WWE SummerSlam 2011: As it happened

The 24th annual WWE SummerSlam took place earlier this morning. For those who missed it, here we recount the event as our man Shantha Kumar relives it as it happened.

The show opens live in the arena. Justin Roberts introduces Grammy award winner, guitarist from “Tool”, Adam Jones. Jones performs the National Anthem on his electric guitar. Some video footage is shown of famous American stuff’s as he plays. Rock enthusiasts might dig this, but it seems a bit out of place to this guy. When he’s done, tons of fireworks go off as the giant American flag is shown across the screens. Let us forge ahead!

From there we go to an in-depth video package. Very cool, as expected. After that, 7/11 presents the 24th annual WWE SummerSlam. Pyro explodes, SummerSlam theme plays and we’re back live in the Staples Center. Michael Cole does his thing on commentary and then our first match begins!

And the first match of summer slam will be….

Match 1: The Miz & Alberto Del Rio & R-Truth vs. Kofi Kingston & John Morrison & Rey Mysterio

Cole overly excitedly reacts to Miz’s entrance on commentary. Booker T tells him to shut up, etc. Miz grabs a mic. as soon as he hits the ring. He announces his own return to SummerSlam, putting himself over quite thuroughly in the process. As Miz continues, he is interupted by R-Truth. R-Truth comes out on mic. He talks about spiders, complains to the crowd for “What”‘ing him, etc. As R-Truth continues, Alberto Del Rio’s music interupts him and out he comes in his fancy-shmancy car. Out next is Kofi Kingston, followed by John Morrison and Rey Mysterio. Six-man tag-team action about to get underway. Announcers putting over Mysterio’s match on Raw tomorrow night against the CM Punk-John Cena winner tonight. They put it over pretty big, too. Kingston and Miz starting things off and the bell sounds to start this one off.

No Jim Ross on commentary, for those keeping track. Kingston lands some nice dropkicks before quickly tagging out to Morrison. Morrison and Kingston hit a double-team spot on Miz before Morrison takes over the singles action on Miz in the ring. Miz lands a kick that allows him time to tag out to R-Truth. Truth comes in and Morrison goes berzerker mode on him. Truth sucker-punches Morrison and now he’s in control of the offense. Some outside interference from the heel side results in Morrison being knocked off the top rope and onto the floor outside the ring. Truth goes to work on him outside the ring before rolling him back inside. Truth tags Miz back in and Miz goes to work on Morrison a bit. Miz with a nearfall on Morrison but Morrison kicks out with ease. “Miz is Awesome” chant slowly builds in the crowd for the second time in the match. Both guys get knocked down and Morrison manages to tag in Kingston. Kingston comes in like a ball of fire and takes everyone on the opposing side out.

The smoke clears and Kingston continues to work on Miz. Kingston with a big splash off the top for a nearfall on Miz. Kingston hits the Boom Drop on Miz. Kingston goes for Trouble In Paradise but Miz reverses into a Skull Crushing Finale but Kingston avoids that and reverses into an S.O.S. Del Rio comes in to break up the pin attempt. Miz with a Stone Cold Stunner-type move on Kingston, dropping him right on his face for a close nearfall. Miz tags in Truth and he continues the work on Kingston in the ring. Truth tags in Del Rio a few moments later. Del Rio continues the punishment on Kingston. Kingston kicks Del Rio down and crawls for a tag. Del Rio tags Miz in and Miz stops Kingston from tagging out on his side. Miz goes back to work on Kingston. Kingston rolls Miz up from behind for a nearfall but Miz clotheslines him right back down to slow his momentum. Miz tags Truth in but Kingston tags Mysterio in. Mysterio is flying all over the place on R-Truth. Mysterio sets Truth up for the 6-1-9. Miz tries interfering but Mysterio sets him up too! Del Rio stops Rey. Kingston hits a big splash on the floor to even things up, allowing Mysterio to hit the splash in the ring for a pinfall victory.

