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Y&R Recap – July 26 – July 30th

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Chance tries to explain himself to Chloe but Chloe is shell shocked by Chance’s admission of cheating. Ronan is none to pleased that Chris blew his cover especially when she even goes as far as to tell Heather and Paul that she and Ronan are responsible for planting the drugs in Chance’s car. Later, Chris explains that they did it to protect Chance but neither Chance nor Nina can know anything about their covert operation. Meanwhile, Chance pleads with Chloe to listen to him, to believe him when he tells her that what happened was a mistake and that he loves her but Chloe is devastated and tells Chance that he is merely a good liar. As they continue to argue over Patty, Emily realizes that Jack is asking her to choose between their relationship and helping Patty. At the hospital, Patty continues to write in her diary that she didn’t kill anyone. Meanwhile, Adam works to break into the hospital to get to Patty again. Later, Jack tells Emily that if given the chance Patty will blow up their lives again. Meanwhile, Adam finds Patty’s diary and tears out the page that she wrote in saying she didn’t kill anyone and then starts writing something of his own. Heather and Paul tell Chris and Ronan that Chance and Nina won’t let this go until they find out the truth. Chris and Ronan, however, make Paul and Heather realize how serious this situation is and that it is necessary that Nina and Chance know nothing in order to protect them. Meanwhile, Chance tells Chloe that he will do whatever it takes to be with her but Chloe tells him that she just needs to get away from him. Later, Paul calls Chance and asks him to back off tailing Heather and he agrees. Nina arrives and is annoyed that Chloe isn’t there supporting Chance but Chance tells her that he is the one that screwed up. Heather starts to see Ronan with new eyes. As they are finally relax around one another Chloe shows up to confront Heather. Meanwhile, Chance tells Nina what happened with Heather and refuses to hear a bad word about Chloe from Nina but Nina merely tells him to think about reasons he cheated. Chance tells her that he wants Chloe forever and he can’t live with himself for hurting her. Later, Chloe attacks Heather, who takes it in stride until Chloe pushes Heather too far and Heather decides to push back. Chloe ends up slapping Heather across the face just as Ronan enters to see it. Emily finally sees how much Jack loves and fears for her and agrees to stop seeing Patty. Meanwhile, Patty wakes up to find Adam in her room. Adam tells her that he is the ghost of Hightower and he looks like Adam because that is who she meant to kill the night of the ball. Adam tells Patty that he needs to take her down the rabbit hole after hearing her talk in her dreams and Patty decides to trust him. She writes Paul a goodbye note and she and Adam take off together. Later, Adam gives Patty a new identity and tells her that she is going to Canada to start her penance as a nun. Chance tells Nina that he is going to fix things with Chloe, and figure out which cops are dirty. Meanwhile, Ronan picks Chloe up and removes her from the apartment. He tells her that he knows what she is going through and he is sorry. At the jail, Abby is disheartened by her situation but is uplifted when Daniel shows up to support her. Abby puts on a brave face when it looks like Daniel can’t pay her bail and she is going to have to go back to jail but Jack shows up at the last moment and saves the day and Abby immediately drops her bravado, thanking her uncle profusely. Mac’s postpartum grows as she continues to miss the twins and J.T. tries to tell her that it is only natural. J.T. pushes Mac to visit the twins and Mac realizes that seeing Cane and Lily with the twins may help her remember why she became their surrogate in the first place. Meanwhile, Lily and Cane get the news that not only are the twins doing better but Lily is being discharged from the hospital today. Adam tells Skye that they need to go over their story one more time before the authorities find out about Patty. Meanwhile, Paul, Owen and Mr. Hewitt arrive to take Patty’s statement and become alarmed when they realize that Patty isn’t in her room. Paul finds the note that Patty left for him. Later, as Owen and the other hospital officials decide to set out to look for Patty, Paul tells them that Patty has been a pawn in Adam’s game since the beginning and Paul is convinced that he was there last night. As Emily is talking to Ashley about setting boundaries with Abby, Paul calls Emily and tells her that Patty escaped the hospital and both women are left in stunned disbelief. Mac and J.T. arrive to see the twins and Mac immediately brightens but when Mac hears that Lily is being discharged from the hospital she is disappointed in Lily that she could possibly even consider leaving the twins. Meanwhile, Cane and Lily arrive home and Lily tells Cane that they can’t relax because they need to get their house ready to bring their children home. Later, Mac wonders if it will be too difficult to be a part of the twins’ lives.
At the jail, Jack, Daniel and Abby overhear that Patty escaped the hospital and Jack rushes off to make sure Emily is safe. Meanwhile, Paul nearly breaks down Adam and Skye’s door demanding to talk to them. Adam opens the door pretending like they just woke up from a night of partying and is smug and “clueless” when Paul asks where Patty is. Skye backs Adam up, saying that they were in a casino all night. Owen assures Paul that he will take Adam down if he finds evidence that he is lying about his alibi. Later, Jack arrives home and is relieved that Emily is okay. Ashley asks about Abby and wonders where she is. Just as Daniel brings Abby to the Abbott’s to see Ashley, Paul arrives to see Emily and Jack. He tells them all that Patty hasn’t been found yet and asks Emily if there is any place she thinks Patty may go. Paul tells them that he is sure that Adam helped his sister escape and is using her to get away with murder. Meanwhile, Skye finally asks Adam if he actually killed Hightower. Later, Abby tells Ashley that Brad’s house belongs to her and she wants Ashley to move out. Adam tells Skye that he went to such great lengths to stop Patty from recanting because he knew he would be public enemy number one again if she did and he was protecting them both. Owen tells Paul, Emily and Jack that Adam and Skye have airtight alibis and that the only fingerprints that were found on the ventilation system were Patty’s. Emily tells Owen that she wants to help in any way possible and Jack realizes that Emily is choosing Patty over them again. Mac sees Lily and Cane holding the twins and is hit with a wave of sadness and discomfort as she tells J.T. it is time for them to leave.
