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WWE takes over Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for SummerSlam for the fourth straight year on Sunday night, with Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar set to finally settle things for good… or so it seems.
Ronda Rousey also appears poised to secure her first championship in the WWE, provided she defeats Alexa Bliss, and from AJ Styles-Samoa Joe for the WWE championship, to Daniel Bryan-Miz and everything in between, Sunday’s show appears to have a wide enough variety to provide something for every kind of wrestling fan.
Tim Fiorvanti, Matt Wilansky and Sean Coyle are live in Brooklyn to offer recaps, instant reaction and analysis for the entirety of the 2018 SummerSlam card.
Raw tag team championships: B-Team (c) def. The Revival
The B-Team completed the trifecta of Kickoff Show matches with an solid effort to beat The Revival and retain the Raw tag-team titles. The challenges took control for most of the match with nifty old-school team work, including a top-rope knee drop from Scott Dawson on Bo Dallas, but in the end it was Curtis Axel who rolled up Dawson for the win. If you’re doing the math at home, that’s three Kickoff Show matches in the books … and three roll-up wins.
Cruiserweight championship: Cedric Alexander (c) def. Drew Gulak
Drew Gulak imposed some serious physicality throughout his cruiserweight championship match, including a hangman’s choke with Alexander draped over his back and a Gu-lock with his legs wrapped around Alexander in the ropes. Alexander ultimately hit a leveraged roll-up to squeak out a win despite being dominated for much of the match, leaving the door open to a future rematch.
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas & Zelina Vega def. Rusev & Lana
In the first match on the SummerSlam kickoff show, the team of Andrade “Cien” Almas and Zelina Vega defeated Rusev and Lana. The finish saw Vega use the ropes to assist her with a roll-up victory over Lana.This was the first SummerSlam match and victory for Almas and Vega. It was Rusev’s second straight SummerSlam loss. He lost to Randy Orton at last year’s event.
Still to come:
Universal championship: Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Roman Reigns
Intercontinental championship: Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins
WWE championship: AJ Styles (c) vs. Samoa Joe
Raw women’s championship: Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Ronda Rousey
Smackdown women’s championship: Carmella (c) vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Becky Lynch
The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan
United States championship: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Jeff Hardy
Money in the Bank contract match: Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens
SmackDown tag team championships: Bludgeon Brothers (c) vs. New Day
Finn Balor vs. Baron Corbin
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