Winners: Kofi Kingston, John Morrison & Rey Mysterio

Backstage: CM Punk, Stephanie McMahon, John Lauranitis

Backstage, we see John Lauranitis complaining to CM Punk about the kick he hit him with last week. Lauranitis demands Punk apologize publicly right now. CM Punk gives him a very corny, cheesey apology. He follows that up with a cheesey smile, so Lauranitis walks away. From there, Punk goes to leave and he is stopped by Stephanie McMahon. Stephanie says she’s just came to wish him luck tonight. Punk says he finds that hard to believe. He tells her to go wish her husband, the C.O.O. good luck. Or her daddy, the chairman good luck. Stephanie says she spoke to both of them already and they both wish him luck. And they wish Cena luck. Stephanie says but what would she know, she’s just idiotic. Punk agrees. Stephanie extends her hand and says good luck, Punk says he would [shake her hand] but he knows where that hand has been. Ouch. Punk walks off as Stephanie smirks a bit.

Match 2:Sheamus vs. Mark Henry

Mark Henry comes out first, followed by Sheamus. The bell rings and they immediately lock up. The obvious happens, as Henry out-powers Sheamus with his superior strength early on in this contest. Sheamus is fighting back now with running elbows and kicks to the legs of Henry. Sheamus throws several big forearms to the back of Henry which brings Henry to his knees. Sheamus tries to continue his attack but in one-quick motion, Henry manhandles Sheamus right out of the ring and onto the floor. Henry goes outside to the floor after him. Henry military presses Sheamus back into the ring from the floor. He follows him in and hits a big running clothesline, followed by a big splash. Henry with a pin attempt, but Sheamus kicks out at two. Henry hits a running splash on Sheamus while Sheamus was draped across the middle rope, 6-1-9-setup style. Henry rolls back in to an immediate pin attempt but Sheamus’ leg is under the ropes. Henry moves his leg and tries his pin anyways, but Sheamus kicks out. “Let’s go Sheamus” chant breaks out from the crowd as Sheamus starts fighting back with punches. Again, he is out-powered by Henry and backbroken back down to the canvas. Henry’s slow, methodical pace continues as the crowd boo’s him vehemently. Henry picks Sheamus up in a powerbomb position for a standing backbreaker.

Sheamus suffers in the hold for a while before powering out and returning to his feet. Henry slams him into the corner for his troubles. Henry in clear control of this entire match so far. Henry going up on the middle rope for the Vader-splash, but Sheamus rolls out of the way. Henry and Sheamus are both down now as the ref starts his double-count. Both guys get up and Sheamus is hammering away with axe-handle smashes to Henry. He finally knocks him off his feet. Sheamus dropping knees on the head of Henry now as he has his first offensive spurt in the contest. Sheamus smashes Henry in the chest about 20 times with big forearms shots. Both guys collide off the ropes and now both men are down again. Sheamus goes up to the top rope and comes off with a flying shoulder-block which knocks Henry directly on his ass. Sheamus with a pin attempt, but Henry kicks out at two. Sheamus goes for his finisher but Henry avoids it. Henry knocks Sheamus down. Henry goes for the World’s Strongest Slam but Sheamus escapes and hits his big kick finisher on Henry. Henry is knocked clean the hell out of the ring and is laid out on the outside. Sheamus goes out after him as replays of the big kick are shown. Henry picks Sheamus up and smashes him back-first into the steel pole. From there he turns around, still holding Sheamus in bodyslam motion, and slams him THROUGH the guard-rail area. Completely destroyed the guardrails in the process. Wow. Henry rolls back in the ring while Sheamus remains out on the floor. The referee does his count in the ring and Sheamus starts crawling to the ring. He doesn’t make it, as the ref reaches 10. Henry wins as a result of a count out.

Winner via Count Out: Mark Henry

Backstage: Josh Matthews Interviews Christian

Backstage, Josh Matthews is with the World Heavyweight Champion, Christian. Matthews talks about how Christian received some news that would change everything about SummerSlam. Matthews asks him what the news is. Christian says he has himself an insurance policy and Randy Orton will not be leaving tonight with the title. Christian reminds us that this match is a No Holds Barred match. Christian says they’re in Hollywood, so he’s going to make this match an epic blockbuster full of action. He says he’s like Harry Potter. He says Orton is like Cowboys & Aliens – an overproduced, overrated, overmatched person.

Cee-Lo Green Live:

Back in the arena, Justin Roberts introduces us to Grammy award winning Cee-Lo Green. Green performs the SummerSlam theme song “Bright Lights Bigger City”. After that, he performs the song “F-ck You”, only he performs the edited version. As he sings that song, some of the WWE Divas come out to dance around while he sings. Not much entertaining to the live crowd.

