SummerSlam 2019 results: Seth Rollins slays The Beast to recapture the Universal Championship
As SummerSlam 2019, Seth Rollins conquered Brock Lesnar to reclaim the Universal Championship, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch made Natalya tap out in a Submission Match, WWE Champion Kofi Kingston unleashed a vicious post-match Kendo stick assault on Randy Orton, Charlotte Flair defeated WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus, Kevin Owens overcame Shane McMahon to save his career, and so much more.
TORONTO — WWE Cruiserweight Champion Drew Gulak proved to be the better competitor in a fast-paced and hard-hitting title showdown against Oney Lorcan at SummerSlam.
At the toll of the opening bell, Gulak charged forward and took control before leveling Lorcan with a dropkick. Looking to keep his challenger subdued, Gulak took Lorcan
TORONTO — Buddy Murphy wanted to make a name for himself by breaking out against Apollo Crews on the SummerSlam Kickoff. Instead, he was left broken and questioning why he ever uttered Rowan’s name.
Murphy kicked off the bout quickly with a running knee and pin attempt, but Crews kicked out. The rapid attack had WWE’s Best Kept
TORONTO — It’s never a good idea to insult Canada in a WWE ring. More often than not, there’s a locker room full of Legends from The Great White North looking to shut you up.
Unfortunately for Elias, that Superstar turned out to be Edge.
The six-string slinging Elias had spent more than a few minutes insulting the
TORONTO — Six nights after losing the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship to Alexa Bliss & Nikki Cross in a Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match on Raw, The IIconics suffered another disappointment on the SummerSlam Kickoff, where the new champions proved their title win was far from a fluke.
Intensely focused following the loss of their titles
TORONTO — If you walk into Canada to face a Canadian in a Submission Match, odds are you’re going to lose to a Sharpshooter. It’s not a reflection on your talents; it’s just the rules. Defying all those odds is far from the ordinary outcome, but then again, Becky Lynch is no ordinary Superstar.
Yes, the combined power of a Hart
TORONTO — Dolph Ziggler talked a lot leading into SummerSlam. Welp, Goldberg heard him.
Upon entering Toronto's Scotiabank Arena, Ziggler grabbed a microphone and doubled down by continuing to insult WWE Legends before the match, going as far as saying the indelible Goldberg was afraid of him. Of course, the WWE Hall of Famer was in
TORONTO – Ricochet brought the fight to United States Champion AJ Styles at SummerSlam, but The Phenomenal One came to Canada with something even more powerful: The O.C.
With Raw Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson at his back, Styles relished the opportunity to end Ricochet’s quest to reclaim the star-spangled U.S. Title
TORONTO — Ember Moon came into SummerSlam looking to thrill the WWE Universe and dethrone Bayley as SmackDown Women’s Champion at The Biggest Event of the Summer. The Shenom accomplished the former, but Bayley had goals of her own when it came to the latter.
The War Goddess pushed the pace, using her dynamic offense to get
TORONTO — KO won’t go.
In a match that would have either functioned as a humbling of Shane McMahon or sent Kevin Owens to the breadline, the former Universal Champion survived a career-risking stipulation to give “The Best in the World” the beating that Owens has long said he has coming to him. He did so despite a masterstroke of
TORONTO — “What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.”
It’s conceivable that Trish Stratus had some variation of that T.S. Eliot quote racing through her mind as she made the walk down the ramp in front of her hometown faithful in Toronto’s Scotiabank
TORONTO — If Kofi Kingston’s championship run has been a fairy tale, then Randy Orton is the dragon: The foe whose malevolence left its mark on the hero in his youth and continues to cast a shadow that the champion can't quite shake.
From that apocryphal “stupid” moment from 10 years ago to the maiming of Ali that opened the
TORONTO — For months, the WWE Universe has been left to wonder what it would look like when The Fiend finally stepped into the ring for a match. It happened at SummerSlam … and it was equal parts destructive and horrifying.
First, the arrival. Set to battle Finn Bálor, The Fiend stalked to the ring with a lantern that was
TORONTO — He did it again. With battered ribs, half-crushed hopes and seemingly no chance to his name, Seth Rollins defeated Brock Lesnar for the second time to once again snatch the Universal Title from The Beast’s greedy clutches, marking one of the all-time most rousing conclusions to a SummerSlam.
As if to underscore the
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