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Speaker 2: What is going on? Everybody, and welcome to another main
Speaker 2: event review. We have the two matches to get underway
Speaker 2: for this week's main event, and we're also reviewing SummerSlam,
Speaker 2: which has just passed. And I've finished both nights, and
Speaker 2: I've got to say that it was a quite underwhelming
Speaker 2: pay per view in my opinion, And the only reason
Speaker 2: why I say that is because a lot of the
Speaker 2: moments were extremely predictable, especially the Seth Rolin situation and all,
Speaker 2: so a lot of title retaining, especially in the second night,
Speaker 2: which I think I was wrong on some of those predictions.
Speaker 2: But I just felt underwhelming for a few matches to
Speaker 2: have the same kind of people holding the belt. But
Speaker 2: it was good overall, and for a two nine event.
Speaker 2: It's much better when some Slam is a two nine
Speaker 2: event because of the fact that they obviously get more
Speaker 2: matches and storylines involved and it leads to more things happening.
Speaker 2: I just find that the storylines were rushed this year
Speaker 2: and there wasn't too much of a build up for
Speaker 2: some certain storylines, so hopefully that gets fixed up in
Speaker 2: the foreseeable future, but again still was a success nevertheless.
Speaker 2: But first we'll review the two matches that happened on
Speaker 2: main event, starting with a tag team match with Natalia
Speaker 2: Maxine dupri taking on the Netflix tag team of Carmen
Speaker 2: Petrovich and Laney Reid, which I'll be honest, I don't
Speaker 2: know too much about them, but Natalia and Maxine Duprix
Speaker 2: do get the victory here, so we decide that they
Speaker 2: want to give their main roster stars a victory, and
Speaker 2: I think these two needed it, especially given that they
Speaker 2: haven't really done much since they've been formed as a
Speaker 2: tag team. Not really sure what this will mean for
Speaker 2: them moving forward, but they get a victory here, and
Speaker 2: now that we have new tag team champions for the women,
Speaker 2: they could potentially be involved in a match. We'll have
Speaker 2: to wait and see on that, but it's a good
Speaker 2: exposure for the Netflix stars, which I don't really know
Speaker 2: too much about, but they they obviously showcase their their
Speaker 2: their stuff on the main roster and their live crowd,
Speaker 2: so that was good to see for their perspective, and
Speaker 2: then we had and it's great that we had this match.
Speaker 2: It's been a while since we've had a storyline focused
Speaker 2: match on Unmine event, and it may have not been
Speaker 2: posted live, but it was a I guess a hype
Speaker 2: for the six man six team ladder match that were
Speaker 2: we saw at SummerSlam Johnny Gargano taking on Nathan Fraser.
Speaker 2: Obviously Kennistray to Maso Champera where they're on ringside, and
Speaker 2: so was Axiom, So we saw this kind of be
Speaker 2: a bit more tense than normal and it did lead
Speaker 2: to more storyline focus, which is great to see. This
Speaker 2: is like, this type of match is what I would
Speaker 2: like to see more on main event, is these sort
Speaker 2: of mid mid cards pet PLI hypes or feuds with
Speaker 2: matches like this where Johnny Agano gets the victory due
Speaker 2: to a distraction of Cannas lay throwing Nathan Fraser off
Speaker 2: the apron or off the corner. It leads to something
Speaker 2: and it leads to them obviously going into a match,
Speaker 2: giving DIY them momentum there, but also just showing how
Speaker 2: they can be as single stars as well. So this
Speaker 2: was a great match. It's just something that I kind
Speaker 2: of want to see more on main event, and it
Speaker 2: was great to see those two go at it in
Speaker 2: a singles perspective, and I think they did a really
Speaker 2: good job. Nathan Fraser's extremely fast paced. I do like
Speaker 2: him in the ring, and with Axiom they started really well,
Speaker 2: but they haven't seem to get any more momentum moving forward.
Speaker 2: So hopefully this changes as as we conclude the ladder match,
Speaker 2: which we'll talk about, but maybe they become in the
Speaker 2: running to just still fight for those championships there, So
Speaker 2: we'll have to obviously wait and see for what happens
Speaker 2: that on that front. But that pretty much concludes main event.
Speaker 2: It leads into sort of the matches that have occurred
Speaker 2: on SummerSlam as well, especially the tag team match here.
