WWE SummerSlam Results
August 5, 2023
Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
Logan Paul vs. Ricochet
Paul and Ricochet go face-to-face. Ricochet slaps Paul. Ricochet sends Paul flying with a head scissors. Paul rolls out of the ring. Ricochet feints a dive. After a series of reversals, Paul floors Ricochet with an elbow to the chin. Paul works over Ricochet. Paul hits a neck breaker on the apron. Ricochet’s fiancé Ring Announcer Samantha Irvin watches on. Paul mocks her as he sends Ricochet back into the ring. Braun Strowman-style running powerslam by Paul. Ricochet kicks out. Paul continues his assault. Paul hits the… sigh… Hogan Paul for a two count. Ricochet surprises Paul with a spinebuster.
Ricochet lands the People’s Moonsault for a two count. Paul sends Ricochet flying with a high-angle back body drop. Springboard clothesline by Paul. Ricochet rolls out to the apron. Paul tries a Spanish Fly off the apron. Both men land on their feet. Ricochet elbows Paul. Paul charges in and eats a standing Spanish fly. Paul breaks up Ricochet’s dive attempt. Ricochet ends up outside the ring. Paul does a Buckshot Lariat over the top to the outside area. Paul sends Ricochet back into the ring and hits a crossbody, followed by a standing moonsault. Ricochet kicks out. Paul charges in, Ricochet sidesteps. Paul eats the ring post.
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Ricochet hits a modified neck breaker off the top. Both men are down. Paul sends Ricochet into the ropes. Ricochet hits a handspring back elbow. Springboard clothesline by Ricochet. Ricochet follows that with a running shooting star for a near fall. Ricochet lays in a few kicks. Paul tries a moonsault. Ricochet catches Paul for a powerslam. Paul reverses that into a tornado DDT! Ricochet counters Paul’s powerbomb into the Recoil. Ricochet goes up top. Paul gets his knees up as Ricochet lands a shooting star press. Paul rolls Ricochet into a pin. Ricochet kicks out.
Paul lands the ally-oop. Paul crushes Ricochet with a springboard frog splash. Ricochet kicks out again! Ricochet is clutching at his injured ribs. Paul calls for the knockout punch. Ricochet counters with a superkick. Detonation kick by Ricochet. Ricochet hits a rolling senton, followed by a springboard moonsault. Paul kicks out. Ricochet calls for the 630. Paul grabs Ricochet’s leg to stop him. Ricochet stomps Paul out. Ricochet tries the 630. Paul rolls out of the way. The referee checks on Ricochet. A goof in a baseball cap slips Paul a pair of brass knucks. Paul blasts Ricochet in the head with the knucks. Paul pins Ricochet.
Winner- Logan Paul
Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar
Rhodes attacks Lesnar as soon as the bell rings. Lesnar immediately German suplexes Rhodes. Rhodes lands a drop-down uppercut. Disaster kick by Rhodes. Rhodes lands another. He tries it again, but Lesnar swats him out of the air. Rhodes sends Lesnar out of the ring. Tope suicida by Rhodes. Lesnar sends Rhodes into the ring post. Lesnar continues his assault back in the ring. Rhodes is welcomed to Suplex City after yet another suplex from Lesnar. Lesnar tosses Rhodes all over the ring. Rhodes’ mother looks on from the crowd in horror. German suplex after German suplex. Lesnar tosses Rhodes out of the ring.
Rhodes manages to break the count. Lesnar shakes his head and pushes Rhodes off the apron. Lesnar yells at Rhodes to stay down and save himself. Rhodes drags himself back to his feet and rolls back into the ring. Lesnar tells Rhodes this is only gonna get worse. Suplex by Lesnar. Lesnar clotheslines Rhodes over the top. Lesnar tells Rhodes to stay down. Rhodes breaks the count at eight. Lesnar drags Rhodes back out of the ring and hits an F5.
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Lesnar screams at the commentary desk at Michael Cole to tell Rhodes to stay down. Rhodes beats the count at nine. Lesnar is NOT happy. Rhodes struggles to pull himself to his feet using the ropes. Rhodes attacks Lesnar. Lesnar German suplexes Rhodes. Rhodes rolls out of the ring. Lesnar follows and F5s Rhodes through the commentary desk. Rhodes somehow breaks the count at 9.5. Lesnar shakes his head. Rhodes and Lesnar trade strikes. Belly-to-belly suplex by Lesnar. Rhodes retreats to the corner. Lesnar tries to pull Rhodes for another German suplex. Lesnar hits the suplex, but Rhodes pulls off the turnbuckle pad. Rhodes is back outside the ring.