Match 3: Kelly Kelly (c) vs. Beth Phoenix

WWE Divas Championship Match

The current WWE Divas Champion, Kelly Kelly comes out with Eve Torres. Out next is the challenger, “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix, accompanied by Natalya. Our WWE Divas title contest is now officially underway. Kelly Kelly immediately goes to work on Phoenix with big forearm shots to the face. Beth throws her off but Kelly Kelly is right back on her. Beth slams Kelly into the corner but Kelly fights her way out of it. Kelly Kelly knocks Beth out to the floor with a vengeance. Kelly climbs to the middle rope and hits Beth with a big splash onto the floor. Natalya and Eve stare each other down as Kelly rolls Beth back into the ring. Out of nowhere, Phoenix clotheslines Kelly down hard. Beth military presses Kelly over her heard and then drops her throat-first across the top rope. Beth continues the attack on Kelly while Natalya is shown looking on from the outside of the ring. Kelly hits a neckbreaker on Beth out of nowhere to slow down her momentum. Kelly fighting back with punches but Beth slows her down with a big slam into the corner. Beth leaves Kelly hanging upside down in the corner. She picks her up by her hair and slams her back down. Beth picks Kelly up for the Glam-Slam but Kelly reverses it into a rollup pin attempt and she gets the 1, 2, 3. Kelly Kelly retains the Divas title.

Winner and STILL the WWE Divas Champion: Kelly Kelly

Backstage: Stephanie McMahon & John Cena

We see Stephanie McMahon leaving a room. It’s shown to be John Cena’s dressing room.

Backstage: R-Truth & Jimmy Hart

R-Truth is shown backstage talking to himself. The camera pans to the side a bit and we see “The Mouth Of The South” Jimmy Hart. Jimmy Hart tells Truth he needs a manager. He gives him some of his credentials and tells him they should work together.

Match 4:Wade Barrett vs. Daniel Bryan

Wade Barrett is out first, followed by Daniel Bryan. Barrett takes quick control of the early goings of this match. Barrett dominating Bryan with his size and strength advantages. Bryan starting to use his quickness and ring savvy to gain control of the offense. Bryan focusing on the legs of the bigger man, chopping him down to size and remaining in control of the match. Bryan with a cool flip spot to avoid a Barrett attack but Barrett catches him anyways moments later with a big sidewalk slam for a nearfall. Barrett is now firmly back in control and pounding away on Bryan on the mat. Barrett hits an enormous big-boot on Bryan, knocking him clean over the ropes and onto the floor. Barrett rolls him back into the ring for a nearfall. Barrett slaps a choke on Bryan and now it’s rest-hold time for a few moments. Barrett tries another big boot but Bryan ducks this one and Barrett crotches himself on the top rope. Both guys fight on the apron outside the ropes. Barrett picks Bryan up but Bryan falls into the ring and dropkicks Barrett off the apron. Barrett crashes into the barricade while Bryan dives off the apron and splashes onto Barrett on the floor. Crowd dug that. Bryan rolls Barrett back in the ring and goes to the top rope. Bryan hits a big move off the top onto Barrett but Barrett recovers moments later and is back in control of things. Bryan fighting back now with kicks to the legs of the taller Barrett.

Finally he chops him down to the ground. Bryan hits another series of stiff kicks to Barrett while he’s on his knees. Bryan tries a pin but Barrett kicks out at two. Barrett hits a running big-boot to the face of Bryan to slow him down again. Barrett hoists Bryan up for Wasteland, his finisher, but Bryan reverses it into a standing guillotine choke. They hit the mat and Bryan reverses his own hold into a LeBell Lock. Barrett manages to crawl to the ropes to break the hold. The crowd boo’s that. Barrett selling the damage from both submission holds as Bryan continues to throw stiff kicks at the big Brit. Bryan puts Barrett on the top rope and follows him up. Barrett knocks Bryan off, crotching him over the top rope. Bryan remains crotched as Barrett comes off the top and clotheslines Bryan off the ropes. Barrett picks Byan back up for the Wasteland and this time he gets it. Barrett pins Bryan and gets the clean win.

