The time has arrived for The Biggest Party of the Summer to take over Detroit’s Ford Field. But for some of the biggest stars of WWE, it’ll be more fighting than partying tonight.
That’s because the SummerSlam card is packed to the gills with title matches and other intriguing bouts, with four championships on the line, a 25-man battle royal and some very personal non-title bouts.
With all due respect to WWE framing the event as having multiple man events, the match that’s expected to close the show is one that has built up for well over a year: Tribal Combat between Roman Reigns and Jey Uso, with not only the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the line, but also Reigns’ status as Tribal Chief. Can Jey grab something that even Roman has claimed would someday be his destiny, or will Reigns’ … well, reign, continue unabated?
Rhea Ripley is somehow without a championship match tonight, but supremacy of the rest of the women’s division will on the line when Asuka defends against both Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair. Finn Balor will try to erase seven years of bitterness when he tries to dethrone World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. And Cody Rhodes will attempt to put Brock Lesnar behind him once and for all in the rubber match between two men who are currently tied at one win apiece.
It should be an interesting and entertaining night, so let’s see how it all plays out.
WWE SummerSlam 2023 results from Detroit:
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- Logan Paul def. Ricochet by pinfall by using brass knux to aid in his KO punch
- Sheamus is shown pulling up to Ford Field in a monster truck
- Cody Rhodes def. Brock Lesnar by pinfall, then received a handshake and even a hug from the Beast Incarnate
- LA Knight wins the Slim Jim SummerSlam Battle Royal, last eliminating Sheamus
- Shayna Baszler def. Ronda Rousey by submission in an MMA Rules match
- WWE says 59,194 people are in attendance here at Ford Field
- Gunther def. Drew McIntyre by pinfall to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
- Seth Rollins def. Finn Balor by pinfall to retain the World Heavyweight Championship in a match that saw The Judgment Day get involved and the MITB briefcase teased but not cashed in
- Bianca Belair def. Charlotte Flair and Asuka by pinning Flair to win the WWE Women’s Championship …
- … but IYO SKY cashed in her Money in the Bank contract right after the match and quickly pinned Belair to win the title from her
- Roman Reigns def. Jey Uso by pinfall in Tribal Combat for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and title of Tribal Chief after Jimmy Uso assists Reigns, turning on his twin brother