Speaker 2: But we will start with the first match of Night Wine,
Speaker 2: and that was the match between Roman Reigns and jay
Speaker 2: Us taking on bron Breaker and Bronson Reid. Now I
Speaker 2: predicted that bron Breaker and Bronson Reid will take the
Speaker 2: victory here to get the sort of faction going, but
Speaker 2: now with all that we see with Seth Rolins, this
Speaker 2: victory does sort of make sense for Roman Reigns and
Speaker 2: jay Uso, and the way it happens is essentially Roman
Speaker 2: Reigns sacrifices himself for a spear, Juso gets the victory,
Speaker 2: so they go with jay Usso getting the pin on
Speaker 2: Bronson Reed. Which was the right decision that Bronson Reid
Speaker 2: took the pin because obviously you don't want bron Break
Speaker 2: to be the fall guy here. It'd really affect his
Speaker 2: character and they're definitely putting a rocket on him to
Speaker 2: be the next main guy. So ju So Ramanmines get
Speaker 2: the victory. This will be a one off obviously, so
Speaker 2: I think in the end of the day those two
Speaker 2: will go separate ways. But my question is what will
Speaker 2: happen with Roman Regins. Maybe he goes off for another
Speaker 2: six months before Survivor series, but I don't think there
Speaker 2: isn't really much for him there. They still haven't got
Speaker 2: the payoff of him attacking Paul Hayman and there wasn't
Speaker 2: really much chat on that. So yeah, again, it doesn't
Speaker 2: really do much for the development of the storyline. I
Speaker 2: think it's just a feel good match between family, and
Speaker 2: that's how I see it. There were some pretty decent
Speaker 2: spots I did like the one deed that they did
Speaker 2: on ronson Reed, which was cool. But again they get
Speaker 2: the victory here doesn't really affect the New Faction too much,
Speaker 2: which is probably the main thing here that they get
Speaker 2: protected and we move on to sort of the next stuff.
Speaker 2: So again we'll have to wait and see how the
Speaker 2: feud with Roman Mance goes, if he decides to help
Speaker 2: see Him Punk or if he just goes his separate ways.
Speaker 2: But again, a very good victory nevertheless, and a pretty
Speaker 2: decent match for that perspective. And then we get the
Speaker 2: I think Women's tagged Him Championship next. I'm not sure
Speaker 2: if I'm going to go by order, but they go
Speaker 2: up against Racal Rodriguez and rox and Pez by Day,
Speaker 2: I mean Charlotte Flair and alex O Bliss, who are
Speaker 2: supposedly not friends. The match was pretty solid. I like
Speaker 2: the fact that alex O Bliss accidentally hit Charlotte Flair
Speaker 2: and you thought for a second that Charlotte Flair was
Speaker 2: going to turn on Alexibilist and pretty much give up
Speaker 2: the opportunity to win the titles. That doesn't happen. Charlott
Speaker 2: Flair hits Rocca Rodriguez, with a boot and that allows
Speaker 2: Alexa Bliss to hit the Sister Abigail and get the
Speaker 2: victory and they become the new tag team champions. That
Speaker 2: was the right decision, I think, especially because those two,
Speaker 2: as mentioned, have been a staple in the women's division
Speaker 2: and it gives them something to do. It's an interesting storyline.
Speaker 2: They will probably enjoy this run for a bit. Charlotte
Speaker 2: Flair looks like she's also having a lot of fun.
Speaker 2: I think it's a great opportunity for both of them
Speaker 2: to be very relevant in the main roster while also
Speaker 2: not being too much involved in the women's Championships and
Speaker 2: allowing the newer generation to sort of focus on that.
Speaker 2: But again, the one thing I do like about it
Speaker 2: is that they elevate the women's tag team division as
Speaker 2: well being an attack team Championship champions. It shows that
Speaker 2: they're going to have a lot of TV time and
Speaker 2: sort of flex that their muscles on there. So that
Speaker 2: was awesome, and I think the match was pretty good overall,
Speaker 2: and it's great to see that Flair is happy and
Speaker 2: enjoying her wrestling, because I think coming from this injury,
Speaker 2: if she went straight into the title race, I think
Speaker 2: a lot of people would have hated on her, and
Speaker 2: the fact that she's come back from what's happened with
Speaker 2: Tiffany Stratten, this has been great for her as well.
