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| align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''SummerSlam (2018)'''</span><br> | | align="center" colspan=3 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:135%;" |<span style="color: #000000;">'''SummerSlam (2018)'''</span><br> | ||
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- | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |<!-- | + | | bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |Promotional poster featuring [[Rob Lesnar]], [[Allison Hunthausen|Alexa Bliss]], [[Ronda Rousey]], and [[Kevin Anoa'i|Roman Reigns]]<!-- |
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Taglines]](s)''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Taglines]](s)''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Theme Music|Theme song]](s)''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Theme Music|Theme song]](s)''' | ||
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| bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Information''' | | bgcolor=#BDBDBD align="center" colspan="3" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Information''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE Brand Extension|Brand]](s)''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[IWE Brand Extension|Brand]](s)''' | ||
- | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]]<br>[[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] | + | | bgcolor="#ffffff" colspan= "2" style="font-size: 115%;" |[[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]]<br>[[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] |
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Sponsor (Commercial)|Sponsor]]''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''[[Sponsor (Commercial)|Sponsor]]''' | ||
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| style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date''' | | style="text-align: left;" style="font-size: 115%;" |'''Date''' | ||
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== Storylines == | == Storylines == | ||
- | The card will comprise matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by [[IWE]] on the [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brands]]. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, ''[[IWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' and ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown Live]]'' | + | The card will comprise matches resulting from scripted storylines, with results predetermined by [[IWE]] on the [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brands]]. Storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, ''[[IWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' and ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown Live]]'' and the [[Cruiserweight (professional wrestling)|cruiserweight]]-exclusive ''[[IWE 205 Live|205 Live]]''. |
===Raw=== | ===Raw=== | ||
- | After defeating [[Hauna Knudson|Nia Jax]] at [[IWE Extreme Rules (2018)|Extreme Rules]], [[IWE Raw Women's Championship|Raw Women's Champion]] [[Allison Hunthausen|Alexa Bliss]] said she had beaten every women on the Raw roster. [[Ronda Rousey]], who Bliss had attacked at [[IWE Money in the Bank (2018)|Money in the Bank]] costing her a championship match and had been suspended, came out from the crowd and attacked Bliss and [[Sari Pasma|Mickie James]]. Raw General Manager [[Matt Borske|Kurt Angle]] then came out and stated that as Rousey | + | After defeating [[Hauna Knudson|Nia Jax]] at [[IWE Extreme Rules (2018)|Extreme Rules]], [[IWE Raw Women's Championship|Raw Women's Champion]] [[Allison Hunthausen|Alexa Bliss]] said she had beaten every women on the Raw roster. [[Ronda Rousey]], who Bliss had attacked at [[IWE Money in the Bank (2018)|Money in the Bank]] costing her a championship match and had been suspended, came out from the crowd and attacked Bliss and [[Sari Pasma|Mickie James]]. Raw General Manager [[Matt Borske|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 [[IWE Universal Championship|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. [[Jules Washington-Ladd|Bobby Lashley]], [[Dax Hoovestall|Drew McIntyre]], [[Chris Lopez|Seth Rollins]], [[Tyler Shull (wrestler)|Elias]], [[Kevin Devitt|Finn Bálor]] and [[Kevin Anoa'i|Roman Reigns]] all came out and said they deserved a shot at Lesnar. In response, Angle scheduled two [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] that night, with the winners facing each other the following week to | + | At Extreme Rules, Kurt Angle said that if [[IWE Universal Championship|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. [[Jules Washington-Ladd|Bobby Lashley]], [[Dax Hoovestall|Drew McIntyre]], [[Chris Lopez|Seth Rollins]], [[Tyler Shull (wrestler)|Elias]], [[Kevin Devitt|Finn Bálor]] and [[Kevin Anoa'i|Roman Reigns]] all