Rhodes hits Lesnar with the ring steps. Disaster kick by Rhodes. Rhodes follows that with a Cody Cutter. Lesnar kicks out. Rhodes leaps up to the top rope and hits a super Cody Cutter. Lesnar kicks out again. Rhodes sets up Crossroads. Lesnar reverses it into the Kimura. Rhodes manages to make it to the bottom rope. Lesnar tries another F5. Rhodes escapes and pushes Lesnar into the exposed turnbuckle. Rhodes traps Lesnar in the Kimura! Lesnar is about to tap but breaks the hold with a mini spinebuster. Lesnar picks up Rhodes for another F5. Rhodes rolls off Lesnar’s shoulder and hits three Crossroads for the win.
Winner- Cody Rhodes
After the match, Lesnar and Rhodes go nose-to-nose. Lesnar smile and offers Rhodes a handshake. Rhodes looks perplexed but accepts it. Lesnar hugs Rhodes.
Slim Jim SummerSlam Battle Royal
The bell rings for the match to start, but MVP walks out on the stage and says the match can’t start till the man who will win it enters. Omos joins the field.
Omos tosses out Apollo Crews, then press slams JD McDonagh over the top to eliminate him. Rick Boogs attacks Omos. Omos tosses him out of the ring. All three members of the Brawling Brutes land the ten beats on Omos. Omos escapes and mauls all three men. Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser throw Otis over the top. Chad Gable belly-to-belly suplexes Vinci out of the ring. Tommaso Ciampa eliminates both Viking Raiders. Ciampa hits Willow’s Bell on Shinsuke Nakamura then elminiates him.
Bronson Reed sends Ciampa over the top to eliminate him. Austin Theory knocks Ridge Holland off the apron to eliminate him. Theory hits the A Town Down on Grimes, sending him over the top. Theory gets launched out of the ring by Santos Escobar. Karrion Kross boots Escobar out of the ring to eliminate him. Kaiser throws Gable out to the apron. Gable uses his legs to send Kaiser over the top, so he’s done. Riddle and Butch try to put Omos in double Kimuras. Omos lifts both men and eliminates them both at the same time.
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Omos flattens everyone. Knight fires up and lands a few strikes. Omos floors Knight with a boot. Everyone attacks Omos. Everyone tosses Omos over the top. Waller and Miz hit a combination Rolling Thunder Stunner/Skull Crushing Finale on Gable. Miz tosses Knight over the top, but Knight holds on. Knight sends Miz over the top. Sheamus boots Waller out of the ring. Styles kicks Kross over the top. Reed back body drops Gable over the top to eliminate him. Knight pulls Reed over the top from the apron to eliminate him.
The final three men at Knight., Sheamus, and Styles. Styles tries the Phenomenal Forearm. Kross grabs Styles’ leg and holds him in place while Sheamus Brogue Kicks him off the apron. Styles is done. Kross screams that they will be done when he says they are done. Knight and Sheamus are the final two. Sheamus goes up top. Knight pops up top and sends Sheamus flying with a suplex. Knight clotheslines Sheamus over the top. Sheamus has been eliminated.
Winner- LA Knight
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MMA Rules Match: Shayna Baszler vs. Ronda Rousey
The referee tells both women the match can only be won via knockout or submission. Rousey puts her gloves up to touch gloves, but Baszler walks away. Baszler and Rousey trade strikes. Rousey flips Baszler with a Judo throw. Baszler sprawls and lands a few strikes. Rousey tries to roll Baszler into the armbar. Baszler escapes and almost locks in the Kirifuda Clutch. Rousey escapes. Baszler lands a few leg kicks. Baszler lands a head kick that sends Rousey flying out of the ring. Rousey gets back in the ring.
Baszler traps Rousey in a knee bar. Jumping knee strike by Baszler. Baszler drops like a sack of bricks. The referee checks on Baszler. Baszler gets to her feet. Rousey drops Rousey with a gut shot. Baszler gets to her feet. Rousey traps Baszler in a submission. Baszler picks Rousey up, and both women tumble over the top. The referee checks on Baszler again. The medical staff checks on Baszler. Rousey pushes the medical staff out of the ring.
Rousey yells for Baszler to get to her feet. Baszler gets up. Both women trade punches. German suplex by Baszler. Baszler locks Rousey in the Kirifuda Clutch. Rousey reverses it into the armbar. Baszler counters that into an ankle lock. Rousey reverses that into a rear naked choke. Baszler gets to her feet and escapes. Baszler locks Rousey in the Kirifuda Clutch. Rousey tries to fight out of it. Rousey passes out. The referee calls for the bell.
