Tonight’s WWE SummerSlam 2023 premium live event is airing LIVE from Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan. This is the 36th annual SummerSlam.
The first match of the night is Logan Paul vs. Ricochet. WrestleVotes reported that Logan & Ricochet had a dual training session together at the WWE Performance Center on August 1, in preparation for their match.
Both men have placed “high expectations” on themselves for a “viral moment” tonight.
During the ending moments of the match, one of Logan’s friends gave Logan brass knuckles when the referee was checking on Ricochet.
Logan punches Ricochet with the knuckles and pinned him to pick up the win. This is Logan’s first win since his first singles match at SummerSlam 2022 last year.
Logan Paul def. Ricochet
Ring Announcer Samantha Irvin (Ricochet’s fiancee) was shown angry after the match.
Up next is the rubber match – Brock Lesnar vs. Cody Rhodes III. Both men are 1-1 against each other and this is the tie-breaker. WWE is promoting this as the final match of this feud.
This is “one of the main events” of the night. This is also Cody’s first appearance at SummerSlam in 8 years.
Cody attacked Brock before the bell rang and Brock fired back with a Suplex. Cody’s mother is ringside for this match.
Lesnar is dominating Cody and hit an F5 on the floor. Cody gets back into the ring to beat the referee’s count of 10. Soon after this, Lesnar F5ed Rhodes through the announce table! Cody once again gets back into the ring before the referee’s count of 10.
Brock delivers a Belly-to-Belly Overhead Suplex in the ring and Cody has no idea where he is.
The top turnbuckle has been accidentally exposed after Cody grabbed it to stop himself from getting suplexed, but Brock powered away and nailed a suplex anyway, thus ripping away the turnbuckle pad.
Cody sends Brock shoulder first into the ring post multiple times and hits Brock with the steel ring steps. They went back into the ring and Cody hit a Cody Cutter from the top rope! Cody went for the cover, but Brock kicked out.
Rhodes went for the Cross Rhodes, but Brock counters and locks in the Kimura Lock. Cody manages to reach the bottom rope.
Lesnar goes for the F5, but Cody counters and sends Brock chest-first into the exposed turnbuckle. Cody has now locked in the Kimura Lock on Brock! Brock broke the hold by picking Cody and slamming him on the mat.
Brock’s shorts are torn and The American Nightmare hits 3 Cross Rhodes in a row to defeat The Beast.
Cody Rhodes def. Brock Lesnar
After the match, Lesnar removed his gloves and hugged Cody, shook his hand and raised his arm. Brock has turned babyface.
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