Backstage Segment

Rhea Ripley is walking backstage and gets embraced by “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio. They walk to the Gorilla Position and make their entrance. This will be Rhea Ripley’s first televised match since retaining the Women’s World Championship against Becky Lynch at WrestleMania XL.

Women’s World Championship
Rhea Ripley w/ “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio vs. Liv Morgan (c)

Referee Eddie Orengo is wearing a Referee Cam in his ear. The last time Rhea Ripley lost a singles match was 26 months ago to Liv Morgan.

The bell rings, and the opening match of SummerSlam, presented by Wheatley American Vodka, begins. They stare at each other before Ripley approaches her. Morgan quickly gets out of the ring and taunts her from ringside. Ripley goes outside and chases her, but Morgan gets in the ring and laughs at her. Ripley looks frustrated. Ripley gets in the ring, but Morgan quickly gets out. Ripley shouts at her and goes outside, but Morgan gets in the ring. Ripley is not happy. Ripley gets in the ring, and once again, Morgan gets out. Ripley fakes getting out of the ring, so Morgan gets in the ring and finds herself face-to-face with her challenger.

Ripley blocks a right hand and hits a pair of short-arm clotheslines. Ripley ducks an attack and hits a third short-arm clothesline. Ripley connects with a half-and-half suplex, sending Morgan in a heap to ringside. Ripley goes outside and high-fives Mysterio before licking his cheek in front of a jealous Morgan. Ripley attacks Morgan and bounces her off the barricade before chopping her chest. Ripley bounces Morgan’s face off the ring steps a few times before putting her in the ring. Ripley sizes Morgan up on the mat and goes for a clothesline, but Morgan ducks it. Ripley quickly rebounds with a vicious head-butt. Ripley hits a Rip Tide into the top turnbuckle. Ripley goes for a Rip Tide in the center of the ring, but Morgan slides off and retreats to the corner. Ripley approaches, but Morgan pulls her into the second turnbuckle.

Morgan grabs Ripley and shoves her recently healed shoulder into the ring post. Ripley’s shoulder appears to be dislocated and her right arm is dangling. Ripley shouts, “It’s out!” The referee asks if she wants to stop the match, but Ripley refuses. Ripley gets out of the ring, but Morgan attacks her at ringside and big boots her into the ring steps. Morgan stomps Ripley and puts her in the ring for a two-count. Morgan stomps her down before wrenching the injured arm and slamming her down. Morgan covers for a two-count. Morgan pulls Ripley’s hair and shouts, “This is my revenge tour!” Morgan applies an armbar to Ripley’s injured shoulder. Morgan gets up and kicks away at the shoulder. Morgan applies an overhead wristlock and comes off the ropes with a codebreaker to the shoulder. Ripley manages to get to her feet and big boots Morgan down.

Ripley goes to ringside, and Mysterio checks on her. Mysterio then pushes Ripley out of the way and takes a suicide dive from Morgan. Ripley attacks Morgan and puts her in the ring. Ripley paces at ringside before slamming her shoulder into the commentary table to pop her shoulder back into place! Morgan looks shocked. Ripley gets in the ring and unloads on Morgan with stiff forearm shots, followed by a kick to the head. Ripley viciously dropkicks her into the corner. Ripley lifts Morgan and slams her down onto the mat for a two-count. Ripley saunters around the ring and goes for a Rip Tide, but Morgan counters into a DDT. Morgan covers 1… 2… Ripley kicks out! Ripley rubs her injured shoulder on the mat before hitting a snap kick to Morgan’s head. Morgan knocks Ripley back and goes to the second rope, but Ripley rips her down to the canvas. Ripley then applies a Prism Trap! Morgan screams in pain, but she manages to twist out and send Ripley into the turnbuckle. Morgan catches her with a crucifix driver for a near fall!

Morgan quickly grabs Ripley’s arm for an armbar, but Ripley desperately fights to block it. Ripley fights up and powers Morgan up for a powerbomb to pick up a near fall. Ripley holds her shoulder in pain and looks frustrated. A “Mami” chant picks up. Ripley grabs Morgan by the hair and talks trash, but Morgan head-butts her. Ripley is not pleased and grabs her on the apron, but Morgan snaps her off the middle rope. Morgan goes to the timekeeper’s area and grabs a steel chair. Morgan gets in the ring with the chair and is perhaps looking to be disqualified. Ripley snaps her injured shoulder into the top turnbuckle a few times before kicking Morgan down. Ripley connects with a Rip Tide in the center of the ring. Rather than going for the cover, Ripley grabs the chair that Morgan brought into the ring. Ripley goes to smash Morgan with the chair, which would cause her to lose this match, but Mysterio jumps up onto the apron and pulls the chair out of her hand! Mysterio tries to talk sense into her so she doesn’t get disqualified. Morgan knocks Ripley into Mysterio, knocking him off the apron. Morgan connects with Ob-Liv-ion and covers! 1… 2… Ripley barely kicks out, and the crowd is going wild!

Mysterio slides the steel chair into the ring to Ripley and gets on the apron to distract the referee. Morgan hits Ripley with an Ob-Liv-ion on the steel chair and covers the Eradicator for the win!

Winner by Pinfall and still Women’s World Champion: Liv Morgan

Mysterio is smiling at ringside. Morgan gets her title and sits at ringside. Mysterio helps Morgan up and kisses her on the lips! Ripley looks upset in the ring. Mysterio walks off arm in arm with Morgan. Michael Cole shouts, “Dominik, you two-timing, no good son of a bitch!” Pat McAfee calls him a “piece of s–t.”