Speaker 2: We then get the match between samu Zain and Carrion Cross,
Speaker 2: where Samuzin gets the victory. Here we saw Scarlett try
Speaker 2: to tempt Samuzain with using the pipes, which was a
Speaker 2: pretty decent moment, but obviously samu Zain prevailed, and I
Speaker 2: think that was the whole purpose of this match was
Speaker 2: for Carring Cross not to get Samy's dark side, which
Speaker 2: was proven right and it was a quick match. Look,
Speaker 2: I don't know what happens with Cross next, but it's
Speaker 2: great to see Cross at Summer Slam. For the time
Speaker 2: that he was there. He performed decently in the ring,
Speaker 2: but nothing to a point where I think that he
Speaker 2: was an amazing in ring performer. But a lot of
Speaker 2: his stuff out of the ring, especially his promo work,
Speaker 2: is great, so hopefully there is something for him in
Speaker 2: the future. It obviously elevates Samuzain and we get closer
Speaker 2: to the idea that he could potentially be a world champion.
Speaker 2: They keep bringing that up and I think that that's
Speaker 2: going to happen eventually. I've got raw rumble as the
Speaker 2: Pennsylvanian winner being Samusein because of the fact that it
Speaker 2: is in Saudi Arabia and they're hyping this up. It
Speaker 2: makes a lot of sense there. So let's see what
Speaker 2: happens next. For for Samusein, I think it's too premature
Speaker 2: he goes for the World Heavyweight Championship at the moment,
Speaker 2: I think that's something that can be set up for
Speaker 2: next year. But he gets the victory, and I think
Speaker 2: it was expected here. I did predict. I'm pretty sure
Speaker 2: that Samusein would get the victory there. So he gets
Speaker 2: the victory, and then we get the match between Tiffany
Speaker 2: Stratten and Jade Cargole, where I thought that Jay Cargle
Speaker 2: was gonna win the match given that they were ready
Speaker 2: to give her sort of the belt there. But based
Speaker 2: on this match and it being so short, it makes
Speaker 2: sense that Straddon gets the victory here with the prettiest moussault. Ever,
Speaker 2: it does make a lot of sense given that maybe
Speaker 2: Jay Cargole's not ready to take the responsibility to be champion.
Speaker 2: She still hasn't connected with the fans. And I said
Speaker 2: it and I'll say it again, the best way for
Speaker 2: Jake Cargle to have some momentum and sort of have
Speaker 2: an identity is to be a heel, and I think
Speaker 2: this match needs to be that kind of opening for
Speaker 2: her to become a heel. The fans didn't connect with her,
Speaker 2: she didn't get the victory, and it's easy. She can
Speaker 2: literally go on a ram to say that the fans
Speaker 2: haven't appreciated her for being so in such good shape
Speaker 2: and being like a physical specimen. So those are some
Speaker 2: perfect kind of angles that she can use to sort
Speaker 2: of encourage her arrogance, which she has, and it's not
Speaker 2: a bad thing when you are a heel, it works
Speaker 2: perfectly and also just be rude to the fans. But
Speaker 2: I think all that can be well and good, but
Speaker 2: she needs to be able to last more than ten
Speaker 2: to fifteen minutes in a match, and I think that's
Speaker 2: the next step for her, and for someone that can't
Speaker 2: do that at the moment, I don't think can be
Speaker 2: a champion. So I think WW made the right decision
Speaker 2: keeping the belt on Stratton. Even though her run hasn't
Speaker 2: been very significant, she is still getting large pops from
Speaker 2: the fans and I think that's very impressive in itself.
Speaker 2: So that was another incorrect prediction from my site. Another
Speaker 2: incorrect prediction was the next one with Jelly Roll and
Speaker 2: Randy Orton taking on Logan Paul and Drew McIntyre. And
Speaker 2: I was very happy that I was wrong in this
Speaker 2: prediction because I really didn't want the celebrity to get
Speaker 2: the victory here. And when I say I'm not happy
Speaker 2: about Jelly Roll being there, it's got nothing to do
Speaker 2: with Jelly Roll specifically. I just don't like the idea
Speaker 2: of seeing superstars like Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre taking
Speaker 2: on a sort of celebrity match here. Like I think
Speaker 2: their program is a lot better solo and allows Logan
Speaker 2: Paul and Jolly Roll to go up against each other.
Speaker 2: I do respect Jelly Roll a lot. He took a
Speaker 2: lot of heavy spots here. The splash from the table
Speaker 2: was impressive. He took another splash from Logan Paul. He
Speaker 2: took a claim more so you've got to give him
Speaker 2: credit with credit due. He came out there, he worked
Speaker 2: his ass off to get into the ring, and he
Speaker 2: did a fantastic job. And WW gives the victory to
Speaker 2: Logan Paul and Logan. Paul has been on a hot streak.
