Backstage Details on Lesnar/Reigns SummerSlam Match & Finish


-- In response to Brock Lesnar getting pinned by only one spear at SummerSlam after previously kicking out of multiple spears, there was speculation online that Vince McMahon cut the match short because he didn't like Roman Reigns being booed and didn't want to the reaction to get worse as the match went on.

-- According to the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, this speculation is not true as the match went pretty much exactly as designed and exactly as Vince wanted it to. The plan was always to cut away from the show as soon as the finish happened before the live audience had a chance to realize that Braun Strowman would be physically unable to cash in his briefcase. By the time the fans realized that Strowman wouldn't be cashing in, the cameras had stopped rolling.