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WWE SummerSlam 2025 Top Moments: Seth Rollins Cashes In, Cody Rhodes Defeats John Cena, Brock Lesnar Returns

By Michael Fairman

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The first-ever two-night SummerSlam is in the record books and when the smoke cleared over the weekend, the WWE world heavyweight title picture has been significantly altered as the result of one man’s complete deception and another ending the reign of the GOAT.

The main events also brought with it so much emotion in the ring, and to the WWE Universe inside MetLife Stadium which was revealed by Stephanie McMahon to have two-night attendance of 113,772.

In an odd set-up, night two, while more engrossing and entertaining than night one, went a bit overboard with four out of the six matches being no DQ in various versions: a street fight, no DQ match, cage match and TLC match. Meanwhile night 1 didn’t start firing on all cylinders till match 5 of 6.

Now below are the OMG, A-HA, Top moments of SummerSlam 2025.

THE ROLLINS RUSE

The most epic moment of all occurred in the Night 1 main event following the WWE World Heavyweight title match between Gunther and CM Punk. In what was one of CM Punk’s best matches since being back in the WWE, Punk showed his resilience as he kicked out of three of Guthner’s powerbombs and escaped a sleeper hold. As Gunther gloated, Punk was able to trip him up and throw him over the announce tahle and it opened up a gash on Gunther’s head, which we rarely see. (We later found out he has broken his nose previously and this angle was a way to write him off TV for awhile),

Back in the ring, this softened “The Ring General” up, and suddenly Punk had the upperhand with two GTS’s which put Gunther down and for the first time since 2013, CM Punk held a WWE title, something he has waited for and wanted for so long. An emotionally and physically spent Punk was reduced to tears. And just when you thought the night was over in a feel-good moment, think again. Seth Rollins theme entrance music hit!

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Now accompanied by the Wiseman, Paul Heyman, it appeared Rollins (on crutches from his supposed knee injury) was taunting Punk that when he returns to in-ring action, he will come gunning for him since he is Mr. “Money in the Bank.” But hold on! Rollins turns around hobbling a bit on his crutches with his back turned and then pushes them away, take soff the knee brace, comes running down the ring, plummets Punk over the head three times with the Money in the Bank briefcase, before cashing it in, and giving one Stomp to Punk and its over. For the second time in his career, Seth Rollins has cashed in and won the World Heavyweight championship.

It all made sense because Rollins ruse had some holes in it, when no one was getting an injury update from anyone in Seth’s camp. The most recent update came from Seth himself while on the Rich Eisen talk show, where he claimed that the doctors needed the swelling to go down in his knee properly access the damage, and there was also the perfectly timed video of Seth chasing his daughter, Roux while on crutches that went viral. Well-played, Seth “Freakin’ Rollins, well-played!

CENA PASSES THE TORCH TO RHODES

In what was a superior outing than the odd and clumsy WrestleMania 41 match between John Cena and Cody Rhodes for the Undisputed WWE Heavyweight Championship, the rematch was a street fight, which brought the best out of each man, and shockingly, Cena’s abrupt turn back to a babyface, after his months long heel run during his farewell tour, wasn’t an act. He actually is now back to the John Cena everyone knows and loves, so much so that Rhodes, the current face of the franchise, was boo’d.

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The ring entrances were top level for this match with Cena’s black and white heel graphics turned back to technicolor and Rhodes with his iconic father, Dusty Rhodes words of encouragement emblazoned on the entrance screen. The oh-oh moment occurred when Rhodes unhooked the bottom rope and smashed Cena with a blunt metal end of it multiple times, while his face was pleading for John to stay down so he did not have to go to these lengths.

As things took a turn after an Attitude Adjustment from Cena, the American Nightmare held on with a Cody Cutter through the table that left Cena stunned on the ropes. Next, Rhodes gave the GOAT, a signature Cena salute, before pinning him and becoming the champion once again.

