John Pollock and Wai Tingreview WWE SummerSlam 2018 from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY:
Roman Reigns faces Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship, Ronda Rousey challenges Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship, AJ Styles faces Samoa Joe for the World Championship, Bryan vs. The Miz, a surprising heel turn, and more from the WWE’s 6 hour-plus summer spectacular!
Great point and he was able to come back from that just fine. In the grand scheme of things, moments like these are easily forgotten as time goes on. I do agree with John that I would have preferred that Owens wasn’t in this role as he’s so good but hopefully he’ll get something more in the future.
I have been thinking about why SummerSlam resonated so much with me. To me it’s as good a show as WWE can give me.
One of the reasons is every guy on the card felt like they had a purpose and place.
Rollins as the white hot IC title holder
Miz and Bryan as a serious upper mid card grudge feud
Joe and AJ as the serious wrestling for one championship
Two women’s matches that finished on major moments
Brock and Roman as the entertainment aspect part of the championship equation. There’s room for everything.
(Even the lower mid card match with Balor featured a genuine surprise)
As for the ending, was the swerve on the crowd any less infuriating to the audience then Austin turning heel? It’s just how you have to work the audience in this era of wrestling.