Winner- Shayna Baszler
Intercontinental Championship Match: Gunther (c) vs. Drew McIntyre
Gunther and McIntyre lock up. Side headlock by Gunther. Gunther tries a shoulder tackle. McIntyre bounces off the ropes and floors Gunther with a shoulder block of his own. Gunther lands a few strikes before taking McIntyre over in a side headlock. McIntyre counters with a back suplex. Gunther rolls out of the ring. McIntyre follows and sends Gunther into the barricade and ring apron. McIntyre sends Gunther back into the ring. Gunther boots McIntyre in the gut as he enters the ring. McIntyre clocks Gunther with the Glasgow kiss. Gunther rolls out of the ring again.
McIntyre follows and gets suplexes on the ring steps. McIntyre manages to get back in the ring before the ten count. Gunther obliterates McIntyre with a chop. Gunther continues his assault. McIntyre tries to fire up. Gunther floors him with another chop. German suplex by Gunther. McIntyre pops back up to his feet, lets out a primal scream, and destroys Gunther with a lariat. McIntyre and Gunther trade chops. Gunther walks right into an overhead throw by McIntyre. McIntyre lands another.
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Gunther escapes the future shock DDT but gets a neck breaker instead. McIntyre kips up and calls for the Claymore. Gunther ducks it and lands a shotgun dropkick. Gunther tries a powerbomb. McIntyre lands on his feet and hits a powerbomb of his own. Future shock DDT by McIntyre. Gunther kicks out. McIntyre calls for the Claymore again. Gunther rolls out of the ring to avoid it. McIntyre lands a dive. McIntyre sends Gunther back into the ring and tries another Claymore. Gunther counters with another shotgun dropkick.
Powerbomb by Gunther. McIntyre kicks out. Gunther lands a top rope splash. McIntyre kicks out yet again! Gunther mocks McIntyre while paint brushing the back of his head. McIntyre blocks Gunther’s chop and lands one of his own. Both men trade chops. McIntyre ducks a chop, hits the ropes, and finally lands the Claymore. Gunther kicks out! McIntyre sets Gunther up on the top rope. McIntyre and Gunther trade strikes. Gunther pushes McIntyre, crotching him on the top rope. Gunther lands a splash and hits a Burning Lariat, followed by a powerbomb for the win.
Winner and STILL Intercontinental Champion, Gunther!
WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match: Seth “Freakin” Rollins (c) vs. Finn Bálor
Bálor has “seven” written on his shoulder to signify the match they had seven years ago (and the subsequent injury he suffered). Rollins is wearing the vest he wore for that first match. Rollins tosses the vest in Bálor’s face. Bálor attacks Rollins before the bell rings. The bell finally rings, and both men trade punches. Rollins catches Bálor with a back elbow. Rollins lands a flurry of strikes. Bálor flips out of a suplex. Bálor kicks Rollins in the arm, then stomps on it. Rollins clutches at his arm, trying to get the feeling back in his hand.
Bálor focuses his assault on Rollins’ arm and shoulder. Rollins fires up and grabs Bálor by his beard. Rollins headbutts Bálor over and over again. Kawada kicks by Rollins. Rollins sets up the Pedigree. Bálor reverses it and almost lands a sling blade. Rollins avoids that and hits a falcon arrow. Bálor kicks out. Tope Suicida by Rollins. Rollins lands two more dives. Bálor ends up landing on the commentary desk. Bálor is bleeding from his mouth. Rollins goes up top. Bálor cuts him off and stuns his arm on the top rope. Bálor sends Rollins into the ring post, shoulder first.
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Rollins is out on the floor. Bálor tries to set up a barricade bomb. Rollins fights Bálor off. Rollins hops up to the barricade. Bálor pulls Rollins off the barricade and hits the barricade bomb (the same move that injured Bálor seven years ago). Bálor hits a slingblade. Rollins responds with a superkick. Bálor rolls Rollins into a cross-arm breaker. Rollins turns it into a pin. Bálor kicks out. Rollins reveres it into a buckle bomb. Rollins hits another buckle bomb. Frog Splash by Rollins. Bálor kicks out.
Rollins lands an elbow to the back of Bálor’s head. Bálor avoids the Stomp and lands a stomp of his own. Woo dropkick by Bálor. Bálor goes up top. Rollins pops up top and hits a superplex. Bálor counters the falcon arrow into a roll up. Rollins kicks out. Head kick by Rollins. Overhead kick by Bálor. Both men are down. Rollins and Bálor trade strikes. Woo dropkick by Bálor. Bálor goes up top and misses the Coup de Grace. Rollins sticks Bálor with the Pedigree. Bálor kicks out at 2.9. Damian Priest makes his way to ringside with the Money in the Bank briefcase. While the referee is distracted, Priest decks Rollins. Rollins falls right into a Pedigree by Bálor.