Speaker 2: He's been winning a lot of key matches at SummerSlam
Speaker 2: and before at WrestleMania, so doing a great job there.
Speaker 2: So they get the victory. I think we're going to
Speaker 2: see Randy Ordon and Drew McIntyre challenge for the w
Speaker 2: W Championship. I think they're going to be around that
Speaker 2: kind of talk as it stands, but we'll continue and
Speaker 2: get to that once we hit that part as well there,
Speaker 2: but the tag team of Logan Paul and Drew McIntire
Speaker 2: get the victory there. We then get the match between
Speaker 2: Gunha and Sam Punk, which was a pretty long match.
Speaker 2: Sam Punk lasted there for a very long time. We
Speaker 2: had Guntha bleeding as well from the face. He's face
Speaker 2: busted right open, which was pretty which is pretty good.
Speaker 2: It was from i think the ring at the back
Speaker 2: of the announcing table, and then we had Punk bleeding
Speaker 2: from the chest from all the chops. So the chops
Speaker 2: were very heavy. I'd hate to take a chop from Guntha,
Speaker 2: but it was great to see that that happened as well.
Speaker 2: Then we had Punk winning beating Gunsa and becoming the
Speaker 2: world heavyweight Champion by hitting two go to sleeps in
Speaker 2: a row, and it's great to see Punk with a
Speaker 2: title in his hands to celebrate that and also have
Speaker 2: that feel good moment. It's not really good for Gunha.
Speaker 2: I think Gunthha has lost all the big matches, which
Speaker 2: is sad, and you really think that Gannha deserves more here,
Speaker 2: and I really thought that he would get the victory
Speaker 2: if what was going to happen after that didn't happen.
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna say I predicted it, because yeah, I
Speaker 2: did mention it last week. But Seth Rolins comes out
Speaker 2: and at the point you think that he's coming out
Speaker 2: with crutches to basically let Punk know that he can
Speaker 2: literally cash him any time and tell him to be ready,
Speaker 2: and then as he walks out to the back, you
Speaker 2: just know you have that feeling there's no reason for
Speaker 2: Seth Rowlands not to come out and do that. So
Speaker 2: he drops his crutches, a pretty iconic move, sort of
Speaker 2: similar to what Diesel or Kevin Nash did back in
Speaker 2: the day, but just a little bit more different. He
Speaker 2: comes into the ring and he's obviously faked his injury,
Speaker 2: which I'm so keen for him to explain the rationale
Speaker 2: behind that, because I don't know if he was trying
Speaker 2: to put La Night over. I don't know how it
Speaker 2: kind of worked because where does La Night kind of
Speaker 2: get involved in this and that match specifically. But again,
Speaker 2: Seth Rollins comes in froze the briefcase into Punk before
Speaker 2: Punk was about to hit him. If we go to sleep,
Speaker 2: and you thought in that moment that Punk looked ready
Speaker 2: for it. So I don't know if it was a
Speaker 2: bit of symbolism there that se Rolins wanted him to
Speaker 2: literally know that he was coming and not getting him
Speaker 2: while he was proper down. But he hit him with
Speaker 2: a briefcase, then hit the stamp, and then won the
Speaker 2: World Heavyweight Championship. So Seth Rolins is the World Heavyweight
Speaker 2: Champion again no surprise to a lot of people. I
Speaker 2: think WWE tried their best to hide this injury, but
Speaker 2: when you don't see an official diagnosis from any media outlets,
Speaker 2: you sort of have that feeling that it is fake.
Speaker 2: And I think that's where people sort of saw this coming,
Speaker 2: and definitely I did, and I not upset about it.
Speaker 2: It's just that obviously it was predictable, so you can't
Speaker 2: really be crazily excited for it, but again, it's really
Speaker 2: good to see that Seth Rowlans is the champion. It
Speaker 2: makes Punk more frustrated. It continues that feud going on,
Speaker 2: which is feel like it's gone forever, but at the
Speaker 2: same time, it hasn't concluded either, so we're going to
Speaker 2: continue seeing those two go at it against each other,
Speaker 2: maybe all the way until WrestleMania. However, what I do
Speaker 2: see here is that they're probably going to hype up.
Speaker 2: And it's my opinion either if Sami Saying doesn't win
Speaker 2: the Royal Rumble, the second best option is probably bron Breaker.