came out and said they deserved a shot at Lesnar. In response, Angle scheduled two [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|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, [[Russell Steen|Kevin Owens]] defeated [[Ezra Schilling|Braun Strowman]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Steel cage match|Steel Cage match]]. A rematch was scheduled for SummerSlam with a stipulation that if Owens win, he will win the [[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank contract]]. | At Extreme Rules, [[Russell Steen|Kevin Owens]] defeated [[Ezra Schilling|Braun Strowman]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Steel cage match|Steel Cage match]]. A rematch was scheduled for SummerSlam with a stipulation that if Owens win, he will win the [[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank contract]]. | ||
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At Extreme Rules, [[Nick Kessler|Dolph Ziggler]] defeated Seth Rollins 5–4 in sudden death overtime in a 30-minute [[Iron Man Match|Iron Man match]] to retain the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]]. A rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam. | At Extreme Rules, [[Nick Kessler|Dolph Ziggler]] defeated Seth Rollins 5–4 in sudden death overtime in a 30-minute [[Iron Man Match|Iron Man match]] to retain the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship|Intercontinental Championship]]. A rematch between the two for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam. | ||
- | == | + | === SmackDown === |
+ | At Extreme Rules, [[K.J. Styles|KJ Styles]] retained the [[IWE Championship]] against [[Marcus Barnyashev (wrestler)|Rusev]]. On the July 24 episode of ''SmackDown'', SmackDown General Manager [[Paige (wrestler)|Paige]] was about to announce Styles' opponent for SummerSlam with an open contract, but was interrupted by [[Josiah Ediger (wrestler)|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. | ||
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+ | On July 21, Paige announced a #1 contenders tag team title tournament with the winning team earning a championship match against [[The Bludgeon Brothers]] ([[Joseph Rispens|Harper]] and [[Garett Joseph|Rowan]]) for the [[IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship|SmackDown Tag Team Championship]] at SummerSlam. The tournament began on the July 24 episode of ''SmackDown''. [[The New Day (wrestling)|The New Day's]] [[Keith Ewen|Big E]] and [[Austin Fisher|Xavier Woods]] and [[Cesaro and Sheamus]] advanced to the finals by defeating [[Sanity (professional wrestling)|Sanity's]] [[Robert Thennis (wrestler)|Alexander Wolfe]] and [[Matthew O'Conner|Killian Dain]] and [[The Usos]] (Jey and Jimmy Uso). | ||
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+ | On the July 24 episode of ''SmackDown'', [[Katelyn Kovich|Becky Lynch]] defeated [[IWE SmackDown Women's Championship|SmackDown Women's Champion]] defeated [[Shanelle Van Dyke (wrestler)|Carmella]] in a non-title match to earn the right to challenge Carmella for the title at SummerSlam. The following week, [[Allyson Meyer (wrestler)|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 [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|triple threat]]. | ||
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+ | === 205 Live === | ||
+ | On the July 24 episode of ''205 Live'', [[Rob Gutowski|Drew Gulak]] defeated [[Mustafa Mikel Fritz (wrestler)|Mustafa Ali]], [[Park Kobayashi|Hideo Itami]], and [[Beau Perra|TJP]] in a [[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|fatal four-way match]] to earn the right to challenge for the [[IWE Cruiserweight Championship|Cruiserweight Championship]]. On July 30, a match between [[Cederick Murgel|Cedric Alexander]] and Gulak for the title was scheduled for SummerSlam. | ||
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+ | == Event == | ||
+ | {| border="1" align="right" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 200px; style="font-size: 95%; " | ||
+ | |+ '''Other on-screen personnel''' | ||
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+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Name: | ||
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+ | |rowspan=8|English commentators | ||
+ | |[[Michael Cole (wrestling)|Michael Cole]] {{small|(Raw)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Jinx Polinsky|Corey Graves]] {{small|(Raw/SmackDown)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Jonathan Coachman]] {{small|(Raw)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Tom Phillips (wrestling)|Tom Phillips]] {{small|(SmackDown)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Bryan Keller|Byron Saxton]] {{small|(SmackDown)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Vic Joseph {{small|(205 Live)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Damian Lufborough|Nigel McGuinness]] {{small|(205 Live)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Mike Watson|Percy Watson]] {{small|(205 Live)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=3|Spanish commentators | ||