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Rollins somehow kicks out. Priest waves to the crowd, and Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley run to ringside. Ripley and Mysterio distract the referee. Priest tries to give Bálor the briefcase or something. Bálor doesn’t want it. Rollins lands the Stomp. Bálor kicks out. Rollins takes Priest out with a dive and Stomps Mysterio. Bálor sling blades Rollins. Bálor lands the Coup de Grace. Rollins kicks out! Bálor yells for Priest to help him out. Priest slides the briefcase into the ring and distracts the referee. Rollins Stomps Bálor’s head on the briefcase for the win.
Winner and STILL WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth “Freakin” Rollins!
WWE Women’s Championship Match: Asuka (c) vs. Bianca Belair vs. Charlotte Flair
Everyone tries a strike, but no one connects. Asuka stuns Flair’s knee on the top rope after she misses a boot. Belair tries to knock Asuka off the apron with a handspring. Asuka dodges it and snaps Belair’s knee on the top rope. Asuka runs right into a suplex from Flair. The fight spills out of the ring. Belair lands a dive that flattens Asuka and Flair. Asuka stomps on Belair’s head. Belair fires back with an elbow strike. Pop-up knee by Asuka. Flair breaks up the pin. Flair misses a splash in the corner. Asuka German suplexes Flair.
Asuka unloads on Belair and Flair with kick after kick. Flair turns one of those kicks into a roll up. Asuka kicks out. Asuka German suplexes Flair again. Belair gets to her feet. Flair takes out Belair and Asuka with a high crossbody off the top. Flair lights Belair and Asuka up with chop after chop. Belair and Asuka end up stacked in the corner. Flair seems to have a wardrobe malfunction, as she has the referee help her with her top. In the corner, Asuka tries to lock in the Asuka Lock.
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Flair breaks it up with a front flip clothesline. Flair attempts the Figure Eight on Belair. Asuka breaks it up with a code breaker. Flair kicks out. All three women trade strikes. Asuka dumps Belair outside the ring using her ponytail. Belair hits a neck breaker on Flair as she DDTs Asuka. Belair lands a flurry of offense and tries a handspring on Asuka and Flair at the same time. Both women get their knees up. Flair spears Belair. Asuka traps Flair in the Asuka Lock. Belair breaks it up with a handspring moonsault to break the hold. Belair clutches at her knee before climbing up top. Asuka knocks Belair off the top.
Belair hits the apron hard. Flair pushes Asuka off the top. Flair goes up top and hits a moonsault to Belair. Asuka immediately kicks Flair in the head. Asuka sends Flair back into the ring and hits a diving DDT off the top. Belair breaks up the pin. Belair sets up the KOD. Asuka escapes and almost locks in the Asuka Lock. Flair boots Asuka off the apron. Belair tries the KOD on Flair. Flair lands on her feet. Belair German suplexes Flair. Asuka traps Flair in a triangle. Belair breaks it up and gut wrench powerbomb Flair. Asuka sits up and traps Belair in the Asuka Lock. Flair breaks up the submission by rolling both women into a pin.
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Belair and Asuka kick out. Asuka runs into a boot from Flair. Flair slams Belair’s face into the turnbuckle. Flair hits a moonsault off the top on both women. Both women kick out. Flair sets up a double Figure Eight, but Asuka and Belair kick Flair away. Flair back body drops Belair over to top rope. Belair hits the ring steps and clutches at her knee. Belair is screaming in pain as the referee calls for the medical team to check on her. Asuka hits a superplex as Belair is being helped to the back. Flair spears Asuka. Asuka kicks out.
Flair traps Asuka in the Figure Eight. Belair limps back to the ring, climbs to the top, and hits a 450 splash on Flair to break up the Figure Eight. Flair kicks out! Belair and Flair jaw at each other as they trade strikes. Flair traps Belair in the Figure Eight. Asuka rolls back into the ring and spits the mist in Flair’s face. Asuka tries a head kick, but Belair ducks and rolls Asuka up for the win!
Winner and NEW WWE Women’s Champion, Bianca Belair!
Belair can’t stand. Iyo Sky’s music hits. Sky and Bayley run down to the ring. Bayley and Sky take out Flair and Asuka. Sky hits Belair with the MITB briefcase and officially cashes in.
