WWE Summerslam 2025 8/3/2025 Night 2

WWE Summerslam 2025 8/3/2025 Night 2

Night 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/wwe-summerslam-2025-822025-night-1.html

We see various wrestlers arrive.

We get a highlight video of Night 1 of Summerslam.

Triple H talks in the ring. Triple H says this is it and this is the fans time. He says we are part of the biggest summerslam in history. He says if we thought last night was something, we haven't seen nothing yet. He asks if we are ready. He says welcome to the biggest Summerslam in history. We then get fireworks.

Women's World Title - Naomi (c) vs Rhea Ripley vs Iyo Sky

Naomi's dad played guitar for her entrance.

Naomi slides out to start. The other girls go out with her. Naomi takes forearms from both. Naomi ducks a facekick and Rhea gets it instead. Naomi corner lariats Rhea and drives Iyo's head into Rhea. Naomi then top rope crossbodies both opponents. Naomi PK's Iyo then hair snapmares her.

Iyo is laid on the top rope and Naomi kicks her as she hangs. Naomi bites Rhea's hand. Naomi hits a facebuster then front facelocks Iyo. Naomi hits a springboard enzugiri on Rhea and Iyo is ddt'd.

Naomi no hands piledrivers Rhea on the apron over the 2nd rope. Naomo top rope blockbusters Rhea. Naomi kicks Iyo off a sunset flip attempt. Rhea drops Naomi face first then Iyo springboard dropkicks Naomi. Iyo 619's Naomi then Rhea germans Naomi.

Iyo is electric chair dropped face first by Rhea for 2. Iyo cradles Rhea then crossfaces her. Iyo knees Rhea in the face then poisonrana's her. Naomi slides out of a lariat then is dropkicked. Rhea hits a razor's edge on Iyo then powerbombs Iyo for 2.

Rhea sends Naomi into the rails and steps. Iyo asai moonsaults Naomi. Iyo buzzsaw kicks Naomi. Iyo rolls Rhea into a double stomp. Iyo hits corner meteora's on both opponents. Iyo goes up top and is pushed into the post. Naomi split legged moonsaults Rhea then Iyo top rope moonsaults Rhea.

Naomi full nelson drops Iyo for 2. Naomi hits forearms on Iyo. Iyo hits uppercuts then Naomi pumping knees Iyo. Rhea headbutts Naomi in the chest then hits a riptide for 2.

Rhea and Iyo trade forearms on their knees. Rhea high kicks her. Iyo high kicks Naomi then Rhea facekicks Naomi off the apron. Rhea cannonballs Naomi off the apron. Iyo sunset bombs Rhea onto Naomi on the floor. 

Rhea and Iyo are up top. Rhea hits a 2nd rope riptide on Iyo for 2. Naomi rolls up Rhea and pins her by holding the tights.

Thoughts: It had the usual issues 3-ways have with it being hard to get any momentum going and people coming in to do a move than going away. I also thought it got a bit more time than it needed at 17 minutes. I didn't like this one that much.

Nick Hogan is in the crowd. They also have The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in the crowd for the 25th Anniversary of TLC. 

WWE Tag Titles - TLC Match - The Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis and Joe Gacy) (c) vs. Andrade and Rey Fénix vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) vs. Fraxiom (Axiom and Nathan Frazer) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) vs. The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)

The Wyatt's get ganged up on to start and are thrown out. Everyone but The Guns leave the ring. The Guns double baseball slide a ladder into DIY. Fraxiom hit topes outside. Sabin, Ax and NF then do topes. The Guns have a ladder dropkicked into them. Ax is on the top rope and Gacy throws a chair at his head, sending him down.

Gacy death valley drivers NF. Gacy is supposed to take a double back body drop on the ladder but misses and just lands on the mat. They then try again and Gacy hits the ladder. The Profits put 2 Slim Jim tables on top of 2 Slim Jim tables.

