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00:00 Welcome to WrestleTalk, and welcome to my review of Summerslam 2023...in about 10 minutes.

00:12 This show began with Logan Paul vs Ricochet, in the most viral match in WWE history.

00:16 The virality was so viral that the viral match became viral when the Viral Wrestler did his

00:21 viral entrance with his viral drink and viral, viral, viral, you get the idea.

00:25 Even though WWE weren't harping on about this match being the most viral match that ever

00:30 viraled, it was pretty fun though.

00:31 It started off a bit slower than you'd think for a match like this, but by the end it was

00:34 really fun.

00:35 Lots of back and forth action, lots of very fun near falls.

00:38 Logan somehow managed a Buckshot Lariat from in the ring, out of the ring to the outside,

00:43 and that feels illegal, but he did it somehow.

00:46 However the finish came when one of Logan's goons handed him some brass knuckles behind

00:50 the referee's back, and Logan knocked out Ricochet for the win.

00:53 This was a fun way to kick off the show, definitely nowhere near the most viral match in the history

00:57 of ever, but pretty good.

00:59 After that came Cody Rhodes vs Brock Lesnar 3, after a super self-indulgent video package

01:04 about how epic this saga has been despite us still not knowing why it even started in

01:10 the first place.

01:11 Now there were rumours abound before Summerslam that there may have potentially been a stipulation

01:15 announced for this match, but the psychology of this one worked so well without one.

01:20 Brock was portrayed as his dominant beast character once more, reliving the days of

01:24 being Suplex City Machine right after he conquered The Streak and John Cena.

01:28 There were suplexes aplenty, and Brock's insistence that Cody take a countout loss

01:32 to save himself was great.

01:35 Brock mullered Cody on the outside, hitting an F5 to the floor and an F5 through the announce

01:39 table, both of which Cody managed to get back into the ring for at the count of 9.

01:44 But after some Kimura Lock, Cody being portrayed as the beat up, broken but eternally determined

01:48 babyface, he made his comeback, locking in his own Kimura on Brock, hitting 3 crossroads

01:54 to get the victory.

01:55 Brock shook his hand after the match, and that puts that saga to rest.

02:00 So why did Brock attack him again?

02:03 In all seriousness, this was also very fun, another great addition to the card.

02:06 I assume Brock might take some time away now, but I wonder what's next for Cody.

02:10 It was time for the Slim Jim Battle Royal next, which was actually much better than

02:14 it had any right to be.

02:15 Omos was added last minute, and who could possibly eliminate him?

02:19 There were some good stories running throughout this battle royal though, with Shinsuke Nakamura,

02:22 Tommaso Ciampa and Bronson Reed's beef being felt, Chad Gable getting a stellar showing

02:26 and hitting some wonderful suplexes, and of course, LA Knight being the most overman on

02:31 the show.

02:32 Knight ended up getting the win in this one, last eliminating Sheamus, and it's nice

02:36 for Knight that he got on the card and got a win, but I'm not 100% sure what the point

02:41 of this was, other than for WWE to get some sponsorship money.

02:44 If there were some stakes attached to this, I'd be all on board, but this feels particularly

02:48 hollow after Trish and Becky were reportedly cut due to time constraints.

02:52 Still though, LA Knight got a win, and that's a thumbs up from me.

02:54 Shayna Baszler vs Ronda Rousey came next, and look, here's what I liked about this

03:00 match.

03:01 Shayna Baszler was portrayed as a serious threat, that's good, and this was probably

03:05 the best worked MMA style match in WWE history.

03:09 Ronda's bar is exceedingly low, and while they managed to put on something that was,

03:14 at times, borderline okay, this style just doesn't work in WWE, because worked MMA

03:20 looks ridiculous, especially coming from two people who have done actual MMA.

03:24 Even as someone who doesn't watch MMA barely at all, I could still tell very quickly that

03:29 this was being a bit derivative.

03:31 The crowd chanted "boring", which it was, and while Shayna got the win by making Ronda

03:36 pass out, which is still the correct result, this didn't achieve what they wanted it

03:40 to achieve.

03:41 Still though, if we get crazed killer NXT Shayna back, that's undoubtedly a good thing.

03:45 Up next was a lot of people's second most anticipated match on the card, Drew McIntyre

03:49 vs Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship.

03:52 This was exactly what you'd expect it to be, stiff as a dick, chops galore and the

03:56 most purple of chess by the end.

