Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, who says that Damian Priest is more than ready to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, Rhea Ripley is ready to win back the Women's World Championship, and that The Judgment Day is ready to retain all their gold and stay "one, big happy family."
Carlo and Luca Prati, winners of the SummerSlam T-Shirt contest winners design, are interviewed by Byron Saxton.
Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews Bron Breakker. Breakker says he does not know how Sami Zayn's comedy show went, then says he is happy for Sami because it is his future. He then says that Sami's future as Intercontinental Champion is over.
Peter Rosenberg interviews Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth). R-Truth brings hors d'ouevres while The Miz interviews two kids in the crowd.
We see Peter Rosenberg interview Damian Priest in The Bronx.
Jackie Redmond interviews Rhea Ripley.
Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Liv Morgan. Liv says she does not care how Rhea Ripley thinks or feels and that Rhea will be the only one crying when she ends her tonight.
Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews Tiffany Stratton and Nia Jax. Nia hopes to be reckless and clumsy with Bayley as she wrecks her tonight and becomes WWE Women's Champion. Nia Jax interrupts Tiffany when Byron Saxton asks Tiffany if there will be any chance of a cash-in tonight.
We see part one of Michael Cole's interview with CM Punk.
Jackie Redmond interviews Logan Paul.
Pat McAfee interviews Jelly Roll backstage.
NXT premieres on The CW on October 1st!
Joe Tessitore is introduced to the WWE broadcast team by Michael Cole, with his first show being on the September 2, 2024 edition of Raw while Cole moves over to SmackDown.
SmackDown premieres on USA Network on September 13th!
We see part two of Michael Cole's interview with CM Punk.
Backstage, Byron Saxton interviews Drew McIntyre. McIntyre still feels like beating CM Punk up until his heart stops, as Cleveland, Ohio is where CM Punk left WWE, where his first match back in ten-and-a-half years and where his career will end. He says that you can never tell what a psychopath is thinking and that he plans to extend the pain that he will inflict on Punk, and if he gets his way, he will put Punk to sleep permanently.
Jelly Roll sings God Bless America.
WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque welcomes everyone to tonight's show, then Jelly Roll performs again.
The Miz is seen in the crowd getting everyone hyped up.
Liv Morgan retains the Women's World Championship against Rhea Ripley. During the match, Liv introduces a chair into the match, and when Rhea is about to use it, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio takes it away, wanting Rhea to win the title. Later on, Dominik sneaks the chair into the ring and tells Liv where the chair is, allowing her to hit Ob-Liv-Ion on the chair as he distracts the referee, allowing Liv to win and retain and revealing that Dominik was in cahoots with Liv the whole time. After the match, Dom helps Liv Morgan up and kisses her, then flips the fans off as he and Liv head to the back. Rhea is inconsolable.
Backstage in The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, JD McDonagh) clubhouse, Damian Priest wants "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio's head, and after Damian almost takes his anger out on Finn Balor, Finn, JD McDonagh and Carlito go looking for Dominik.
Bron Breakker beats Sami Zayn to become the WWE Intercontinental Champion!
Stephanie McMahon is seen in the front row.
MGK reveals himself to be a friend of Logan Paul's before the next match. Also before the next match, LA Knight shows up in Logan's Prime Energy truck and bashes the driver's side window with a long piece of PVC pipe before proclaiming that he has come to collect the WWE United States Championship.
LA Knight beats Logan Paul - despite MGK handing Logan Paul some brass knuckles to use against Knight - to become the WWE United States Champion! After the knuckles shot, Knight blocks the Buckshot Lariat from Logan and hits the BFT to win the match and the title.
Carlo and Luca Prati, winners of the SummerSlam T-Shirt contest winners design, are seen in the front row.
Backstage, Apollo Crews, Baron Corbin and Alpha Academy (Otis, Maxxine Dupri, Akira Tozawa) advertise for Manscaped.
Nia Jax beats Bayley to become WWE Women's Champion after a failed Money In The Bank cash-in by Tiffany Stratton, which distracts Bayley.
Drew McIntyre beats CM Punk, with Seth "Freakin'" Rollins as the special guest referee for the match. During the match, McIntyre knocks Punk into Rollins and knocks Rollins out of the ring after Punk notices Rollins wearing his bracelet, which Punk himself tried to put on during the match after getting it away from McIntyre. Punk gets angry after hitting the GTS and Rollins takes a few seconds to get back in the ring, and Rollins gets angry at Punk in return, telling Punk that he is not needed here and that it is not always about him. Punk hits Rollins with the GTS and tells Rollins it may not always be about him, but it is not about Rollins. This allows McIntyre to hit a low blow followed by a Claymore Kick, and McIntyre gets the win after a slower, more reluctant count by Rollins. After the match, McIntyre takes Punk's bracelet and wears it once again.
Backstage, both Damian Priest and Finn Balor come to the conclusion that "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio has left the arena, then they both apologize to each other. Finn then tells Priest that he is in his corner in case Priest changes his mind.
We see the WWE Legends Suite in the skybox area.
Gunther beats Damian Priest to become the World Heavyweight Champion. During the match, Finn Balor shows up to watch from ringside and is eventually booted in the head by Gunther. Priest hits Gunther with the Razor's Edge and South of Heaven, but Gunther is too close to the ropes for the pinfall and Finn Balor puts Gunther's foot on the bottom rope, stabbing Damian Priest in the back in the process. Priest is able to put two and two together, and he becomes so enraged that he focuses more on getting his hands on Finn Balor than defending his title. Gunther wins following two powerbombs and two sleeper holds, the second of which causes Priest to fade completely. After the match, Jinny congratulates Gunther at the front row, then Gunther celebrates on top of the announce table.
Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) is in the ring. The Miz announces that the fans have set an all-time American SummerSlam attendance record of 57,791 people. Suddenly, Grayson Waller and Austin Theory show up. Theory calls The Miz "disgusting" just like all the fans in Cleveland and calls the Cleveland Browns "the worst football team of all time." Theory also says the fans look like Jelly Roll, then puts MGK over while saying Jelly Roll's music is worse than R-Truth's. R-Truth gets Grayson and Theory confused with Robert Gibson and Ricky Morton of The Rock and Roll Express, respectively. as Jelly Roll gets in the ring with a metal folding chair. Awesome Truth, along with Jelly Roll, get the better of Theory and Grayson, and Jelly Roll hits Theory with a one-handed choke slam. Awesome Truth and Jelly Roll then hit Theory with three simultaneous Five Knuckle Shuffles.
Bash In Berlin takes place live in Berlin, Germany on August 31st at 1 PM Eastern, 10 AM Pacific on Peacock and WWE Network!
"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes takes his dog Pharoah with him on the way to the ring. On the way there, he is met by Arn Anderson, who says that he knows what Cody is up against and that he has had a few conversations, and that Cody has a few friends on the way. Pharoah is dropped off with a handler near the Gorilla position, where he receives his "American Nightmare" coat and headgear for his entrance.
"The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes retains the Undisputed WWE Championship against Solo Sikoa in a Bloodline Rules Match that sees Kevin Owens and Randy Orton come back to fight Tama Tonga and Tonga Loa. The match ends with Roman Reigns making his first appearance since WrestleMania 40, where he hits Solo Sikoa with a Superman Punch and a Spear, allowing Cody to hit Solo with the Cross Rhodes to retain.
Here are the highlights from tonight's show!
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