In the passing the torch moment, Cena lifted Cody’s hands in the air as an emotional Rhodes was fighting back tears. If you had any question on how the remaining five months of John Cena’s farewell tour would go, and that if he indeed is a bonafide babyface once again, look no further than the shocking moment when the “Beast Incarnate,” Brock Lesnar shows up on WWE programming stunning the crowd and Cena.

BROCK LESNAR RETURNS

In his cowboy look, Lesnar eventually stares down Cena, climbs in the ring and delivers an F-5. During the WWE SummerSlam post-show, Chief Content officer, Paul “Triple H” Levesque weighed-in on his reaction to Lesnar’s return, “My reaction was exactly what I thought it was gonna be, which was, if there had been a roof on this place, it wouldn’t be here anymore. The dynamic in the room in WWE changes when The Beast is here. Seeing Brock Lesnar come back, anything that you thought was happening sort of all goes out the window because the factor of Brock now just changes that dynamic so incredibly. It makes it unpredictable.”

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However, the WWE Universe is a bit confused that Lesnar is back at all. It was the first time in two years since his name was famously revealed as part of the civil lawsuit against Vince McMahon. Lesnar’s merchandise was even removed by Shop WWE.com a few years back over allegations that Janelle Grant was supposed to make “personalized sexual content” for Brock, and that McMahon flew Lesnar to meet her for a sexual encounter that never happened.

PAUL AND ROLL

\The social media provocateur has a new nemesis the leaned out Country/pop music superstar, Jelly Roll.  In a shocker, this match in which Logan Paul teamed with Drew McIntrye against Jelly Roll and Randy Orton was very entertaining and we have to say Paul is such the real deal and that viral moment leap frogging so high in the air and crashing down on Jelly Roll who took the bump will be forever etched in our minds.

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In the end, and in the twist, Logan Paul pinned Jelly, not as once would anticipate the good guy would get back at the bully, but this sets things up down the line and also served to prop up Paul who is “Prime” ready for a title run.

OTHER MATCH RESULTS

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

 Triple Threat match for the Women’s World Championship: Rhea Ripley vs. Iyo Sky vs Naomi (c)

 Intercontinental Championship: AJ Styles vs. Dominik Mysterio (c)

 No Disqualification match for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Lyra Valkyria vs Becky Lynch (c)

 Steel Cage match for the United States Championship: Jacob Fatu vs. Solo Sikoa (c)

 TLC match for the WWE Tag Team Championship: The Wyatt Sicks (c) vs. The Street Profits vs. Motor City Machine Guns vs. Fraxiom vs. Andrade and Rey Fenix vs. DIY

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2

Tiffany Stratton vs. Jade Cargill (WWE Women’s Championship)

The Judgment Day vs. Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair (Women’s Tag Team Championship)

Roman Reigns and Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed

Sami Zayn vs. Karrion Kross

So, what was the biggest surprise and moment for you from WWE SummerSlam 2025? Share your thoughts in the comment section. But first check out the WWE’s Top 25 SummerSlam moments video package followed by Seth Rollins appearing on the Rich Eisen Show this morning admitting the ruse he pulled off to win the title followed by the Michael Fairman Channel’s SummerSlam 2025 What’s Up? Wrestling episode.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sidwell Surfaces; A Twist in Britt’s Condition

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On the Thursday, June 18 episode of General Hospital, Jenz Sidwell (Carlo Rota) makes his shocking return right in Port Charles, after fleeing (thanks to Cassius) to supposedly parts unknown to escape capture for trying to kill Dr. Lucas Jones (Van Hansis).

How does he show up in town? First, Ezra (Daniel Cosgrove) gets a text from Jacinda (Paige Herschell) to meet in his hotel room. Ezra thinks the two are going to have a sexcapade so he puts champagne on ice for his favorite escort.

Suddenly, there is a knock at the door. Ezra’s excitement turns towards fear as instead of Jacinda, Sidwell is standing in front of him. Next, Sidwell blackmails Boyle telling him he has plenty of leverage he can use against him. Sidwell wants to use Ezra to help him takedown, Sonny (Maurice Benard), Lucas, Laura (Genie Francis) and Cullum.