Winner: Wade Barrett

A highlights package of the Orton – Christian feud was shown.

In-Ring Promo: Christian & Edge

Christian comes out first. He gets on the mic and says he promised something tonight and he’s gonna get right to it. He says tonight, he’ll have in his corner – his best friend. The Rated-R Superstar. Edge. Edge’s theme music and out comes Edge in street clothes. Edge makes his way to the ring as the crowd pops pretty big for him. Edge gets in the ring and hugs Christian. They have big smiles on their faces. Edge asks Christian for the mic. Christian obliges. Crowd pops huge again. Edge says that was fun. He reminds everyone that he’ll never physically be cleared to compete in the ring. He says but when he left, he was happy. He felt like he was part of passing the torch to Christian.

Edge says he cracked the door open for him, and he kicked it wide open and became the World Champion. No one deserved it more than him. He agrees it was unfair that Teddy Long made Christian defend the title but then Christian complanied about it the week after that. And again the week after that. And after that. And after that. He says it about 20 times. Edge says he got his title back though and now he’s a two-time World Champion. Edge says, “but ya did it by DQ?” sounding kind of disappointed. He admits did some horrible things in the ring, but he always did it with style, at leasthe wasn’t boring. Crowd “oooh’s”. He didn’t hide behind lawyers and people. Somewhere along the line, Christian became a disgrace to himself. Edge says he’s better than that, and he knows it. He says he’ll be his friend forever but he never knew his best friend would become a whiney, crying little bitch. Edge drops the mic. and walks to the back as the crowd cheers. Orton’s theme hits and out comes the challenger.

Match 4: Christian (c) Vs Randy Orton

World Heavyweight Championship Match

The bell rings and both guys go to work. Christian gets the upper-hand early on. Christian pounds Orton into a corner and goes to work on him with rapid-fire punches. Christian slaps his chest a bunch and poses to the crowd as Orton is down. Orton reverses Christian into the corner and then back-body drops him hard to the mat. Orton stomping away at Christian, ala Ronnie Garvin. Orton hits a big flying knee to the face of Christian for a nearfall. Christian shows some life and he is going to work again on Orton now. Christian knocks Orton out to the floor. Christian goes out after him. Orton punches Christian on the floor and then whips him back-first into the ringside barricade. Orton rips the top off one of the ringside announce tables. Orton hits a European uppercut on Christian and then puts him on the table. Orton follows him onto the table. Orton tries an RKO on the table but Christian grabs his World title and runs off through the crowd. Orton chases after him through the crowd. He catches up with him deep into the audience and pounds away, knocking him down some steps in the aisleways and forcing him back closer to the ring.

Orton finally throws Christian back over the barricade and onto the ringside floor. Now he throws him back in the ring. Orton and Christian are back in the ring now and Orton is clearly in control of the match at this point. Christian avoids an Orton spear in the corner, sending Orton through the ropes and smashing his shoulder into the ringside post. We have a split chant-reaction going on in the crowd now, half for Christian, half for Orton. Christian goes under the ring looking for something. He comes back out with a kendo stick. Remember, that is legal in this match. Christian hits Orton several times with the kendo stick in the stmoach, back and everywhere else. Christian choking Orton with the tip of the kendo stick as he shouts like a crazy-person. Christian drops the stick and goes for a pin, but Orton manages to kick out at two. Christian grabs the stick again as Orton struggles to get to his feet. Christian misses a big homerun shot and Orton goes to work on him. Christian slows him down, however, and is continuing his onslaught on “The Viper.”

Orton avoids a Christian splash in the corner and rolls Christian up for a surprising nearfall. Orton hits Christian a few times before Christian stops him short with a sidewalk slam. Christian again in control of the offense. Christian goes out to the floor while Orton is shown on a close-up with his mouth bleeding. Christian comes back in with a kendo stick and goes to the middle rope. Orton turns around and Christian comes off, but Orton senses it and catches him coming down with a big dropkick. Orton has a crazy look in his eyes now as he notices the blood from his mouth. A replay is shown of Orton’s dropkick to Christian. Back in live action, Orton hits Christian with multiple clotheslines and then a short powerslam. Orton grabs the kendo stick now as the crowd explodes. Christian stops him coming in though with a kick. Orton rolls Christian up out of nowhere but Christian kicks out at two. Christian bitch-slaps Orton in the face. Orton hits Christian with a Thesz Press and punches away. Orton tries to hit Christian with the draped-DDT off the middle rope but Christian reverses. Christian nearly hits the Killswitch but Orton reverses into a backbreaker for a nearfall. Orton backs up and tries to hit a punt on Christian but Christian avoids it and rolls to the floor.

