#1. We learned… Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton was worth the wait.
Well, I don’t think anyone expected to see puddles of blood in the main event of WWE SummerSlam, now did we? When WWE first announced that Randy Orton would go one-on-one with Brock Lesnar, I wasn’t as excited as others. I had concerns about Orton’s health coming off a serious neck and shoulder injury. I also didn’t really have much interest in the match itself.
Boy, was I wrong or what?
Overall, I felt like this main event was worth the wait. It wasn’t the best match I’ve ever seen, nor was it a mat-wrestling clinic or a cruiserweight aerial showcase. It was a fight, plain and simple. Lesnar did his usual routine where he just throws his opponent around the ring for a majority of the match until it’s time to go into the finish.
And some finish it was. Toward the end, Lesnar started hitting Orton hard, almost like he forgot this wasn’t the UFC. In the process of that, Lesnar came across Orton with a right elbow to the forehead, which led to Orton needing 10 staples in his head as a result.
This left the Brooklyn crowd stunned, as blood drained out of Orton’s head. After the bleeding couldn’t be contained, the referee stopped the match and awarded Brock Lesnar the victor by TKO. It’s unclear at this time if this was a planned spot, if Orton bladed or whatever. Some are speculating that Lesnar did this on purpose because of the PED comment Orton made on the Highlight Reel at WWE Battleground. I think he got cut open the hard way, but I do think this was a planned spot by Orton, Lesnar and even the officials in the back. I don’t think they intended for Orton to get cut open like that, but this I think was the route they were going anyway, so the blood was an added bonus to the finish.
Overall, I enjoyed the realism and “big fight feel” of this match. This match wasn’t some five-star, G1 Climax caliber match, but it had all the things you want in a fight. That’s what this was: a fight.
In the end, the entire show wasn’t half bad. There were some questionable finishes and odd moments, but overall, with Styles and Cena putting on what many thought was a match of the year contender, Orton and Lesnar almost killing each other and Finn Balor and Seth Rollins taring the house down, I’d say WWE SummerSlam was worth the watch.
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