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ARE SIDWELL’S DAYS NUMBERED?

Meanwhile, Sonny confides in his brother, Ric (Rick Hearst). He says he knows who killed Marco an he is going to use that intel to lure Sidwell out of hiding.  Sonny also shares he is going to kill Sidwell, and handle this by himself. He gave the PCPD a chance, but they failed to nab Sidwell for good and lock him up.

Sonny also has been tracking the whereabouts of Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) and Rocco (Finn Carr) through Brick, and learned they took a flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and then boarded a fairy to take them somewhere off the island.

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BRITT’S ‘SYMPTOMS’ RETURN

Turns out, Britt and Rocco are hiding out in the British Virgin Islands. Britt set up Rocco with a burner phone and a VPN on her tablet, that is not traceable. Rocco reads on the tablet about Lucas’ shooting. Britt starts to have the shakes and passes out. When she comes to, Britt won’t let Rocco call a doctor, but he uses his phone to step on the balcony and call Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) and ask for help. Charlotte looks shocked to hear from her brother as Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) looks on!

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However, Joe (Jonathan Bennett) could be the one to put two and two together! While at General Hospital and after questioning Lucas about a syringe he found that was in someone’s possession. the toxicology report showed traces of saline solution, not actual medication. He asks Dr. Jones, why someone would inject themselves with saline? Lucas responds saline is harmless and would have no effect on someone.

So, does this mean that this entire time, Britt has been led to believe that the medication she was taking to treat her Huntington’s disease was placebo? Has Britt been lied to into believing she is dying? Is something else wrong with her instead?

Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below, and if you are ready for Sidwell to finally get his comeuppance from Sonny! But first, watch the scenes where Sidwell comes out of hiding and blackmails Ezra Boyle.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Dante and ‘Nathan’ Have It Out, Valentin and Carly Share Passionate Moments Which May Be Their Last

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On the June 16 episode of General Hospital, the PCPD under acting police commissioner Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) is in a bit of mess and does not go unnoticed by ADA Turner (Nazneen Contractor).

First, there is the whole Chase (Josh Swickard) defending Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen) over Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot), who he arrested for allegedly tossing Willow in the waters next to the Quartermaine boathouse. Turner has had it with Chase’s good guy act and how he tampered with evidence in her case against Willow for shooting Drew.

Later, Dante and Justine question “Nathan” (Ryan Paevey) about Sidwell’s escape while in his custody. Turner is not buying his cover story that he was ambushed by Sidwell and his men. Once “Nathan” left the interrogation room, Turner went in on Dante about having “Nathan” on the force after seven years away, and Chase she views as a “dirty cop.”

However, Dante defends both of his officers, but Justine warned that “Nathan” and Chase’s behavior would reflect poorly on Dante as commissioner and she should really think about that. Later, Dante has a terse confrontation with “Nathan” on how he botched a prison transport and that he better watch his back as Justine is one step away from turning this over to Internal Affairs.

COP MADNESS

Next, “Nathan” apologizes for the way he handled the situation with Rocco and says he feels badly. But then in the twist, Dante said that he was grateful that “Nathan” had been there for his son in his time of need (referencing after Rocco shot Cullum and covered it up).

Then, there’s the newest police officer in the precinct, Joe Fitzpatrick (Jonathan Bennett). He may actually be on to “Nathan’s” double life when he questions him about a syringe found in Britt’s room at Bobbie’s. “Nathan” made up a story to counter Joe’s, that he was not aware that his sister was taking anything for her Huntington’s disease diagnosis. Joe called the forensic department lab wanting to know what drug was exactly in the syringe.

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BEFORE YOU GO

At Carly’s (Laura Wright), Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) tells her that he must travel to Geneva to speak to the head of the WSB, named Z. Valentin feels it’s the only way to save Josslyn if he informs Z about Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) being a double agent. Valentin shares with Carly that he has to stop Cullum from bringing his dangerous cold fusion device online. Carly is beside herself. She doesn’t want Valentin to sacrifice himself by turning himself into the organization who has made him a fugitive in the first place. Valentin stands firm that he must meet Z in person.