Ciampa chairs Sabin in the gut then chokes him with it. Fenix is on Andrade's shoulders and nearly grabs the belts. Andrade and Fenix hit stereo three amigos. Fenix and Andrade are crotched up top at the same time. DIY chair The Profits. Ford tope con hilos over the corner and a table outside. DIY climb a ladder and get hit. Gacy takes a flatliner + top rope dropkick into an open chair. Alex has a chair thrown at his head. Johnny slingshot ddt's Gacy off the apron through a table outside. Dexter top rope sentons Ford through a table outside.

Fenix frogsplashes NF off the top through a table outside. Ax top rope spanish flies Dawkins through 2 tables outside. Candice LeRae comes down. She climbs the ladder then B-Fab grabs her and uranages her. B-Fab then climbs the ladder and Nikki Cross grabs her. Cross backdrops her off the ladder.

LeRae is on top of the ladder, DIY get knocked into it and she goes off the ladder through a bridged ladder outside. Johnny takes a flying knee from Ford. Erik Rowan pushes Ford off a ladder then facekicks him. Erik spinning high kicks Dawkins. Erik powerbombs ford into Dawkins. Erik takes a double superkick then he is chaired by The Profits. 

Erik is double speared through a table in the corner. LeRae is being checked on by medical. Ciampa climbs the ladder and ends up hanging from the title holder. NF climbs a ladder and misses a dive at Ciampa. Ciampa is hanging upside down up top. NF asai moonsaults and Johnny superkicks him. Johnny moves the ladder over to Ciamp. Ford springboards onto the ladder.

Ford knocks CIampa off the ladder. Ax hits him up there. The Guns then get up on al adder and DIY join them. Howdy pushes DIY through the 2x2 stack of tables off the ladder. Ax and Ford get pushed off the ladder as well. Howdy climbs the ladder and is chaired. NF is up there too.

NF is knocked down. Andrade sunset bombs Howdy off a ladder onto a bridged ladder. Fenix climbs the ladder and is chaired by Dexter. Fenix takes a suplex + sitout powerbomb combo. Gacy unhooks the titles and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't as good as the last TLC and didn't have a chance to. There were just too many people involved in this one. There were lots of huge spots here as expected and it was a very dangerous match. I thought Andrade/Fenix had an outside shot of winning this one but it didn't happen. It was all action packed insanity here and definitely a stunt show. Where things go from here, I have no idea.

WWE Women's Intercontinental Title - No DQ, No Countouts - Becky Lynch (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria

Lyra can't challenge for the IC Title as long as Becky is champ if she loses. They slap each other to start. Lyra boots her in the corner. BL's head is banged off the buckles then Lyra hiptosses her. Lyra is sent into the commentary table. Her head is then banged off of it. Lyra grabs a crowbar and BL gets a kendo stick. They duel and BL's stick is broken. Lyra misses a shot with the crowbar. Lyra's head is banged off the steps.

Lyra crossbodies her then throws BL into the rail and steps. Lyra chops her outside then boots her against the rail. BL is sent into a camera man, the rail and the post. BL is then sent over the commentary table. BL is in the commentary chair and is dropkicked. Lyra sets up a table outside. BL puts a chain in her mouth from behind then pulls around the post on it. Lyra is sent into the steps. BL hits Lyra with a kendo stick.

BL stomps on Lyra then hits more stick shots. BL puts a tool box and a chair in the ring. BL chairs Lyra's back. Lyra is tripped into an open chair. BL hits Lyra with a tool box for 2. BL zip ties Lyra's hands together then stomps her.

BL hits her with a wrench. BL corner splashes her for 2. BL exploders her twice. Lyra's head is banged off the steps. Lyra is kind of hanged near the post and BL hits her in the gut with a kendo stick many times. BL legdrops her off the buckles for 2. 

Lyra belly to belly suplexes her with the zipties on. Lyra spin kicks her and spinning high kicks her. Lyra dropkicks BL off of chairs. Lyra 2nd rope moonsaults her for 2. BL's head is banged off a chair, though it's almost all just her hands hitting it.