+ | |[[Carlos Cabrera]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Marcelo Rodríguez]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Jerry Soto | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=3|German commentators | ||
+ | |[[Carsten Schaefer]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Tim Haber | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Calvin Knie | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|[[Ring Announcers|Ring announcer]]s | ||
+ | |Greg Hamilton {{small|(SmackDown/205 Live)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Joseann Mansfield|JoJo]] {{small|(Raw)}} | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=3|[[Referee (professional wrestling)|Referees]] | ||
+ | |Danilo Anfibio | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Mike Chioda]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Rod Zapata | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=1|Interviewers | ||
+ | |Charly Caruso | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=5|Pre-show panel | ||
+ | |[[Renee Young]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Narley Layne (wrestler)|Booker T]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Sam Roberts (Radio Personality)|Sam Roberts]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[David Mahrt|David Otunga]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[Jerry Lawler]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |rowspan=2|Pre-show correspondent | ||
+ | |[[Peter Rosenberg]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |[[John Goff|John "Bradshaw" Layfield]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Pre-show === | ||
+ | <!-- | ||
+ | === Preliminary matches === | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Main event === | ||
+ | ---> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Results== | ||
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- | |[[ | + | |[[Manuel Jesse Gutierrez (wrestler)|Andrade "Cien" Almas]] and [[Thea <!--Meghan--> Perea|Zelina Vega]] defeated [[Marcus Barnyashev (wrestler)|Rusev]] and [[Kara Perry (wrestling)|Lana]] |
- | |[[Professional wrestling match types# | + | |[[Professional wrestling tag team match types#Mixed tag team match|Mixed tag team match]] |
|- | |- | ||
- | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2 | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2{{small|<sup>P</sup>}} |
- | |[[ | + | |[[Cederick Murgel|Cedric Alexander]] (c) defeated [[Rob Gutowski|Drew Gulak]] |
- | |Singles match for the [[IWE | + | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Singles match]] for the [[IWE Cruiserweight Championship]]<br>[[Dylan Gallagher (wrestler)|Gentlemen Jack Gallagher]] and [[Brian Tobol|The Brian Kendrick]] are banned from ringside |
|- | |- | ||
- | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3 | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3{{small|<sup>P</sup>}} |
- | |[[ | + | |The B-Team ([[Taylor Hellbusch|Bo Dallas]] and [[Kooper McAlmond|Curtis Axel]]) (c) defeated [[The Revival (professional wrestling)|The Revival]] ([[Steven Harris|Dash Wilder]] and [[Conrad Donovan (wrestler)|Scott Dawson]]) |
- | | | + | |[[Professional wrestling tag team match types|Tag team match]] for the [[IWE Raw Tag Team Championship]] |
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4 | ||
- | |[[ | + | |[[Chris Lopez|Seth Rollins]] (with [[Jonathon Mahrt|Dean Ambrose]]) defeated [[Nick Kessler|Dolph Ziggler]] (c) (with [[Dax Hoovestall|Drew McIntyre]]) |
- | | | + | |Singles match for the [[IWE Intercontinental Championship]] |
|- | |- | ||
!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5 | ||
- | |[[ | + | |[[The New Day (professional wrestling)|The New Day]] ([[Keith Ewen|Big E]] and [[Austin Fisher|Xavier Woods]]) (with [[Jose Serrano|Kofi Kingston]]) defeated [[The Bludgeon Brothers]] ([[Joseph Rispens|Harper]] and [[Garett Joseph|Rowan]]) (c) by disqualification |
- | | | + | |Tag team match for the [[IWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship]] |
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6 | ||
- | |[[ | + | |[[Ezra Schilling|Braun Strowman]] defeated [[Russell Steen|Kevin Owens]] |
- | |Singles match for | + | |Singles match for Strowman's [[Money in the Bank Ladder Match|Money in the Bank contract]] |
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|7 | ||
- | |[[Shanelle Van Dyke (wrestler)|Carmella]] (c) | + | |[[Allyson Meyer (wrestler)|Charlotte Flair]] defeated [[Shanelle Van Dyke (wrestler)|Carmella]] (c) and [[Katelyn Kovich|Becky Lynch]] |