Knowing that revealing himself to the WSB meant he was likely going back to prison, Valentin asked Carly if she’d get in touch with his daughter, Charlotte so he could say good-bye to her. Next, Carly and Valentin make their way to the bedroom to make love, which may be for the very last time, if Valentin is caught and put back in Steinmauer Maximum Security Prison.

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CAUGHT BY CULLUM

At the same time while at Wydemere, Cullum is talking with one of his WSB operatives. Now, he is pondering if Valentin and Sidwell were working together all along.  Next, Cullum entertains the idea of involving the FBI to locate Britt and Rocco. He says he plans to kill them both once he knows of their whereabouts. Cullum sees the only other threat to the completion of the cold fusion project to be Anna Devane.

Cullum wants to track the location of the unidentified person who called the private clinic in France trying to get in touch with Anna, while pretending to be Kevin Collins. When the agent came back with a report, he says it emanated from a cell tower near Shoreline Road. It’s in the that moment that a light bulb goes on for Cullum! Valentin is in Port Charles and hiding at Carly’s!

So, what do you think of the PCPD cops, Chase, Joe and “Nathan?” Who should Dante fire? Do you think Valentin will go the run?Are you digging Carly and Valentin’s relationship and want it to continue, especially with Finola Hughes on her way back as Anna next month on-screen? Weigh-in via the comment section, and in case you missed it, you can check out our latest interview with Dominic Zamprogna below from his appearance on the Michael Fairman Channel, where he talks the PCPD cops, Rocco on the run, and more.

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Beyond the Gates

BEYOND THE GATES: A Tornado Hits Fairmont Crest Part 1: Eva and Martin on Seriously Injured List

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On the Thursday, June 11 episode of Beyond the Gates the highly-anticipated tornado struck the Fairmont Crest Country Club while Martin Richardson was holding a fundraiser with the most prominent citizens of Genoa City and the D.C./Maryland area attending.

Martin tells the guest that weather reports indicate a tornado warning, and as he tells them to exit the ballroom to safety, the twister strikes sending everyone into peril,. Richardson and Dupree and Abbott family members are calling out for each other as chaos ensues.

Here is who got stuck with who: Dani and Bill are stuck in an elevator and begin to get hot and bothered after trying to escape. Hayley is stuck in a closet with Kyle Abbott and they makeout, and then to pass the time she puts on some tunes and they dance.

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THOSE IN NEED OF MEDICAL ATTENTION

Things are much more serious for Kat and Eva who winds up in a closet but a mental wall comes crashing down upon them. As Kat rails at her sister, Eva says she doesn’t feel well and begins to spit up blood. Kat is a wreck and is trying to deal with her sister’s plight, but they are trapped.

Leslie is helping Anita with her injured ankle, while Vernon goes to try to restore some power, get walkie-talkies and do what he can for everyone inside Fairmont Crest. Nicole and Smitty hear a noise and realize Andre is buried under the rubble in the ballroom. As it turns Andre’s leg was injured when a piece of metal got stuck in it. Ted gets Andre stitched up and tells him to stay put.

The Genoa City contingent can’t locate Victor Newman or Kyle Abbott, as Jack and Diane try to help others. Meanwhile, suddenly yells out that someone is under the tree. Smitty and Nicole gasps as its Martin! He is not moving in and needs medical attention. Smitty fighting back tears asks Martin to squeeze his hand if he can hear him. But there is no response.

Abby Newman worried for the whereabouts of her father, walks away just as chandelier begins to fall from the ceiling, Diane screams out to Abby to watch out. We fade to black.

Beyond the Gates delivered as they had promised, a riveting episode and one of the best soap opera tornadoes harkening back to the days of All My Children. But what did you think of part one? Martin and Eva as the two characters currently most in trouble? What about Dani and Bill getting hot and heavy and Hayley kissin on Kyle? What was your favorite part of part 1? Let us know via the comment section below.

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