Saturday, August 5, 2023

SummerSlam + Collision

WWE SummerSlam

-"The Maverick" Logan Paul d. Ricochet after hitting him with brass knuckles.
-"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes d. Brock Lesnar after hitting the Crossrhodes(inverted swinging neckbreaker) three times in a row.
-L.A. Knight won a battle royal.  Eliminations:  Apollo Crews by "The Nigerian Giant" Jordan Omos(w/ Montel Vontavious Porter), "The Irish Ace" J.D. McDonagh by Omos, Rick Boogs by Omos, Otis Dozovic by Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser, Vinci by Chad Gable, Ivar Hanson by "The Blackheart" Tommaso Ciampa, Erik Rowe by Ciampa, Shinsuke Nakamura by Ciampa, Ciampa by "The Colossal" Bronson Reed, Ridge "The Fridge" Holland by U.S. Champion "The Now" Austin Theory, Cameron Grimes by Theory, Theory by Santos Escobar, Escobar by Karrion Kross, Kaiser by Gable, "The Bruiserweight" Butch Dunne and "The Original Bro" Matt Riddle by Omos, Omos by several wrestlers, "The Miz" Mike Mizanin by Knight, Grayson Waller by Sheamus O'Shaunessy, Kross by "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles, Gable by Reed, Reed by Knight, Styles by Sheamus (with an outside assist from Kross), and Sheamus by Knight.
-"The Queen Of Spades" Shayna Baszler d. "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey by forcing her to pass out in the Kirifuda Clutch(sleeper with bodyscissors) in an "MMA Rules" Match.
-"The Ring General" GUNTHER Hahn(w/ Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser) d. Drew McIntyre via powerbomb to retain the Intercontinental Title.
-Seth "Freakin'" Rollins d. "The Prince" Finn Bálor(w/ "The Punishment" Damian Priest, World Women's Champion "The Eradicator" Rhea Ripley, & "Dirty" Dominik Misterio) to retain the World Title after an advanced curbstomp onto the Money In The Bank briefcase.
-"The E.S.T." Bianca Belair won a triple threat match with Charlotte Flair and WWE Women's Champion "The Empress Of Tomorrow" Asuka Urai to win the title; Charlotte got Bianca in the Figure-Eight Leglock(bridging figure-four) but Asuka blinded Charlotte with blue mist.  Asuka attempted to finish Bianca with a buzzsaw kick but Bianca avoided it and small-packaged Asuka for the pin (even with her legs still partially entangled in the figure-four).  BUT WAIT...
-"The Genius Of The Sky" Io Shirai(w/ Bayley Rose) d. "The E.S.T." Bianca Belair with the Over The Moonsault to win the WWE Women's Title, cashing in her Money In The Bank contract.  Dakota Kai returned to celerate with the rest of Damage Control.
-Roman Reigns(w/ Paul Heyman) d. Jey Uso in a Tribal Combat Match to retain the WWE Title.  "The Street Champ" Solo Sikoa interfered on Reigns' behalf, but Jey nearly won anyway before Jimmy Uso made an appearance to turn on his twin brother; Reigns went on to win by spearing Jey through a table in the corner.

AEW Collision

-Commentators:  Ian Riccaboni & Nigel McGuinness.
-Fear The Revelation(Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) d. ROH Trios Champion "They Call Him A Machine" Brian Cage & "Big Bill" William Morrissey(w/ Prince Nana) to retain the Tag Team Titles; Cash pinned Cage after he and Dax hit the Shatter Machine(Flapjack-into-Codebreaker) (15:04).
-"More Than A Woman" Kris Statlander d. "The O.G. Badass" Mercedes Martinez via bridging O'Connor Roll to retain the TBS Title (10:15).  Martinez and "The Cuban Diamond" Diamante Zuniga attacked Statlander after the match until Willow Nightingale made the save.
-ROH T.V. Champion Samoa Joe d. Serpentico(non-title) via Coquina Clutch(sleeper with bodyscissors) (0:15).
-The House Of Black(Malakai Black, Brody King, & Buddy Matthews) d. Action Andretti, "Air Wolf" Darius Martin, & "Big Shotty" Lee Johnson in an "Open House Rules Match" to retain the Trios Titles when King pinned Darius after a discus lariat (9:10).  The challengers elected to ban Julia Hart from ringside.
-"Switchblade" Jay White(w/ "Rock Hard" Juice Robinson) d. Gran Metalik with the Blade Runner(swinging Flatliner) (5:11); Austin & Colten Gunn did commentary.
-C.M. Punk d. "Absolute" Ricky Starks via rollup to retain the "Real World Title" (22:08); Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat was the special ringside enforcer and Jim Ross did commentary.
-Added to Wednesday's Dynamite:  Hikaru Shida vs. "The Star Of The Show" Anna Jay for the Women's Title.
-Next week on Collision:  The House Of Black vs. C.M. Punk & F.T.R. for the Trios Titles, plus Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale vs. Mercedes Martinez & Diamante Zuniga.

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