WWE Summerslam 2020 Live Review: The Fiend Wants Braun Strowman’s Universal Championship

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It’s time for the biggest party of the summer. Every year, WWE celebrates the summer months with one of its largest shows, Summerslam. Even with the COVID-19 pandemic meaning no fans are able to be there live, this year is no different. Summerslam 2020 is loaded with big marquee matches, and it’ll all be happening within the ThunderDome, WWE’s new home inside Orlando, Florida’s Amway Arena.

With eight matches scheduled, including multiple championship bouts and one fight in which the loser has to leave WWE, there’s a lot on the line tonight. Naturally, GameSpot’s resident Wrestle Buddies, Mat Elfring and Chris E. Hayner, have many thoughts about it all and will be reviewing the show live, as it happens. Take a look at the card for WWE Summerslam below then make sure to keep coming back here for our thoughts on each match as they happen.

  • Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton (WWE Championship)
  • The Street Profits (c) vs. Andrade & Angel Garza (Raw Tag Team Championship)
  • Dominik Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins (Street Fight)
  • Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP (United States Championship)
  • Braun Strowman (c) vs. “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (Universal Championship)
  • Sasha Banks (c) vs. Asuka (Raw Women’s Championship)
  • Bayley (c) vs. Asuka (Smackdown Women’s Championship)
  • Mandy Rose vs. Sonya Deville (Loser Leaves WWE match)

Summerslam kicks off at 7 PM ET/4 PM PT, with the pre-show beginning at 6 PM ET/3 PM PT. For up to the minute results, GameSpot has you covered.

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An Asteroid is Headed Toward Earth Just in Time for – You Guessed It! – Election Day

If you weren’t already anxious about November 3, a hurtling space rock is headed our way to add to the chaos.

Not to fear though, the asteroid, named “2018VP1,” is only about the size of a truck (an estimated diameter of 1.8 to 3.9 meters per NASA data), and will likely burn up in the atmosphere a day before Election Day, on November 2.

It also only has an estimated 0.41% chance of being in the right trajectory to hit Earth anyhow.

“Asteroid 2018VP1 is very small, approximately 6.5 feet, and poses no threat to Earth,” a spokesperson for NASA told Business Insider. So nothing near the size of the planet killers featured in Michael Bay’s Armageddon or Mimi Leder’s Deep Impact.

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Apparently, 2018VP1, which holds a two-year orbit around the sun, has already had a few close calls with Earth dating all the way back to 1970.

Last week, on August 16, an SUV-size space rock (“2020 QG”) flew past our planet, per NASA. There are “hundreds of millions of small asteroids the size of 2020 QG, but they are extremely hard to discover until they get very close to Earth.”

Anyhow, if you’re really set on preventing Armageddon, remember to vote!

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Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Summer Games Done Quick Online Raises $2.3 Million For Charity

Summer Games Done Quick 2020 couldn’t go forward as it typically does because of the pandemic, and the organizers opted for an online-only format where streamers would speed through games at their homes. This didn’t slow down donations, however, as the week-long marathon brought in $2.3 million for Doctors Without Borders.

Viewership peaked at more than 107,000 during the week, which included runs of games like Demon’s Souls, Hollow Knight, Sonic Heroes, and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. There is an archive available on the official Games Done Quick YouTube channel if you want to watch or re-watch a particular run, with videos split up by game to make it easy.

With any luck, the Awesome Games Done Quick event scheduled for January 2021 will be able to take place the traditional way, with fans cheering each player on as they show off their skills. Still, the amount of money raised for charity during the most-recent event is extremely impressive when considering many are on a budget during the pandemic.

Games Done Quick features traditional speedruns of games along with more creative ones, such as races between two players or “randomizer” runs that switch up elements of the games. Those who donate have a chance to win prizes such as art or collectibles, as well.