Speaker 2: If he does win it, they might go with the
Speaker 2: similar angle that Battista did when he was with Triple
Speaker 2: H Seth Rowlands encouraging bron Breakers to challenge for the
Speaker 2: WWE Championship, but he ends up staying on raw, putting
Speaker 2: Seth Rolins through a table. They do like to do
Speaker 2: nostalgic flashbacks, and I think bron Breaker sets that up
Speaker 2: to be perfectly executed if they do go the right way,
Speaker 2: and it feels as though that that could potentially happen,
Speaker 2: and that's something to look out for. That's just a
Speaker 2: bold prediction. That that could have, and I think it
Speaker 2: could be that it could be Samyzay and fighting Seth
Speaker 2: Rowlins to finally get his wrestle Maymia moment, or it
Speaker 2: could be Punk end up just prevailing and beating Seth Rollins.
Speaker 2: But there's a lot of angles there. As much as
Speaker 2: I love gunthan as much as I do love him
Speaker 2: as a champion, I do think that a storyline with
Speaker 2: Seph Rowlins is a lot more interesting. The fact that
Speaker 2: he's got his faction group. He needs to have this
Speaker 2: title to sort of back that. It really shows that
Speaker 2: he's controlling Raw and the WW and he's changing the
Speaker 2: industry altogether. So I think they made the right decision
Speaker 2: giving Seth Rollins the title here, and very excited to
Speaker 2: see how Raw will be when he does speak about it.
Speaker 2: So that concludes Night one of the show, So a
Speaker 2: pretty that's night one there, so awesome to sort of
Speaker 2: yeah lead up to night to Triple Ah saying you
Speaker 2: see nothing yet, but again I do say it's awesome.
Speaker 2: But then at the same time, I think it was
Speaker 2: very predictable, so still underwhelming, but I guess the execution
Speaker 2: was pretty solid, so I'll give that a overall probably
Speaker 2: about a seven out of ten or even a six
Speaker 2: out of ten to begin with. But then we go
Speaker 2: Tonight two. We got the triple threat match for the
Speaker 2: Women's World Championship, and we got Naomi getting the victory
Speaker 2: here with a roll up to Rear Ripley. So Real
Speaker 2: Ripley once again gets screwed over, and that's been the
Speaker 2: storyline of Real Ripley trying to fight these championships, and
Speaker 2: Naomi retains, and I'd predicted that and it was expected.
Speaker 2: What I did like off wrestling moment was his dad
Speaker 2: was her dad going into the ring and making that
Speaker 2: entrance in guitar for Naomi to come out. That was
Speaker 2: quite cool. But again, Naomi's probably gonna take on Stephanie
Speaker 2: Vacuire for the title Clash of Paris, which makes a
Speaker 2: lot of sense given that Naomi just won the title.
Speaker 2: So I don't know what's next for Real Ripley and
Speaker 2: Eero Sky. Maybe for a laugh, they form a tag team.
Speaker 2: I don't know, that's just going out of left field there,
Speaker 2: But again a victory for Naomi and that continues her
Speaker 2: heel run with the title too. We then get my
Speaker 2: most anticipated match, the twelve man six Team TLC ladder
Speaker 2: match for the WWE Tag Team Championships, and we had
Speaker 2: Dexter Loomis and Joey Gacy of the White Six retaining
Speaker 2: the tag teams as predicted. And the reason why I
Speaker 2: predicted this is they had the numbers game, they had
Speaker 2: Uncle Howdy, they had Eric Rowland, and they also had
Speaker 2: Nicky Cross all get involved. And before I sort of
Speaker 2: talk about them getting the victory and what it means
Speaker 2: for the division, I have to give all every single
Speaker 2: person involved credit here because there was some amazing spots,
Speaker 2: unbelievable spots. I really liked the Spanish fly off the
Speaker 2: table with Axiom and I'm pretty sure I think it
Speaker 2: was Angela Dawkins. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that
Speaker 2: Spanish fly I was simply unbelievable. There was a lot
Speaker 2: of table shots. We had Candice Lay fall off the ladder,
Speaker 2: Johnny Gargana pushing the ladder and her getting botched or
Speaker 2: getting destroyed by the ladder was also unbelievable. We had
Speaker 2: Uncle Howdy get pushed off onto a ladder. Two So
Speaker 2: everyone that wasn't even involved in the match was willing
Speaker 2: to take some massive bumps and those guys are going
Speaker 2: to feel really sore. The White Six do maintain the titles,
Speaker 2: and I like the idea of them maintaining the titles,
Speaker 2: but this doesn't really solve the issues in the Tag
Speaker 2: team division. I feel like this is just going to
Speaker 2: continue to go on and on. There's going to be
Speaker 2: always tensions in that division, which which is great to
Speaker 2: see and that's what we want. But again, you think
Speaker 2: that a match like this would solve the issues, but again,
Speaker 2: I think it just makes them more problematic because who's
Speaker 2: going to be the ones that are competing for the title,
Speaker 2: because all of them seem to be against each other
Speaker 2: and wanting to win the tag team championships. There, the
Speaker 2: SmackDown tag Team division is just on fire and you
Speaker 2: don't really know what you can do because everyone can
Speaker 2: literally be a potential winner there and that's what we love.