There is an uncharacteristic heat wave on Chloe’s birthday as everyone around her seems to be a little crazy, including Chloe, who is still hurting from Chance’s betrayal. Meanwhile, Heather meets with Chance and he asks her to get him the D.A.’s file on the Riggs case, unaware that they are being spied on by a hit man, nearby. Later, Chloe falls asleep and wakes up in a Cinderella fantasy of her own. At first it starts off as nightmare as Chloe is in rag-tags and Billy, Chance and Cane are Princes who want nothing to do with her but then it turns into her dreams as Kay, her fairy godmother appears and transforms her into a princess with a prince of her own. Billy teases Lauren when he asks if calling her Aunty Lauren would be pushing it. Billy assures Lauren that he doesn’t feel the same way that Jill does about the Fenmore’s money or name and Lauren is greatly appreciative. Later, after talking to Billy, Lauren realizes that she has more family now than just Jill and decides to go talk to her sister to see if she can meet her halfway. Heather agrees to help Chance in order to keep him from getting into more trouble, unaware that the hit man is listening to their conversation and planning trouble for them both. Meanwhile, Chloe’s fantasy turns back into a nightmare as all the princes are paired with other princes, including Chance with Heather. Chloe wakes up in a fury and calls Chance to meet her at Jimmy’s. Chloe then calls Ronan and asks him to ditch Heather for a while to meet her because she has information that may be help to him and he agrees but all Chloe is really interested in is payback. Later, Chloe, dressed to kill, runs into Billy and Victoria at Jimmy’s and Billy gives her a charm of the Empire State Building for her birthday. Ronan sees her and immediately realizes that she is looking for payback and Chance is her target. Lily comes home to a completely clean and orderly house and is touched that her family went to all the trouble to make sure that the house and nursery were ready for the twins’ arrival home from the hospital. Malcolm tells them all that his fiancée is in town just as Sofia arrives and Neil is shocked to realize who she is. Later, as Neil’s family is falling in love with Sofia, Neil makes it clear to Malcolm that he doesn’t like his lies or deceit and he doesn’t want Sofia anywhere near his family. Lily and Cane are little shocked when they learn the news, separately, that Sofia is Tucker’s new CFO but Lily tries to make Neil see how happy Malcolm is. Sofia asks Neil to try and trust her.
Lauren and Michael arrive in time to hear Jill trashing on Lauren to Kay and Nina. Jill starts to get worked up again when Lauren tells Jill that she was “daddy’s little girl” but Lauren tells her that she came over to make things right. Lauren tells Jill that they are a lot alike, that she just didn’t want to admit it before but now she is ready. Jill’s walls are up and she doesn’t want to risk being played by another person let alone her sister. Later, Lauren tells Michael that all bets are off. Just as Chance arrives at the bar, Chloe stuns everyone by laying a passionate kiss on Ronan. Chance advances on Ronan but Billy steps in. Chance demands to know where Heather is, which cuts Chloe deeply. Chance runs out to make sure Heather is okay. Meanwhile, Heather finds herself trapped with the hit man. Later, Billy tries to seduce Victoria in order to apologize for the earlier Chloe drama. Chance finds Heather just as she manages to get free of car and the hit man and Sid arrives and tells Chance to take Heather and leave. At the bar, before Chloe knows what is happening, Ronan has her up against the bar and kisses her deeply.
Jack and Abby make a plan to meet and go over her financial statements in order to clearly define what she has in her trusts. Jack runs into Nick a little later and Nick asks him where Sharon is but Jack refuses, saying that he promised to keep Sharon’s whereabouts a secret, unaware that Adam is hovering nearby. Meanwhile, Phyllis is caught off guard with Victor meets with her to offer her a very sizeable divorce settlement. Later, Victoria allows Victor’s distrust of Billy get to her and continues to stonewall him, which clearly hurts Billy. Ashley calls and summons Billy while he is with Victoria and he tells her that she is probably calling to grill him about Japan some more. Victoria is evasive and Billy tells her that he hoped they were past all the games. Later, Tucker and Ashley offer Billy a very sweet deal to flip on Victor and Victoria but he turns them down flat. Billy refuses to become a part of the Newman-Abbott war or hurt Victoria just to get back at Victor for any reason. Phyllis realizes that Victor is trying to keep this divorce out of court and thus the events of the last year out of the public record and Phyllis refuses to be bought. Meanwhile, Nick realizes that Sharon is at the Abbott cabin and decides to go over and Adam isn’t far behind after hearing their conversation. Later, Nick arrives at the cabin and immediately starts explaining himself but is pleasantly surprised when Sharon doesn’t attack him or seem at all upset by his sudden appearance. Back at the coffeehouse, Adam plants a seed with Phyllis when he drops a bomb on her that Nick is up at the cabin with Sharon and although Phyllis plays tough in front of Adam, her façade cracks the minute he is gone. As Abby and Jack start to go through