SummerSlam 2026 This Board is Dead Edition

[C.S.]

SummerSlam Saturday

• Undisputed WWE Championship: CM Punk © vs. Cody Rhodes
• Hell in a Cell: Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar
• WWE Women’s World Championship: Liv Morgan © vs. IYO SKY
• Grudge Match: Gunther vs. Nick Aldis
• Six-Man Tag Team Match: LA Knight, Solo Sikoa, and Royce Keys vs. Jacob Fatu and The Usos
• Six-Woman Tag Team Match: The Bella Twins and Paige vs. Fatal Influence

SummerSlam Sunday

• WWE World Championship: Roman Reigns © vs. Seth Rollins
• Ladder Match for the Interim WWE Women’s Championship: Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Chelsea Green vs. Lash Legend
• WWE Men’s Intercontinental Championship: Penta © vs. Chad Gable
• WWE Men’s United States Championship: Trick Williams © vs. Baron Corbin
• Undisputed WWE Championship #1 Contender’s Match: Sami Zayn vs. Finn Bálor
• Human Monies on a Pole Match: Danhausen vs. Dominik Mysterio

[TheDuke]

Looks awful.

[C.S.]

1 hour ago, TheDuke said:

Looks awful.

Yep, this board really is dead...

Guy doesn't watch the show, comments anyway, tells us something we all already know, adds nothing of substance.

Thanks, "Duke." 

[The Thread Killer]

It was okay. Better than Night One of Wrestlemania this year, that’s for sure.

-> Iyo vs Liv was definitely the best match I’ve ever seen them have against each other. There were a few botches, but that’s par for the course, even for Iyo. They got 13 minutes, which I thought was pretty fair. There were some good highlights. I wasn’t crazy about the Judgment Day run ins, those were totally unnecessary, especially because they went with a clean finish. I would’ve liked to see Iyo win, but Liv is definitely improving in the ring.

-> The 6 Man Tag was what it was. It didn’t suck, but it wasn’t great. It probably could have used a bit more time. Any time LA Knight gets a major win, on a PLE no less, I’m all for it. I would never have figured he would pin Jey Uso. I’m not sure what the heck they are doing with Solo now. Then again, I don’t understand what they are doing with the entire Bloodline either. They act like heels, but still play to the crowd, and of course, the stupid fans still cheer them. I don’t know what the heck they are doing with Jacob Fatu. I was guessing that Solo was going to turn, but he didn’t. But anyhow, this was inoffensive. It should be noted that this match perfectly encapsulated why I hate Michael Cole. At one point Keys was throwing a series of right hand punches, while Cole proclaimed him as a “southpaw.” This was shortly before he called a spinebuster, a powerbomb. But hey, the guy has only been working there for over 30 years, and he was all of about 5 feet away, so of course he would screw up.

-> I loved Aldis vs Gunther. I have always been an unabashed Aldis fan, and I challenge anybody who saw his interview with Chris Van Vliet this past week to watch this match and not feel good for the guy. I was afraid that that the fans were going to sit on their hands for this match, but they didn’t. I was afraid Aldis was going to look like crap, but he didn’t. I was afraid Gunther was just going to eat the guy alive and not give him anything, but he didn’t. This went pretty much exactly how I hoped it would.

-> The Women’s 6 Person match was definitely the low light of the night for me. I have no idea why WWE rehired the Bella Twins and Paige. They managed to pretty much kill the previously super hot Women’s Tag Division. They bring nothing to the table at this point, if they ever did. But at least Fatal Influence went over. As far as the angle after the match, we all saw that coming, and once again, who really cares? I might be wrong, but it looked to me like Brie Bella got legitimately hurt during this match. She did NOT look happy, she was clutching her shoulder, and she did not participate in the beat down on Paige.

-> I have mixed feelings about Cody vs Punk. I didn’t like the lead up to this match. The first portion of the match was way too slow, and even the crowd wasn’t into it, but they seemed to get going and warm everybody up as the match went along. I think it was a fair to good match. I don’t have any strong feelings about the ending. For whatever bizarre reason, WWE seems determined to run Orton vs Cody but at least this way, there are no more celebrities involved, and the title is not on the line. I’m glad Punk retained. There are way more enticing matches for him as champion than there would have been for Cody. Cody is starting to get a bit stale for me.

-> As far as the Main Event goes, what can you say? I can’t imagine anybody was expecting anything different from what we got. It was short, it was stiff, it was violent. Say what you want about Lesnar, but he pretty much made Femi in this feud. Femi looks like an unbeatable monster now. I was going to say there is no way they could screw this up, but of course, these are the people who managed to take all of the momentum that Gunther had after retiring Goldberg, Cena and AJ and totally piss it away, so of course they can screw this up. But if he is booked correctly, Oba Femi is a made man now. I would not be one little bit surprised to see him in the World Title picture from this point on.

So like I said, this wasn’t bad. I enjoyed parts of it quite a bit. Conversely, tomorrow looks like it’s going to be total shit. Aside from Gable vs Penta there is not one single match on that show that I have any desire to watch.

 

 

[C.S.]

This is already better than Night 1.

[TheDuke]

20 hours ago, C.S. said:

Yep, this board really is dead...

Guy doesn't watch the show, comments anyway, tells us something we all already know, adds nothing of substance.

Thanks, "Duke." 

Sometimes my posts can be more "Dookie" than "Duke" I will give you that. 

[C.S.]

"This is a much different Baron Corbin."

Seems like the exact same dude to me. 🤷‍♂️

Just now, TheDuke said:

Sometimes my posts can be more "Dookie" than "Duke" I will give you that. 

[C.S.]

Oddly worked match, with Trick and Lil' Bitchy cast as the heels and Corbin as the face - even though that's certainly not how the fans perceive them.

[WingedEagle]

2 hours ago, C.S. said:

This is already better than Night 1.

Very much so, despite all the Baron Cobin & Danhausen business. If I didn't apparently have great contempt for myself I would FF through any and everything those two touch.

[NotJayTabb]

On 8/2/2026 at 4:12 AM, The Thread Killer said:

-> The 6 Man Tag was what it was. It didn’t suck, but it wasn’t great. It probably could have used a bit more time. Any time LA Knight gets a major win, on a PLE no less, I’m all for it. I would never have figured he would pin Jey Uso. I’m not sure what the heck they are doing with Solo now. Then again, I don’t understand what they are doing with the entire Bloodline either. They act like heels, but still play to the crowd, and of course, the stupid fans still cheer them. I don’t know what the heck they are doing with Jacob Fatu. I was guessing that Solo was going to turn, but he didn’t. 

 

For quite a while now, there's been a lot of discourse online about how Solo is miscast as a heel, and that his natural charisma and the fact he's apparently really nice in real life mean that he should be getting a face run, and it seems to be working. He's already been far more interesting since turning.

[TheDuke]

When Chad Gable made his speech after beating Penta I was kind of hoping he was going to say that now he has proven he is superior to Lucha Libre and turn heel again.

[C.S.]

14 hours ago, TheDuke said:

When Chad Gable made his speech after beating Penta I was kind of hoping he was going to say that now he has proven he is superior to Lucha Libre and turn heel again.

Vince Russo, is that you, bro?