WWE Summerslam 2018

JBL is here for the pre-show. New Day promo features Xavier getting...very excited. Rusev and Lana vs. Vega and Almas is up. Rusev tosses Almas off the top to the floor. Lana runs wild and breakdances up. Lana gives her a wedige on the floor, but gets schoolgirled and Vega barely uses the ropes to win.

Spud, Paige, and Angle meet and talk about stuff for a bit. Kurt talks about the WWE Title match being a surefire classic because he was in the ring with both guys. Baron buries Kurt, before Kurt tells Baron to go cut Brock's steak and get him the most up to date magazines. Baron looks 20 feet tall next to Spud. Drew is out in red, white and blue gear that looks ridiculous. Flip dive to Drew. Cedric gets 2 off the back elbow. Cedric gets a cradle for the win and no reaction.

Revival faces the B Team in a match that could be in any death slot on any Raw of the year. B Team wins to a mild reaction. Dean walks backstage in a Shield vest, while Seth is in a dark blue and gold vest. An epic Terry Crews video airs before the WM CG returns!

IC title match starts things off. Seth's full gear looks ridiculous and Dolph is back in black with the IC belt designed on it ala Rude. I'm disappointed Dolph doesn't have CALL ME UP PAUL on his gear. Dolph in NXT might actually be interesting. They start off hot before chinlocks. Seth avoids a Zig Zag and hits a superkick. A frog splash is met with knees and a cradle for 2.9. Seth switches up the superplex>falcon arrow with an inverted superplex/Saving Grade - so D-Von's finisher actually gets a pop! Drew attacks Dean, leading to a Zig Zag for 2.9.Chain of cradles leads to a buckle bomb. Dean attacks Drew with Dirty Deeds. Superkick and a Curb Stomp hit and wins it!

Renee chats with the Bellas about Evolution before they chat about everything they're doing as the Bella Brand. Sweet Jesus I'd forgotten how bad they were as promos. SD Tag Titles are up. "You know what the Bludgeon Brothers need to take them to the next level? A red key card? No GODDAMMIT! THEY NEED ANTLERS!"Woods eats a beating on the floor before tagging in E. BELLY TO BELLY ON THE FLOOR! Harper gets a Michinoku driver for 2. Rowan eats the post with his shoulder - a bad thing for ex-Wyatts. Suicide spear from E. Rowan's crossbody off the apron was no worse than EC3's off the top rope. Double crucifix bomb gets 2 when Woods saves. Big Ending on the floor to Rowan. Harper teases an apron suplex for 20 years before E hits it and gets a backstabber too and then hits the flying elbow off the top to the floor 3/4 of the way across the ring. These guys are killing themselves to overachieve - but they got a chance and are making the most of it. ROWAN ATTACKS WITH THE HANDLE OF THE MALLET!

KO vs Braun is up. KO's out in gred and gold and KO just gets mangled. Giant chokeslam on the ramp before the powerslam ends it. Evil heel Dolph Ziggler does an anti-bullying charity event. Carmella is wrestling in PJs now. Does that make her a Samoa Joe cosplayer? Charlotte's rack looks crazy and we get 5,000 cradles. Yakuza kick misses Mella and also misses Becky, who sells it anyway. Becky hits a double dropkick on Mella, but not Charlotte. Charlotte hits a spear and it leads to Mella flatlining Becky for 2. Trish top rope rana hits once for Mella, but Charlotte turns it into a Boston crab the second time. Figure 4 to Mella leads to Becky hitting an Alabama jam for 2. Low-pe to Becky from Carmella. Skytwister press from Charlotte to the floor, but only Mella catches her. Disarmarmher, but Mella breaks it up. Disarmher to Mella, who gets the ropes. Natural Selection breaks up a second one and Charlotte wins the title! A huge Becky chant breaks out and they hug before Becky snaps! YES! Becky gets even more cheers now! God this was so great and Chrlotte gets booed for getting up after the beating.

