WWE SummerSlam 2016: The Results & Highlights You Need to Know

Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte (WWE Women’s Championship; Dana Brooke is Barred From Ringside)

WWE SummerSlam 2016

Winner: The new WWE Women’s Champion, Charlotte!

Highlights: Charlotte used her father’s legendary call to taunt Banks, which caused Banks to almost lock in her Banks Statement. When Charlotte got back into the ring, she almost rolled Banks up for a quick pin. Banks escaped and used a spinning arm drag and a foot shove into the ring pads to further hurt her challenger. On the top rope, Charlotte managed to use her boot to choke Banks right over it. Then Charlotte injured Banks’ back with a Sidewalk Slam on the top rope. Charlotte wasted no time in capitalizing on Banks’ torn up back. Charlotte then locked Banks into the Gory Special submission. When Banks attempted to escape, Charlotte rolled her up into a Backslide Pin. Banks began getting her wind back after kicking out. Banks then used her newly found adrenaline to lay in some moves on Charlotte. However, Charlotte countered Banks in the corner with an STO knee/slam maneuver. Charlotte decided to keep working over Banks in the corner.

Charlotte looked to land a Superplex, but Banks kicked her away and then came off the top with a Hurricanrana. Charlotte countered that move and almost locked in her Figure Eight. That submission attempt was thwarted by Banks, but Banks found herself trapped on the top rope. Charlotte almost landed a top rope Razor’s Edge, but Banks countered her with a huge Hurricanrana. After both women struggled to get back to their feet, they exchanged blows when they got back to their feet. Charlotte soon found herself locked into a Boston Crab with her legs strewn over the top rope. Banks then used both her knees to shove them right into Charlotte’s back. Banks threw Charlotte into the ring corner, but Charlotte flipped to the ring apron and tripped up Banks. A back and forth exchange soon began on the top rope, but it shockingly ended with Banks dropping her knees onto Charlotte on the outside.

Back in the ring, both women tried to land their big finishers but to no avail. Charlotte then got locked right into the Banks Statement and almost tapped. She escaped Banks’s hold, landed a neckbreaker on her and then looked to finish her off with a Natural Selection. Banks continued to survive after several pin attempts. Charlotte kept taunting Banks some more, but she soon got trapped in the Banks Statement again. However, Charlotte pushed herself over onto Banks and got the shocking winning pin.


The Miz (c) (with Maryse) vs. Apollo Crews (WWE Intercontinental Championship)

WWE SummerSlam 2016

Winner: And still the WWE Intercontinental Champion, The Miz!

Highlights: Miz started his offensive run early with a string of moves on Crews. Crews tried to land a dropkick, but Miz shooed his feet away and then DDT’d him. Miz then put Crews right into a chinlock to keep him on the mat. Crews made his escape, but Miz slipped to the outside and pulled Crews face right atop the ring apron. Miz looked to fly onto Crews with a big strike, but Crews finally connected with a dropkick. Crews then went into his usual array of impressive comeback maneuvers. Miz almost hit his finisher, but Crews dropped Miz with a Enzuguri.

Miz then got dropped again with a nice Powerslam. Miz did his best to put his challenger down by clotheslining him in the corner, but Crews caught him with a Belly to Belly Suplex and a Standing Moonsault. Miz ran out of the ring and looked to leave the match entirely, but Crews cut him off. After some outside confusion, Crews mistakenly threw himself onto the ring corner post. Miz then finished him off with his Skull Crushing Finale.


John Cena vs. AJ Styles

WWE SummerSlam 2016

Winner: AJ Styles!

Highlights: Early on, AJ got the best of Cena during their lockup exchanges. AJ even landed his signature leapfrog into a dropkick maneuver on Cena, but it didn’t pay off to well since Cena decked AJ right in the face. Cena then threw AJ into the ring corner several times and cracked him with even more punches. Cena almost finished AJ with an AA on the ring apron, but AJ countered him by suplexing him right onto the same hard area of the ring. AJ then landed a few strikes on Cena for a few moments before he got backdropped by a quickly refreshed Cena. AJ found himself locked into a chinlock and then when he escaped, Cena got some nice air with a dropkick of his own. Cena then stayed the course by suplexing AJ and striking him over and over. AJ finally got the advantage on Cena with his combo strikes. But that bit of offense didn’t do much to keep Cena grounded.

Cena responded to AJ’s offense wit his signature comeback arsenal. But AJ soon flipped out of Cena’s AA and caught Cena with a Pele Kick and his Styles Clash. Cena still managed to hang on and keep fighting, though. Soon after that, Cena caught AJ off guard with a shocking AA. But AJ escaped Cena’s following pin attempt. Cena looked to go big with a tope rope AA, but AJ left the top rope by hopping over Cena. AJ then locked Cena into a Torture Rack that went right into a Spinning Rack Slam. AJ looked to follow that big move up, but Cena catapulted AJ’s head onto the ring post and then put him down with a new Stunner-like maneuver. The action got even more intense as AJ escaped an STF and dropped Cena neck first onto his knee. AJ threw in nasty forearm strikes to stay atop Cena.

AJ almost landed his Springboard 450 Splash, but Cena moved out of the way at the last second. Cena almost got the win with a Code Red, but AJ kicked out! Cena went for another big move, but AJ fought him off and put him down with a German Suplex/Facebuster combo. AJ tried landing his Phenomenal Elbow but Cena dodged him and caught him with his STF submission hold. AJ remained locked in for a while before he slipped out and locked in a quick Crossface. Cena got back to his feet and almost landed another AA, but AJ rolled over with Cena’s leg intact for a Calf Crusher. AJ looked to get the submission victory, but Cena escaped again and got in his STF. When both men slipped out of a pinning situation, AJ landed a nice Enzuguri on Cena. Cena booted AJ in the face as he approached though, which led into Cena landing a Spinning DDT off the top rope. Cena went to his high risk maneuver template and landed his leg drop right over AJ’S head, but AJ still kicked out of the proceeding pin.

Cena perched AJ atop the top rope for a big AA, but AJ fought his way out of it and landed a nice Frankensteiner. AJ then almost got the 1-2-3 after cracking Cena with his Phenomenal Elbow. AJ found himself in position for another AA, but AJ escaped. But AJ ran right into a huge clothesline, though. Cena finally landed his top rope AA on AJ and almost got the victory! While AJ crawled to his feet, Cena looked on in amazement while sitting in the ring corner. Cena went for another AA, but AJ took him down with another Styles Clash and a Phenomenal Elbow for the win!


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