SummerSlam was LIVE from Cleveland, Ohio. Jelly Roll sang his hit song "Liar" in the ring as the pre-show montage was shown on screen.
The host of the biggest party of the summer was the hometown representative, The Miz, he introduced the opening match of the PLE. Liv Morgan versus Rhea Ripley for the Women's World Championship.
Dominik Mysterio turned against Rhea, as many expected he would, and helped Liv win the match to remain Champion, the two confirmed their alliance afterwards and walked to the entrance, social media was very interesting afterwards.
Bron Breakker is the NEW Intercontinental Champion, he dispatched Sami Zayn in quick and convincing fashion, we will find out who is next for Bron (excuse the Goldberg pun) whereas it looks as though Sami will move on and be involved in the next chapter of The Bloodline Story, plans are subject to change of course.
The titles continued to change hands, LA Knight is the NEW United States Champion, ending Logan Paul's reign, hopefully this rivalry is over as well. YEAH!
The hat-trick was completed, Nia Jax defeated Bayley to win the Women's Championship, congratulations to Nia, this is very well deserved, Nia will need to be aware of Tiffany, who will want to cash in The Money In The Bank contract on her friend when she isn't looking.
Seth Rollins was the guest referee for Drew McIntyre vs. CM Punk, he did a great job in that role, he let Drew and Punk fight each other, this match was a throwback to 1997. Drew finally got his revenge on Punk by picking up victory.
The Ring General, Gunther, won the World Heavyweight Championship from Damian Priest, due to the actions of Finn Balor, this caused the complete implosion of The Judgment Day, Gunther has had great title runs in the past, and will look to do the same as World Heavyweight Champion.
The Bloodline Rules match was the main event, for the WWE Championship, Cody versus Solo, the last time we saw this match stipulation was at WrestleMania 40, where we saw run-ins from various people, this followed a similar pattern. Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa attempted to help Solo win, Kevin Owens and Randy Orton evened the numbers up, they fought away from the ring. The Samoan Werewolf, Jacob Fatu appeared and attacked Cody, it looked like he suffered an injury after hitting a frog splash through the announce table, fingers crossed that it is not the case.
When Cody and Solo were on the mat, we witnessed the return of the Original Tribal Chief, the Greatest Of All Time, Roman Reigns, the crowd acknowledged him with cheers, Reigns hit Solo with the Superman Punch, followed by the spear, he nodded at Cody before walking away, Cody hit the Cross Rhodes for the win.
Reigns stood near the entrance, staring at Rhodes when the match was over before the show closed out.
Looking forward to seeing what happens next in the WWE as the build to Bash In Berlin begins.
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