Lyra takes off a turnbuckle pad. Lyra is sent shoulder first into the post. BL looks under the ring and Lyra somehow sprays her with a fire extinguisher from underneath. Lyra tries to use the fire extinguisher to get out of the zipties but can't. Lyra frees herself from the ties under the ring somehow. Lyra hits BL with a kendo stick several times. Lyra fisherman suplexes her for 2. 

Lyra dropkicks a chair into BL's head through the ropes. Lyra hits a cradle shock off the steps onto the floor. BL runs into the exposed buckle and is uranage'd onto chairs. BL chairs Lyra outside then bangs her head off a chair. Lyra has a chair wrapped around her then she is pushed into the commentary table. Lyra backs up and pins BL into the post with the chair then Lyra gets swung into the spot with the chair. BL jumps off a table and stomps the chair around Lyra into her. BL threatens her with the crowbar then Bayley comes out and grabs the crowbar.

Bayley looks at Lyra and BL tells her to do it and hit her. Bay doesn't. BL tries to hit Bay with a chain but Bay hits punches first. Bay hits forearms on BL.

Bay misses a running knee against the rail and goes over it. BL is leaning on a table and Lyra legdrops her through a table. Lyra armdrags her. Bay hits Lyra on accident. BL uranages Lyra and pins her.

Thoughts: It went on forever at 25 minutes. Both took and did too much here and they did endless weapons shots. At one point it might have been okay but it went on too long for me to give this one a good rating. I also thought Lyra being able to fight while being ziptied got a little too silly as was her trying to keep the ties on once they got broken.

WWE United States Title - Cage Match - Solo Sikoa (c) vs. Jacob Fatu

I was surprised this followed the women's hardcore match.

They hit each other and Solo goes down. Fatu lariats him. Fatu's head is banged off the buckles but he's Samoan and no sells it. Fatu headbutts Solo then hits mounted headbutts in the corner. Fatu flying back elbows him. Fatu facekicks Solo then is back body dropped into the cage.

Solo splashes Fatu against the cage. Solo sentons Fatu. Solo tells Fatu he gave him everything then throws him into the cage.  Solo pounds on Fatu then running hip attacks him against the cage for 2. Solo tries to walk out of the cage but Fatu grabs his foot. Solo hits mounted punches and bangs Fatu's head off the mat.

Solo misses a samoan spike and is superkicked. Solo superkicks him back then Fatu running lariats him. Fatu hits punches. Solo's face is banged off the cage. Fatu is then sent into the cage but he no sells it.

Fatu sentons him then corner hip attacks him. Fatu double jump moonsaults him twice for 2. The MFT's come down and shake the cage. Jimmy Uso then comes down. Uso superkicks JC and Loa. Talla facekicks Uso. Uso is sent into the cage then thrown over the commentary table. Fatu closes the door instead of escaping then Solo hits a samoan spike for 2. Solo climbs the cage and lays on top of it. Fatu goes up and grabs him. Fatu bangs Solo's head off the cage. The MFT's climb the cage. Loa is pulled in. Talla climbs in with handcuffs. Fatu is handcuffed to the top of the cage.

Fatu somehow breaks free of the cuffs in seconds and grabs Solo before he exits. Fatu kicks the cage door into JC's face. Solo is half out the cage and Fatu grabs him. Talla kicks the door into Solo's and Fatu's head. Solo then falls out of the cage door and wins.

Thoughts: I wondered why this was where it's at and this is why - Solo won. It wasn't that great. There was a lot of interference and there was just no great match structure here. No one bled, the wrong person won and there just wasn't a ton of value here.

Jimmy Uso superkicks JC and sends him into the cage. Uso locks JC into the cage. Fatu superkicks Loa and JC. JC is sent into the cage side. Fatu then moonsaults JC and Loa off the top of the cage.

