Summerslam 2016: They Didn’t
Summerslam 2016
Date: August 21, 2016
Location: Barclays Center, New York City, New York
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Byron Saxton, Mauro Ranallo, David Otunga, John Bradshaw Layfield
Pre-Show: Ascension/Vaudevillains/Breezango vs. American Alpha/Hype Bros/Usos
Breeze gets his turn at a chinlock and Viktor keeps Zack in trouble. A neckbreaker puts Konnor down though and the hot tag brings in Jimmy to almost no reaction. Everything breaks down and Jordan starts throwing suplexes as only he cans. We get the parade of people hitting each other in the face until Rawley powerbombs Breeze and Viktor. The Usos superkick Ascension off the apron and hit double dives to take out most of the heels. Gotch takes the Grand Amplitude but Jey tags himself in for the Superfly Splash and the pin at 14:30.
Pre-Show: Dudley Boyz vs. Sami Zayn/Neville
Pre-Show: Cesaro vs. Sheamus
The Brogue Kick and Cesaro Swing are both broken up but Sheamus sends him into the post to take over. Sheamus puts on an armbar and a tilt-a-whirl powerslam takes us to a break. Back with Cesaro in a chinlock and a look at what we saw before the break, a full minute ago. The Regal Roll means we should respect the hawk but Cesaro counters a suplex to send both guys falling out to the floor.
For some reason Cesaro stands on the post and jumps down onto the top rope for the high cross body. Not much of a change but it looked cool enough. The Swing sets up the Sharpshooter but Sheamus is right next to the rope. Sheamus is tired of getting beaten on though and thumbs him in the eye to set up the Brogue Kick for the pin at 14:38.
Enzo Amore/Big Cass vs. Chris Jericho/Kevin Owens
House is quickly cleaned with the big man beating up the villains and sending them outside, only to have Enzo get launched over the top (with his foot almost getting caught on the top rope). Back in and Jericho kicks Enzo in the face to take over, allowing Owens to talk trash as only he can. We hit the ASK HIM chinlock, followed by the running the ropes chinlock from Owens.
Anderson and Gallows are making doctor jokes when AJ Styles comes in for some too sweeting. Finn Balor comes in, looks at them, and leaves as the fans lose their minds.
Intercontinental Title: The Miz vs. Apollo Crews
AJ Styles vs. John Cena
This is earlier than I was expecting. The dueling chants being and you can tell Cena is fired up. Feeling out process to start until AJ hits the dropdown dropkick but spends too much time posing, allowing a big right hand to the face. The fans come up with various ways to say John Cena sucks as AJ suplexes him on the apron to take over.
Cena actually gets cheered post match. He takes off the Never Give Up armband and leaves it in the ring before walking away. I doubt it goes anywhere but that could mean something.
Some fans won a contest.
Tag Team Titles: New Day vs. Anderson and Gallows
New Day is defending and Big E. is out hurt. Anderson and Gallows come out in their doctor coats and even have a small jar for Stewart. Kofi starts with Anderson and flips out of a monkey flip as you would expect him to do. The Unicorn Stampede has Gallows in trouble and Kofi dives over the top, poses in the air, and takes him out again.
Big E. drinks the fluid in his his ball jar.
We recap Dolph Ziggler vs. Dean Ambrose. Dean is carrying Smackdown as the champion but Ziggler won a six pack challenge to earn a title shot here. Ziggler has been getting much more serious lately and superkicked Dean in mid sentence on Smackdown earlier this week.
Smackdown World Title: Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler
Dean is defending and Shane and Bryan are at ringside to hold them apart before the bell. They slap each other in the face to start until Ziggler takes him down with a nice amateur move. Dean goes outside and sends Ziggler into the steps, followed by a butterfly superplex for two. Ambrose grabs a half crab as JBL goes into a rant about Dean robbing a homeless mannequin.
Back up and Dean gets two off a Glam Slam of all things before tuning up the band, which is now mocking Ziggler instead of Shawn. Instead of a superkick (what a concept), Dean tries Dirty Deeds but gets shoved to the floor. Ziggler gets two off the running DDT and hits back to back Fameassers for two. They hit crossbodies at the same time before Dean takes over with the top rope elbow.
We look at WWE taking over New York.
Naomi/Becky Lynch/Carmella vs. Natalya/Alexa Bliss/???
Naomi/Becky Lynch/Carmella vs. Natalya/Alexa Bliss/Nikki Bella
We recap Rusev vs. Roman Reigns for the US Title, which involved Lana going into a wedding cake.
We recap Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins for the inaugural Universal Title. Rollins gets the spot due to being the #1 draft pick and Balor won a mini tournament by pinning Roman Reigns to get his place. Seth seems to be laughing off Balor as a challenger so Balor brought out the Demon to make it clear how serious this was.
Raw World Title: Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins
Pre-show panel recap because screw people having to go to work tomorrow.
US Title: Roman Reigns vs. Rusev
Reigns is challenging to stand up for America. Rusev jumps him before the bell and sends Reigns into the steps a few times. The bad arm is crushed by some steps but Reigns Superman Punches him off the barricade. Referees come out to pull them apart and the guys fight over a chair. Reigns cracks him over the back with a chair and is finally made to leave. No match due to Rusev not being able to compete.
Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton
Now, on to the stuff before WWE lost its mind.
Results
Chris Jericho/Kevin Owens b. Enzo Amore/Big Cass – Codebreaker to Amore
Charlotte b. Sasha Banks – Rollup
Miz b. Apollo Crews – Skull Crushing Finale
AJ Styles b. John Cena – Phenomenal Forearm
Anderson and Gallows b. New Day via DQ when Big E. interfered
Dean Ambrose b. Dolph Ziggler – Dirty Deeds
Nikki Bella/Alexa Bliss/Natalya b. Carmella/Becky Lynch/Naomi – TKO to Carmella
Finn Balor b. Seth Rollins – Coup de Grace
Brock Lesnar b. Randy Orton via TKO when Orton was busted open
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