Speaker 2: And on the other side, you got Raw that that
Speaker 2: really sucks at the moment. So I think they might
Speaker 2: have to just unify the titles just to make the
Speaker 2: Tag team division more interesting or else they're going to
Speaker 2: have to really up or improve the side on Raw,
Speaker 2: and I don't know how to do that. We've SmackDown
Speaker 2: sort of just dominating that as well well. We then
Speaker 2: have the match between Lara val Curia and Becky Lynch
Speaker 2: for no disqualification. We had some crazy things that happened.
Speaker 2: Lara vacure with cable tires, We had the fire exting
Speaker 2: which are We had Becky Lynch using the chain on
Speaker 2: Lyra's mouth, which was quite crazy. So this was a
Speaker 2: pretty brutal match. For probably out of all the matches,
Speaker 2: here had the best feud, I would say, especially this
Speaker 2: going on pretty much after WrestleMania and dragging onto some Slam,
Speaker 2: and the way that it ends is Bailey coming in
Speaker 2: punching Laara Valcurra unintentionally and giving Becky Lynch the victory,
Speaker 2: which was a big surprise. I think that was something that, yeah,
Speaker 2: I guess was a surprise there. I know that Becky
Speaker 2: Bailey was sort of still involved, but I really thought
Speaker 2: that Lara Valkira was going to get the victory and
Speaker 2: have her feel good moment. But it turns out Bailey
Speaker 2: had something to say about that. It obviously looks like
Speaker 2: an accident, but Laara Valkia is not going to think that,
Speaker 2: and as a stands, it doesn't seem like she's going
Speaker 2: to be able to fight for the title again, So
Speaker 2: it looks as though Becky's going to move on to
Speaker 2: Bailey and we're going to see that feud kind of
Speaker 2: kick on, because yeah, Lara Valqui unfortunately has her last chance.
Speaker 2: So that's pretty much how that match went along. And
Speaker 2: Becky Lynch continues to be into Continental Champion and I'm
Speaker 2: very happy with her sort of run at the moment,
Speaker 2: so it's not a bad thing and it's not the
Speaker 2: worst for Becky to sort of keep the title there.
Speaker 2: We didn't have Solo Sokoa taking on Jacob Fattou in
Speaker 2: a steel cage match, another one that I was extremely
Speaker 2: excited for. We had a lot of distractions from the
Speaker 2: NFTs and that's sort of as to why Solo Socola
Speaker 2: did end up getting the victory here, and yeah, just
Speaker 2: again seems underwhelming. He walked out of the cage. Obviously,
Speaker 2: distractions go law and that's what caused the victory here.
Speaker 2: But we did have Jacob Fattou do a moon salt
Speaker 2: off the top of the steel cage, hitting jac Matteo
Speaker 2: and Tangaloa, which was a great spot there. It seems
Speaker 2: as though those two are going to be the battering
Speaker 2: rams while we have Talatongas as the new sort of
Speaker 2: enforce on the one that's getting extremely protected here as well.
Speaker 2: It's really good to see that Solo Sokoa was still
Speaker 2: very solid in this match, showed that he really, I guess,
Speaker 2: can be a powerhouse as well and not want to
Speaker 2: be underestimated. But again, the mossot was probably the highlight
Speaker 2: of this match, and I think Solo Socoa will retain
Speaker 2: the title as it pertains to this kind of feud,
Speaker 2: it doesn't really stop. And look, I don't know how
Speaker 2: they're going to end this one too, because it's either
Speaker 2: going to be ended with Fatu getting his feel good
Speaker 2: moment winning the US title or he just moves off
Speaker 2: it completely and just becomes destined for for better things.
