WWE SUMMERSLAM

Nissan Stadium, Nashville, Tennessee

BIANCA BELAIR vs. BECKY LYNCH (15:10): This show happened on Saturday, July 30th, and I watched it then went on a two week vacation. I suppose if I'm forgetting anything that happened, you can blame it on not being memorable or entertaining enough for me to remember it. The big story before this show happened, though, was Vince McMahon leaving the company. He apparently had an affair with a woman that worked in WWE and then paid her off to not talk about it. When that woman's friend found out about it she emailed the press and The Wall Street Journal wrote an article about it. The WWE board looked into this and found that Vince had paid other women that worked in WWE in the past to keep their affairs quiet. While Vince is the boss of WWE and technically couldn't be fired, it seems that some people pressured him to leave so that the stock price wouldn't fall and the company wouldn't look bad. He hung on for awhile, though, but eventually left. Supposedly HHH will be the new head of creative, which is fantastic considering he did the same job in NXT and that show was excellent when he was in charge. Hopefully the WWE gets better, because right now, AEW is on fire in terms of match quality, entertainment, and watchability. The WWE is still king in the production side of things, though. This show was at the outdoor, Tennessee Titans football stadium, which made it look pretty cool and "big." Only the main event was anything noteworthy, though. This opening match was fairly entertaining. Bianca Belair retained the women's title.  After the match, a new group consisting of Dakota Sky, Bailey, and Io Shirai showed up. Totally random pairing there, but I guess we'll see how that works out. **1/2

LOGAN PAUL vs. THE MIZ (14:15): Logan Paul did a lot of high flying, which was impressive. He's better as a heel, though, so I'm kind of baffled as why they're trying to make him a good guy. This was entertaining. Logan did the old Shane McMahon top rope elbow through the announce table spot which was awesome. AJ Styles ran out to help Logan Paul and beat up The Miz for some reason as well. **1/2

BOBBY LASHLEY vs. THEORY (4:42): Vince was pushing Theory to the moon...so it'll be interesting if he gets the cool down treatment. He lost quickly here in a forgettable match. *

THE MYSTERIOS vs. THE JUDGMENT DAY (DAMIAN PRIEST & FINN BALOR) (11:08): Edge did a Brood entrance with the flames around a staircase midway through this match. That set up The Mysterio's winning. Without Edge, The Judgment Day group is kind of pointless now. So far this show seems to be more about surprise entrances than actual wrestling. Which is fine, considering the WWE rarely has great, in-ring matches. **

PAT McAFEE vs. HAPPY CORBIN (10:39): McAfee did some high flying stuff, which is impressive because he's a tall dude and also the announcer, not a wrestler. Hopefully with Vince gone they'll finally cast Baron Corbin aside to the rubbish bin. **

THE USO'S vs. THE STREET PROFITS (13:23): These two teams had a good match at the last PPV. Considering The Uso's won that match in a close contest, it was a little strange that The Uso's won more easily in this rematch. This wasn't very good at all, especially considering how good their last match was. *

LIV MORGAN vs. RONDA ROUSEY (4:34): They gave Liv Morgan the title...but apparently they don't think she's worthy of it. Rousey had Liv in an armbar submission and Rousey was on her back so the ref counted to 3 and Rousey lost. The problem? Liv tapped out right before the pinfall. This was kind of ridiculous. If you put the title on someone, at least make her look somewhat credible. *

ROMAN REIGNS vs. BROCK LESNAR "LAST MAN STANDING MATCH" (22:55): These two have seemingly wrestled each other forever at every big show...but the fans seem to not care about this. This was by far their best match...at least in recent memory. The reason was they did a unique spot during this match that will run as a highlight for years to come. Brock came out driving a tractor with a lift on it. He used this tractor multiple times during the match. The big spot had him lifting the ring with the tractor and Roman tumbled out of the ring. This was a crazy spot. I'm actually shocked Nashville let them do this, considering ringside fans could have been crushed to death if this went awry. Brock left the tractor holding up one corner of the ring so anyone sitting on that side of the ring paid all that money for good seats and couldn't see the finish. After that spot, The Uso's came down and beat up Brock and he suplexed them and Roman speared Lesnar a few times. Eventually they threw a bunch of chairs and the announce table on Lesnar and he got counted out. Good, crazy, main event. ***