03:58 There were some legitimately great nearfalls, including Gunther kicking out of a Claymore,

04:03 but in the end it was a decisive combination of a big splash, lariat and powerbomb that

04:07 put Drew away.

04:08 I've seen some people be disappointed in this match because it wasn't as good as

04:12 Sheamus vs Gunther, or as good as the Triple Threat at WrestleMania, and while you're

04:16 right, I don't think it was, that doesn't make it bad.

04:19 This was still a 4.5 star match instead of a 5 star one, which I cannot possibly rank

04:24 as a bad thing on the show.

04:26 This was awesome, and Gunther's road to breaking Honki's record continues.

04:30 After that came my match of the night, which I don't think I'd have said before this

04:34 night began, Seth Rollins vs Finn Balor for the World Heavyweight Championship.

04:39 The dynamics of Seth vs Finn, 7 years removed from their Universal Championship match at

04:43 SummerSlam 2016, as well as Judgment Day looming with Damian Priest holding the Money in the

04:48 Bank briefcase, it was a very tasty set up, and boy howdy did they deliver.

04:52 The match psychology was simple but effective, with Balor working over Seth's left arm

04:57 for the majority.

04:58 As predicted, Balor of course hit the Buckle Bomb into the barricade, the same move that

05:02 injured Balor in that match with Seth all those years ago, which was a great callback.

05:06 This led into a sequence at the end of the match, with some genuinely heart-stopping

05:11 false finishes.

05:12 Damian Priest came out with his briefcase in tow, distracting Rollins, and behind the

05:16 referee's back, Priest hit Seth, straight into a pedigree from Balor, onto Seth, but

05:21 Seth kicked out.

05:22 After some more shenanigans involving the rest of Judgment Day, Seth hit the stomp on

05:26 Balor, but Balor kicked out.

05:29 Priest offered to help Balor by using the briefcase as a weapon, but Balor initially

05:33 declined.

05:34 But after he couldn't put Seth away, he changed tack, asking for the briefcase, but

05:37 by this point, Priest had second thoughts.

05:40 He slowly slid the briefcase into the ring, and walked around the ring to try and distract

05:45 the ref, but Rollins used that to his advantage, hitting the stomp onto Finn, onto the briefcase,

05:50 to retain.

05:52 Seth and Balor stared at each other after the match, with Priest silently shaking his

05:56 head at Finn.

05:57 I really, really liked this match.

06:00 The action genuinely had me on the edge of my seat, and my jaw dropped at least like

06:04 three times in this match alone.

06:05 While I think Balor winning would have potentially set up some more interesting avenues to take

06:09 the world title, I'm not annoyed at all about the route they've taken.

06:12 Big thumbs up for me on this one.

06:14 The Women's Triple Threat WWE title match came next between Bianca Belair, Asuka and

06:18 Charlotte Flair.

06:19 Very bad and awkward product placement aside on Bianca's entrance, gross, this match

06:24 always felt like something was slightly off to me.

06:27 Like they were just a step out of time, or not quite on the same page all the time.

06:31 The action was good, but it didn't hook me in like some other matches on the card

06:34 did.

06:35 The story of this one was Bianca being Super Bianca.

06:38 You know, that thing that some fans have been complaining about.

06:41 So WWE did that, but more of it.

06:44 She had an injured knee during the match, and after a bump to the outside, was fake

06:47 legit injured, and was being taken out of the match by medical professionals, which

06:52 I did not buy for a second.

06:54 Bianca powered her way back into the match, breaking up a figure eight on Asuka with a

06:58 top rope 450 splash, but Charlotte kicked out.

07:00 Charlotte later on locked in the figure eight on Bianca, with her already damaged knee,

07:05 but before she could tap, Asuka misted Charlotte, went to kick Bianca but Bianca ducked, rolled

07:10 Asuka up and got the pinfall victory.

07:13 Bianca is your new Women's Champ.

07:15 I thought the finish and story in isolation was very well done.

07:18 It told a compelling story of the Ultimate Underdog overcoming all the odds.

07:22 Looking outside that bubble though, this was a bit more of what people have been complaining

07:27 about, with Bianca always winning, and with Asuka continually feeling like an afterthought

07:32 in her own matches.

07:33 But the night didn't stop there, because we've got a new injured champion on our

07:37 hands.

07:38 So here's Io, Sky and Bayley, with them taking out everyone at ringside as well as

07:42 the injured Bianca.

