shock DDT to weaken Jidner Mahal, landing the Claymore and making quick work of his former bandmate.
(Aftermath: Drew grabs the sword and attempts to swing it at the goons, telling them I Remember The Chairshot. Good to see we go all the way to Scotland for fans)

Charlotte vs Rhea Ripley vs Nikki ASH –

Charlotte just shoves Nikki thinking she is nothing and Rhea goes to defend her and kick Charlotte but now Nikki actually fights for herself until Charlotte dumps her out and we get the match of 2021, Charlotte against Rhea. Nikki comes back to the match to fight the challengers but Charlotte is in the ring so Flair gets in and gets the momentum, fighting Rhea more and just ignoring Nikki like she is a fly or a weapon too as she tosses Nikki into Rhea to stagger them both, missing a Moonsault though and after more offense from Nikki and Rhea, Charlotte returns and it’s Rhea vs Charlotte again. Rhea and Charlotte fight more in the ring and Rhea is dumped out of the ring this time and Nikki comes to take charge.

Nikki has a good amount of offense going, Tornado DDTs but Charlotte catches Nikki for the Fallaway Slam but Rhea returns to do a German Suplex to gain the advantage. Rhea and Charlotte comes to the outside of the ring and fight each other by the announce table but Nikki comes in and does a cross body to take them all down. They return to the ring and Ripley and Nikki try a double suplex on Charlotte but Flair gets the Double DDT on them and does some chops as they take it and go to the outside. Charlotte gets to the top rope and does the Corkscrew Moonsault to take the other two down. The two after a breather, get in the ring and remove Charlotte for a little bit before Rhea gets her submission move to both of them, Charlotte reverses it and puts the Figure 8 on Rhea and Nikki breaks it up. She does her swinging neckbreaker on Charlotte but Rhea breaks it up this time. Nikki removes Rhea from the match and Charlotte… well Charlotte wins lol because Figure 8, tap out… nobody can break it. Ya-da, Ya-da, Ya-da. Death, Taxes, Flairs. That’s all.

Edge vs Seth Rollins-

Edge comes out to the Brood theme with the fire and sunglasses, even wearing a darker attire before Metalingus playing for the rest.

Rollins goes wild, trying to the get neck of Edge but the Hall of Famer gets the first advantage to take Seth out and out of the ring. Every move that Seth tries to do, Edge counters because all Rollins does is trying to get the neck of Edge. This time out of the ring, Edge takes it to Seth this time before getting caught and driven head first into the posts and steel steps to take the neck out this time and now Seth’s got the advantage with neckbreakers and slingblades. Each strike that Rollins does, is a direct hit to the neck over and over with the match solely on Rollins’ favor.

Since Rollins started getting cocky though, Edge comes back and takes it to his competitor but when the go to the top for a move, Seth takes advantage and splashes Edge, looking for the stomp but Edge rolls out of the way. Rollins talks trash again but Edge catches Rollins as both of them land hard on te ring with a swinging Neckbreaker from Edge. Edge now gets the advantage and deals the Edge-O-Cution to Seth to cause Seth to reel but Rollins turns things around to bait Edge in but, Edge catches a Superkick from Seth and hits the Edge-O-Matic but still to no avail. Edge goes to the top rope now as Seth jumps up and does his Superplex/Falcon Arrow combination but no avail of a victory either.

Rollins sets up the Stomp again but Edge moves out of the way of the Stomp, Seth tries to turn it into a Pedigree but Edge spins out of it for a Glam Slam. Seth baits Edge to the ropes and hits a neckbreaker through the ropes, trying for another stomp but Edge catches Seth, stuns him on the apron and lands a Suicide Spear like it’s WrestleMania 21 again against Foley but Edge keeps it up and takes it to Rollins and goes for a Spear but gets caught into a Pedigree but again to a nearfall. Rollins goes for a Phoenix Splash but Edge dodges and hits the Spear onto Rollins but another nearfall happens and Edge is shocked. Edge tries everything now to win and beat Seth, reversing one more Stomp attempt and even bringing the Edgeucator back to get a submission victory but Rollins rolls out and now gets a Crossface started. Seth tries to break out and get an advantage but Edge opens his arms, bashes Seth’s head into the mat and puts an Arm Captured Headlock and Rollins taps out.
(Adam Joseph beating an Architect… Hopefully DPP doesn’t read this)

The Miz and Morrison have a promo for the DripStick 2000 but they don’t have it but apparently Xavier found it, looking like Razor Ramon, even doing the Survey bit of Scott Hall and sprays them both to get the championships started.

