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SummerSlam
Promotional poster featuring The Bloodline (Jacob Fatu, Tonga Loa, Solo Sikoa, and Tama Tonga)
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateAugust 3, 2024
CityCleveland, Ohio
VenueCleveland Browns Stadium
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The 2024 SummerSlam, also promoted as SummerSlam: Cleveland, is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It will be the 37th annual SummerSlam and is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming, and will feature wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will be the second SummerSlam event to emanate from Cleveland, after the 1996 event, which was held at the Gund Arena (now known as Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse).

Production

Background

The event will be held at the Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.

SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event traditionally held in August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of the Summer",[1] it is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".[2][3] Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania.[4][5]

Announced on March 12, 2024, the 37th SummerSlam is scheduled to be held on Saturday, August 3, 2024, at Cleveland Browns Stadium in Cleveland, Ohio and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. As part of SummerSlam week, the August 2 episode of Friday Night SmackDown will be held at the nearby Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse with a number of events to be held in Cleveland during the week prior to and after SummerSlam.[6] This will subsequently be the second SummerSlam held in Cleveland, after the 1996 event, which was held at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse when the venue was still known as the Gund Arena.[7]

Broadcast outlets

SummerSlam will be broadcast live on traditional pay-per-view worldwide and will also livestream on Peacock in the United States, Disney+ Hotstar in Indonesia, Disney+ in the Philippines, Binge in Australia, Abema in Japan, SonyLIV in India, and the WWE Network in all other countries. In January 2024, WWE announced that all of the WWE Network content would move to Netflix in all countries where the former is still available as a standalone service starting in January 2025, making the 2024 event the final SummerSlam to livestream on the WWE Network.[8]

Storylines

The card will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television programs, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[9][10]

On May 23, 2024, during an appearance at the WWE Experience attraction in Saudi Arabia, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul "Triple H" Levesque announced that the winners of both the King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments would receive a match for the world championship of their respective brand at SummerSlam.[11] At King and Queen of the Ring two days later, Raw's Gunther and SmackDown's Nia Jax won the respective tournaments, thus earning matches for the World Heavyweight Championship, held by Damian Priest, and the WWE Women's Championship, held by Bayley, respectively.[12]

In mid-2023 after Rhea Ripley cost Liv Morgan the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship,[13] the two were scheduled for a match, however, the match never began as Ripley viciously attacked Morgan with a steel chair, injuring Morgan's shoulder and taking her out for several months.[14] Morgan made her return at the 2024 Royal Rumble in January,[15] and embarked on a revenge tour, with her goal to take the Women's World Championship from Ripley due to Ripley taking months of her career. On the April 8 episode of Raw, Morgan attacked Ripley backstage, which legitimately injured Ripley's right arm and forced her to vacate the championship.[16] Over the next few weeks, Morgan began to display more villainous traits. At King and Queen of the Ring, Morgan won the Women's World Championship after accidental interference from Ripley's onscreen love interest, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio.[12] Morgan then began trying to seduce Dominik, believing him to have intentionally assisted her in her victories, though members of Dominik's stable The Judgment Day attempted to keep the two separated. On the July 8 episode of Raw, Morgan and Dominik teamed up to defeat the Latino World Order (Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega). The two celebrated Dominik's first win over his father and Dominik almost gave in and kissed Morgan, but Ripley made a surprise return and Morgan ran off while Ripley scolded Dominik.[17] The following week, Ripley called out Morgan and challenged her to a match at SummerSlam for the Women's World Championship. Morgan appeared on the screen and accepted the challenge.[18]

Matches

No.Matches*Stipulations
1Damian Priest (c) vs. GuntherSingles match for the World Heavyweight Championship[19]
2Bayley (c) vs. Nia JaxSingles match for the WWE Women's Championship[20]
3Liv Morgan (c) vs. Rhea RipleySingles match for the Women's World Championship[21]
4Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Solo SikoaSingles match for the Undisputed WWE Championship[22]
(c) – the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

References

  1. ^ Dee, Louie (May 17, 2006). "Let the Party Begin". WWE. Archived from the original on November 16, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2008.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Ian. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition. p. 160.
  3. ^ "Las Vegas to host WWE's Money in the Bank in 2022". KSNV. August 22, 2021. Archived from the original on August 23, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  4. ^ Paddock, Matty (August 21, 2017). "WWE SummerSlam results: Brock Lesnar and Jinder Mahal survive as Finn Balor defeats Bray Wyatt". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on August 22, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Crosby, Jack (August 19, 2018). "WWE SummerSlam 2018 matches, card, location, date, start time, predictions PPV rumors". CBSSports. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  6. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (March 12, 2024). "WWE SummerSlam To Take Place In Cleveland On August 3". Fightful. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "WWF SummerSlam 1996 « Events Database « CAGEMATCH - The Internet Wrestling Database". www.cagematch.net. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
  8. ^ Lowson, Thomas (January 25, 2024). "End of the WWE Network: Streaming Service to Be Absorbed By Netflix Next Year (Report)". SE Scoops. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  9. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (January 13, 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  10. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  11. ^ Defelice, Robert (May 23, 2024). "Winners Of WWE King And Queen Of The Ring Tournaments Will Get World Title Bouts At WWE SummerSlam". Fightful. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  12. ^ a b Powell, Jason (May 25, 2024). "WWE King and Queen of the Ring results: Powell's live review of Cody Rhodes vs. Logan Paul for the WWE Title, Gunther vs. Randy Orton in the KOTR finals, Nia Jax vs. Lyra Valkyria in the QOTR finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  13. ^ Powell, Jason (July 17, 2023). "WWE Raw results (7/17): Powell's live review of Brock Lesnar's appearance in Cody Rhodes country, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez vs. Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green for the WWE Women's Tag Team Titles". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  14. ^ Powell, Jason (July 24, 2023). "WWE Raw results (7/24): Powell's live review of Seth Rollins and Finn Balor contract signing for SummerSlam, Becky Lynch vs. Zoey Stark, Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bronson Reed, Logan Paul and Ricochet, Gunther and Drew McIntyre". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  15. ^ Tessier, Colin (January 28, 2024). "Liv Morgan Returns At WWE Royal Rumble". Wrestlezone. Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 28, 2024.
  16. ^ Powell, Jason (April 15, 2024). "WWE Raw results (4/15): Powell's live review of Sami Zayn vs. Chad Gable for the Intercontinental Title, Rhea Ripley appearance, Andrade vs. Dominik Mysterio, Sheamus returns, Jey Uso vs. Finn Balor". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  17. ^ Powell, Jason (July 8, 2024). "WWE Raw results (7/8): Powell's live review of the MITB fallout show with Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio vs. Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega, Jey Uso vs. Chad Gable". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  18. ^ Powell, Jason (July 15, 2024). "WWE Raw results (7/15): Powell's live review of Rhea Ripley's opening promo, Sami Zayn vs. Ilja Dragunov for the Intercontinental Title, Sheamus vs. Bronson Reed". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  19. ^ "Damian Priest vs. Gunther (World Heavyweight Championship Match)". WWE. July 11, 2024. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  20. ^ WWE.com Staff (July 12, 2024). "WWE Women's Champion Bayley vs. Nia Jax". WWE. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  21. ^ Gregory Miller (July 16, 2024). "Women's World Champion Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley". WWE. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  22. ^ WWE.com Staff (July 17, 2024). "Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa". WWE. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
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