“THIS is the past – this is the future.”
That’s what Brock Lesnar told the Minnesota crowd as he officially passed the torch to his rival after losing their rubber match at SummerSlam.
Brock Lesnar raised Oba Femi’s hand and called him the future after their match
Lesnar and Femi was everything you would think it would be.
The Beast Incarnate, fighting in his hometown of Minnesota, landed countless F5s and German suplexes on Femi, but the Nigerian refused to stay down.
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Conversely, Femi also managed to hit his Fall from Grace powerbomb finisher along with a series of chokeslams, but he also came up short.
Then weapons got involved. Lesnar went through a table and hit Femi with steel steps and a steel chair. After that didn’t work, he ripped the ring cover to expose the wood.
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Lesnar nailed a tombstone piledriver – just like The Undertaker – on said exposed wood and Femi kicked out once again.
Femi, an NXT alum, hit the Fall from Grace once again to finally get the three count against Lesnar and secure a legacy defining victory.
Lesnar gave Femi his chance to enjoy the moment before getting back in the ring.
He shook Femi’s hand, gave him a hug and then reached for the microphone to tell the world that he is now in the past, but Femi is the future. Is that an official retirement? We will have to see.
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Let’s have a look at the rest of the results from SummerSlam:
Liv Morgan (c) def. IYO SKY for the WWE Women’s Championship
One of Morgan’s more memorable big time matchups. She went toe-to-toe with an elite worker like SKY and the finish saw the champion nail Oblivion and when Sky rolled through, she managed to hit it again for the win.
Solo Sikoa, LA Knight and Royce Keys def. The Bloodline (Jimmy & Jey Uso and Jacob Fatu)
LA Knight got the pin here following a BFT, but this was all about solidifying Solo Sikoa as a monster babyface in the time to come. His connection with the crowd and his timing – both physically and emotionally – is truly exceptional. The time is now for Sikoa.
Gunther def. Nick Aldis
What an exceptional showing from Aldis. Quite rightly, the crowd chanted “you still got it” at several points and gave him a standing ovation after the match. No doubt having a dancing partner like Gunther with his subtle qualities helped enormously, but Aldis delivered an all-time gutsy display that, crucially, has left all of us wanting more.
Fatal Influence def. The Bella Twins
Pretty much anyone could see this bout would be a way to showcase Jacey Jane, Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. They picked up the win, but it was one of Paige’s best outings in a long time for sure. After the match, the Bellas attacked Paige partly because she was the one who got pinned and lost, but mostly because she stepped in to replace Nikki at WrestleMania. The whole thing was… OK.
CM Punk (c) def. Cody Rhodes for the WWE Undisputed World Heavyweight title
This was one of those engrossing affairs that took a while to find its stride, but once it did, it was a lot of fun to watch down the home stretch. The major highlight was CM Punk going for a moonsault and getting it completely wrong, but it was also a war where both men left everything they had in the ring. Ultimately, it was decided by Randy Orton’s shock return, his first sighting since WrestleMania.