Mr. Iguana and Psycho Clown are in the crowd again.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. AJ Styles

Dom came out in a Rey Mysterio Sr. mask. AJ comes out in a lowrider with his son. AJ and his son then do Eddie Guerrero poses. AJ has Eddie's tights on. 

AJ knocks down Dom to start. Dom then stalls outside. Dom misses an elbow drop then AJ backbreakers him. AJ atomic drops Dom then lariats him over the top to the floor. Dom sweeps AJ on the apron the baseball slides him off the apron. Dom triangle plancha's outside onto AJ.

Dom slingshot swantons AJ for 2. Dom stomps on AJ in the corner. AJ diving ddt's Dom from the 2nd buckle. AJ strike combos Dom and lariats him. AJ sliding forearms Dom. AJ corner lariats Dom then ushigoroshi's him. AJ pele kicks Dom. Dom michinoku drivers AJ for 2. Dom hits 2 suplexes on AJ then AJ brainbusters him. AJ goes for a top rope frogsplash and Dom gets his knees up. Dom dropkicks AJ into the ropes. Dom 619's AJ.  

Dom comes off the top and AJ catches him with a calf-crusher. AJ misses a corner charge and goes face first into the 2nd buckle. Dom pretends that AJ chaired him Eddie Guerrero style. AJ then puts the chair around his neck and pretends he was hit.

They argue over who chaired the other. AJ enzugiri's him. AJ is crotched up top. AJ then kicks the 2nd rope into Dom's crotch.  

Dom double throat thrusts AJ AJ rolls him into a calf crusher. Dom's boot comes off and he escapes the hold. AJ barely hits the ref on accident then Dom hits AJ with his boot. Dom top rope frogsplashes AJ and wins.

Thoughts: It was entertaining. I liked the double fake chairshot spot and the finish was interesting. After some of the eh stuff on this show, this came off a bit better than it was. I liked this.

Stephanie McMahon is in the ring to announce the attendance of 60,561. She says the total for 2 nights is 113,722 people.

Undisputed WWE Title - Street Fight -  John Cena (c) vs Cody Rhodes 

Cody got a entrance with Dusty Rhodes doing a voiceover. Cody then came up through a lift under the stage with his skull tattoo on a mask and fireworks. Cena had a full face entrance. 

They stare down. Cena hugs him and Cody hugs him back. They then punch each other. Cena headbutts him then throws him out. Cena is sent into the steps. Cody is then sent into the steps. Cena takes Tyrese Haliburton's crutch and hits Cody with it.

Cody slams Cena on the bottom part of the steps. Cody goes up on the buckles and is pushed down to the floor. Cena throws the steps over the top rope and hits Cody with them. Cody then holds is arm.

Cody disaster kicks him in the ring. Cody russian legsweeps him for 2. Cody traps the arm and chinlocks him. Cody hits a powerslam for 2. Cody is back body dropped to the floor. Cody and Cena both grab chairs. They due with them and Cody chairs Cena. Cody puts a chair between the buckles. Cody ends up getting sent into it. Cena flying shoulders Cody.

Cena blue thunders Cody then hits the five knuckle shuffle. Cody hits lariats then a bionic elbow. Cody hits a cody cutter for 2. Cena hits an AA for 2. Cody top rope moonsaults Cena for 2. Cody hits a disaster kick for 2. Cody walks up the buckles and does a cody cutter for 2. Cena electric chair drops him for 2. Cody piledrivers Cena for 2. 

Cena hits an AA on Cody. They trade punches. Cody pop-up sitout powerbombs him for 2. Cena no sells it and puts him in the STFU. Cena is thrown over the rail and lands into the timekeeper's area. Cena hits Cody with a mic. Cena code red's Cody on the floor then smiles. Cena AA's Cody off one table through the Spanish commentary table.