Speaker 2: So again we'll have to wait and see. Solo I
Speaker 2: think needs to move on from sort of this because
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, it's it's just becoming too much now,
Speaker 2: and I think Solo has shown that he can be
Speaker 2: a main event and I really think he is elevating
Speaker 2: the US title making it very significant here and that's
Speaker 2: something that it's great to see. We then have the
Speaker 2: match between Dominic Mistira and aj Styles This was an
Speaker 2: awesome touch. I really liked the Aj Styles touch, obviously
Speaker 2: paying homage to I love that word now because Michael
Speaker 2: Hall uses it every second, paying homage to Eddie Guerrera
Speaker 2: coming into the low Rider with his son wearing the
Speaker 2: Eddie Guerrera pants and also doing a bit of life steal,
Speaker 2: stealing and chilling tricks. I really like the spot where
Speaker 2: Dominique Mysterio pretends to fall down with the chair and
Speaker 2: then AJ puts the chair on his head pretending to
Speaker 2: fall down too. But the match ends with the ref
Speaker 2: getting a bump and dominic hitting AJ Styles with his
Speaker 2: own shoe and then getting the victory here, which was expected.
Speaker 2: We expected Dominique Mosterior to retain the title and in
Speaker 2: a way of cheating method which is great. No judgment
Speaker 2: day are present there, which was nice, as well as
Speaker 2: a clean one on one match which was good to see,
Speaker 2: but again it was still fund the way to win
Speaker 2: dirty and for AJ Styles obviously he wasn't going to
Speaker 2: win the title, but I think he did really well
Speaker 2: to hype this run up and is this the last
Speaker 2: time we see AJ Styles compete for on SummerSlam. It
Speaker 2: might be the case, but he looked really good out there,
Speaker 2: and I really liked his character, and he's built up
Speaker 2: to this feud and I think he did a really
Speaker 2: good job, and Dominicusterio deserves to continue to keep the
Speaker 2: title and I think for a really long time, and
Speaker 2: it's going to set up an eventual fight with him
Speaker 2: in Finbala. I think that's where we're looking towards, and
Speaker 2: I think that's what's going to happen eventually there. And
Speaker 2: then we finish off with honestly one of the matches
Speaker 2: of the night, if not the match of the night,
Speaker 2: and one of the best matches at SummerSlam I've seen
Speaker 2: for a long time. I'll be honest. That main event
Speaker 2: was simply incredible. It went for so long. It was
Speaker 2: a street fight between Cody Rhoads and John Cena. Cody
Speaker 2: Rhoads becoming really emotional after winning the belt, doing the
Speaker 2: salute before hitting the crossroads on John Cena. Before that,
Speaker 2: hitting a very brutal Cody Cutter, but unbelievable the kickouts,
Speaker 2: three kickouts to cross roads. I know a lot of
Speaker 2: people weren't like that, but it is John Cena, and
Speaker 2: you let him get away with it. He kicks out
Speaker 2: at A three Crossroads. You had Cody Roads kicking out
Speaker 2: of a few aas. We had like six aas off
Speaker 2: the table. The stage kind of elevation was quite cool.
Speaker 2: When John Cena came up in the air and had
Speaker 2: Cody Roads set up for an AA and a fireman's carry,
Speaker 2: that was awesome. And they fought backstage, they fought into
Speaker 2: this crowd, they fall into the stage. That was just
Speaker 2: simply great. And Cody Rhodes gets to victory here. And
Speaker 2: all I got to say is that if it wasn't
Speaker 2: for the Rock, and if it wasn't for Travis Scott,
Speaker 2: who those two shouldn't should be ashamed of them asselves,
Speaker 2: especially the Rock and making the heel turn about him
Speaker 2: and then just leaving John Cena kind of isolated was
Speaker 2: a joke and it really sort of ruined John Cena's
Speaker 2: heel turn. It's great to see that we got to
Speaker 2: see how John Cena could be as a heel. Obviously,
Speaker 2: no one is going to cheer for Booth for him
Speaker 2: because obviously it's his last year. But John Cena can
Speaker 2: definitely play a heel character, and that's what he proved.