her trust papers, Abby is astonished when she realizes how much her Newman trust is worth. Victor calls her and asks her to meet him at the club and Abby jumps on the chance. At the club, Victor and Victoria try to reason with Abby but Abby tells Victoria that she doesn’t want to be like her or Victor and she wants her money. Victor tells her that if she keeps up her act she will be an old woman before she sees a dime of it. Victor starts to realize that Jack is helping Abby gain control of her trust and won’t listen when Victoria advises him to bend a little and allow Abby access to some of her trust. As Sharon invites Nick to stay for dinner, the two start to fall into old habits. Meanwhile, Phyllis can’t take not knowing what is going on between Nick and Sharon at the cabin and takes off to find out. On her way to the cabin, Phyllis blows a tire and ends up on the side of the road stranded as a massive rainstorm begins. Later, Phyllis is stunned when none other than Deacon Sharpe is standing in the raining asking to give her a hand. When Abby sees how much she is actually worth in total it knocks her off her feet and she starts to see Victor’s point. Jack tells her that admitting that means she deserves to finally be taken seriously. Meanwhile, Billy tells Victoria everything he knows about the bribery he witnessed in Japan and that Ashley and Tucker are dead set on exposing it. Billy assures her that he hasn’t told a soul and never will. However, Ashley suggests to Tucker that he find out if Billy ever mentioned anything to Jill. Later, as Abby is leaving Jack’s she brushed past Victor, who came to confront Jack. Nick thanks Sharon for everything and takes off into the rain. As she is cleaning up she hears a knock and thinks its Nick but is shocked to find a rain-soaked Adam at her front door. As Ashley tells Abby that she has moved out and in with Jack, Abby refuses to be remorseful, telling Ashley that the only way she will learn to be responsible with her money is allow sink or swim and she has a plan to get access to it. Meanwhile, Jack and Victor face off over Abby. Later, Sharon tells Adam to leave as he desperately tries to explain himself to Sharon. As Sharon opens the door to Adam, Nick returns and demands to know what Adam is doing there. At the Abbott mansion, Victor and Jack are tearing each other apart, just as Ashley arrives with her things.
Victor tells her that Jack is using Abby just as he did with Colleen. In the rain, Phyllis tells Deacon that she doesn’t need his help. Deacon tries to defend himself to Phyllis but she tells him to get lost. However, when she hurts herself trying to change the tire, Deacon comes to the rescue. Later, Deacon uses his shirt as bandage for Phyllis’s hand, he refuses to leave her until he changes her tire and although, Phyllis hates him she can’t help feeling a minute of gratitude. Chloe tells Kevin that Chance slept with Heather and he gives her his key and tells her she can move back in with him. Nearby, Chris gets news that there was another attempt on Heather’s life and she and Paul leave to make sure Heather is okay. Meanwhile, Chance is furious with Sid and Ronan for leaving Heather unprotected. Chris and Paul arrive and Chance immediately tells Paul to get Heather away from Ronan to keep her safe. Out in the hall, Chance runs into Chloe and tells her that Heather was almost killed because she was using Ronan to make him jealous. Ashley tells Jack to stay away from Abby. Meanwhile, Victor warns Abby that Jack will no longer be helping her go to war against him and Ashley and she will be hard pressed to find anyone else in town that will. Later, Ashley tells Victor that they should consider compromising with Abby but Victor isn’t so sure that even that will stop her. At the Abbott mansion, Jack tells Abby that they need to keep their alliance a secret. Sharon tells Adam that she doesn’t want to see him anymore and Adam is forced to leave but Sharon is none too thrilled when Nick orders her to pack her things and bring Faith back to Genoa City. Sharon refuses to leave the cabin but at Nick’s insistence Sharon agrees to having a gun in the cabin for her own protection. Abby meets with Victor and Ashley and they decide to give her a portion of her trust as long as she agrees to no more public nudity. Abby, however, tells them she isn’t interested because she will get all her trust on her own. Chance tells Chloe he has never see her like this – lying and scheming, but Chloe tells him that they have finally see each other for who they are and they are even. Chance warns Chloe to stay away from Ronan but she refuses, wanting to hurt Chance the way he hurt her. Meanwhile, Ronan tells Paul, Heather and Chris that they are going to have a huge problem if Chance won’t back off. Later, Kevin finds Chloe, who is a complete mess, and she tells him about her fight with Chance. Kevin tells her that if it were him he would have kicked the crap out of Ronan. Ronan and Chance end up in a heated fist-fight when Chance accuses Ronan of being a dirty cop, yet again. Deacon is forced to go to his place to call for help when he realizes that Phyllis’s spare is flat. Nick shows up and is stunned to find Phyllis. Phyllis lets loose on Nick when he realizes that she followed him up to the cabin. All her anger and resentment comes pouring out of her before she finally tells him to just leave her alone and Nick takes off into the rain. Meanwhile, Adam watches Sharon outside the cabin. Later, Phyllis sees Nick returning to the car and using Deacon to send a message as she grabs him and kisses him passionately. At the cabin, something outside spooks Sharon and she grabs the gun and shoots, not realizes that she shot Adam. Kevin does his best to celebrate Chloe’s birthday with her and cheer her up. Meanwhile, after Chris leaves, Heather breaks down in Paul’s arms over the stress of the night’s events. In the parking lot, Chris drags Ronan and Chance apart and has to remind Ronan that he was fighting with his own brother.
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WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night Two: Top 5 Takeaways