Bobby Lashley vs Goldberg-

Goldberg and Lashley start with a Collar and Elbow tie up and… now Goldberg turns into Goldberg once again. At least he added different slams into his arsenal and even a short arm lariat. Lashley gets a little offense started and looks to do the Jackhammer, Golderbg stops in and Lashley goes to the top and gets tossed off the top and readies the Spear but MVP helps Lashley out but takes a Spear on the outside this time.

MVP is the only reason why Lashley has a shot because of the shots with the cane to ruin Goldberg’s knee. Like… to the point of dismantling someone leg. Like how to ruin my knee… The ref stopped it though because Goldberg can’t stand. Damn old age.

(Aftermath: MVP tosses a chair in the ring and starts breaking the knee down more and more. Gage comes in to stop the assault and Lashley tosses him aside and puts him in the Hurt Lock.)

John Cena vs Roman Reigns-

Both men size each other up in the beginning as Cena gets a headlock in and Reigns knocks him down but now Cena is getting cocky now with some roll ups and gets cheeky before Roman gets actually pissed off and knocks Cena down with some punches and Roman just walks around, telling the crowd to acknowledge him but Cena keeps getting some cheeky roll ups started again and takes Cena back down. Reigns getting more of a beat down started and keeps Cena grounded more and more but once he applies a chinlock, Cena breaks out a little but, gets kicked down again. More shit talking going as Roman just tosses Cena around pillar to post, Suplexs over and over and taking him to the outside before Cena mounts his usual comeback until Roman tosses John into the steps. Roman asks for the title and stands on the steps with the championship raised high, already calling it done as Cena rolls back into the ring and Roman goes back in too as Cena goes for one more roll up for another near fall.

Roman goes back to the talking and Cena grabs him in a Fireman’s Carry for the AA but Roman gets out of it and lands the DDT for a nearfall of his own. He tells the camera that he ain’t going to be able to do anything for movies as John Cena is picked back up and we get an attempt of the old comeback before getting smacked upside the head by Roman. Cena gets up slowly, grabbing the legs of Roman for ANOTHER roll up and Roman gets out and puts Cena in a Sleeper Hold but Cena gets to a vertical base quickly. Roman wraps his legs around him to bring him back down and drops again but Cena gets up again and breaks the hold this time, hitting a Lariat to drop Roman and we are back to square one.

Both of them get up and now we finally get Cena’s comeback, the shoulder tackles, the slam, waves the You Can’t See Me before Roman puts the Guillotine. Roman releases it and hits that Superman Punch with the Gilded Fist. The spear is ready and Cena counters it, hits the Five Knuckle Shuffle and the Attitude Adjustment but for a two! Cena now, puts the STF in but Roman grabs the rope to break it. As things look like it’s in Cena’s favor and following Roman to the outside, Roman hits a Drive By as Cena gets down and charges around to hit Spear to the outside but Cena catches him and does an Attitude Adjustment through the table and tried to roll him in quickly in the ring to win but gets another two count. John Cena now goes to the tope rope but Roman catches him into a powerbomb and a pin for another pin attempt. Roman gets back up and cocks the fist for another Superman Punch but Cena rolls him up again but Roman gets angry again, getting the Spear ready and misses Cena, hitting the post as Cena drags Roman to the top for a Super Attitude Adjustment but Roman kicks out one… more… time…

Cena stands up and does the OOOO Ah that Reigns does but Reigns catches the charge that Cena is doing and they go to a slugfest until Reigns hits two Superman Punches and readies another Spear, landing this one and getting the victory.
(Aftermath: Reigns grabs the belt to lift it up high until we hear that familiar asskicking tune. Brock… Lesnar… HAS RETURNED!)

Final Thoughts-

When things are looking down in WWE, go to the older guys right? The most entertaining matches at SummerSlam have been all the main event scene of the mid 2000’s. Super Cena, Randy finding a personality, Edge dismantling Seth Rollins and the cherry on top, that pop that the Beast Incarnate got was electric. Don’t get me wrong, a lot of the matches were great and well deserved but, the matches of the night that caught my eye was basically the super class of OVW and Edge. This can only mean one thing in particular… what is going to happen now on SmackDahn since Brock Lesnar is back and Paul Heyman is standing in his way? That is going to lead up to a lot of fun matches but, let’s also not forget that… we might have more Goldberg since Lashley kinda beat up Gage. Put him in a submission but y’know, still. Goldberg could get pissed off and we see the old Goldberg for a little bit. Who knows, that’s why we have weekly episodic television shows right?! SummerSlam was amazing but let’s see what the NXT Stars have to bring for the next night of action.