7 Wildest Moments From The Black Ops Series

The Call Of Duty: Black Ops series, developed by Treyarch and published by Activision, has taken players on covert missions around the globe with themes focusing on conspiracy theories, paranoia, and alternate history. With the new Call Of Duty game coming in 2020 reportedly focusing on the Cold War era, we take you through some of the wildest things that have happened in and around the series so far.

Fall Guys Patch Notes: Big Update Pokes Fun At Players

Fall Guys is getting a new patch on PS4 and PC that aims to fix some of its biggest issues while also making the game fairer and less frustrating. Planned for this week, it addresses several different parts of the game and the patch notes even include a slight jab at players concerned with the Yellow Team’s dominance in team games.

The round-selection algorithm has been altered so it will now only pick team-based games when the team sizes can be equal, and the most-frequent crashing issues were addressed. Jump Showdown was one of the biggest targets for the patch, with a jump exploit and camera issues being fixed, and the Slime Climb will no longer let players grab certain obstacles.

On PS4, inverted control users can finally play the game with an X/Y axis setting as well as sensitivity settings. The UI should also run more smoothly on older PS4 systems, and the jump button’s binding can be changed for Japanese players to better match what other games use.

Fall Guys isn’t slowing down, as Geoff Keighley’s Gamescom Opening Night Live will be the venue for an August 25 Season 2 reveal. It isn’t clear what will be included in the new season, but we’ll likely see new modes and costumes. Its developers are also interested in seeing the game get the Lego treatment if the toy giant is on board, as well.

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Zack Snyder’s Justice League Teaser Trailer Breakdown

The official teaser trailer for the Snyder cut of Justice League premiered during DC FanDome. Here are nearly 30 details we noticed from the trailer for Snyder’s Justice League, coming to HBO Max in 2021.

The Justice League Snyder cut is happening, and it’s four hours long. The new version of the 2017 film from original director Zack Snyder is coming to HBO Max next year in four one-hour installments, and the first teaser trailer was released at DC FanDome.

A lot is shown in the two and a half minute clip, including new characters, locations, and plenty of Superman in his black suit. Nearly all of the trailer is made of footage we haven’t seen before.

The teaser doesn’t quite flow like a typical trailer, and barely has any dialogue or explanation of the plot, but there’s plenty to unpack. Here are 30 things we noticed from the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

Looks Like The Batman Is Not Set in the 1990s After All

The Batman trailer appears to have killed those rumors that the movie is set in the 1990s. Indeed, about the only ‘90s thing evident in the trailer is the Nirvana song “Something in the Way” that plays throughout.

A report last year claimed The Batman would be a period piece, set roughly twenty to thirty years in the past. This, in turn, led to widespread speculation that Robert Pattinson’s Batman and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker could potentially meet in a future movie. (Joker, you will recall, is set in the early 1980s.)

Alas, the new Batman teaser trailer seems to nix any lingering hope for such a Pattinson-Phoenix crossover as director Matt Reeves’ film appears decidedly contemporary.

Modern tech can be seen at several points throughout the trailer, with two scenes from the trailer showing smartphones that didn’t exist in the 1990s.

car1In one scene, a car that crashes into a public funeral (apparently for the city’s mayor or at least for a mayoral candidate) appears to be a relatively recent model of Lincoln Navigator.

phone3After the crash, a man is seen holding up a smartphone with what appears to be an explosive strapped around his neck. Modern cell phones can be used to remotely detonate explosives.

phone2Then in another scene, one of those face-painted punks is seen recording Batman on his smartphone as the Dark Knight beats the holy hell out of one of the gang.

explosionWhen that van explodes near Batman, a modern mounted digital camera can be spotted just to the right of him.

Batcave-monitorsModern LCD computer monitors can also be spotted in Bruce Wayne’s rather makeshift Batcave.

One big caveat, of course, is that since director Matt Reeves revealed that Batman’s murder investigation will lead him to question himself and his past perhaps it’s possible the movie might include flashbacks to young Bruce in the ’90s. (Maybe long enough to see the Waynes get killed?)

