WWE’s greatest a part of the summer season has lastly arrived, with WWE SummerSlam set to happen this night in Cleveland Browns Stadium in, you guessed it, Cleveland, Ohio. It might even be the final SummerSlam of its variety, because the 2026 version of SummerSlam is about to happen over two nights in Minnesota, resulting in hypothesis that subsequent 12 months’s version of the PLE, which has but to announce its location, will even be for 2 nights. If that’s the case, WWE is trying to ship the final one night time SummerSlam out with a bang, loading up the cardboard with seven large singles matches.
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Among the many greatest is an Undisputed WWE Common Championship match involving Cody Rhodes and the Bloodline’s Solo Sikoa. Rhodes vs. Sikoa appeared inevitable for months, as Rhodes efficiently defended his title in opposition to AJ Kinds and Logan Paul, whereas Sikoa remade the Bloodline in his personal imaginative and prescient by including Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa, and Jacob Fatu and eradicating Jimmy Uso and Paul Heyman. Lastly turning his consideration to Rhodes, Sikoa pinned the champ in a trios match at Cash within the Financial institution, and has since made Rhodes’ life a dwelling hell, smelling blood within the water, and probably gold round his waist.
In the meantime, the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match options champion Damian Priest defending once more challenger Gunther. The latter received his title shot by profitable the King of the Ring match again in Could, although issues solely heated up between the 2 in current weeks. Gunther is seen as a robust favourite each on account of his personal success and to all the pieces surrounding Priest, who continues to take care of ongoing distractions in his group, the Judgment Day. However, Priest has insisted he is centered, and is able to die on the market in an effort to defeat the challenger.
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CM Punk And Drew McIntyre Lastly Collide, With Caveat
Even with two notable World Title bouts, SummerSlam’s greatest match could also be CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre. Rigidity between the 2 was evident the second Punk returned at Survivor Collection, and has solely grown since McIntyre injured Punk on the Royal Rumble and mocked him for it, adopted by Punk screwing McIntyre out of the World Heavyweight Title not as soon as, not twice, however thrice. The SummerSlam match was made as soon as Punk was cleared to compete, though in unideal circumstances for each males, as Seth Rollins, a rival to each, has been inserted as particular visitor referee, making him the final word wild card.
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Simply as heated as Punk vs. McIntyre is the Girls’s World Title match between Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan. Issues started when Ripley injured Morgan final summer season and reached new heights when Morgan, after returning on the Royal Rumble, injured Ripley in April, forcing her to vacate the title. When Ripley returned in July, she discovered that Morgan was now Girls’s World Champion and had infiltrated Judgment Day, notably by making an attempt to seduce Dominik Mysterio. At the least heading into the match, Mysterio has chosen Ripley, sending Morgan into an emotional free fall.
The remainder of SummerSlam is rounded up by three separate, but equally essential title matches. Bron Breakker could have one other shot at defeating Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn, following a loss to Zayn at Cash within the Financial institution. Nia Jax will lastly benefit from her Queen of the Ring victory, difficult Bayley for the WWE Girls’s Title as Cash within the Financial institution winner Tiffany Stratton lurks within the background. Lastly, Cleveland native Logan Paul will defend his WWE US Title in opposition to the favored LA Knight, who seeks his first WWE title win.
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