411’s WWE Summerslam Report 08.24.03

WWE Summerslam Report
Live
Announcers are Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler, Michael Cole and Tazz
Report by Widro

World Tag Team Championship
The Dudley Boyz vs. La Resistance (c)
The Dudleyz get a nice pop. They dominate the first five minutes or so, prompting a “tables” chant. Dudleyz clear the ring. Back in, La Resistance begins a double team on Bubba Ray Dudley, which draws a “USA” chant. Hot tag to Dvon, who clears house and gets a couple of near falls. Double team on Dvon, near falls for the champs. Bubba comes in, chaos ensues. Double team top rope headbutt to the crotch by the Dudleyz, followed by a 3D. Grenier pulls the ref out of the ring saving Dupree, then a “cameraman” takes out Dvon with a camera, leading to a Dupree pin.
Winners and STILL champs: La Resistance

After the match, the cameraman continues to brawl with the Dudleyz and unmasks to reveal Rob Conway, the fake marine from raw. Spike Dudley also came down to get beaten up.

Then the Coach interviews the Dudleyz who put over La Resistance for doing anything to retain the belts, then they vow to regain the titles any way necessary. Interesting.

Christian confronts Bischoff about being the IC champ and not booked. Bischoff blames Austin for booking Bischoff/Shane instead of Christian. Bischoff then refuses Christian’s help for the match with Shane.

The Undertaker vs. A-Train w/Sable
Yay. A Train and Undertaker trade offense early, Taker seems to be selling a rib injury. Undertaker goes up top to do it old school, and Train is down. Announcers really push a Vince McMahon/Undertaker rivalry. A Train controls for several minutes. Taker fights back and starts some of his patented offensive attack. Sets up for the Last Ride, but A-Train shoves Taker ino the ref, then hits the Derailer. Slowly goes to cover, and the Undertaker kicks out. Taker mistakenly knocks out the ref, then Train hits a big boot to Taker. Train gets a chair. Brings it into the ring, Taker kicks the chair into Train’s face. Ref groggily counts but Train kicks out. Taker sets up for a tombstone, Train floats back, but Taker hits a chokeslam for the pin.
Winner: Taker

Taker goes to powerbomb Train after the match, but Sable comes in and comes on to him to stop him. He grabs her by the throat, and out comes Stephanie McMahon to a very small pop. Steph attacks Sable who was still being held by Taker. A-Train comes to and pulls Sable out of the ring. This draws big heat. Taker and Steph stand tall in the ring.

Shane McMahon vs. Eric Bischoff
Shane is wearing a red jersey. They brawl for a long while. After a while, Coach runs in and turns on Shane, joining with Bischoff to beat down Shane McMahon. They both mock JR. Austin comes down to make the save, and Coach gets in his face, saying he cant touch him without being provoked. Austin attacks him anyway, and Shane is back for a double team on Coach. Austin leaves Shane to beat on Bischoff, but Austin leaves Bischoff with a stunner. Shane covers, but pulls up Bischoff and goes back to work on Bischoff. Shane puts Bischoff through the Spanish Announce Table with a top rope elbow drop. Falls count anywhere so Bischoff is pinned.
Winner; Shane McMahon

Backstage, Flair and then HHH make sure Orton knows who goes in the champ and who’s going out.

WWE US Championship
Chris Benoit vs. Rhyno vs. Tajiri vs. Eddie Guerrero (c)
This is tornado rules with all four men in the ring. Lots of action in the first few minutes. Benoit and Rhyno in the ring, Guerrero and Tajiri back in and they clear the ring then beat each other. All four in, Guerrero gets the lasso from El Passo on Tajiri, Benoit gets Rhyno in the crossface. Tajiri escapes, then Guerrero breaks up Benoit’s submission. Benoit and Guerrero brawl then Benoit gets the crossface on Guerrero until Rhyno breaks it up. Match continues. Tajiri gets the tarantula on Benoit. With the ref distracted, Guerrero uses the US title on Rhyno as Rhyno went for the goar and goes up top for a Frog Splash, but Tajiri knocks him to the floor. Benoit hits the diving headbutt on Rhyno. Guerreo clears Benoit and Tajiri to the floor, Guerrero hits the frog splash on Rhyno for the pin.
Winner and STILL champ: Guerrero

