Roman Reigns was acknowledged by a tractor, but that didn't stop him from defeating Brock Lesnar at WWE's SummerSlam premium live event.It all went down at the Nissan Arena in Nashville, Tennessee on Saturday, July 30. Reigns defended his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing main event that kicked off in a chaotic fashion and continued to devolve into utter carnage throughout.
Reigns came out first, accompanied by his Bloodline cronies The Usos, and the Wiseman Paul Heyman. Once in the ring, the Tribal Chief got on the mic and ordered the Nashville crowd to acknowledge him ... but then The Beast arrived. In style.
Lesnar emerged on the ramp but took a little detour on his way to the ring. Lesnar hopped in a tractor/digger and drove it to ringside. He then elevated the bucket and climbed into it so that he was standing high above the ring and his opponent.
The match officially began when Lesnar launched himself off the bucket and took Reigns down. What followed was 22 minutes of utter madness. The two men beat the crap out of each other and pulled out all the stops in their attempts to incapacitate their opponent. Eventually, Lesnar got back in the tractor and used it to lift the ring, which caused Reigns to roll to the outside. The ring remained askew with one corner elevated for the remainder of the show.
The Usos got involved but Lesnar took them to Suplex City. Paul Heyman attempted to get in Lesnar's head with some verbal shenanigans but got F5'd through the announcement desk for his efforts. Then Theory arrived and threatened to cash in his Money In The Bank briefcase, although he soon changed his mind when he realized that Reigns wasn't as worn down as Theory needed him to be.
Eventually, Reigns laid Lesnar out with multiple briefcase shots and title belt blows to the head. He then covered his opponent in debris and stood atop the mountain junk as the referee counted to 10.
Reigns will now face Drew McIntyre (who earned a shot at the title with a victory over Sheamus on Friday's SmakDown) at Clash At The Castle in Cardiff, UK on September 3.
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