SummerSlam (2018)
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| Promotion | WWE | ||
| Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | ||
| Date | August 19, 2018 | ||
| City | Brooklyn, New York | ||
| Venue | Barclays Center | ||
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SummerSlam (2018) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event, produced by WWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on August 19, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.[2] It will be the thirty-first event under the SummerSlam chronology.
Storylines
The card will comprise matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by WWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands.[3][4][5] Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live.[6]
Raw
After defeating Nia Jax at Extreme Rules,[7] Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss said she had beaten every women on the Raw roster. Ronda Rousey, who Bliss had attacked at Money in the Bank costing her a championship match and had been suspended, came out from the crowd and attacked Bliss and Mickie James. Raw General Manager Kurt Angle then came out and stated that as Rousey has broken her suspension, she would be suspended for another week. Angle then scheduled Bliss to defend the title against Rousey at SummerSlam as long as Rousey did not attack Bliss again.[8]
At Extreme Rules, Kurt Angle said that if Universal Champion Brock Lesnar did not show up for Raw or agree to the terms of when Lesnar will defend the championship, then he would be stripped of the championship.[7] The following night on Raw, Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman interrupted Angle, who was about to strip Lesnar, and stated that Lesnar would hold on to the championship for however long he pleases. Angle then scheduled Lesnar to defend the championship at SummerSlam and if he did not, he would be indefinitely stripped. Bobby Lashley, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, Elias, Finn Bálor and Roman Reigns all came out and said they deserved a shot at Lesnar. In response, Angle scheduled two triple threat match that night, with the winners facing each other the following week to see who would face Lesnar at SummerSlam. Reigns won the first triple threat match by defeating Bálor and McIntyre, while Lashley won the second triple threat match by defeating Elias and Rollins, thus setting up Reigns and Lashley facing each other the following week,[8] in which Reigns won.[9]
At Extreme Rules, Kevin Owens defeated Braun Strowman in a Steel Cage match.[7] A rematch was scheduled for SummerSlam with a stipulation that if Owens win, he will win the Money in the Bank contract.[9]
Matches
| No. | Matches* | Stipulations | ||||
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| 1 | Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Roman Reigns | Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship[10] | ||||
| 2 | Alexa Bliss (c) vs. Ronda Rousey | Singles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[11] | ||||
| 3 | AJ Styles (c) vs. TBA | Singles match for the WWE Championship[12] | ||||
| 4 | The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) (c) vs. TBD | Tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[13] | ||||
| 5 | Braun Strowman (MITB holder) vs. Kevin Owens | Singles match for the Money in the Bank contract[14] | ||||
| 6 | Dolph Ziggler (c) vs. Seth Rollins | Singles match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[15] | ||||
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References
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- ^ "Get your SummerSlam tickets now". WWE. February 2, 2018. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
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{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Powell, Jason. "Powell's WWE Extreme Rules live review: Roman Reigns vs. Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles vs. Rusev vs. for the WWE Championship, Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins in a 30-minute Iron Man match for the IC Title, Bludgeon Brothers vs. Team Hell No for the Smackdown Tag Titles". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved July 15, 2018.
- ^ a b Powell, Jason (July 16, 2018). "7/16 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Brock Lesnar's WWE Universal Championship ultimatum given by Kurt Angle, the fallout from Extreme Rules, the build to WWE SummerSlam begins". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved July 17, 2018.
- ^ a b Powell, Jason. "7/23 Powell's WWE Raw Live TV Review: Bobby Lashley vs. Roman Reigns to determine Brock Lesnar's challenger for the WWE Universal Championship at SummerSlam, Vince McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H's big announcement, The B-Team vs. Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the Raw Tag Titles". Pro Wreslting Dot Net. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Pappolla, Ryan. "Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns". WWE. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Burdick, Michael. "Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Ronda Rousey". WWE. Retrieved July 16, 2018.
- ^ "Paige to name WWE Champion AJ Styles' SummerSlam opponent next week on SmackDown LIVE". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
- ^ Wilen, Jerome (July 22, 2018). "Paige reveals the four tag teams for upcoming WWE Smackdown Live Tag Team Tournament". WrestleView. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Burdick, Michael. "Braun Strowman vs. Kevin Owens". WWE. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- ^ Burdick, Michael. "Intercontinental Champion Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins". WWE. Retrieved July 23, 2018.