WWE Women’s Championship Match: Bianca Belair (c) vs. Iyo Sky w/Bayley
Sky immediately hits the Over the Moonsault for the win.
Winner and NEW WWE Women’s Champion, Iyo Sky!
Dakota Kai joins Bayley and Sky in the ring to celebrate.
Tribal Combat WWE Undisputed Universal Championship Match: Roman Reigns (c) w/Paul Heyman vs. Jey Uso
Reigns tells SummerSlam to acknowledge him before the match starts. Heyman hands Reigns the lei. Reigns tells Jey if he beats him, he’ll hand over the Lei. Not Heyman, not the referee, Reigns himself will put it on Jey if he beats him. Jey and Reigns lock up. Reigns drives Jey into the corner. Reigns laughs at Jey as he gives Jey a clean break. Jey pushes Reigns. Reigns laughs again. Reigns runs over Jey with a shoulder block. The crowd chants, “Roman sucks.” Reigns is visibly annoyed by it. Jey grabs a side headlock. After a drop down spot, Reigns blasts Jey with a back elbow. Jey crawls to the corner.
Reigns stomps Jey while mocking the crowd. Jey flips out of a suplex from Reigns. Jey lands a flurry of strikes before sending him out of the ring. Tope suicida by Jey. Reigns works over Jey. Jey sends Reigns into the ring steps. Jey pulls a table from under the ring and sets it up. Heyman pleads with Jey to stop. Reigns attacks Jey from behind. After dodging a diving Jey, Reigns sends Jey flying into the middle turnbuckle. Drive-by by Reigns. Reigns jaws with the fans. Jey blocks a right hand from Reigns and lands a few of his own. Enziguri by Jey.
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Jey tries a dive and gets wacked in the head by a kendo stick shot from Reigns. Reigns lights Jey up with the kendo stick. Jey fire back with a series of uppercuts. Reigns turns the tables and pins Jey in the corner. Reigns crushes Jey with clothesline after clothesline. Jey counters a Superman Punch with a kendo stick shot to Reigns’ gut. Jey unloads on Reigns with kendo stick shots. Reigns is clotheslined over the top rope. Jey dives over the top and lands a senton. Jey sends Reigns back into the ring for a splash.
Reigns Superman punches Jey out of the air. Jey kicks out. Reigns calls for the Spear. Jey leaps over Reigns and rolls him up. Reigns kicks out. Superkick by Jey. Jey lands the Uso Splash. Reigns kicks out! Jey pulls a chair into the ring. Heyman begs Jey to stop. Jey hit Reigns with a chair. Heyman is almost crying at this point. Jey tosses a bunch of chairs into the ring. Jey sets Reigns on the top rope for a superplex. Reigns knocks Jey off the top. Jey kicks Reigns in the head and goes back up top.
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Reigns slips underneath and powerbomb Jey on a pile of chairs. Jey kicks out. Reigns pulls another table out from under the ring. Reigns sets the table up in the corner. Jey charges in and almost gets put through the table. Jey escapes to the apron. Reigns and Jey trade strikes, but Jey is close to falling through the ringside table. Jey tries to launch himself over the top, but Reigns folds him with a right hand. Jey lifts Reigns and hits a Samoan drop off the apron through a table. Both men are down. The fight spills into the crowd. Jey whips Reigns with a leather strap. Solo Sikoa appears and attacks Jey.
Sikoa puts Jey through a table with Spinning Solo. Sikoa drags Jey back to the ring. Reigns tells Sikoa to finish Jey. Sikoa lands another Spinning Solo. Sikoa and Reigns set up Samoan Domination. Jey pulls Sikoa in the way as Reigns tries a Spear. Reigns almost cuts Sikoa in half. Jey Spears Reigns. Reigns kicks out. Jey beats both Sikoa and Reigns with a chair. Sikoa surprised Jey with a superkick as he stalked Reigns with a chair. Reigns asks Sikoa to help him up. Sikoa looks at him like he has 17 heads. Reigns and Sikoa argue.
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Jey Spears Reigns through the barricade. Sikoa clears the commentary desk and sets up another Spinning Solo. Jey reverses it and hits a superkick. Jey leaps off the barricade and splashes Sikoa through the commentary desk. Reigns gets to his feet. Jey Spears Reigns again. Jey lands the Uso splash. Someone in a hood pulls Jey out of the ring. It’s Jimmy Uso. Jimmy will barely look at his brother. Jey asks what’s going on. Jimmy superkicks Jey and tosses him back into the ring. Reigns Spears Jey through a table and pins him.
Winner and STILL WWE Undisputed Universal Champion, Roman Reigns!
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