So while The Batman would appear to be very much a 21st-century tale, those yearning for a 1990s Batman movie can always revisit the Batman movies released during that decade for some genuine grunge-era caped crusading.

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For more coverage of this upcoming DC movie, check out what director Matt Reeves said about how The Batman explores Gotham City’s history of corruption as well as what he revealed about when HBO Max’s GCPD series is set.

Also check out all the evidence for and against the Riddler being the mystery killer in The Batman, the latest Batman photos, and the new Batman movie logo. And be sure to catch up on all of DC FanDome’s biggest announcements and reveals.

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Shazam 2 Panel Gives Official Movie Title And So Much Sinbad

It may have been a long day for DC FanDome, but there were a lot of big reveals during the virtual event. And one of the most bizarre, yet utterly enjoyable, panels was the one for Shazam, where we finally got a full title for the movie, Shazam: Fury of the Gods.

Zachary Levi–who plays the titular superhero–led the discussion with the other kids that make up the Shazam family. Levi said over and over again that they can’t reveal any info for the upcoming movie, which isn’t arriving to theaters until November 4, 2022. However, Faithe Herman–who plays Billy Batson’s foster sister Darla Dudley–drew a brand-new poster for the movie, which you can see below.

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If something looks out of place in the new poster, that’s because the man in black is none other than the comedian Sinbad. Levi asked Sinbad if he was in Shazam 2, and the comedian’s response was confusing. “You tell me John Krasinski, am I? Cause everybody thought I was in Shazam 1 before it even existed. Google it. I’m number three on the Mandela list, all right?”

Sinbad then went on to demand a prominent role in the movie to director David F. Sandberg, stating “I can play like anything,” Sinbad explained. “I can play good guy, bad guy pictures. I could play Shazam’s trainer. And great news, David, I already started working out for the movie. Check this out, man. I’m gonna look so good. I’ll even do nude scenes.”

So is Sinbad actually finally in a Shazam movie? He’s not, according to ComicBook, but it did seem like this was played off as more of a joke, as so many people remember Sinbad in the role of Shazam in a movie during the ’90s–the Mandela Effect Sinbad referred to earlier. It’s a movie that doesn’t exist, but there was 1996’s Kazaam, which starred Shaquille O’Neal as a wish-granting genie.

Shazam: Fury of the Gods won’t arrive until 2022–with Sinbad or not. However, that’s not the only news we got from DC FanDome. There were full trailers for the Snyder Cut of Justice League and Wonder Woman 1984. We also saw the first footage for the upcoming video game Gotham Knights and behind-the-scenes look at James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Trailer Breakdown: 30 Things You Might Have Missed

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Trailer Breakdown: 30 Things You Might Have Missed – GameSpot

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Are you ready for a four-hour version of the Justice League movie? Because it’s happening. A new version of the film from original director Zack Snyder is coming to HBO Max in 2021 in four one-hour installments, and the first full trailer was released at the DC FanDome virtual convention.

A lot is shown in the two-and-a-half-minute clip, including new characters, locations, and so much Superman in the black suit. Nearly all of the trailer is made up of footage we haven’t seen before. While it may not flow like a typical trailer–there’s barely any dialogue and it doesn’t exactly explain the story–it’s filled with exactly what those who demanded Snyder get to release his vision for the film are going to be looking for.

However, with so much packed into the trailer, it’s entirely possible you missed something or didn’t quite understand what was being shown and how it related to the Justice League movie. Luckily, we’re here to help you sort it out. Take a look below at the 29 things we were able to pick up from the trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

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1. Darkseid is here and he looks mad

1. Darkseid is here and he looks mad

You knew Darkseid would play a major role in this new version of Justice League. Zack Snyder had made that clear. So why not start with the villain?

