WWE SummerSlam 2024 Discussion Thread (Spoilers) - eviltoast

Tonight, WWE brings us SummerSlam, live from the Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio!

The card for tonight’s show will be:

Singles Match (Special Referee: Seth Rollins)
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre

WWE Intercontinental Title Match
Sami Zayn © vs. Bron Breakker

WWE Women’s World Title Match
Liv Morgan © vs. Rhea Ripley

WWE United States Title Match
Logan Paul © vs. LA Knight

WWE Women’s Title Match
Bayley © vs. Nia Jax

WWE World Heavyweight Title Match
Damian Priest © vs. Gunther

WWE Title / WWE Universal Title Bloodline Rules Match
Cody Rhodes © vs. Solo Sikoa

And more!

Please check your local listings for more information on how to watch. Card subject to change, enjoy your show!

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    3 months ago

    So… what are the betting odds on a CM Punk injury tonight? I wish it was completely a joke, but it’s not, he hasn’t had a match he came out of uninjured since he returned with AEW as far as I know.

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    3 months ago

    Ok, THAT is how you tell a story! I heard no commentary. I don’t follow WWE. I don’t know the backstory. The only reason I understood the bracelet is because the prematch promo said “He’s wearing a bracelet with my wifes name on it!” Other than the pre-match video, I was blind going in.

    That being said, I understood the whole match from the 40th row. So far match of the night, and all without one dive, or flip, or corkscrew, or any of that modern 100mph style. It was just a story match that allowed itself to breathe.

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    3 months ago

    That was way too fucking obvious where Priest rolled him to the ropes so Balor could move his foot.

    Edit: Fuck that jabroni mark Finn Balor.

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    3 months ago

    The annoying thing about these stadium shows is that the entrances take 5 minutes each. They need those mini-rings from Wrestlemania III.

    Except make them go 35mph.

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      3 months ago

      Never been a fan of wrestlers having to walk 1/4 mile to the damn ring.

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    3 months ago

    As many times as I see Rhea Ripley, I still can’t get over the fact that a show kids watch has a dominatrix that people call “mommy”. It makes me laugh everytime.

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      3 months ago

      Mami *

      It’s rooted in Spanish due to the whole Mysterio family being Latino.

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    3 months ago

    Anyone else feel that Dom costs Rhea the match tonight and goes with Liv? I just feel that there’s something gonna happen in that feud and what better way to give Dom even more heat than costing Rhea.

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      Absolutely, I’ve been on that train for months. Everybody including Dom seems to forget Liv said she would take everything from Rhea and that included JD and Dom… she’s about to clinch that, Finn and Damien are on a collision course which will likely kill JD, Dom seems highly likely to turn on Rhea, and I think Liv then dumps him because she’s just using him on her Liv Revenge Tour.

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    As many times as I see Rhea Ripley, I still can’t get over the fact that a show kids watch has a dominatrix that people call “mommy”. It makes me laugh everytime.

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    3 months ago

    Reporting in from Browns stadium. Where the lines for the merch is INSANE. It legit looks like you’ll be in line for HOURS.

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    3 months ago

    In case those chants aren’t coming through, they are chanting “cant see shit” turn the lights off" “we can’t see”, then cheering when they turned off the spotlights on the crowd, and then chanted “thank you, thank you”.

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      3 months ago

      Happens every time they bring out the giant lights, you would think such a large company could figure this out better.

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    3 months ago

    Crowd already chanting they want Cody before Sikoa isn’t even done with his 17 minute walk to the ring.

    Seriously. Someone get a golf cart or something…

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    3 months ago

    I don’t think any of the big stadium shows will come back to browns stadium. Look how much empty seats and tarped off area, plus that big empty space on the floor.

    Also interesting is that if you’re on the floor, its not grass. They put this patched hardfloor down. Like cement, but legos.

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      To protect the field from potentially being muddy with a ton of people on. They had to replace the entire infield of our local race track after it rained during a festival and it cost over a million to replace it, that stadium would probably be a lot worse.

      As to empty seats, I’m glad you got a show, but I’m surprised they did a stadium show in Cleveland and didn’t try and do a smaller arena show later on.