Speaker 2: The only problem was that the Rock decided that he
Speaker 2: wanted to make it about himself and there was no
Speaker 2: angle on John Cena is selling his soul to the
Speaker 2: rock and sort of that being brought up, and that
Speaker 2: was probably the most exciting thing that would have been
Speaker 2: played out in this. And then you have someone like
Speaker 2: Travis Scott who is not a professional. He's not like
Speaker 2: Jelly Roll that really cares for the industry and put
Speaker 2: in the work. They let go of him, it seems,
Speaker 2: and they thought that he wasn't obviously taking it seriously
Speaker 2: enough to make this storyline significant, and he didn't. He
Speaker 2: wasn't good enough at all. He really ruined the feud
Speaker 2: as well, especially started when he smacked Cody Rhodes in
Speaker 2: the face. That was just disgusting. So, yeah, there's no
Speaker 2: payoff for him getting hit through a table, but at
Speaker 2: least we can safely say that he should never be
Speaker 2: in the ring again, and he should never be there.
Speaker 2: And this is coming from someone that actually doesn't mind
Speaker 2: his music and has been to a concept, but there
Speaker 2: is no for him in wrestling, and if he's going
Speaker 2: to be like that, there is no place for him
Speaker 2: period involved in these storylines so big and it really
Speaker 2: ruined John Cena's sort of he'll run, but at the
Speaker 2: same time, he was able to really transition into that
Speaker 2: face quite quickly, especially with his promo mentioning that the
Speaker 2: people that he stuck up with just abandoned him and
Speaker 2: left him alone. And to be honest, they truly did
Speaker 2: leave him alone because he wasn't able to really encapsulate
Speaker 2: his storyline as a heel and had to really make
Speaker 2: stuff up on the fly. But we get the normal
Speaker 2: John Cena. It was great to see him run out
Speaker 2: as the baby face he is. He very much suits
Speaker 2: that the crowd was rooting for him to win. I
Speaker 2: think everyone deep down knew that Cody Rhodes was going
Speaker 2: to win. I sort of suspected that John Cena would
Speaker 2: win the match, but it did change once I did
Speaker 2: watch SmackDown, and obviously I put out main event before that,
Speaker 2: and he obviously turned face. So yeah, again, very very interesting.
Speaker 2: Cody Rhodes now wins the title, and I think John
Speaker 2: Cina is going to close his run and his last
Speaker 2: four months with just a bit of fun and just
Speaker 2: kind of tie ups of loose ends. So we thought
Speaker 2: we had brock Lesna enter the ring, and I sort
Speaker 2: of had a feeling that that was going to happen.
Speaker 2: I know that there was some rumors and stuff, but
Speaker 2: I definitely expected it. I don't know why I knew
Speaker 2: that the Rock wouldn't come out, but having brockles now
Speaker 2: was pretty cool. The pop was massive, and that's going
Speaker 2: to be a sort of feel good story as well.
Speaker 2: I know a lot of people are upset about it,
Speaker 2: given that he's obviously has some lot of crazy allegations
Speaker 2: to him, but if I take out all that and
Speaker 2: let that be sort of dealt with on the side,
Speaker 2: having brock Lesner back is always good for WWE, and
Speaker 2: hopefully we see a pretty solid feud between Johnson and
Speaker 2: brock Lesna, and I think that will set up something
Speaker 2: pretty cool to close out his final year and if
Speaker 2: he is there for long term, there's so many things
Speaker 2: brock Lesser can do. There's Paul Hayman around, there's gun
Speaker 2: Thah and brock Lesna, which is the match that everyone
Speaker 2: sort of wants and everyone hopefully can get. And again,
Speaker 2: this will be a great way to close in and
Speaker 2: I think Johnsena requested this, so you can't knock back
Speaker 2: a request from John Cna if he does want to
Speaker 2: take on opponents that he wants, then he has the
Speaker 2: right to say that. But again I'm not going to
Speaker 2: speak on the legal stuff because I don't know too
Speaker 2: much about it. WWE must know something for him to
Speaker 2: come back, so I'll just leave it at that. But again,
Speaker 2: it's been another sort of main event review heavily focused
Speaker 2: on SummerSlam as well, so really appreciate you guys tuning
Speaker 2: in and I'll catch you guys next week to what
Speaker 2: will be hopefully normal proceedings as usual. But then we
Speaker 2: have Cash Embarrass in maybe three weeks, so we'll be
Speaker 2: back to sort of reviewing that as well. So really
Speaker 2: excited for Raw coming up and I'll definitely be reviewing
Speaker 2: those clips too, So take care guys and i'll catch
Speaker 2: you then.
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