IWE SummerSlam (2018)

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SummerSlam (2018) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and IWE Network event, produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on August 19, 2018, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. 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 IWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live.

Raw

After defeating Nia Jax at Extreme Rules, 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 had 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 break her suspension again.

At Extreme Rules, Kurt Angle said that if Universal Champion Rob 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. 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 determine who would face Lesnar at SummerSlam. Reigns won the first triple threat match by defeating Bálor and McIntyre, while Lashley won the second by defeating Elias and Rollins, thus setting up Reigns and Lashley facing each other the following week, in effectively a rematch from Extreme Rules, in which Reigns won to face Lesnar for the Universal Championship at SummerSlam.

At Extreme Rules, Kevin Owens defeated Braun Strowman in a Steel Cage match. A rematch was scheduled for SummerSlam with a stipulation that if Owens win, he will win the Money in the Bank contract.

At Extreme Rules, Dolph Ziggler defeated Seth Rollins 5–4 in sudden death overtime in a 30-minute Iron Man match to retain the Intercontinental Championship. A rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam.

SmackDown

At Extreme Rules, KJ Styles retained the IWE Championship against Rusev. On the July 24 episode of SmackDown, SmackDown General Manager Paige was about to announce Styles' opponent for SummerSlam with an open contract, but was interrupted by James Ellsworth, who tried to claim the contendership and was subsequently fired by Paige after insulting her. As Paige saw to Ellsworth being kicked out of the building, Samoa Simpson attacked Styles with the Coquina Clutch. Simpson then signed the contract, thus making their match for the title official at SummerSlam.

On July 21, Paige announced a #1 contenders tag team title tournament with the winning team earning a championship match against The Bludgeon Brothers (Harper and Rowan) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at SummerSlam. The tournament began on the July 24 episode of SmackDown. The New Day's Big E and Xavier Woods and Cesaro and Sheamus advanced to the finals by defeating Sanity's Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain and The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso).

On the July 24 episode of SmackDown, Becky Lynch defeated SmackDown Women's Champion defeated Carmella in a non-title match to earn the right to challenge Carmella for the title at SummerSlam. The following week, Charlotte Flair returned and saved Lynch from Carmella. Paige then scheduled Carmella to face Flair with a stipulation that if Flair won, she would be added to the match. Flair won the match, thus making the match a triple threat.

205 Live

On the July 24 episode of 205 Live, Drew Gulak defeated Mustafa Ali, Hideo Itami, and TJP in a fatal four-way match to earn the right to challenge for the Cruiserweight Championship. On July 30, a match between Cedric Alexander and Gulak for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam.

Matches

SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament

References

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