Orton goes out after him. Orton knocks Christian down and then goes under the ring for something. He comes out with a table as the crowd pops. Orton pulls out a second table. Orton puts one table in the ring. Christian then knocks Orton down and sets up the other table on the floor. Orton fights back and both guys end up in the ring. Both guys are on the top rope now fighting over a superplex. Orton hits the superplex on Christian into the ring, landing on the unfolded table. Orton crawls over for a pin attempt but Christian kicks out at two. Orton goes to set up the table in the ring but it’s damaged from the superplex spot. He instead leans it against the corner of the ring, due to one the legs being broken off. Orton goes over to Christian as the crowd chants “RKO.” Christian counters Orton with a backwards DDT. Christian waits for Orton to get up. Christian goes for a spear on Orton through the table but Orton avoids it. Christian ends up dumping Orton onto the floor. Orton throws Christian and he crashes hard into the ringside steps. Orton drags a portion of the ringside steps and leans it longways against the ring apron. Christian counters him and slams Orton face-first into the ringside steps. Christian drags Orton by the arm around the ring. Christian clears off the Spanish announce table. He uses one of the TV monitors as a weapon and blasts Orton with it in the face. Christian puts Orton onto the cleared off announce table. Christian mocks Orton’s hand-pounding gesture on the table as he waits for Orton to get up. Christian goes for an RKO on Orton but Orton reverses it into an RKO of his own, with both guys crashing through the table. “This is awesome” chant breaks out from the crowd. Both guys slowly make their way back into the ring. Christian hits the Killswitch out of nowhere on Orton and immediately pins him. Orton, however, manages to kick out at two.

The crowd kind of “boos’” that kick out, hoping it was the finish for Christian. Christian goes out to the floor and grabs two steel chairs. Christian lays one chair on the ground under Orton’s head and picks up the other. Christian looking for Edge’s “con-chair-to” (however you wanna spell it) but Orton avoids it. Orton grabs the chair and nails Christian with is repeatedly. Christian is on the outside of the ropes on the apron. Orton runs at him with the chair and blasts him, knocking him off the apron and through the table that was set up on the floor. Now Orton grabs the ringside steps from the floor and rolls them into the ring. He goes under the ring now and pulls out a trash can. And another. And a kendo stick. And another. He throws all the weapons in the ring before grabbing an unconscious Christian and rolling him back in the ring. Orton is standing on the second step of the ringside steps in the ring. He tries to stomp on Christian’s head but Christian moves. Christian runs at Orton but Orton catches him coming in and powerslams him through the table set up in the corner of the ring. Orton picks up a kendo stick as Christian tries getting back to his feet. Orton blasts Christian with it repeatedly. Orton grabs a trash can and sets it near the ropes. Orton has Christian set up for his draped-DDT spot off the middle ropes. He hits it hard and Christian lands face-first in the trash can. Orton starts doing his “Viper” hand-pounding on the ring mat now as Christian gets to his feet. Christian gets up and surprises Orton with a kendo shot. Christian comes off the top rope but Orton catches him coming down with an RKO, with Christian landing face-first on the ringside steps. Wow, that was actually pretty insane. Orton scores the pin off that spot. We have a new World Heavyweight Champion. It’s Orton’s 9th reign as champion, according to Michael Cole.

Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Randy Orton

WWE Takes Over Hollywood

We are shown a video package of WWE “taking over Hollywood”, featuring SummerSlam Axxess footage, etc.

Backstage: Stephanie McMahon & Triple H

Backstage we see, but don’t hear, Stephanie McMahon talking to Triple H while he’s in his referee shirt. Triple H walks away while Stephanie stands and looks a bit concerned.