Sunday night’s second night of WWE SummerSlam delivered one of the greatest matches of all-time, a match of the year candidate or even the decade. For those in attendance at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, watching on ESPN limited or Netflix around the world, the August 2 main event between former Shield members turned rivals, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins closed out a story 12-years in the making in a classic main event.
In fact, the second night of SummerSlam, (we previously gave our recap of night one here) was a vast improvement in the two-day event, dubbed ‘The biggest event of the summer.” Led by the incredible performances and masterful in-ring storytelling by Reigns and Rollins, who went 33 minutes in a spellbinding match-up with so many near pin falls, that whether you were watching at home or in the crowd, you would jump to your feet!
Let’s take a look at how things went down and give you our 5 top takeaways from the night on the six-match card, kicking it off with Roman Reigns defending his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Seth Rollins.

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ROMAN AND SETH WRESTLING SOULMATES HONOR THEIR BROTHERHOOD
Right from the ring entrances, Seth Rollins paid homage to the Shield, complete with the facial mask, white version of their black vests, and more. When the Shield debuted back in 2012, it was the trio of Reigns, Rollins and Dean Ambrose (now Jon Moxley, AEW) who protected a then heel-ish CM Punk.
After Rollins delivered a chair shot to Reigns in 2014, and the group split up, Seth has always had Roman’s number, defeated him, and has been inside Roman’s head for his betrayal. The main event played on that aspect of the story throughout. With each delivering their patented moves: The Stomp from Seth, and a Superman Punch from Roman. However, neither man could truly get the upper hand on the other in a main event that lasted 33 1/2 minutes, truly a gift for the fans and the longest bout of the night.
There was plenty of trash-talking between the two, which heightened the story and made the ending all the more powerful. In addition, there were throwback moves of Dean Ambrose thrown into the mix. But then, here’s how it all came to a conclusion. When the referee got knocked out, Rollins decided to grab a chair from ringside. He was going to use the same weapon he used on Reigns 12 years back, that led to the turn against the OTC. However, Seth hesitated. Roman got back up and had Seth on the ring ropes ready to use the chair on him. Seth told him to just get it over with. Roman put the chair down. Then, they went punch for punch. After hitting a final spear, Roman pinned Seth for the win as the referee finally came to. At the end of the match, both titans were exhausted and slumped in opposite corners of the ring.
However, in the most touching moment, Roman got up and went to the middle of the ring. The OTC extended his arm and fist, just like in the days of The Shield, as a peace offering to Rollins. Next, Seth got up and went and joined Roman. The two did a fist bump as a show of respect and the story was brought to a fitting ending.