Wendy is shown in the crowd and Joe cuts a promo on her before they start and a TNA chant breaks out. Legsweep on the apron hits hard. Inside-out P1 forearm hits. Joe hits a second rope rough Ryder for 2. Joe hits the snap slap for 2.5. Joe hits the Clash sorta for 2.5! Pele kick hits and sends Joe into the buckle, where he gets the ST-Joe! Joe gets the choke, but AJ gets a foot on the rope! Joe teases the muscle buster and sets it up, but AJ slugs him, so Joe hits a jumping kick sending AJ to the floor! Joe gets on the table and tells Wendy daddy's coming home - and AJ won't, but he'll be the new daddy. AJ beats up a crew guy and gets DQed for using a chair. Ugh. A who's your daddy chant breaks out. Wendy looks on disgusted at AJ. His daughter says he's bleeding and this could easily be something that hurts her.

A goofy ra ra WWE video airs. Nakamura hits a bunch of kicks and knee strikes, including a slick sliding knee to the hamstring. Nakamura avoids the Twist and goes for the low blow, but Jeff evades. Twisto stunner hits! SWANTON! It hits for 2 and another Twist hits and Nakamura goes to the apron. JEFF GOES TO THE POST AND DOES A SWANTON TO THE APRON. Okay, that's a crazy move – especially with a bad back, but if you're going to have one last big stunt bump, that was a good one. Kinshasa hits for the win – this exceeded expectations.

Nattie comes out in her dad's Summerslam 1990 jacket. Alexa is out in black and purple gear while Ronda has a black top and black eyeliner that doesn't look good. She has new shorts with all sorts of accents that look awesome. Alexa stalls while Ronda stalks her, but Alexa evades until eating a shot and going to the floor. Ronda goes for schoolyard tactics and sits Indian style so Alexa can attack. Alexa gets a sleeper and Ronda powers out. Spiral Samoan drop hits. Ronda tosses her around a ton before doing the Samoan drop again and asking the fans if she should break her arm. Alexa does the double joint spot and then Ronda wins with the armbar. This was perfect. She celebrates with Nattie before the Bellas come in and celebrate and then she jumps into Travis's arms and kisses him. We see the Brooklyn bridge with WWE graphics all over it and an Instagram ad.

Roman comes out to a sea of boos while they have a goofy-looking CG version of his logo WITH A BIG DOG ON IT. Oh sweet Jesus. Cole asks IF ROMAN CAN GET ANOTHER SHOT IF HE DOESN'T WIN TONIGHT. What's one more shot when he's already fairly lost two out of two this year? Brock comes down looking lighter in the arms and jigglier in the torso...for some reason. He's ripped in the abs though, but feeling the effects of age visibly more than usual. Heyman gives Brock a huge intro before Braun comes out. Oh my God, after ALL OF THIS, Roman still can't beat Brock one on one.

Braun says he won't be a coward and cash in out of nowhere – he's the monster and he'll do things face to face! He calls Brock beatie boy and gets a huge beastie boy chant and says that he'll cash in on the winner...so he's still kind of a coward then. He's not cashing in for a triple threat – he's doing. Three Superman punches AND THEN THREE SPEARS HIT, but Brock gets the front choke! Roman spinebusters his way free – okay, this has been perfect. Front choke is on once again and another spinebuster hits. Brock takes the gloves off and a Superman punch is countered into Suplex City. A “you both suck” chant breaks out – so this is getting to be like the first Brock-Goldberg match. Roman avoids an F5 and a spear leads to him hitting a makeshift suicide dive onto Braun. F5 TO BRAUN! Brock beats up Braun with the case and then tosses it before destroying Braun with a chair.

Okay, this is all working out wonderfully – Braun has the post-title match match, but he's hurt too. SPEAR TO BROCK MID-RING ENDS IT OUT OF NOWHERE. Roman finally does it and gets a good amount of cheers here too. Roman FINALLY wins it – and in only their second-best match and the best match they've had this year. Braun's out so he can't cash in and Roman gets to celebrate – but there's no big pyro display or anything. Well, this was still a triumph because Roman came off like a big star, won, and did so in a very good match.