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2. Superman in pain

2. Superman in pain

This appears to be a re-worked shot of Superman’s death scene in BvS. The color scheme (orange and green) is identical to the BvS scene in which Doomsday stabs Superman through the chest.

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3. RIP Hall of Justice

3. RIP Hall of Justice

This is a scene from the Knightmare future first introduced in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. In that scene, Bruce Wayne has a vision of a dystopian future in which Superman turned evil. It wasn’t explained how that could happen in Justice League, though it seems Snyder’s cut will finally answer that question. We’re headed back to that Knightmare future and see the ruins of the Hall of Justice.

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4. That arrow looks familiar

4. That arrow looks familiar

In the Snyder Cut, Diana will go to visit the beacon fire that “hasn’t been lit in 5,000” years, which her fellow Amazons use to signal her about Steppenwolf’s arrival.

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5. Bruce looking at hologram Superman

5. Bruce looking at hologram Superman

Batman seems to be contemplating all the bad choices he made that led to this point.

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6. Aquaman with booze

6. Aquaman with booze

This scene appears to be one left intact from the theatrical version. We won’t be surprised if Snyder changes the song, though–The White Stripes’ “Icky Thump” is way too much fun.

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7. Ray, pre-Cyborg playing football

7. Ray, pre-Cyborg playing football

Snyder stated during his Justice League panel that “Cyborg is the heart of the movie.” It looks like we’re going to get many new Victor Stone scenes, including this flashback to his pre-accident days playing football.

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8. Superman in the black costume

8. Superman in the black costume

While we saw the black Superman costume in the theatrical cut of Justice League, we didn’t see Superman wear it once. Clearly, that’s changing with Snyder’s version. Here, Superman is seen in the costume aboard the Kryptonian Scout Ship on which he is resurrected.

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9. Diana talking to a little girl

9. Diana talking to a little girl

Diana will remain a symbol of hope in the Snyder Cut.

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10. First look at Iris West

10. First look at Iris West

Iris West (Kiersey Clemons), the love interest of The Flash, was removed from the theatrical cut of Justice League. However, the trailer for Snyder’s version shows what looks like her introduction–and quite possibly the moment she meets Barry Allen.

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11. Cyborg in the graveyard

11. Cyborg in the graveyard

At first, we took this scene to be a new version of Cyborg digging up Superman’s grave (which in the theatrical cut, he and Barry did together). However, given Cyborg’s emotional state here, we think this could also be a shot of Cyborg mourning his mother following the accident.

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12. Batman's heavy metal album cover

12. Batman’s heavy metal album cover

Honestly, Batman posing ominously atop a statue of a hooded skeleton has the makings for a very good Metallica album cover.

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13. The women in Superman's life, reunited in his death

13. The women in Superman’s life, reunited in his death

It looks like the Snyder Cut will feature more scenes of Lois Lane and Martha Kent together.

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14. Aquaman's armor and trident

14. Aquaman’s armor and trident

Amber Heard and the other Atlantian characters will surely have an expanded role in the four-hour-long Snyder cut.

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15. Darkseid apocalypse again

15. Darkseid apocalypse again

This wide shot of Darkseid’s future apocalypse looks, frankly, awesome.

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16. DeSaad

16. DeSaad

This hooded figure looks a lot like DeSaad, a follower of Darkseid. The character did appear in scenes shot for Justice League, however, none of them made it into the theatrical cut.

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17. Cyborg and Flash

17. Cyborg and Flash

It looks like something’s wrong with Cyborg in this scene, though we can’t tell what.

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18. Superman flying above the city

18. Superman flying above the city

In this shot, Superman flies above the city shirtless while Lois Lane appears to gaze up at him. We’re a bit confused about the timeline now, because in the theatrical version, Superman was resurrected wearing only the trousers in which he was buried, so that’s how he’s dressed when he wakes up. However, earlier in this trailer, we glimpsed Kal-El inside the Kryptonian Scout Ship, but wearing the black super-suit. Who knows?