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KEVIN OWENS RETURNS AFTER 17 MONTH RECOVERY FROM NECK SURGERY, BECOMES NUMBER ONE CONTENDER
Sami Zayn cannot catch a break! Just when he thought his number one contender match was between himself and Finn Bálor, think again! Before the match started, the newly reinstated SmackDown GM, Nick Aldis came out and announced that he is adding Gunther … and Kevin Owens!
When Zayn saw that his best friend (and sometimes rival) was back and healthy enough to wrestle in a fatal-four way, his jaw dropped in probably one of the most classic moments of the night. Once the bell rang, Owens came in ready to show he could still go, complete with his reverse somersaults, stunners and more. KO dominated the four-way match up, all leading to him pinning Zayn to become the number one contender to face Universal Champion, CM Punk!
During the WWE Post Show, Owens had emotional moments with commentator and former wrestler, Big E, who suffered a career-ending neck injury and surgery, Kevin explained it was just a few weeks ago, that the doctor’s finally cleared him to return to the ring. An amazing comeback story!

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BARON CORBIN TAKES THE U.S. TITLE FAST
In another comeback, Baron Corbin has had many ups and down over his tenures with the WWE, and in what was Corbin’s first WWE match in nearly two years, he faced Trick Williams for the United States Championship and right hand man rapper Lil Yachty.
The match broke down when Yachty went for the “Trick Stick” (a kendo stick) and went to hit Corbin in the back with it, but that backfired. Corbin put Lil Yachty through a table, hit Williams with the title belt, before landing his signature End of Days finishing move. With plenty of shady tactics, Baron Corbin was your new U.S. Champ.
From the looks of it, Trick’s run as the titleholder was beginning to become stale. So, WWE strapped the belt quickly on heel Baron Corbin. Will it be a long reign? Stay tuned.

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GREEN WITH ENVY
This victory by Chelsea Green in the women’s ladder match to decide the interim WWE Women’s Champion, was a nod to the fans. WWE actually listened to the resounding love for Green over the past year and in turn had her grab the title above the ladder and become the current champ, while Rhea Ripley is currently out with injury.
Green bested Charlotte Flair, Chelsea Green, Lash Legend, Jade Cargill, and the hometown girl Tiffany Stratton. The ring gear worn by the gals, tore down the house with Cargill paying homage to Minneapolis music legend, Prince. But even more notably, the stunning outfit worn by Flair, which paid tribute to the little girl she had befriended named Scarlett who recently died of cancer. The women turned it out for this ladder match and you could make a case for any of them to have won the belt, but in a feel-good moment, it belonged to Green.

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MINNEAPOLIS’ OWN CHAD GABLE FINALLY IS A CHAMP
The second best match of the night was delivered by the Intercontinental Championship bout between Penta and the hometown boy, Chad Gable, Going into the match-up, Penta was the IC champ. However, Gable is finally getting acknowledged for the wrestler he is after his enduring run in a a mask as the heel-ish, El Grande Americano.
Gable’s three children and his wife and parents were in U.S. Bank Stadium, so if there was any time to pull the trigger in favor of Gable this was it. Penta and Gable delivered high-flying moves and solid wrestling fundamentals that wowed the crowd. Gable was working with a seeming shoulder injury throughout the match and was somehow cut open on his face.
The match came to an emotional conclusion when Penta was caught in Gabe’s patented ankle lock and taped out. That led to the tears and the emotional celebration with Chad and his family inside the ring.