Match 6: CM Punk (c) vs. John Cena (c)

Undisputed WWE Championship match

Out first comes the WWE C.O.O. Triple H, in a referee shirt. Triple H enters the ring, doesn’t do the water spit pose (even though he came to the ring with a bottle of water). He simply stands in the ring and we hear CM Punk’s music. Out comes our first WWE Champion, CM Punk. He sits Indian style in the middle of the ring and waits for his opponent. After a slight delay, John Cena’s music hits. Our second WWE Champion, Cena, makes his way to the ring. Crowd is clearly pro-Punk and anti-Cena, although not as emphatically as was the case in Chicago at Money In The Bank. Justin Roberts does the big drawn-out, pre-match introductions. Crowd somewhat split for Punk during his. Crowd clearly anti-Cena for his. Triple H checks each guy before the match. A loud “CM Punk” chant breaks out before the bell sounds. The bell finally does sound and our WWE unified title match begins. Punk and Cena lock up and Punk muscles Cena into the corner. They seperate. Crowd is chanting loudly during the early goings. Hot atmosphere. Side-headlock by Punk on Cena. Cena down to one knee. Cena pushes Punk into the ropes. Punk shoulder-blocks Cena down. They lock up again and Cena takes Punk down by his arm. They seperate again. Both guys are cautious in the early moments of the match. Deafening “CM Punk” / “Let’s Go Cena” dueling chants break out, to which both guys stop and acknowledge in the ring. Cena shoulder blocks Punk down and we’re back into the action. Cena is taking Punk down a few times and applying chinlocks to him, showing the first signs of anyone being in control of the offense. Just as I say that, Punk hits a flying kick onto Cena for a nearfall. Punk has Cena in a chinlock now. Cena hits a gut-wrench slam on Punk out of nowhere. And another chinlock. That’s about enough of these chinlocks, rear-headlocks, whatever you wanna call them. Punk works to his feet but Cena suplexes him down and slaps the choke back on. “You can’t wrestle” chant breaks out towards Cena. Punk finally gets some offense going, as he lands an assortment of kicks that floors the co-champion. Punk keeping Cena on the mat for his attack thus far. Punk with some kind of leg-scissors on Cena’s body now. Cena nearly applies the STF to Punk, but Punk avoids it. Punk tries suplexing Cena back in the ring. Cena tries suplexing Punk to the floor.

In the end, Punk throats-Cena across the top rope. Punk hits a flying kick to follow up and knocks Cena to the floor outside the ring. The crowd chants pick back up as Cena crawls around on the floor. Cena gets back in the ring and Punk kicks the crap out of him to the body while he crawls around. Punk drops an elbow on Cena and pins him, Cena kicks out at two. Cena muscles his way to his feet while locked in a submission by Punk. Cena muscles Punk over and side-slams him to break the lock. Both guys are down now as Triple H looks on in his spiffy referee shirt. “You can’t wrestle” chants part duex break out. Cena shoulder-blocks Punk down. He tries to do so again but Punk catches him coming in with a flying knee to the face. Cena is firing up now and throwing Punk around the ring.

Punk slows him down with a knee but Cena reverses moments later for a big slam. Punk motioning for the Five Knuckle Shuffle as the crowd showers him with boo’s. Punk blocks it but Cena nearly catches him in the STF. Punk reverses that into a weird submission hold on the ground. Somewhat of a gogoplata, if you’re familiar with mixed-martial arts. Cena ends up reversing it into a STF. Punk works his way out of the hold and applies another submission on him. Somewhat of a keylock arm submission mixed with a gator choke. Triple H checks on Cena, including the picking his arm up spot and the counting his shoulders to the mat spot. Cena switches the hold back to the STF. Punk screaming as he crawls to the ropes. He makes it there, laying his foot across the ropes. Triple H forces Cena to break the hold. Both guys sell the damage from the submission holds they were just stuck in.

Punk dumps Cena over the top and onto the floor. Punk hits a big dive through the middle rope onto the floor on Cena. Both guys are down on the outside now as a loud “CM Punk” chant breaks out inside L.A.’s Staples Center. Triple H is counting both guys out in the ring as replays are shown. Triple H gets to the count of nine and both guys clearly aren’t going to make it back in the ring in time. HHH goes to the floor and rolls Cena back in himself. Then he rolls Punk back in himself. Then he rolls back in the ring and signals with his hands that this match is going to continue anyways. Both guys finally make it back to their feet and exchange punches. “Boo” everytime Cena lands one. “Yay” everytime Punk does. Cena nearly gets Punk with the Attitude Adjustment but Punk rolls out. Cena catches Punk with a beautiful dropkick. He follows that up with the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Cena hoists Punk up for the Attitude Adjustment, but again Punk escapes.