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19. The death of Silas

19. The death of Silas

In one particularly heart-wrenching scene, Victor watched his own father, Silas, die after essentially being disintegrated by a motherbox.

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20. Back to Themyscira

20. Back to Themyscira

Robin Wright’s character Antiope makes an appearance here in the trailer. The scene in Themyscira looks pretty different, especially Steppenwolf’s armor when he arrives. It’s much more angular, spiky, and metallic-gold-looking.

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21. Arthur, Diana, and Cyborg square off

21. Arthur, Diana, and Cyborg square off

This looks like it’s from the final fight with Steppenwolf.

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22. So much fighting

22. So much fighting

Toward the end of the trailer, we see several quick shots of fight scenes, filled with CGI monsters, explosions, and more glimpses at Superman in his black costume.

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23. Flash doing, uh, something

23. Flash doing, uh, something

During the Snyder Cut FanDome panel, the filmmaker said, “You’re gonna see something of Flash in this film I don’t think that you’ve ever seen before–something that has to do with his abilities. He’s a quantum character; he interacts with time and space, so you might see him do something that is awesome.” We have no idea what Barry’s doing here, so this might be that. It’s possible he’s actually inside of the speed force.

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24. The Kent family is together again

24. The Kent family is together again

This is a new version of a scene fans should remember from the theatrical cut. After being resurrected, Clark returns to Smallville with Lois, and is reunited with Martha. In the theatrical version, all three don’t hug at once. Wonder what else will be different?

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25. Is Cyborg directing missiles now?

25. Is Cyborg directing missiles now?

Cyborg is really flexing his powers in the Snyder cut.

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26. Extended Atlantian scenes

26. Extended Atlantian scenes

This looks like it might be another extended scene of Atlantian characters fighting.

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27. Cyborg saves a cop

27. Cyborg saves a cop

As a tank is hurtling at what looks like a police officer, Cyborg jumps in the way, resulting in the cop’s life being saved and a massive explosion.

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28. That iconic shot

28. That iconic shot

Of course, this trailer has to include one truly cool look at the Justice League together. It’s worth noting, though, that unlike in the theatrical version, Superman remains in the black suit for this particular shot. It’ll be interesting to see how long he’s wearing it in the film.

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29. This ship?

29. This ship?

In the theatrical cut of the movie, this ship doesn’t fly up to the team at the end–the movie simply cuts away. It seems like a deliberate choice to put this in the trailer, so it might be important.

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30. Oh hey, actual dialogue

30. Oh hey, actual dialogue

While the entire trailer is set to the song “Hallelujah,” there is one moment with actual dialogue, in which Bruce Wayne gives the least convincing pep talk of all time. “He’s never fought us,” Bruce tells his fellow Justice League members. “Not us united.” Yes, it sounds bad.

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The Flash Season 7 Gets A New Trailer, And Everything Seems Hopeless

DC FanDome moved at a break-neck speed–and we’re not just talking about the Speedforce. The August 22 virtual event dropped plenty of news from a behind-the-scenes look at The Suicide Squad to a new Wonder Woman 1984 trailer. However, we also got a look at the next season of CW’s The Flash.

Revealed during one of the few TV panels for the show, Season 7 of The Flash has a lot going on. Barry is losing his speed and needs to connect to an artificial Speed Force. Iris is dealing with a broken mind. There’s also the whole deal with the Mirrorverse and Flash trying to stop the new Mirror Master. Everything is on-the-line in the latest trailer, which you can check out below.

Originally, the next season of the hit CW series was going to arrive in October. However, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, production on The Flash and many other CW series came to a halt in March. Now, the latest season is set to arrive in 2021–which many people are speculating will be in January, as long as there are no more production stoppages.

DC FanDome delivered on a lot of news, including a new look at Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice League, which will air on HBO Max next year. We got a new look at the upcoming Gotham Knights game, which allows you to play as Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin. There was also some news around Netflix’s upcoming Sandman series.