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While not in our top five takeaways, the other match of the night featured Danhausen (who is one of the hottest WWE superstars with the fans) and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio in the first-ever “Human Monies on a Pole Match.”
Once again, it featured the minihausens coming out to protect their guy after much shenanigans from Dom and the Judgment Day’s J.D. McDonaugh. Danhausen and the minhausens got an assist from Joe Hendry and Dirty Dom was on the short end of the stick in this one.
You can check out the full WWE SummerSlam Sunday 2026 video highlights below. Followed by the Michael Fairman Channel’s “What’s Up? Wrestling” podcast that went live immediately following SummerSlam night two with our own post show reactions.
So, what did you think of SummerSlam night two? Did you love the Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins epic match and conclusion to the Shield storyline? What were your favorite moments of the match card? Let us know via the comment section below.
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WWE SummerSlam 2026 Night One: Top 5 Takeaways

Night night one of WWE’s SummerSlam on August 1, saw the return of “The Viper,” Randy Orton, the passing of the torch to Oba Femi, and SmackDown GM, Nick Aldis getting back into the ring after 3 years to take on “The Ring General’ Gunther. These were just a few of the major moment from the six bout match card.
Emanating from U.S. Bank stadium in Minneapolis, the match-ups had several ups and downs that either got the crowd into an electric frenzy or deadly quiet. The WWE creative was smart to kick-off night one with the Women’s World Championship match between the champion Liv Morgan and Ivo Sky, who put on a great show.
Both women brought their A -game, but Liv Morgan showed why she is the champ, while Iyo Sky remains the best overall female wrestler on the current roster. Here are our five top takeaways from Night 1 of SummerSlam:

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RANDY ORTON AND CODY RHODES FEUD UP NEXT
The match between CM Punk, the current Undisputed World Heavyweight, and Cody Rhodes, the former champ, had most fans booing Rhodes and cheering for Punk. However, both men displayed some heel-ish moves throughout the bout.
When Rhodes missed a Cody Cutter and hit referee Charles Robinson instead, chaos ensued. Punk was out of the ring, so too was Robinson on the other side. Cody was in the ring laid out flat. Eventually, Randy Orton does a run-in out of nowhere and delivers the RKO to Rhodes, winks at the camera, and slinks out of the ring and runs out of the arena site unseen by Punk and Robinson.
Next, Punk rolled back in the ring and hit a third GTS on Rhodes to retain the title. In the end, there was no clean pinfall for Rhodes vs. Punk. It should be noted that Punk also missed a moonsault maneuver that looked sloppy, which has been fodder on social media.
So, what does this do for Punk and Rhodes moving forward? It leave us with Punk moving on to face new challengers for the title, and Cody and Randy Orton to walk back the start of their feud that got messed up once WWE inserted Pat McAfee into the storyline at WrestleMania 42, which the WWE Universe was a hard pass on.
Can Orton and Rhodes now have a proper feud? Will there be a double turn comig? Randy (who the crowd was cheering for) actually being the face and Cody having had it with all the shenanigans used against him, just finally giving in and turning full heel? Stay tuned.

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OBA FEMI WAS PASSED THE TORCH
Femi got quite the moment after he won the third match of his trilogy against Minnesota’s own Brock Lesnar, The Ruler beat The Beast Incarnate inside Hell in a Cell.
While there were five straight F5s in a row and Femi was taken to Suplex City, it appeared Lesnar had this under control especially after he exposed the wooden boards under the ring mat and apron. Next, Lesnar delivered a Tombstone piledriver paying homage to The Undertaker who Lesnar had defeated in two Hell in a Cells. However, the move left Femi unfazed. Suddenly, Femi was back up and shortly thereafter pinned Brock and won the math.
As he was exiting the ring, Lesnar broke character to hug Femi and called fo a mic and announced himself as the “past” and The Ruler as the “future” of WWE. Clearly, Lesnar gave the crowd in attendance and the millions around the world, his stamp of approval for Femi and passed the torched.
It should be noted we did not get Lesnar officially retiring in his home state, so he may be back. Meanwhile, Oba is clearly the WWE’s handpicked star who is having a rapid ascension to the top. Is it just a matter of time before Oba takes on Roman Reigns and wins the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from him?