A series of pin attempts by both guys, two count on each of them. It concludes with Punk knocking Cena flat on his ass with a roundhouse kick. We get a replay of Cena’s nice dropkick from a few moments earlier. Punk hoists Cena up for the GTS but Cena avoids it. Cena hits a big powerslam on Punk for a nearfall. Cena climbs to the top rope but Punk catches him up there with a running knee to the face. Now Punk is on the ropes. He comes off the middle rope with a flying bulldog. Punk tries a pin on Cena but Cena manages to kick out at two.

Loud dueling Punk-Cena chants break out yet again. The crowd has really been hot for this match the entire time. Punk slingshots himself into the ring but Cena catches him coming in with the STF. Cena is yelling at Punk to tap. Punk is screaming. Triple H is asking him if he quits. He continuously says no. Punk finally makes it to the ropes to break the hold. Cena picks Punk up for the Attitude Adjustment. Punk reverses it to a GTS attempt. Cena reverses that back into the Attitude Adjustment. He immediately hits it and immediately covers him. Punk still kicks out at two. Close-up shot of Cena’s face and we see Cena looking extremely discouraged. Cena arguing with HHH now about the count. Cena goes up to the top rope. He waits for Punk to get up. Cena tries the flying leg drop but Punk moved in time. Punk picks Cena up and hits the GTS. He immediately covers Cena but Cena also kicks out at two. Now Punk looks discouraged. He also looks angry as he stares at HHH. He too seems to feel it was a three count. Dueling Cena-Punk chants start up again in the audience. Punk now going to the top rope. Punk hits a big elbow drop off the top onto Cena. He immediately covers him, but again only gets two. Again, Punk looks at HHH in disbelief about the count. The crowd chants “Randy Savage” incredibly loud due to Punk’s flying elbow drop off the top. Nice. Commentary doesn’t acknowledge the chants. Not so nice. Action resumes in the ring now as both guys exchange punches and kicks. Punk hits a flying knee on Punk and immediately follows it up with a GTS. Punk pins him immediately and gets the three, although Cena’s foot was on the rope as Triple H counted.

Winner and UNDISPUTED WWE Champion: CM Punk

After The Match: Kevin Nash Attacks CM Punk

HHH hands Punk the title and Punk celebrates. Punk exits the ring. Cena tells HHH his foot was on the ropes and he missed it Punk is shown celebrating with the title outside the ring. Cena slides out of the ring now and heads to the back. Punk is sitting on the announce table still celebrating with the title. He’s walking around the ring now with the belt. Punk takes his title and rolls back into the ring, where HHH still stands. HHH is clapping his hands for Punk. Punk walking closer and closer to HHH. HHH sticks his hand out to shake Punk’s hand. Punk looks at HHH’s hand. Punk doesn’t shake it, but HHH says “screw it” and simply raises Punk’s hand. HHH claps for Punk one more time and then heads to the back. Punk is left in the ring by himself with the title, now apparently the lone WWE Champion, despite Cena obviously having his foot on the ropes during the pin. No Stephanie McMahon to overturn the decision? Nothing? Cmon. Whoa, back in the ring Kevin FN Nash comes out of nowhere and clotheslines Punk down. Nash then powerbombs Punk. Crowd is going nuts. HHH sees what’s going on and heads back to the ring. Nash exits and leaves through the crowd.

WWE Title: CM Punk (c) vs. Alberto Del Rio

Alberto Del Rio now comes out to the ring with his Money In The Bank briefcase. Punk is still out from the attack by Nash. Del Rio cashes in officially, as the bell sounds. Del Rio hits Punk with a big kick and pins him: 1, 2, 3. We have a new Undisputed (well, I’m sure it’ll be disputed like crazy after all that just went down) Champion — Alberto Del Rio!

Winner and NEW WWE Champion: Alberto Del Rio

Summerslam ends as Alberto Del Rio leaves the ring as the new WWE champion. Wow! what an end to the show. fantastic. Make sure that you check out my Summerslam review on Sportskeeda.com.