Cena gets a 2 count on a pin attempt. Cena misses a charge and is hit with a cross rhodes for 2. Cody is knocked off the buckles and Cena top rope diving guillotine legdrops him. Cena hits an AA for 2. Cena sets up a table in the ring. Cody ddt's Cena and gets a 2 count. A table is put in the corner. Cena is thrown over the rail into the seats. Cody hits Cena with a drink. They fight in the aisle way. Cody is whipped into the rails.

They fight in the crowd. Cody's head is banged off a rail then Cena rams him with the rail. Cena is supelxed onto a diagonal rail. They fight near the stage on the floor then fight under the stage. They then come up the riser Cody entered on. They do some funny white lighting to make Cena look evil. Cena carries Cody then AA's him on the ramp.

Cena carries Cody down the ramp and puts him in the ring. Cody then sends Cena into the table in the corner. Cody hits a cross rhodes on Cena for 2. Cody unhooks the bottom rope. Cody hits Cena with the rope connector. Cody questions what he is doing. Cena struggles to get up and Cody hits him with it again. Cody tries it again. Cena trips him and does the STFU with the ring ropes ala Umaga at the Royal Rumble. Cody scapes and does a headlock with the rope. 

Cody hits three cross rhodes for 2. Cena hits two AA's. They go on the buckles and Cena hits a 2nd rope AA for 2. Cena puts a table into the ring. Cena goes for another 2nd rope AA but Cody escapes. Cody hits a top rope diving cody cutter through the table. Cody salutes him then hits a cross rhodes and wins.

Thoughts: The first half of this was fast paced and they went for finishers relatively early. It looked like it would be sub-20 minutes. Then they went to brawl in the crowd for a bit, came back, did hardcore stuff and went back to the finishers. Cena was full face throughout this match with no real shenanigans. Cody hit at least six cross rhodes here and Cena hit 7 AA's. They tried to do a classic but the structure and story just wasn't there with Cena inexplicably turning face before this (instead of doing it here and making a big moment out of it) and not being heelish at all after turning 7 months ago. I don't know what has happened to WWE in 2025 but the same person who put together the golden year of 2023-2024 WWE is no longer steering the ship.

They hug after and Cody is crying. Cena raises Cody's hand and we get fireworks. We then get a "Thank You, Cena" chant. Brock Lesnar's music then hits! Brock had been banned since the Vince McMahon allegations and hadn't been seen since. Brock is dressed like a cowboy. He walks down and Cena looks shocked. Brock stares at Cena while outside the ring. Brock gets in, Cena misses a shot at Brock F-5's him. Cena is left laying as the credits roll.

Thoughts: I didn't see that coming. Why Brock wants Cena is unknown and it's not obvious but we will find out. I'm happy to see Brock back though and he will provide some much needed star power for the company. 

Cena walks to the back. His "My Time is Now" theme plays and he tells them to cut it. 

Overall thoughts: Neither of the women's matches impressed and Becky/Lyra went way too long. The TLC match was crazy and dangerous as expected but nowhere near as good as the post-WM TLC match was. Solo/Fatu wasn't that good. Dom/AJ was entertaining and maybe more so due to the rest of the show not being that good. Cena/Cody tried but the structure and story wasn't there and they totally blew Cena's face turn for nothing instead of taking the easy lay-up and having Cena turn mid-match. Brock coming back at the end was nice but they are going to need a good story behind Cena/Brock to maximize it and I don't know if it's there. I would only give this a 5 out of 10 and thought it was average.

As a whole, Summerslam just wasn't that good and I know I was not alone in thinking that. It didn't need to be 2 nights and would have been so much better as one longer show. The booking wasn't there and the talent wasn't really there either. It feels like the good booking is being replaced for big moments but without the good booking, the big moments don't mean as much. I said earlier in the year that WWE was cooling off and I'm definitely concerned for what things look like going forward. We could always blame Vince when things were bad in the past and no one would really think twice because Vince was nuts. But Triple H isn't nuts and if things are going to be like this going forward, it may be a lesser but still not good booking situation.