07:43 Io cashed in her Money in the Bank briefcase, hit a moonsault and pinned Bianca to become

07:48 your new Women's Champion.

07:50 While I may not have gotten too much out of the match beforehand or the story with Bianca,

07:54 the way it was done perfectly set up the Io cash-in, which was a genuinely heartwarming

07:59 moment with Bayley and Io embracing before being joined by Dakota Kai, damage control

08:04 celebrated one year after joining forces at SummerSlam 2022.

08:08 The end result of this was great, I just wasn't a huge fan of how we got there.

08:12 And lastly, it's Tribal Combat, Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso.

08:16 I don't need to go too much into the weeds on this match because you would guess a lot

08:20 of the stuff.

08:21 A lot of taunting, chair shots, kendo sticks, a couple of table spots, a solo Sokoa ruining

08:25 Jey's day, you get the picture.

08:27 Jey had a couple of nice nearfalls, but after it looked like he had the winning formula,

08:31 that's when it happened.

08:34 Roman accidentally speared Solo earlier in the match, leading to Solo questioning Roman's

08:38 allegiance later on.

08:39 Jey took advantage, spearing Roman through the barricade and taking out Solo through

08:43 the commentary table.

08:44 Jey speared Reigns again, hidden Uso splash for the one, two, but a mystery person dragged

08:51 Jey out of the ring, much in exactly the same way Solo did during Drew's bout with Roman

08:56 at Clash at the Castle.

08:57 The mystery person was revealed to be…

09:00 Jimmy Uso.

09:02 Turning on his brother, Jimmy superkicked Jey, threw him back into the ring, and Roman

09:06 got the victory.

09:07 Roman retains, Jimmy turned on Jey, and the Usos are seemingly no more.

09:12 Right, so I said on the Summerslam predictions video on WrestleTalk Podcast that if Jimmy

09:16 turned on Jey, this story would officially jump the shark.

09:20 On paper, I stand by that statement.

09:22 Without any reasons given right now, that turn makes absolutely no sense based on everything

09:27 that has happened up to this point from the Bloodline's inception to now.

09:31 I'm not going to be naive and claim that there's nothing they can do to save this,

09:34 but what I will say is they better have a damn good explanation promo from Jimmy to

09:40 rationalise what happened here, because everything we've been told about Jimmy and Jey up to

09:44 now would indicate that Jimmy would never, ever betray his brother.

09:49 This is literally what the entire story has been about.

09:53 Their brotherhood, their bond, and how Roman can't break that.

09:56 I went into this match not expecting Jey to win.

09:59 I thought it would have been narratively neat, sure, and I definitely would have enjoyed

10:03 it had he won, but I expected Roman to win.

10:05 I just don't think that this finish is what people wanted.

10:09 WWE has done a miraculous job in reinvigorating the Bloodline story in 2022 and 2023, but

10:16 now you can't keep delaying that gratification.

10:19 You can't keep denying the end of the story, because there's only so long people will

10:23 wait for it.

10:25 People will start to check out.

10:26 For some people, that was way before 2022.

10:29 For some, it was Drew McIntyre.

10:30 For some, it was Sami Zayn.

10:32 For some, it was Cody Rhodes.

10:34 And now for some, it's going to be Jey Uso.

10:36 Is there anything left of the Bloodline story?

10:39 Of course there is.

10:40 But they've got a mountain to climb to make this seem like a good decision.

10:43 Does anybody want a Jey vs Jimmy feud?

10:47 I personally really, really don't.

10:49 And while I don't speak for all by any means, the general consensus that I'd heard is that

10:54 people weren't a fan of this one, and I think that's absolutely valid.

10:58 So overall then, SummerSlam.

11:01 I thought it was fine.

11:02 The wrestling was all great, aside from the MMA rules match and some slight botchiness

11:06 in the Women's Triple Threat, and compared to the standard that Triple H has set for

11:09 his PLEs this year, this didn't come close.

11:12 While pretty much every PLE in 2023 has been a 4 or 5 out of 5, this one is just a 3, and

11:19 a low 3 at that.

11:20 But do you disagree with me?

11:21 Let me know in the comments, and if it's your first time here, please do subscribe

11:24 and like the video, and while you're at it, check out this fun video where Oli and

11:27 Luke review every single SummerSlam in three words or less.

11:30 Here's a clip.

11:43 (laughing)

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