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NICK ALDIS CAN STILL GO
Aldis, who came out to Oasis’ “Morning Glory,” and had excellent ring gear to boot, showed that after three years out of ring action that he can still turn it out and against Gunther, no less. The crowd chanted “you still got it” during the match.
However, in the end Gunther was eventually able to put Aldis down. After the match, Aldis got to share in the moment with his young son, Donovan and is wife, Mickie James inside the ring, to celebrate Aldis’ return to the ring if even for one night.
During the Post Show on ESPN, Triple H reinstated Aldis as the SmackDown GM, and tore up Aldis’ resignation letter, so Nick was still a part of the WWE in his managerial position moving forward.

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THE BELLA TWINS SHOULD HAVE STAYED RETIRED DUE TO INJURIES
As we predicted, during the trios match between the Bella Twins and Paige v. Fatal Influence with Jacy Jayne, it would be Paige tho took the pin from Jayne. With that, the Bella Twins went back to full heel-mode, when Niki Bella who just returned after suffering from a broken ankle attached Paige.
Brie Bella could not get in to the beatdown because earlier in the match she suffered a serious shoulder injury which will now keep her out of action. If the plan was to have an evil Bella Twins run, now that Niki is back, well that just fell apart with the ill-fated timing of Brie’s injury.
This is a case where Hall-of-Famers want to get back into the ring later in their careers and things don’t go as smooth as planned. Now it remains what the WWE will do. Obviously, Niki will feud solo with Paige.

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SOLO SIKOA IS GREAT AS A BABYFACE, DON’T RUIN IT!
The actual moment of the night belongs to Solo Sikoa who got the the last laugh on the Usos. Sikoa mocked Jey Uso’s Yeet chants and moves specifically when Jey runs it back with the audience, by having Jey’s theme music play and imitating him.
Later, via Samoan Spike to Jimmy Uso, he stopped a 1D attempt while L.A. Knight hit the BTF on Jey for the victory. Jacob Fatu, who teamed wiht the Usos had the coolest entrance of the night with his werewolf mask and antics. Royce Keys who teamed with Knight and Sikoa also got to show off some of his power moves to help his team secure the win.
You can check out the full SummerSlam Saturday 2026 night one highlights below.
So, what was your top takeaway and moment from night one of SummerSlam? Favorite match? Least favorite match? Let us know via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: If Jason Leaves the Mob, What Will He Do Next?

As had been teased since Jason Morgan’s (Steve Burton) captivity by the WSB and his release on General Hospital, he is clearly having issues speaking about what happened to him, after he was dragged away from Port Charles when he took the fall for Rocco (Finn Carr) who shot WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Now. as Jason tries to reacclimate to life back in Port Charles, he has already displayed that he wants to do better for his son, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and the people he loves and to show up for them.
In addition, things took a turn on the Friday, July 31 episode where after Sonny (Maurice Benard) questioned Jason if he was having an issue with Ric (Rick Hearst) working side by side with his half-brother, Jason had something to say.

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An emotional Jason tells Sonny, “I can’t work for you anymore.” The moment left Sonny dumbfounded, and viewers won’t know the pick-up of the conversation till Monday’s August 3 episode of GH.
Could it be that this time Jason will cut ties with Sonny and the mob for good? If so, it would be the end of an era for Jason and Sonny, sort of the Batman and Robin of GH with a twist.
Previous teases from the GH co-head writing team of Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte, and Burton himself on his podcast That’s Awesome ,seem to indicate there is a change coming for Jason that sends him off in a different path in his life.
However, we should learn Jason’s reasons shortly, and if Sonny can talk him back into the mob, or can just wish Jason the best and let him go. But now the question becomes, if Jason exits life as Sonny’s right hand man and henchman, what do you see him doing with his life? We do know that Jason is aware that Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) has tied to the WSB, since he escorted him to Port Charles via Jakarta on the plane which may be a clue.
Weigh-in below: Do you want Jason to go work for the Quartermaines and truly join the family in full? Do you see him doing something to help those in need, or do you see him going undercover with the WSB to expose some of the treacherous things they perpetrated on him and others, or do you see Jason doing something completely different with his life? If so, what? Let us know your hopes and thoughts for Jason in the comment section below.
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