The Beast was slain. The Fiend arrived. SummerSlam 2019 is in the books. Unlike some other WWE shows, there wasn’t a whole lot that happened in the arena that you didn’t see on the broadcast but here are some tidbits and the sentiment of the crowd. Some of these might have made the live broadcast and others did not.
FAN METER
Positive
- Renee Young (who was born in Toronto) received some cheers when she took her spot at the announce desk before the show began.
- Edge’s appearance and his spear on Elias.
- Goldberg’s continued pummeling of Dolph Ziggler.
- Kevin Owens’ win over Shane McMahon.
- Randy Orton’s RKO to Kofi Kingston.
- Natalya’s top rope submission move on Becky.
- The Fiend’s entrance.
- Trish’s goodbye.
- Seth Rollins’ defeat of Brock Lesnar and his frog splash on Lesnar, table.Negative
- The entire Bayley versus Ember Moon match didn’t draw much interest.
- A.J. Styles versus Ricochet was tepid at best except for those high spots and the finish.
- The conclusion of Kofi Kingston and Randy Orton match.
The souvenir cup. Photo by John Powell.HAPPENINGS
- People in attendance were shocked that Becky seemed to have more support than Natalya.
- In order to get that shot of him in the eerie light after his match with Finn Balor, Bray Wyatt had to quickly roll out of the ring and sprint up the rampway in the darkness.
- There were a smattering of Irish flags in the audience and one person was seen waving a small Saudi Arabian flag.
- The crowd broke into a rendition of O Canada as the Trish Stratus and Charlotte match began.
- A sign read: “Owen Hart HOF 2020.”
- Much of the crowd was not in Rollins’ corner at the start of the match but that changed when he gathered momentum to eventually slay the Beast.
- Balor dressing in all white to face The Fiend was reminiscent of Shawn Michaels’ outfit when he faced The Undertaker years ago.
- When Trish Stratus took her bow after the match with Charlotte the announce teams stood up and gave her standing ovations.
- Michael Cole shook Seth Rollins’ hand congratulating him at the end of the show when the cameras had stopped rolling.CHEERS
- While Rowan was destroying Buddy Murphy the crowd chanted: “You deserve it!”
- Lots of “Adam Cole – Bay Bay” chants.
- The crowd was warned that there would be pyro to start the show. The fans cheered “Pyro! Pyro!”
- Some fans yelled “Power Ranger!” at Ricochet and his Nightwing-DC Comics inspired outfit.
- The crowd was so spiritless during the Bayley and Ember Moon match they shouted: “We want Sasha!”
- In reference to Randy Orton’s promo, some chanted “Kofi’s stupid!” to the champion.PPV MVPs
- Becky Lynch.
- Kevin Owens.
- Trish Stratus.
- Bray Wyatt.
- Seth Rollins.
- Brock Lesnar.PPV LVPs
- Bayley.
- Ember Moon.