|[[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] for the [[IWE SmackDown Women's Championship]] | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Basic non-elimination matches|Triple threat match]] for the [[IWE SmackDown Women's Championship]] | ||
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|8 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|8 | ||
- | |[[ | + | |[[Samoa Simpson]] defeated [[KJ Styles]] (c) by disqualification |
- | |Singles match for the [[IWE | + | |Singles match for the [[IWE Championship]] |
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|9 | ||
+ | |[[Mike Rinehart|The Miz]] defeated [[Kody Brown|Daniel Bryan]] | ||
+ | |Singles match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|10 | ||
+ | |[[Kevin Devitt|Finn Bálor]] defeated [[Greg Romine|Baron Corbin]] | ||
+ | |Singles match | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|11 | ||
+ | |[[Shinsuke McKinnon|Shinsuke Nakamura]] (c) defeated [[Josh Hooper]] | ||
+ | |Singles match for the [[IWE United States Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|12 | ||
+ | |[[Ronda Rousey]] defeated [[Allison Hunthausen|Alexa Bliss]] (c) by submission | ||
+ | |Singles match for the [[IWE Raw Women's Championship]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|13 | ||
+ | |[[Kevin Anoa'i|Roman Reigns]] defeated [[Rob Lesnar]] (c) (with [[Paul Heyman]]) | ||
+ | |Singles match for the [[IWE Universal Championship]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
- | | colspan="4" bgcolor=" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | + | | colspan="4" bgcolor=" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>{{small|'''P'''}} – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show}} |
|} | |} | ||
- | === | + | ===SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament=== |
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- | | RD2-team2 = '''[[The New Day (wrestling)|The New Day]]<br>{{small|([[Keith Ewen|Big E]] and [[Austin Fisher|Xavier Woods]])}}''' | + | | RD2-team2 = '''[[The New Day (professional wrestling)|The New Day]]<br>{{small|([[Keith Ewen|Big E]] and [[Austin Fisher|Xavier Woods]])}}''' |
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- | | RD3-team1 = The New Day | + | | RD3-team1 = '''The New Day<br>{{small|(Big E and [[Jose Serrano|Kofi Kingston]])}}''' |
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Current revision as of 21:09, 22 August 2018
SummerSlam (2018) | ||
Promotional poster featuring Rob Lesnar, Alexa Bliss, Ronda Rousey, and Roman Reigns | ||
Theme song(s) | ||
Information | ||
Promotion | IWE | |
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | |
Sponsor | Cricket Wireless MLB Tap Sports Baseball 2018 | |
Date | August 19, 2018 | |
Venue | Barclays Center | |
City | Brooklyn, New York | |
IWE Network chronology | ||
NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn | SummerSlam (2018) | Hell in a Cell (2018) |
Extreme Rules chronology | ||
SummerSlam (2017) | SummerSlam (2018) |
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.
Contents |
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators | Michael Cole (Raw) |
Corey Graves (Raw/SmackDown) | |
Jonathan Coachman (Raw) | |
Tom Phillips (SmackDown) | |
Byron Saxton (SmackDown) | |
Vic Joseph (205 Live) | |
Nigel McGuinness (205 Live) | |
Percy Watson (205 Live) | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Marcelo Rodríguez | |
Jerry Soto | |
German commentators | Carsten Schaefer |
Tim Haber | |
Calvin Knie | |
Ring announcers | Greg Hamilton (SmackDown/205 Live) |
JoJo (Raw) | |
Referees | Danilo Anfibio |
Mike Chioda | |
Rod Zapata | |
Interviewers | Charly Caruso |
Pre-show panel | Renee Young |
Booker T | |
Sam Roberts | |
David Otunga | |
Jerry Lawler | |
Pre-show correspondent | Peter Rosenberg |
John "Bradshaw" Layfield |
[edit] Pre-show
[edit] Results
[edit] SmackDown Tag Team Championship tournament
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
Sanity (Alexander Wolfe and Killian Dain) | |||||||||||||
The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) | Pin | ||||||||||||
The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) | Pin | ||||||||||||
Cesaro and Sheamus | |||||||||||||
Cesaro and Sheamus | Pin | ||||||||||||
The Usos (Jimmy and Jey Uso) |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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IWE | Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber • Fastlane • WrestleMania 34 • Greatest Royal Rumble • Backlash • Money in the Bank • Extreme Rules • SummerSlam • Hell in a Cell • Super Show-Down • Evolution • Crown Jewel • Survivor Series • Starrcade • TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | |||
NXT | TakeOver: Philadelphia • TakeOver: New Orleans • TakeOver: Chicago II • TakeOver: Brooklyn 4 • TakeOver: WarGames | |||
NXT UK | United Kingdom Championship Tournament |