WWE Title
Kurt Angle (c) vs. Brock Lesnar
Amateur feeling out and takedowns to start slowly. Faceoffs and lockups. Armdrags and Lesnar takes a breather on the floor. Lesnar back in slowly, and Angles goes to work on offense. Angle brings Lesnar to the floor, they brawl, but Lesnar takes control. Lesnar brings Angle into the ring and slows it down with some submission attempts. Angle makes a brief comeback but Lesnar knees him in the gut. Lesnar does a cool cradle samoan drop type move. Lesnar works the lower back with some tackles into the corner. Angle takes down Lesnar, and begins his comeback. Angle clips Lesnar’s knees. Angle has Lesnar by the waist and does three rolling Germans. On the third he bridges Lesnar for a 2 count. Angle goes for the Angle Slam, Lesnar pushes off and hits a spinebuster. Lesnar goes for an F5 but Angle does a botched counter that Lesnar sells. They seem to redo it with Angle hitting a DDT off the F5. Angle takes down the straps – he is fired up STEEL CITY STYLE! Angle Slam, he covers and Lesnar kicks out this time. More maneuvering, and Angle gets the Ankle Loc. Lesnar grabs the bottom rope. Angle has some kind of weird submission with a leg scissors while holding onto Lesnar’s back. He shifts it to the Ankle Lock. The ref has been knocked down, and Angle has the Ankle Lock on with no ref to check. Mr. McMahon comes down and hits Kurt with a chair. McMahon beats down Angle a bit more, Lesnar hits the F5. Lesnar covers and the ref is up, counts but Angle kicks out. McMahon urges Lesnar to do another F5, but this time Angle counters and hits the Ankle Lock again. Brock in the middle of the ring and eventually taps out clean.
Winner and STILL champ: Angle

After the match, McMahon comes back in for another chair shot, but Angle fights him off. Angle Slam through the steel chair set up in the ring.

Goldberg trains backstage.

No Holds Barred
Kane vs. Rob Van Dam
Lots of brawling. RVD with some shoulder blocks into the corner on Kane. Kane tosses RVD over the top onto the STEEEEEL steps. Kane attacks on the floor with a ladder. Kane brings Rob into the ring and continues to control. RVD does a cool reverse enziguri before being dumped to the floor. Kane goes up top, slips up and bounces on the top rope and dropped him into the ring. He tried again and RVD attacks on his flight down. Kane hits a DDT on the floor. RVD drop toeholds Kane who was holding steel steps and Kane fell face first into them. RVD does a spin kick and sends Kane into the crowd. RVD gets up and does a spinning legdrop from the apron onto Kane draped across the security barrier. RVD has a chair and brings it into the match. RVD puts the chair onto Kane and does Rolling Thunder onto it. RVD then does a sitting dropkick sending the chair to Kane’s face. Then does a HUGE Van Terminator onto Kane but Kane moves and the chair bounces back onto RVD as Kane moves to the floor. RVD follows, and Kane grabs him and tombstones him onto the steel steps. Kane brings him into the ring and covers.
Winner: Kane

Linda McMahon slaps a stammering Eric Bischoff in the trainer’s room.

Ric Flair and HHH get mentally ready for the main event.

World Title
HHH (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Goldberg vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Nash vs. Shawn Michaels
Jeicho and HBK to start, thankfully. Orton was next, and there was some double teaming. Next is Nash to even the odds. Out of no where HBK hits a super kick on Nash and Jericho bridges him for the pin. Nash then powerbombs all three guys before leaving. Next is Hunter. Finally the last guy to come out is golderg and hes gots wild. Awesome military press powerslam on Orton. Jericho and Micahels team up against Goldberg. Goldberg does a huge spear on Orton through a cell. Michaels and Goldberg are left. Goldbergwith a spear and now goes for a jackhammer. Goldberg covers and Michaels are out. Jericho back up and he gets another spear. Jackhammer on Jericho and he’s out. Goldberg and HHH remain. HHH goes into a cell for protection but Goldberg mashes his way into the cage and goes to work on HHH. Goldberg is way over as a face, HHH getting heat. HHH nails Goldberg with a sledgehammer he got from Flair and covers Goldberg for the win.
Winner and STILL champ: HHH

After the match, Evolution triple teams Goldberg, who blades and is strung up with handcuffs to the chamber.