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They showed the Totino's guy, Mama's Boy, again. He was trained by Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, Bill DeMott and Michael Cole. He worked at NXT coming out of a big microwave on his entrance. He is at ringside. Good Lord.
Hour Three will start with Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton.
They went back and forth early on until Orton took control, using the chinklock for control. He went to work stomping on Roman's legs and arms but Roman tried to come back with varying degrees of success, none complete. They went to the top where Orton his a Suplex for a two count. And then he went back to the chinlock. Roman tried to come back with headlocks but Orton slammed him on his back and then back to the chinlock. Can we get rid of the chinlock? ... They then traded kicks and punches until Reigns hit jumping kick on the floor to a prone Orton. After Reigns rammed Orton into the barricade, Orton came back with a post shot and took control. He threw Reigns in the ring and got a two. Back on the floor, Orton did a side suplex on Reigns onto the announce table and then threw Reigns into the ring steps. He threw Reigns into the ring but as Orton was coming in Reigns caught him. Reigns threw Orton into the turnbuckle as the two men made their way to the top. Orton hit a headbutt from the second rope but Reigns came back and did a Samoan Drop from the second rope. Roman crawled over but could only get a two count. The crowd chanted "We Want Tables". Reigns set up for the Superman Punch and hit it. Orton was down. Reigns set up for the Spear as he came Orton caught him into a running powerslam for a two. Orton put Reigns' legs on the second rope and hit the DDT. He called for the fans to get behind him and some did. He set up for the RKO but Reigns got out of it, went for the Spear or Superman punch but got nailed by the RKO. Two count only, to quote Joey Styles. Reigns was prone as Orton stood over him. They sold he was going for the punt. He went for it but got his leg knocked out. Reigns hit the Spear and got the win. The biggest win of his career. ... Overall, it was a solid match, especially given how new to the business Reigns is. It was definitely a good building block for him to grow on.
SummerSlam is leaving Los Angeles after six years, heading to "NY/NJ" next year (which means northern New Jersey).
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena for the WWE Title is up next. Brock had better win. They are showing the great promo package that they used to build up the match.
Lesnar was out first, followed by John Cena. He is wearing red for those that care. Cena ran the ropes before the bell. Brock laughed and glared. Brock got a mixed reaction. Cena got a more mixed reaction, if you get my drift. They are selling that this fight is big, and Cena is serious. It's on.
Cena charged at Lesnar to start the match but Brock hits an F5 almost immediately and got a two. Brock is smiling. He stood over Cena and said he was going to kill him as the fans did the dueling Cena chants. Brock did a nasty released German suplex that looked painful. And then he did another one. Brock stared him down. As Cena tried to get up, Brock buried knees in his ribs. Snap suplex was next. One kis is yelling Let's go Cena. Cena then powered up and got a few shots in before Lesnar took him down again with knees. The same kid is doing a one kid chant. Brock then put Cena in a headlock. Cena tried to power out but it didn't work. Cole is selling that Cena is done. Lawler isn't ready to do that. Brock was taunting Cena again when Cena made a brief comeback only to get kneed and suplexed agaibn. Brock is tossing Cena like he weighs two pounds on the suplexes. STIFF. The ref asked Cena if he had enough and he said no. It seems like the crowd that hates Cena is afraid to get into it in case Cena wins. Brock makes a nonchalant cover for a two. Brock does another German. The ref checked on Cena, who said "I'm BATMAN!" Well he really didn't. Brock hit another German. Brock is killing Cena so either they will go with my booking idea or a Cena comeback is coming. Just as I wrote that, Cena begins his comeback and gets a two off an AA out out of an F5 attempt. Both were down but Lesnar popped up first, like The Undertaker, laughing. He started bouncing around, waiting for Cena to get up. He called for Cena who looked distraught. Cena got up and ran into Lesnar, who took him down and started laying bombs on Cena. Lesnar hit the Four Amigos (one more than three), JBL (I think) said "Jesus Christ" and got bleeped. Brock stood over Cena and they were selling Cena is going to get hurt. Brock then hit Three Amigos. Cole said GOD, which I guess is OK. A few fans showed their cluelessness by yelling boring. Dimwits, you are missing the point.
Cena then popped up out of nowhere (and I mean nowhere) and got the STF. Brock just bounced out of it and beat on Cena and then hit an F5. 1-2-3. New champion. They did it. Cena fans looked stunned (which they were because Cena has never been through something like this). Lesnar completely destroyed Cena and a lot of the fans had now idea how to react to it, it was so foreign to them. Many other fans were clearly very happy.
Out of the ring Paul Heyman told Brock he has conquered WWE. Cena was in the ring, unable to get up. We were told that Cena took 16 suplexes. Cena still looked like Batman.
You can't really grade the match on the regular scale since Cena got so little in. It was pretty clear that WWE was trying to tell the fans who were thinking of not renewing that they had changes in store so you should renew your Network sub. Well, they showed you something different. If Cena comes back and kills him next month it will be for naught, but for now it was the change that the company needed and something to build off of.
Overall, it was a really, really good show. If I paid full price for it, I would say buy the replay. It was that good.
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